How much do you hate being left on hold to the help desk? Is it possible to replace call centres, help desks and support lines with social media? An Australian company is trying to do just that. Plus, all the ways you can tell the internet to not track you online. And, what happens to your data when you die - all those passwords, banking records, your Facebook page?
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ep18/4034070
How did an American department store predict that a 15 year old girl was pregnant before anyone else? We examine the strange and fascinating world of Predictive Analytics and Data Mining both in and away from the computer. We examine how the world of Pervasive Gaming is bleeding out of the screen and intro the streets. And Digital Product Placement - imagine all your favourite old TV shows with brand new brands inserted into them.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ep5/3851666
Can you hack a new arm? We meet the man who has hacked Microsoft Kinect to help people who suffer from phantom limb syndrome. We slip into the Dark Web and go shopping on the infamous online pharmacy The Silk Road. Along the way we examine Bitcoin and the world of virtual currencies and whether they truly have a future. Plus how virtual pan-handling can give you one million dollars as we evaluate the world of crowdsourcing and Kickstarter.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ep4/3835218
Can the principals behind computer gaming solve world hunger and untangle the GFC? We examine the quirky world of Gamification. Plus, what happens when you combine a 3D printer with the world’s largest illegal downloading network? Hilarity, that’s what. And If you’re sick of your mobile phone running out of juice (and aren’t we all?) Download explains the future of the cell phone battery. Plus we investigate whether Google has found the lost city of Atlantis.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/ep-3/3823816
It’s the 4 billion dollar industry that wants to see you get more sex. We examine the psychology and business behind Digital Dating in light of the gay hook-up iPhone App Grindr being hacked by a NSW Teenager. And only in our second episode we declare that Radio is Dead! Long Live RDIO. Do music subscription services like Spotify and the newly launched RDIO mean a genuine competitor for iTunes? We also examine Twitter’s decision to allow country-by-country censorship - is it actually a good thing? And as a little treat, imagine if you could take over the official twitter feed of an entire nation… what would you say?
Imagine doing away with your password and logging on to a website using facial recognition technology. We also examine the possibility of your mobile phone replacing your credit card. Also we wade though the numbers to find out just how much damage piracy is really doing to the entertainment industry. This week’s guest panel includes Nick Ross, Editor of the ABC’s Games and Technology website and Patrick Gray, cybersecurity journalist from Risky.Biz
Brand new in 2012, Download This Show is your weekly access-point to the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and more.
Beginning January 29, Download This Show will be presented by Marc Fennell (Hungry Beast, triple j) on Sundays at 9:30pm (with a repeat broadcast on Thursdays at 2pm), and will be available to podcast and listen online.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/29-january-2012/3790486