Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 22:30
On Thursday’s edition of The Daily Fibre, Amazon Alexa lands in Australia and New Zealand, with not all pre-orders shipping out on-time. In the US, Echo gets a very cool new feature for Android users. And you know that pre-Super Bowl Alexa teaser we played a couple of days ago? We can now tell you what it means, or more to the point, doesn’t mean.
Apple’s quarterly earnings call is tomorrow. Will we be able to find out how well iPhone X is doing? We explain how you’ll keep your shiny new HomePod current.
Microsoft has some cool new software updates for iOS.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 01/30/2018 - 20:45
In today’s Daily Fibre, iOS is hella buggy, and apparently, senior Apple execs know it. Multiple sources indicate attempts are being made to turn it around.
We learn about more cool new features coming to iOS 11.3.
What really happened to cause that Hawaii missile alert to be sent out? The FCC has been investigating.
The UK snooper’s charter gets a rebuke from the courts.
Aira seeks to make the Super Bowl, including the ads, accessible to all, not just Aira subscribers.
Are fitness trackers a security risk to the military?
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 21:17
Could Alexa be getting a new voice, at least in the USA? A teaser ad ahead of the Super bowl suggests Alexa might be due for a major makeover. We play the ad, and discuss what might be coming. There’s also more info about HomePod, which may not be selling as well as Apple had anticipated.
If you have a Lenovo computer with a fingerprint reader and not running Windows 10, it may be at risk. We tell you what you need to know and how to patch it.
Could the US Government build a 5G network to protect Americans against foreign hacking? Should it?
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Sun, 01/28/2018 - 22:36
On Mushroom FM’s technology magazine show, The Daily Fibre, more on Spectre and meltdown. If your computer is rebooting spontaneously after you applied the patch, Microsoft can help you revert.
A new report claims that up to 15% of Twitter users are bots, many of which are spreading mischief. We learn how easy it is to purchase fake followers, and about vociferous bot retweeting of Donald Trumps tweets just ahead of the election.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 22:29
On the Friday edition of Mushroom FM’s technology magazine show, The Daily Fibre, new public betas from Apple, and we reveal more that’s tucked away in iOS 11.3.
There’s a lot about voice controlled speakers today, HomePod pre-order day in Australia, the UK and the US. Sonos would rather you ordered a couple of their gadgets instead, which offer key functions HomePod will lack at launch.
With Alexa due to hit NZ and Australian shores on 1 February, the preliminaries are underway. We bring you up to speed.
There are more listener recommendations of Alexa skills.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 21:09
Before that new smell even wore off iOS 11.2.5, Apple’s pushing ahead with a developer release of iOS 11.3, and boy, is it packed with some significant new features. Thursday’s Daily Fibre brings you a comprehensive summary of what’s coming.
Not to be left out of the fun, Microsoft has a new Insider build of Windows, and is MacOS preparing to follow iOS with a bold change?
The Spectre and meltdown patch has, well, melted down, as Spectre continues to haunt the IT industry.
In an extraordinary turn of events, a Nokia smart scale just got dumber. Learn why.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 19:05
Thank you for all the amazing feedback we’re getting on our new tech magazine show, The Daily Fibre. It’s nice to know it’s appreciated and making a difference.
On the next show, it’s HomePod, Tim, , but not as we were expecting it. Apple is about to release it’s delayed HomePod speaker in three countries, but without all the functionality promised last June. We’ve scoured the newswires and have a comprehensive roundup of all you need to know.
There’s loads of listener feedback on issues including wireless charging, Echo skills, Bard during Government shutdowns and more.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 21:07
The Daily Fibre is Mushroom FM’s technology magazine show, heard every week day at 3 AM and Pm Eastern, 8 AM and PM in the UK, 9 PM and AM in New Zealand, 7 PM and AM in Eastern Australia.
On the next episode, Amazon opens a supermarket with virtually no human staff, what will it mean for blind people who want to shop at brick and mortar stores?
Has your social media been a bit quiet? The Federal Government shutdown in the US may be to blame.
Finally, Apple’s HomePod is very close. we take a sneak peak at some of its features.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Sun, 01/21/2018 - 22:49
Join me, Jonathan Mosen, as I scour the technology news sources, take your tech comments and questions, play a bit of great music, put it all together, and bring you the first edition of our new technology magazine show, The Daily Fibre.
Coming up on the first edition, a serious backdoor has been detected in a network attached storage device. If you have the device affected, this one is so easy to exploit that anyone can do it, and you need to patch it immediately. Join me as we discuss what backdoors are, what this one does, and how you can fix it.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Sat, 01/20/2018 - 15:27
It’s time for yet another edition of the jolly old Mosen Explosion on Mushroom FM. As I write this, I’m heading back from Heidi and Henry’s wedding, which was a special, happy, moving, and perfect day.
Since we’re in post-wedding mode, I’ll be playing some of the music the happy couple chose for their background music playlist, and the wedding dance, at which I was the DJ. Dude!
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