A triumvirate of Craig Wilson, Stafford Masie and Simon Dingle form your panel in this week’s high-quality episode of everyone’s favourite podcast. Their words, not ours. Aside from a side-discussion involving steroid sport leagues we manage to discuss several technology topics, including:

• The quantified self movement.
• Broadband promises from politicians.
• PS Vita and the future of gaming.
• Content blocks and licensing.
• The future of the future.
• Hoverboards.
• Kickstarter.
• Social identity curators.
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch and pricing.
• Technology agnosticism.
• Apple’s OSX Mountain Lion.

Our technology picks this week:

• Craig Wilson: Fingle for iPad.
• Stafford Masie: Code Year.
• Simon Dingle: SwiftKey X, Pizza vs. Skeletons, Gmail app for iOS.

We test everything from Brett’s time-keeping abilities to Ben’s patience and the new Nokia Lumia smartphones in this episode of the ZA Tech Show. Join Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle as we discuss:

• Nokia’s Lumia 800 launch.
• The furore over 22seven.
• Facebook IPO rumours.
• Inside Google.
• The Megaupload bust.
• The end of piracy.

Virtual assistants, wine and patent wars all feature on our show this week. Andy Hadfield, Craig Wilson and Simon Dingle discuss:

• The death of Dennis Ritchie.
• Apple’s iPhone 4S sales record.
• Facebook and Google Plus.
• Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Mobile user interfaces.
• Online backup.

Our technology picks this week:

• Craig Wilson: Zovo online backup.
• Andy Hadfield: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• Simon Dingle: Philips Fidelio S8550 docking speakers.

With mixed emotions Ben Kelly, Simon Dingle and Samantha Beckbessinger discuss:

• Memories of Steve Jobs who passed away this week.
• The iPhone 4S breaking pre-order records.
• Windows 8 and the future of Nokia.
• The BlackBerry and Seacom outages.
• India’s $35 Aakash tablet.
• Debunking the BBM rumour.

Our technology picks of the week:

• Ben Kelly – Regretsy.com and Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of Steve Jobs.
• Sam Beckbessinger - 27b/6 and NPC Jam.
• Simon Dingle: Espresso.

Is there still hope for BlackBerry? Can Lenovo make a dent in the tablet market? We don’t know the answers to these questions, but are willing to speculate wildly. This week Andy Hadfield, Simon Dingle and Steven Ambrose discuss;

• The Lenovo K1 tablet.
• Samsung pulling the Tab 7.7 from its stand at IFA.
• The Amazon tablet.
• App stores and operators.
• iOS 5.
• The launch of Telkom Business Mobile.
• Evernote acquiring Skitch.
• Google shutting down old projects.
• And more…

Our technology picks this week:

• Steven Ambrose: The new BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Mecer’s 4-port USB hub with Ethernet.
• Andy Hadfield: Rugby World 2011 app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
• Simon Dingle: Motorola Atrix.

Your panelists this week are Andy Hadfield, Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle. With classy wine in-hand, we discuss;

• Google+ and Facebook blocking contact exports.
• Facebook video chat with Skype.
• Preparing for OSX Lion.
• Android tablets.
• Comscore’s market update for Q2 smartphone sales.
• Nokia 2.0.
• Lenovo.

Our technology picks this week:

• Andy Hadfield – Picks: Dragon Age II.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Lego Instructions for iOS.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Objet260 3D printer.

Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle warm themselves with some fiery tech talk on a freezing Monday night. We talk;

• The great Vodabomb of 2011.
• The RICA cut-off in South Africa and its fallout.
• The launch of Google+.
• Zynga preparing its IPO.
• Myspace sold to Justin Timberlake.
• Huawei’s S7 7″ Android tablet.
• Lenovo’s new marketing push.
• Battery technology.
• Lytro photography

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Ben Kelly: Pinterest.
• Sam Beckbessinger: Compfight and Twitter Whom to follow.
• Brett Haggard: Free App a Day.
• Simon Dingle: The Lands of Hope.

It’s all about gaming and mobile this week as Samantha Beckbessinger, Steven Ambrose and Simon Dingle discuss;

• Apple’s iCloud announcement.
• Samsung’s Galaxy S2 and other new Android competitors.
• Nintendo’s Wii U and console gaming.
• Duke Nukem Forever.
• Tomb Raider 2012 announced at E3.
• Facebook’s controversial facial recognition tech.
• The RICA deadline approaching.
• Telkom’s profit slump and long line of kak decisions.

Our technology picks this week:

• Sam Beckbessinger – Picks: Intonow and X-MEN First Class.
• Steven Ambrose – Picks: Noom Weight Loss for Android and YoruFukurou.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: Read It Later and Evernote Premium.

We switch to water as our in-studio drink this week thanks to the presence of Aki Anastasiou and Toby Shapshak on our panel. They join Brett Haggard and Simon Dingle to discuss;

• Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype.
• BlackBerry’s make or break situation.
• The Endeavor space shuttle launch.
• Sony restoring Playstation Network.
• Neotel’s new consumer telephony service.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Toby Shapshak – The joy of retro (don’t look at us).
• Aki Anastasiou – Picks: Apple TV.
• Brett Haggard – Picks: Seamless.
• Simon Dingle – Picks: BlackBerry Tablet OS.

Andy Hadfield, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle settle down to some organic wine and discuss;

• The white iPhone rush.
• BlackBerry’s make or break.
• The Webby Awards.
• Sony’s ongoing hack saga.
• SA’s new pay-tv service VOD:TV.

Our technology picks and pick-ons this week:

• Andy Hadfield – Picks: Storify and Settlers of Catan.
• Sam Beckbessinger – Picks: Game of Thrones and the fantasy gamers of SA.
• Simon Dingle – Picks-on: Apple.