The Binary Metaphor: Recent Episodes
Spyros Passas, Panos Spiliotis
Weekly Podcast with Panos Spiliotis and Spyros Passas discussing the latest in technology, design, social media and entrepreneurship
We’re back with another episode about the upcoming Healthbook, the newly release carplay and it’s reception up until now and last but not least the Wolfram computational language that promises to change the way we understand data.
Duration: 36 min
Download: MP3 (21,5 MB)
- Apple’s carplay released
- A concept of Apple’s rumored Healthbook
- Knowledge based programming: The Wolfram programming language
This episode begins with a discussion about iCloud and it’s many curiosities that developers and users experience along the way. We also talk about recent announcements related to the way Health data will be handled online, as well as the general concept of data ownership among online services online.
Duration: 37 min
Download: MP3 (21,5 MB)
In this episode we talk about Paper, Facebook’s new and ambitious mobile application that recently launched. We also discuss Microsoft’s announcement of it’s new CEO Satya Nadella and what this means for Microsoft’s future and last but not least the protests against a legislation in Turkey that can effectively block the access to parts of the Internet.
Duration: 56 min
Download: MP3 (34,2 MB)
Notes & Links
- Horizon App
- Schema App
- Microsoft’s new CEO is Satya Nadella
- Paper: Stories from Facebook
- Turkish police crack down on internet freedom protest
This week’s episode is all about net neutrality and the recent events that can potentially lead to Internet’s demise as we know it. We also talk about the Encrypted Media Extensions standard W3C that aim at providing DRM content using (sigh…) and last but not least we discuss Google’s acquisition of Nest and how this might affect it’s strategy.
Duration: 72 min
Download: MP3 (43,1 MB)
Notes & Links
- On-line petition for net neutrality
- Encrypted Media Spec
- Encrypted Media Extensions 101
- Top 10 arguments against DRM
- Apple: 30 Years Mac
- Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion
In this episode we look at this year’s CES event through the products, technologies and trends that were presented there. We also talk about some of the latest market research reports about the consumer’s reaction to tech giants like Microsoft and Samsung.
Duration: 75 min
Download: MP3 (47,1 MB)
Notes & Links
- IDC: Mobile Operating Systems in Q3, 2013
- Why Microsoft trumps Apple and Samsung in the battle for consumer mindshare
- Global Digital Statistics 2014 by We Are Social
- Wirecutter’s CES article
- The Verge Awards: Best of CES 2014
In the last episode for 2013 we talk about the most important tech events that marked this year and our predictions for the new one.
Duration: 51 min
Download: MP3 (37,5 MB)
Notes & Links
- A man that really understands content: Kevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers
- UK government paves way for driverless cars
In this episode we talk about Microsoft’s latest disastrous ad campaign for it’s tablets, the privacy issues that arise from the use of various “monitoring” tools in the workplace and the dangers of oversharing on social media. We also talk about the usability problems in iOS7 and it’s future as an OS in the following months.
Duration: 51 min
Download: MP3 (37,5 MB)
Notes & Links
- Work can wait
- mSpy
- UX Critique
In this episode we talk about the rumors for an upcoming iPhone with a curved display and the implications of such a decision. We also discuss Twitter’s IPO and Everpix’s decision to shut down it’s service despite it’s struggles to become viable.
Duration: 47 min
Download: MP3 (32,6 MB)
Notes & Links
- Next iPhone to have curved screen and pressure sensors?
- Apple is planning to use a whole lot of Sapphire but for what?
- Ten ways Twitter’s IPO didn’t turn out to be like Facebook’s IPO
- Everpix shutting down
Another episode of our podcast discussing the latest and greatest about the new Nexus 5 smartphone released by Google and the coinciding 4.4. release of Android OS. Leaving that subject, we talk about the future of the music industry on the grounds of the prevailing use of Spotify and other streaming services that could potentially be hurtful to new artists.
Duration: 42 min
Download: MP3 (30,6 MB)
Notes & Links
- Google Nexus 5 unveiled
- Lumia sales spike
- Thom Yorke calls Spotify ‘the last desperate fart of a dying corpse’
- How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
An entire episode discussing Apple’s latest announcements at the recent event that took place on the 22nd of October. We talk about the new iPad Air and the possibility of an upcoming iPad Pro and the potential of the new Mac Pro given it’s price. We also discuss about the decision to give OSX Mavericks and iWorks for free and the implications it has on the industry plus many more.
Duration: 58 min
Download: MP3 (41,6 MB)
Notes & Links
- The Apple October 22nd Event Video
- A study on tablet usage: Browsing share by region
In this episode we talk about phablets, the upcoming release of the new iPhone models in Europe and Asia and the differences in their pricing. We also talk about the recent reports about the reduced accuracy of the sensors on iPhone 5S.
Duration: 34 min
Download: MP3 (23,9 MB)
Notes & Links
- Shrinking a Galaxy Note 3S display
- The iPhone 5S sensors blunder
Well this is it! We finally decided to release our first episode in English. It’s a honest (and maybe kind of embarrassing) attempt to broaden the conversation and welcome a lot of our English speaking friends that have been asking us to do it for a long time, so be gentle.
