TalkCentral
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about all things technology, local and international.
TalkCentral: Ep 194 - 'A twister in the tale'
It's Friday (the 13th) and that means it's time to talk tech. In this week's episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the imminent launch of South Africa's first (trial) 5G network. Also in the show this week, government backtracks on its plan to sell…
TalkCentral: Ep 193 - 'EnrAged'
On the show this week, Regardt van der Berg and Duncan McLeod are at South Africa's biggest electronic entertainment exhibition, rAge. And there's plenty to see - and talk about - from high-end gaming rigs to e-sports and from cosplay to virtual reality. Also on the show this week, Vodacom's…
TalkCentral: Ep 192 - 'Klingons and rocket ships'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Elon Musk's plan to reduce planetary travel -- and why did he call the rocket ship "BGR"? Also this week, thoughts on the new Star Trek TV series, available in South Africa on Netflix. Plus FNB's new…
TalkCentral: Ep 191 - 'Pocket God'
It's the weekend, and that means it's TalkCentral time. In this week's podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the biggest technology news, including the improvements MultiChoice has announced to DStv Now. Also in the show this week, Duncan and Regardt look at the local launch of…
TalkCentral: Ep 190 - 'A flagship Android Nokia'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss HMD Global’s new Android flagship, the Nokia 8. Also this week, they chat about Tuesday's announcement about the iPhone models and what we can expect. Plus Liquid Telecom’s fibre expansion and Showmax to merge with DStv, which leads…
TalkCentral: Ep 189 - 'Vumatel's township game changer'
There's one story dominating the podcast this week: TechCentral's exclusive story about Vumatel's plan to offer uncapped 100Mbit/s fibre to township residents for R89/month, starting in Alexandra in Johannesburg. If Vumatel gets it right - and its models show it's likely to work - the audacious plan could transform township…
TalkCentral: Ep 188 - 'It's LIT!'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Telkom's new LIT zero-rated music and video streaming plans and what they mean for the market. Also this week, HTC is on the chopping block -- we look back at some of the company's best handsets -…
TalkCentral: Ep 187 - 'Just don't call them utilities'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by Andrew Fraser to chat about the week's biggest local and international technology news. On the menu this week: Icasa's attempts to deal with expiring data - is it going about it correctly? - and should the…
TalkCentral: Ep 186 - 'The R3m home entertainment system'
This week's podcast was recorded at Homemation in Sandton. Homemation is a specialist distributor of mid- to high-end audio/visual and home automation solutions. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by the company's brand manager Warren Husband, with the show itself recorded in a room kitted…
TalkCentral: Ep 185 - 'Curious case of EOH'
It's Friday, so it's podcast time. On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about MTN shares plunging on a disappointing earnings update. Also this week, the curious case of EOH's gyrating share price, Blue Label Telecoms wraps up the Cell C deal and Telkom vs…
TalkCentral: Ep 184 - 'Simon says'
We're at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by "Mr Mediatech" Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well as all the week's biggest technology news. On the podcast this week, the US$20 4G…
TalkCentral: Ep 183 - 'Crisis at SAP'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg dissect the crisis facing SAP in South Africa and analyse how it's managed things so far (short version: not terribly well). Also this week, why a merger of Sentech and Broadband Infraco is a bad idea, views on the…
TalkCentral: Ep 182 - 'Drones in a cage'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod is joined by Sun Circle Group MD Simon Robinson to chat about the upcoming Mediatech Africa show at the Dome, plus, of course, all the week's technology news. In the podcast, Simon and Duncan discuss Icasa suspending its CEO and Samsung reporting its biggest…
TalkCentral: Ep 181 - 'Gupta sockpuppets'
Andrew Fraser joins the TalkCentral team of Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg this week to talk about everything tech (and everything besides). On the show this week, Andrew talks about his investigation into the Gupta sockpuppets on Twitter. Also this week, was the Petya malware that spread around…
TalkCentral: Ep 180 - 'Steam Winter Sale'
On TalkCentral this week, Vodacom breaks the 500Mbit/s mobile download barrier, Uber’s CEO quits and Liquid Telecom outlines its plans for Neotel. Plus, it seems you can now “root” your drone... And we pick our best deals from the Steam Summer Sale, which really should be the Steam Winter Sale…
TalkCentral: Ep 179 - 'Apple's beast'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the constitutional court judgment in favour of former communications minister Faith Muthambi. Also this week, Japan's Nippon Telephone and Telegraph said to be mulling the sale of Dimension Data Africa (but there are strong denials), Telkom is…
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…