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Unencrypted
by Unencrypted
A podcast that makes you smarter in 20 minutes or less.
Episodes
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#BizTrends2024: Yesh Surjoodeen, MD HP Southern Africa, explains how PCs can win in 2024
The PC market is going through a time. They're losing market share to the Mac. Losing mind share because of a technology gap that is growing because they are relying on 3rd party suppliers like Intel and AMD. Who better than Yesh Sujoodeen, MD for HP South Africa to explain what the future of the...
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#BizTrends2024: Wayne Toms, GhostDraft CEO, talks about AI convergence in CCM
There’s a line in Redemption Song that goes “have no fear for atomic energy” and it speaks to a post-World War II mistrust of science. We’re in the moment right now with AI. GhostDraft has been automating customer communications since 1984 and the current CEO Wayne Toms thinks that 2024 is the…
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Christmas was cancelled in Bethlehem: a discussion with a religious leader
Podcast originally produced for St George's Rod and Staff https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/st-georges-rod-and-staff/id1503957357 Host: Lindsey Schutters Guest: Archdeacon Rodney Whiteman
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ep.12 | Uber is going green for clout
There were about 14,463 Uber trips made in each minute of 2022 across the 900 cities where you can get an Uber. Uber, however, doesn’t say how many of those trips were in electric vehicles, but does say that it saved over 18 million litres of petrol from the 25,000 EVs in its global fleet. In…
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ep.11 | Green Hydrogen sounds like a scam.
You know the just energy transition South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is always talking about? It’s going to cost an estimated one and a half trillion Rand to get started. Of course the bulk of that money will be spent on overhauling the electricity sector, but it is an ENERGY transition,...
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ep. 10 | Microsoft has been doing AI for years
Microsoft took the fight to its competitors in the consumer space when it added the OpenAI’s GPT engine into its search engine Bing, and its Edge browser and now everyone is in love with a moody chat bot… What a time to be alive. But this isn’t Microsoft’s first rodeo or even its first billion...
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ep.9 | Mobile gamers are getting their chance.
Christiano Ramos (or Tiano in the game), the best Call of Duty Mobile player in the country – or the continent, depending on who you’re speaking to – says high refresh rate displays are a massive benefit. Specifically, the ability to lock framerate on a game. If you believe the marketing and the...
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ep.8 | Portchie NFTs spread joy to digital lives
There is no touching in the metaverse, no floral fragrances in Web3, and DeFi is distinctly flavourless. The promise of the digital world is a stark – because minimalism is encouraged due to development constraints – existence without the comforts of life. But artists like Jan Hendrik Viljoen,...
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ep.7 | Quality is the casualty of the music streaming wars.
Humans, on average, listen to 18.4 hours of music each week. That’s equivalent to around 368 three minute audio tracks. This is according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry 2021 Engaging with Music report. The 2019 version of this report put that weekly average at 18...
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Bits - Crypto stability could be disrupted | Microsoft Surface event
It’s US CPI data day again, which tanked BTC by 10% last month… Microsoft had an event and there are new Surface machines on the way.
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ep.6 | How tech is changing photography
Unencrypted ep.6: How technology is changing photography (ft. Ian McNaught Davis) Ian is one of the most accomplished photographers I know and not only because of his masters in photography that he achieved abroad, but rather the fact that he has been a photographer in an active war zone. Scratch...
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Bits - Digital Gold is back! | Xiaomi 12T family | iPhone 14 Plus reviews
British pound volatility, the imminent Credit Suisse liquidity crisis and the European gas situation contributed to a 3 percent gain for Bitcoin. The premier crypto has arrived at the $20 000 level again and things could go either way. The shares of one of the widely tracked crypto funds…
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ep.5 | How big tech is trying to fix recycling
That’s James McCall, chief sustainability officer at HP. Yes, I’m back in the desert, but this time I’m taking about ocean bound plastics. Specifically the stuff HP is using in 99 percent of its new devices. You see, plastic manufacturing is actually a bit of a scam. On 18 July 2017 the sovereign...