We start this episode talking about all the misconceptions about Apple’s fingerprint sensor and the record braking sales of the iPhone. We also talk about the newly released Surface 2 tablet and the overall dynamics of the personal computing industry as it evolves.
Duration: 41 min
Download: MP3 (23,9 MB)
Notes & Links
- Surface 2
- Kindle Fire HDX
Ο Στάθης Κουτσογιώργος και ο Γιώργος Τερεζάκης από τη Radiojar συζητάνε μαζί μας για το επιτυχημενο τους start-up, τη πορεία του συγκεκριμένου industry και τα μελλοντικά τους βήματα καθώς και τη δυσκολία του να ξεκινάς μια start-up στην Ελλάδα. Listen up!
Διάρκεια: 51 min
Download: MP3 (23,9 MB)
Notes & Links
- Radiojar
Ένα ολόκληρο επεισόδιο για το πρόσφατο event της Apple όπου ανακοινώθηκε το iPhone 5C και 5S.
Διάρκεια: 52 min
Download: MP3 (32,4 MB)
Notes & Links
- September 2013 Event (Video)
Στο πρώτο επεισόδιο αυτού του φθινοπώρου, μιλάμε για τη πρόσφατη αποχώρηση των Steve Ballmer και Hugo Barra και τις μελλοντικές προοπτικές αυτών των εξελίξεων. Συζητάμε επίσης για το iOS 7 και τις εμπειρίες μας από το Beta 6 καθώς και για όλες τις φήμες σχετικά με το επερχόμενο event της Apple.
Διάρκεια: 43 min
Download: MP3 (32,4 MB)
Notes & Links
- Steve Ballmer announces resignation
- Apple September 10 event
- Hugo Barra leaves Google for Xiaomi
Στο 71ο επεισόδιο ξεκινάμε συζητώντας για την προσπάθεια της Amazon να επεκταθεί στον χώρο της διανομής περιεχομένου με αφορμή την εξαγορά της Washington Post απο τον Jeff Bezos. Επίσης γκρινιάζουμε για το (μεγάλης διαρκείας) downtime του Apple developer portal και σχολιάζουμε τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στον χώρο των smartphones με το Firefox OS, το Nexus και την πρόσφατη beta του iOS 7.
Διάρκεια: 43 min
Download: MP3 (27,8 MB)
Notes & Links
- First firefox OS devices are in store and Firefox app store accepts payments
- Jeff Bezos letter after the Washington Post buyout
- Feedly “over capacity” bug and Apple’s approval policy
- Apple restores all development services after a 3 week downtime
Ένα ολόκληρο επεισόδιο με εντυπώσεις από το iOS 7 Beta με αφορμή τα WWDC sessions της Αpple. Σχολιάζουμε τις νέες δυνατότητες που προσφέρονται στους developers, τις τάσεις που διαμορφώνονται στην αγορά των apps και τι συνέπειες έχουν όλα αυτά στις επερχόμενες συσκευές της Apple που αναμένονται εντός του έτους.
Διάρκεια: 40 min
Download: MP3 (27,8 MB)
Notes & Links
- Radiojar opens in public beta
- WWDC 2013 session videos (Apple ID required)
Στο 69ο επεισόδιο μιλάμε για τη Microsoft και τον ανταγωνισμό της στο πεδίο του gaming, τον επίσης ανταγωνιστικό χώρο των RSS Readers μετά το κλείσιμο της Google και το μάλλον απογοητευτικό event του Facebook για το Instagram. Συζητάμε επίσης τη παγκόσμια μέρα των social media, για τα highlights του design τη τελευταία εκατονταετία και πολλά άλλα.
Διάρκεια: 40 min
Download: MP3 (27,8 MB)
Notes & Links
- Microsoft Backtracking on Xbox One DRM and Used Games Policy
- Video on Instagram
- 12 best designs from the past 100 years
- World social media day
- Google invites you to borrow its Trekker Street View backpacks and photograph the world
Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο συζητάμε για τη πρόσφατη διαρροή από την NSA σχετικά με το PRISM και όλες τις προεκτάσεις που έχει σαν γεγονός σχετικά με το ιδιωτικό απόρρητό στο διαδίκτυο. Σχολιάζουμε επίσης τις εξελίξεις στο χώρο του gaming από το φετινό E3 και το πως διαμορφώνεται το τοπίο για τους indie game developers.
Διάρκεια: 39 min
Download: MP3 (27,8 MB)
Notes & Links
- Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
- The prism details matter
- E3 2013: is the games industry making real progress?
- Anonymity Online
Ένα ολόκληρο επεισόδιο για το φετινό WWDC. Απόψεις, σχόλια και παρατηρήσεις για όλα όσα παρουσίασε η Apple στο event και τις αντιδράσεις που προκάλεσαν.
Διάρκεια: 60 min
Download: MP3 (34 MB)
Notes & Links
- WWDC 2013 Keynote