Sunday Social - 29/04/18

Bitcoin started around nine years ago and only in recent years, has kicked off. CEO and founder of Auckland Block Chain Studios Centrality, Aaron McDonald, joins Vaughn Davis talking Bitcoin. Mr. McDonald explains Block Chain is much like a public ledger, wherein anyone can add Bitcoin transactions to that network (as long as they follow the rules). In the Bitcoin world an intermediary isnt necessary to exchange values. Currently there are about one million untouched Bitcoins sitting in the account which are now worth billions. It is only through mining and minting that these Bitcoins will come into being. Listen to the full audio with Aaron McDonald above. Should social media influencers claim their title on Facebook if they haven't proved who they are? Anna Connell joins Vaughn Davis for Apps of the Week, talking the updated Gmail, what are social media influences and are DNA Websites safe? Influence schminfluence Facebook Asia-Pacifics head of agency has called for social media influencers to stop using the descriptor unless they can prove they have actually influenced something. Neil Stewart argued that the term influencer was sometimes misleading when used for people on social media who just had some friends and followers. He suggested Z-list celebrities was often a more appropriate description. Gmail now has encrypted and self destructing emails Confidential Mode Tap padlock / clock option to set self destruct Set time limit Cant read once time is up Cant forward Ancestry websites DNA tests Used to solve that 40 year old mass-murder case Law enforcement used a DNA sample from one of the crime scenes and matched it to distant relatives who had used a genealogy website to find out about their family background. Listen to the full audio with Anna Connell above. Sunday Social with Vaughn Davis, 7pm - 8pm on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.