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Bits - BTC can’t hold $20k | Amazon product announcements
Bitcoin retreats from $20300 in wake of USD surge and BoE debt counter. XRP was an early winner, but QNT had a spectacular Wednesday. Public BTC miners have lost money. Amazon Kindle Scribe is an e-ink tablet with a stylus - which begs the question: WHO ASKED FOR THIS? Apple does about turn to...
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ep.4 | What's a Binance?
Binance is the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and has aggressively entered South Africa. Lindsey Schutters spoke to the local Binance business head Hannes Wessels about the plans for Mzansi and how Binance is going to move crypto into the mainstream. We didn't expect…
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Unencrypted Bits - Interest rates affecting crypto market | Logitech takes on gaming phones
This week in crypto is brought to you by luno.com
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ep.3 | How Huawei is making its comeback
Not many tech commentators gave Huawei a chance after the company was hit with sanctions that stripped it of its ability to source from US intellectual property. With no access to Google Mobile Services or even 5G connectivity, and unable to manufacturer its own silicon chips, Huawei fought back...
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Unencrypted Bits - Ethereum Merge | Binance dominance | GoPro Hero 11 Black
This week in crypto is brought to you by luno.com
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Unencrypted Bits- This week in crypto | iPhone 14 announcement
This week in crypto is brought to you by Luno.com
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ep.2 | How Samsung is jumping the Bluetooth competition
Samsung didn’t give much details on how they are reproducing HiFi audio in the Galaxy Buds2 Pro, they’re just trusting that you buy the product and the story. This week Gavin Dudley, editor of TECH magazine, joins Unencrypted to unpack and demystify Bluetooth audio. Unencrypted is brought to you…
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Unencrypted ep. 1 | HP and the supply chain crisis
Lindsey Schutters, thedecryptr.com editor reporting from the HP Amplify Executive Conference 2022, Dubai. How is the second biggest PC manufacturer in the world navigating the supply chain crisis? Listen to Chief Supply Chain Officer Ernest Nicholas chart the company's course forward. This…
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OVRCLKD Grand Finale.
The final episode of South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast. Thanks for the memories. Gavin's main hustle is here: http://techmagazine.co.za/ And you can also find us here: http://thatopinionguy.co.za https://global.techradar.com/en-za Follow Gavin at...
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OVRCLKD Interview: TCL TVs come to SA
Head of marketing for TCL South Africa tells OVRCLKD what makes TCL special and why they've chosen to hit the South African market right before Christmas.
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OVRCKLD 151: Android 12 arrives in SA (for S21 users | Engen 1App | Huawei licenses hardware
Rejoice Samsung Galaxy S21/+/Ultra users, for your overlords have granted you Android 12! Lindsey still has no regrets, Gavin tames the loadshedding beast, we were right about Huawei and Honor, and South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast mourns the loss of Joox. Elsewhere Apple...
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OVRCLKD 150: How to survive loadshedding | 5G remains a myth
A delayed episode sees South Africa’s most accessible consumer technology podcast have André de Ruyter's back in the loadshedding debate, Lindsey falls out of love with Android, Eskom are unexpectedly helpful, 5G remains a myth and Gavin has feelings for Intel. If you care about ARMv9 and…
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OVRCLKD 149: TCL TVs come to SA! | Down with the metaverse | Showmax rules streaming
This week South Africa’s most accessible consumer technology podcast sees Gavin fail at technology, Lindsey rages against the metaverse, TCL launches TVs in South Africa at ridiculously good prices, LG gives 3 months free Apple TV+, Apple breaks Lindsey’s heart by cutting iPad mini production and...
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OVRCLKD 148: Unpacking the Takealot monopoly | Facebook renames | Love for De Ruyter is down
Apologies for the audio clipping this week, Gavin got excited about his favourite topic: his bromance with Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter. Xiaomi South Africa make a case for its excellently priced 11T Pro, the competition commission is looking into Takealot's monopoly, we go hands on with the Huawei...
