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TalkCentral
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about all things technology, local and international.
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150 episodes
TalkCentral: Ep 273 - 'What would Picard do?'
Against all expectations, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another lockdown episode of TalkCentral.
On the...
TalkCentral: Ep 272 - 'The final episode?'
TalkCentral is back for what may be the final episode of the long-running podcast.
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg catch up on the...
TalkCentral: Ep 271 - 'Pro to the power of Max'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack Apple's big keynote, looking at everything from the new iPhones to the surpris...
TalkCentral: Ep 270 - 'Fourways in, no ways out'
General chaos ensues on the podcast this week as Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by Louis Du Pisani, the CEO of the company behind t...
TalkCentral: Ep 269 - 'Attack of the tardigrades'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week's big technology news, including fresh details on Huawei's Harmon...
TalkCentral: Ep 268 - 'Putsonderfibre'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Telkom's plan to kill off copper - and that means DSL. Is this a good thin...
TalkCentral: Ep 267 - 'Only a decade late'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about government's spectrum policy direction to communications regulator Icasa.<...
TalkCentral: Ep 265 - 'Sorry, Bill, it's all Linux now'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the woes at Econet Media and what they might mean for the launch of Kwese...
TalkCentral: Ep 264 - 'Jobs axe swings at MultiChoice'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the looming layoffs at MultiChoice and what precipitated the move.
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TalkCentral: Ep 263 - 'Attack of the abbreviations'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss the new department of communications & digital technologies - is it more of t...
TalkCentral: Ep 262 - 'Return of the cheese grater'
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the big announcements from Apple's developer conference, including t...
TalkCentral: Ep 261 - 'Techpocalypse'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the developments around Huawei and what they might mean for the future of the...
TalkCentral: Ep 260 - 'Angry (about) Wasps'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss MTN's decision to back down, under consumer pressure, over its plan to introd...
TalkCentral: Ep 259 - 'It's bitcoin, beaches!'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the astonishing comeback of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. What's dri...
TalkCentral: Ep 258 - 'Takealot gets physical'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss Takealot's decision to open a flagship customer collections centre in Midrand...
TalkCentral: Ep 257 - 'Breaking the Fold'
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg take to YouTube for their first-ever live video discussion to talk about Samsun...
TalkCentral: Ep 256 - 'Bitcoin's back, baby'
On the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the sudden surge in the value of bitcoin.
Also this week, Hua...
TalkCentral: Ep 255 - 'Services, services, services'
On the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack Apple's big services event and wonder if the company has done enou...
TalkCentral: Ep 254 - 'Ad-free YouTube'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the South African launch of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.
Wh...
TalkCentral: Ep 253 - 'Ripley, believe it or not'
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about some of the consumer electronics highlights from MWC 2019, including...
TalkCentral: Ep 252 - 'EO-Eish!'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack what has been a dramatic two weeks for JSE-listed technology services group EO...
TalkCentral: Ep 251 - 'How Stella lost her groove'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams' altercation with an SABC news crew at the weekend, a...
TalkCentral: Ep 250 - 'Please (don't) call me'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the soap opera that is the fight between Vodacom and its former employee, Nkos...
TalkCentral: Ep 249 - 'WhatsApp, Facebook?'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss why Facebook is planning to make WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram interopera...
TalkCentral: Ep 248 - 'Whipping the llama'
On the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg mourn the (not unexpected) passing of Windows Mobile and delve into what we know so f...
TalkCentral: Ep 245 - 'The Best of Everything, 2018'
In this bumper year-end edition of the podcast, Nafisa Akabor joins Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg for a review of the year that was.
TalkCentral: Ep 244 - 'Bad polony'
On the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the rumours about a possible Telkom and Cell C merger.
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TalkCentral: Ep 243 - 'Time to go off-grid?'
In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg, both load shedded, chat about the feasibility of disconnecting oneself f...
TalkCentral: Ep 242 - 'Stella's turn at the top'
In the TalkCentral podcast this week, hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to reintegrate the...
TalkCentral: Ep 241 - 'Roamin' in the gloamin''
After a short break, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back with a new episode of TalkCentral.
In the podcast this week, the ope...
TalkCentral: Ep 240 - 'Is Apple pricing itself out of the market?'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Apple's new iPad Pro models, the new MacBook Air and the new Mac mini.
TalkCentral: Ep 239 - 'Cell C rains on Vodacom's parade'
In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Cell C's comments at a Competition Commission inquiry into the...
TalkCentral: 'Ten trillion photos a second'
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the seemingly better news on ICT emerging from government.
TalkCentral: Ep 237 - 'Live from Rage 2018'
This week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg bring you the TalkCentral podcast from the Rage expo in Johannesburg.
On the show this...
TalkCentral: Ep 236 - 'Elon Stark'
We have a great show this week. On TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about spectrum licensing getting into high gear and Facebo...
TalkCentral: Ep 235 - 'MultiChoice 2.0'
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpacks Naspers's decision to unbundle MultiChoice to shareholders and list it on the...
TalkCentral: Ep 234 - 'iPhone Excess Max'
In the TalkCentral podcast this week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the big Apple keynote, when the world's most valuable c...
TalkCentral: Ep 233 - 'Gather round'
On the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about former communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s startling claims about why...
TalkCentral: Ep 232 - 'Blustery'
On the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Nvidia's new ray-tracing GPUs.
Also on the show,...
TalkCentral: Ep 231 - 'Give us gigarays!'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg preview Nvidia's big graphics card announcement happening on Monday. The company is e...