The Tech Wrap Up
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Brendon Petersen and Yaaseen Barnes roundup the biggest tech news stories of the week.
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Episodes
Shang-Chi, Huawei nova 8, Honor 50 series and Telkom Music powered by JOOX
September 06, 2021 06:19 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIn this episode, Yaaseen Barnes and Brendon Petersen rattle on about travelling and carry-on luggage vs checked luggage, the Huawei nova 8, Honor's 50 series coming to South Africa and what that could mean for Huawei, why Telkom Music powered by JOOX is a great idea and having a flip phone with a T9 keyboard in 2021 (thanks Nokia for the 2720 Flip).
Xiaomi is a global powerhouse but what can we expect from them in South Africa?
August 26, 2021 22:06 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBYaaseen Barnes and Brendon Petersen chat with Nicola Nell, marketing manager at Xiaomi Technology, about the brand, what their product strategy is for South Africa and whether or not we'll ever see Poco officially launch in the country. Xiaomi products can be purchased in South Africa via various retailers including Mobile In Africa
Google I/O, Acer GPC, Dot Connect Electronics, Apple Music Lossless and more
May 28, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBIn this week's episode we catch up on 2 week's worth of tech news: 01:00 - Apple Music lossless audio 13:00 - Acer's Global Press Conference (GPC) announcement 27:00 - Dot Connect Electronics 33:30 - Spyra Two 41:10 - Microsoft Teams for friends and family 46:00 - Twitter's new verification application system 52:30 - Nintendo Switch rumours 59:20 - Google IO
Apple Pay comes to SA, Xiaomi gets into EVs and DiDi comes to Cape Town - The Tech Wrap Up ep. 6
April 02, 2021 14:07 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBCatch our Twitter Spaces conversation with Oppo South Africa on Wednesday 7 April at 7 pm SAST. In this weeks episode, we finally stop fighting over Apple, we gush over new mapping tech and try to decipher Apple's WWDC 2021 invite. Timestamps: Apple Pay launches in South Africa - 02:00 Apple WWDC 2021 - 18:30 Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold and EV ambitions - 27:30 DiDi launches in South Africa - 55:45 Google Maps Live - 01:04:00 For more tech news, head over to reframed.co or the Tech Reframed ...
Oppo launches the Reno 5 in South Africa, Microsoft wants to buy Discord, YouTube wants to be TikTok - Weekly Wrap Up ep. 5
March 26, 2021 10:47 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this week's episode: YouTube Shorts - 02:00 Facebook Neural wristband for AR - 15:00 Microsoft in talks to buy Discord - 26:20 Oppo launches the Reno 5 in South Africa - 37:30 For more tech news, head over to reframed.co or the Tech Reframed podcast You can find Yaaseen Barnes on Twitter or Instagram Brendon Petersen can be found on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and monthly on MetroFM
Samsung launches new Galaxy A series, Hisense has a 100-inch TV and Shoprite wants to launch a network - Weekly Tech Wrap Up ep.4
March 19, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this week's episode we visit Hisense, talk about the new Samsung Galaxy A series, try to figure out what OPPO is launching in South Africa and argue about iPhone (yet again): New Samsung Galaxy A series - 00:35 Hisense 100-inch Lasercast TV - 09:37 Oppo launch - 21:00 iPhone loyalty at an all time high - 28:00 Shoprite's MVNO - 35:00 Twitter hacker gets sentenced - 42:12
WTF are NFTs? Oppo launches the Find X3 Pro and there are tons of Apple and Huawei rumours - ep. 3
March 12, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBIn this week's episode, we try to understand a lot of things and we end up arguing about Apple and VR (again): NFTs - 00:55 Fireside app - 09:05 Fitbit Ace 3 - 18:46 Samsung Awesome Unpacked - 24:00 Oppo Find X3 Pro - 35:00 Huawei rumours - 38:16 Apple rumours - 51:00
Twitter Spaces comes to Android, Microsoft gets futuristic and Apple lets you transfer iCloud photos to Google Drive
March 05, 2021 12:44 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBIn this episode of The Tech Wrap Up: 00:22 Twitter announces Super Follows 12:00 Twitter Spaces comes to Android 20:30 David Dobrik's Dispo is valued at over $200 million 32:53 Android 12 39:27 DJI's FPV drone 42:40 Microsoft Mesh 50:00 Apple lets you transfer iCloud photos to Google For more tech news, head over to reframed.co or the Tech Reframed podcast You can find Yaaseen Barnes on Twitter or Instagram Brendon Petersen can be found on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and monthly o...
Understanding Clubhouse, Samsung's big software play and Spotify's expansion plans
February 26, 2021 12:32 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBIn this episode of The Tech Wrap Up: 01:30 - What is Clubhouse? 17:14 - Samsung's 4 years of security updates, Brendon's love of the S21 series, and Samsung Buy & Try 45:48 - Whatsapp clarifies their new Ts & Cs 53:38 - Spotify's massive new expansions and updates for 2021 59:07 - Playstation's new VR headset for PS5 For more tech news, head over to reframed.co or head over to the Tech Reframed podcast You can find Yaaseen Barnes on Twitter or Instagram Brendon Petersen can be found ...