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OVRCLKD 147: What makes the new MacBooks Pro special? | Rain is anti competition
The new MacBooks Pro and the M1 Pro and M1 Max silicon threaten to ruin the family, there's new developments in the big spectrum fight, iPhones enjoy the best average mobile internet speeds in the country, Gavin gets emotional about Windows and Lindsey didn't get a Fitbit Charge 5. All that and...
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OVRCLKD Interview: Windows 11
Microsoft's consumer business lead Fatih Bor and modern workplace and security business lead Colin Erasmus answer all our Windows 11 questions so that you can make better choices about the upgrade.
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OVRCLKD 146: Honor gets Google services | Garmin Venu 2 | Poco comes to SA!
We bring you all the biggest South African tech stories on this week's episode of Mzansi's most accessible consumer technology podcast, but you first need to sit through a Nokia love fest delivered by a passionate Gavin Dudley. Lindsey believes that the SA Reserve Bank has its heart in the right...
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OVRCLKD 145' Windows 11 | Fitbit Charge 5 | the best Internet service providers!
We bring you all the first impressions of Windows 11, a Samsung Galaxy A22 review, Lindsey thinks the Fitbit Charge 5 was made for him, Gavin fondles a Poco Phone and there's a disturbance of the peace. South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast is bursting at the seams with tech...
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OVRCLKD 144: Telkom data leak | How to build your home network | More De Ruyter love
This week Gavin continues his romantic fantasies about the Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter, Lindsey fires shots at Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede Mantashe, we detail Huawei’s plans for the Nova 8 Pro and try to make some sense out of the WATCH 3 Pro product positioning. There’s a ton of news to...
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OVRCLKD Interview: Akhram Mohamed CTO - Huawei South Africa
Huawei South Africa launched the Nova 8i and Pro as well as the Huawei Watch 3 and Watch 3 Pro (our first legitimate look at HarmonyOS), so we grilled the company's leading local voice on the future of the the brand in South Africa. Everything you want to know about product strategy and market...
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OVRCLKD 143: MultiChoice has a new DStv pricing model | Eskom | Huawei
MultiChoice stars in this week's episode of South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast because some strange decision making has put Lindsey's rugby watching in jeopardy. Gavin has strong feelings for Eskom's CEO, there's some more development in the ransomware situation and we…
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OVRCLKD 142: iPhone 13 | Sonos Beam (Gen 2) | Who won in the Apple v Epic trial | On air fight!
There was an Apple Event this week, so Gavin is particularly combative. We explain the difference between a Samsung Galaxy A22 and A32, Lindsey has to defend the iPhone 13 family from unfair ridicule, the new iPad is the best computer you can buy for under R7 500, Gavin explains his issues with...
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OVRCLKD 141: How to buy a laptop | Huawei Nova 8 impressions | Mediatek gets good!
Gavin and Lindsey agree on Apple product, try to make sense of the Huawei Nova 8, giggle at FNB's scam situation, give you our best laptop buying advice and lament the loss of the headphone jack in the mid-range. It's bumper episode of South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast…
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OVRCLKD 140: Icasa is killing us | MultiChoice in Nigerian trouble | How to buy a tablet
This week South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast tries to make sense of Icasa's spectrum claw back, gives our best tablet buying advice (tldr: get the iPad), fails at getting some commentary from Huawei South Africa, explains why Nigeria wants $2-billion from Multichoice and...
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OVRCLKD 139: Fitbit Charge 5 | How to buy a smartphone
This week Gavin and Lindsey share their top phone buying tips, discuss the fitbit Charge 5, and try not to kill each other. Gavin's main hustle is here: http://techmagazine.co.za/ And you can also find us here: http://thatopinionguy.co.za https://global.techradar.com/en-za Follow Gavin at...
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OVRCLKD 138: Honor is back! | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 | You should listen to Joox
This week Gavin and Lindsey delay the folding phone talk as long as possible on South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast. Is the Honor Magic 3 what the P50 should've been? Is Samsung trying to create a market to license its folding intellectual property? Will Telkom take Joox to...
