A decade ago, I appeared on the 361 Podcast to give my advice about mobile security. This was the era of the iPhone 5 and Android KitKat. BlackBerry was trying to have (yet another) resurgence and Nokia was desperately trying to keep Windows Phone alive. What advice did I give then, and is it still relevant? Stay Sceptical In at number five is just stay sceptical. I mean, quite often, lots of mobile viruses and mobile scams spread by text message, by email, by Twitter. And these are all…
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Listen to this blog post in your browser: Download MP3 audio. Powered by Amazon Polly. I've noticed an interesting trend on some of the blogs I follow. More of them - though by no means the majority - are including audio versions of the content. The usually look something like this: or The ones which have this are mostly using commercial Text-To-Speech (TTS) engines. Although a few of the (perhaps wealthier?) bloggers have hired people to record audio versions of their…
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We're back again with Kim Rowan. Listen to her thoughts about what it's like to become a manager of technical teams. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. Read about how she got into tech. …
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How do you modernise the technology of a huge organisation like the UK's Ministry of Justice? Kim Rowan has some bright ideas. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. Read Kim's post on the Application Modernisation Team For more technical posts, read the Just-Tech blog on Medium. …
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Happy Ada Lovelace Day! I interviewed its founder, Suw Charman-Anderson, on an earlier episode. So here is a BONUS EPISODE for your ears. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had recording it. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. …
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After five long years, The Pod Delusion is back! This is a quick chat with host & producer James O'Malley. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. You can listen to back-episodes at https://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/ and I thoroughly recommend sticking it in your podcast app. …
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If two blokes meet up and don't record a podcast, did it even happen? Social Media Maven Documentally showed off his podcasting rig - an app called Backpack Studio. You can listen to the ramblechat we recorded on his feed. Here's our quick chat about this nifty podcasting app - which I hope will one day come to Android. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. …
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Hannah works for Eagle Labs, where she 3D prints things and builds IoT lamps. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. …
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Do you want an ultra-minimalist, open source, train times website? If so, Dan Pope, has created trntxt.uk just for you! 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. …
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A quick chat with Rainey David all about the gender pay gap. Including top tips on how to value your worth to your employer. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. Find out more at ThePayGap.com …
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My pal Thea Cochrane is doing brilliant things with the British Library Sound Archive 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. You can follow along @BLSoundHeritage. 🎧 Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher. 🍏 Subscribe on iTunes. 🎵 Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. ⏱ Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The Noun Project. 🄯 This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. …
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How can you quickly tune up your computer security? Dan Raywood - Contributing Editor at Infosecurity Magazine shares his wisdom with us. 🔊 💾 Download this audio file. If you're interested in an open source password manager, I'm happy to personally recommend BitWarden 🎧 Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher. 🍏 Subscribe on iTunes. 🎵 Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. ⏱ Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The Noun Project. 🄯 This podcast is licensed und…
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