TalkCentral
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about all things technology, local and international.
TalkCentral: Ep 178 - 'Core, blimey'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the looming restructuring at Telkom. Also this week, they look at Cell C's new tariff plans (are they a response to Telkom's FreeMe?), Iflix expanding on its Africa launch plans, Intel announcing the Core i9 processor and…
TalkCentral: Ep 177 - 'Siyabonga, Cwele'
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about telecommunications minister Siyabonga Cwele's decision to reverse course on a plan to assign all future high-demand spectrum to the planned wholesale wireless open-access network. Also this week, Microsoft to build Azure data centres in South Africa, Huawei gets into the PC…
TalkCentral: Ep 176 - 'Flipping flip-flopping'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about government's umpteenth flip-flop on encryption in digital TV and what it says about the state of South Africa's government. Also this week, Windows to play nicely with iOS and Android (and why it's a great move by…
TalkCentral: Ep 175 - 'How big is your rocket?'
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg ask whether ADSL is dying. Also this week, MTN achieves 400Mbit/s LTE, rumours about the next iPhone, Jeff Bezos may soon be the world’s richest man and the Nasdaq cracks 6 000. Duncan's pick this week is…
TalkCentral: Ep 174 - 'Full chipmunk'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Internet Solutions' reported discussions to acquire Dark Fibre Africa. Also this week, Naspers to pump almost R1bn into Takealot, a big restructuring looming at Datatec, Hetzner is peering at NAPAfrica and ... Star Trek's Tricorder is almost…
TalkCentral: Ep 173 - 'The Skypes'
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another episode of technology news and analysis. In this week's show: how Samsung dealt with the Galaxy Note7 crisis; Vodafone's CEO, Vittorio Colao, is in town and LG's new G6 smartphone makes its South African debut. Duncan's pick this week…
TalkCentral: Ep 172 - 'The next Galaxy'
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another opinionated slice of technology analysis (plus some politics - it's been quite a week). In this week's show: the Samsung Galaxy S8 unveiled; Cell C wants to cut termination rates to zero; Telkom may spin off its tower and…
TalkCentral: Ep 171 - 'Bad movie'
On TalkCentral this week, Ster-Kinekor’s old website leaked almost 7m users’ account details — we speak to the Durban-based software developer, Matt Cavanagh, who exposed a major security flaw in the company’s website. Also on the show this week, the ANC to mull ways of reducing MultiChoice’s dominance in pay…
TalkCentral: Ep 170 - 'Reinvention'
On TalkCentral this week, MultiChoice talks up DStv Now and online streaming - and a new streaming player, Iflix, is coming to South Africa. Also in the podcast, MTN is trying to reinvent itself for a new era; a new deal on the ICT white paper might be possible; and…
TalkCentral: Ep 169 - 'Spit on the pop filter'
On TalkCentral this week, the best of Mobile World Congress 2017. Also this week, Cell C's restructuring, new shared-data plans from Telkom and Cell C, and MTN's results. Regardt's pick this week is Setapp, while Duncan has chosen Bitdefender for Android.
TalkCentral: Ep 168 - 'MWC preview'
In TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the big announcements expected at Mobile World Congress, including new smartphones from HTC, Huawei, Sony and, yes, Nokia. Also this week, DStv hikes its prices, the Snapchat IPO, and ZAR X goes live. Duncan's pick this week's…
TalkCentral: Ep 167 - 'Liquid assets'
On TalkCentral this week: Liquid Telecom consummates its deal to buy Neotel; what South Africans felt about Zuma’s state of the nation address; there's concern about Cell C; and Twitter’s growth flat-lines. Regardt van der Berg's pick this week is Zendesk, while Duncan McLeod has chosen Dashline.
TalkCentral: Ep 166 - 'A trillion dollars'
In TechCentral's TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg ask: which will be the first big tech company to reach a market capitalisation of a trillion dollars? Also this week, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet results, the ICT policy white paper and communications regulator Icasa's planned…
TalkCentral: Ep 165 - 'Eagle-eared'
In the latest episode of South Africa's top technology podcast: Microsoft's blow-out earnings thanks to the cloud; the latest rumours on the Samsung Galaxy S8; the Nintendo Switch in South Africa; the Sony Xperia Ear in South Africa; and should we scrap the digital terrestrial television project?
South Africa's digital radio future
In this special TalkCentral podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sits down with the experts on digital radio in South Africa to talk about the country's DAB+ and DRM trials, what's been learnt from them, and when consumers can expect commercial services to be launched. Also in the podcast, the panel…
TalkCentral: Ep 164 - 'The new king of content'
In this week's episode of TalkCentral, a look at Netflix's strong financial results - and has it taken the lead in South Africa from ShowMax? Also, this week, is WeChat a threat to Android and iOS? Plus, more trouble for Samsung and network neutrality in South Africa.
TalkCentral: Ep 163 - 'Backdoors and Bobiverses'
On TalkCentral's first episode of 2017, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss the WhatsApp "backdoor", Norway to switch off FM radio, Cell C jacking up its prices and the iPhone turning 10. Duncan's pick this week is We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E Taylor, while…
TalkCentral: Ep 162 - 'The best of 2016'
It's our last show for the year, and a time to look back at the year. In this special edition of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg choose their top smartphones of 2016. Also this week, the biggest local and international technology stories of the year, our winner…
TalkCentral: Ep 161 - 'Passing grade'
In TalkCentral this week, the SABC behaving badly, the "please call me" settlement talks break down, MTN names a new group chief operating officer, speculation about Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and Vodacom's uncapped fibre plans.
Why IS is buying MWeb, with Saki Missaikos
TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sat down with Internet Solutions MD Saki Missaikos to find out why his company is buying MWeb Connect and getting into the retail ISP market, especially in light of the fact that it seems to depart from IS's historical focus on the business market. Duncan asked…