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OVRCLKD 137: Medupi and Eskom | Samsung losing ground in Africa | Troll goes to jail
Actual consumer technology news dominates South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast this week. Gavin and Lindsey unpack the Q2 mobile sales figures (Xiaomi are on the charge), we explain the Medupi woes and why Eskom is putting the tariffs up so aggressively, there's continued...
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OVRCLKD Interview: Nicola Nell, Xiaomi South Africa
Xiaomi is relaunching in South Africa with actual in country representatives. Gavin and Lindsey are always looking for more value in the market and Xiaomi's vast product catalogue is very hard to beat for diversity and value for money. Nicola fills us in on the brand strategy as it now tries to...
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OVRCLKD 136: Lucas Films listened! | Apple earnings | Cloud computing | Huawei P50
This week South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast unpacks the Apple earnings, Lindsey is very excited for the Huawei P50 Pro, Gavin lost R3000 trying to set up an Azure virtual machine cloud computer, there's a Samsung Unpacked folding phone preview and we finally figure out…
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OVRCLKD 135: Pegasus! | Nokia G10 | Xiaomi comes to SA! | South Africa's biggest Internet users!
Pegasus and the targeted attack on Cyril Ramaphosa dominates the headlines on this week's episode of South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast. Lindsey is finding it hard to love the Nokia G10, Gavin has some Blackberry nostalgia and some excellent tips to get on top of work from...
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OVRCLKD 134: You need to know about Astrofica | Joker malware | Samsung and LG respond to KZN riots
This week on South Africa’s most accessible consumer technology podcast Gavin and Lindsey reflect on the violence in KZN, the Astrofica leadership team turn Lindsey on to the virtues of a manned Mars mission, we give you the heads up on mobile scams that are stealing money from consumers, We…
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OVRCLKD 133: South Africa's best ISPs | Google Workspace woes | What's up with Multichoice
Another jam packed show that tries to understand why Rain is ranked consistently last on the list of best ISPs in South Africa, where Vumatel went wrong, Gavin tries to explain what is going on with Multichoice, Lindsey has strong feelings about Google Workspace and how the government has let…
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OVRCLKD 132: Live on Greenroom! | Microsoft wants you to buy a new PC | Samsung x Google smartwatch
South Africa’s most accessible consumer technology podcast comes to you live on Greenroom by Spotify! (apologies for the drop in audio quality.) Gavin gets hypocritical about Microsoft when Lindsey points out that Windows 11 is forcing a hardware upgrade, Samsung unveils more plans for the…
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OVRCLKD 131: China vs Bitcoin | Dstv survives | 5G gets real | Spotify Greenroom
This week South Africa’s most accessible consumer technology podcast finds more meaning in 5G, makes sense of China’s crypto mining ban and regulations, unpacks the DSTV earnings report, Lindsey apologises to Discovery Vitality, Gavin finds out that all USB-C connectors are not made equal, and we...
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OVRCLKD 130: Dolby Atmos on Android | Hands-on with Sony WF-1000XM4 | Leica Leitz
This week Dolby Atmos comes to Android users via an Apple Music update, and of course South Africa's most accessible consumer technology podcast has all the details. Gavin goes hands on with the Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds, Lindsey waxes lyrical about his re-ignited love of Huawei and we're back to…
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OVRCLKD 129: WWDC wrap | Sony WF-1000XM4 | Huawei falls out of global top 5!
Apple fans, revel in 5min of wall to wall WWDC summary! Gavin cares about Spotify, Lindsey gets the power of 5G injected into his house, Sony launches the world's most advanced true wireless earbuds at the world's most ridiculous price and Huawei drops out of the global top 5 smartphone vendors....
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OVRCLKD 128: HarmonyOS | Akhram Mohamed CTO Huawei South Africa | AMD x Samsung | Clubhouse invites!
Huawei South Africa CTO Akhram Mohamed talks about the new Huawei Band 6, HarmonyOS gets released to the world, Lindsey got on an airplane for the first time in over a year, Gavin is done with cinema and Samsung is poised to rule the Android world with help from AMD. All that and more on this...
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