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We cover a range of subjects this week, including Nokia selling their awesome mapping service ‘Here’ to German carmakers, a gold plated ‘Cecil the lion’ inspired HTC phone and why bacon tastes oh so good. Facebook is literally taking off and Dave Grohl responds to the cries of a 1000 Italian musicians to come play in Italy. This and much more on episode 26 of The Lazy Couch...

This week, we return to normal programming after geeking out on Comic-Con news and all things Joss Whedon for a couple of weeks. We chat new Windows 10, new Moto X and OnePlus 2 phones as well as the rumoured new Samsung Galaxy Tab S. Netflix is going all in on Marvel superheroes and poor old Google+ just can’t take a trick. This and much more on episode 25 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 25. Rec...

In this week’s episode, Emily, our resident Joss Whedon expert, joins us to talk everything Buffy and all the wonderful series and characters found in the Whedon-verse. We also break down Marvel’s latest flick, Ant-Man and our new found respect for myrmecology. Episode 24. Recorded Wednesday 22 July 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twi...

It’s the San Diego Comic-Con 2015 special, where we break down the major trailers and announcements from DC Comics, Star Wars and so much more. It’s a great time to be alive.. for nerds. Episode 23. Recorded Wednesday 15 July 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twitter  |  web Download the episode Show notes Thanks to @NO_NAME_5442 to helping us out with our twitter handle...

There is a lot to look forward to for the rest of 2015. There’s exactly 201 days left before the new X-Files series comes out, or you might be hanging out for the new Minecraft and Windows 10 later in the year. If you can’t wait til then, hear about the crazy pictures that Google robots are dreaming up and how Elon Musk is fighting to save us from said robots taking over our lives. Epi...

21 episodes down. Can we legally start drinking now? This week, we try out the new Apple Music streaming service and tell you what it’s like to use for the first time. Microsoft has a fancy new wallpaper and Google keeps on trying crazy new projects. Meanwhile Facebook attempts to copy Snapchat (again) and Geoff really REALLY liked Sense8. This and more on episode 21. Cheers! Episode 21. Rec...

Rejoice! Taylor Swift single-handedly saves music! What should we get her to do next.. international diplomacy? We also check in on what the new Twitter experience will be like and explain how a certain Tyrannosaurus Rex got its arms. On the news front, we look at Tidal losing their CEO, The Rock fighting a gorilla, Twitter’s top secret project, how Twitter is killing Twitter to save Twitter...

It’s another monster week in the world of tech, with Twitter going through some growing pains and YouTube getting serious about gaming. Speak of which, the E3 Conference landed this week and brought with it a shedload of new games and various people looking ridiculous in their virtual reality headsets. Episode 19. Recorded Wednesday 17 June 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  tw...

In this week’s episode, we cover Apple’s big WWDC event and unpack all the new, and not so new, features that were announced as part of the keynote. Scully reminds us that The X-Files revival is REAL and DAPRA reminds us that robots will one day rule over us, mere humans. All that and more on episode 18 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 18. Recorded Wednesday 10 June 2015. Contact iTunes  | ...

As FIFA falls, a bunch of tech companies attempt to take over the world by buying each other. Google announces a slew of new features for Android at their I/O developers conference. While ‘The Hoff’ returns with a hit new song to support the release of Kung Fury, a Swedish-Hitler 80s thriller. Episode 17. Recorded Wednesday 3 June 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twitte...

We’re back! Did you miss us? We’ll fill you in on both our respective holidays away as well as all the big news that broke in the past month. Google plans to eliminate human driving by 2020 and is Spotify pivoting to be the next Netflix? We preview Supergirl and Minority Report TV series and much more on episode 16 of The Lazy Couch. Episode 16. Recorded Wednesday 27 May 2015. Contact...

We’ve had a vision – The Lazy Couch is now your one and only weekly dose of tech news, movies and internet culture. This week we chat about what the hell is happening with Foursquare, Apple making more money, Jared Leto’s new look as The Joker and we review ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.. twice. You didn’t see that coming, did you? Episode 15. Recorded Wednesday 29...

Rain-mageddon v mobilegeddon. Batman v Superman. It’s all happening here at The Lazy Couch as we break down all the nerdy movie news and the trailers that came out during the week. We join the rest of the internet by shedding nostalgic tears of joy at the sight of R2-D2 and life-mates, Han Solo and Chewbacca, coming back home. This episode is 100% certified GEEK. Episode 14. Recorded Wednesd...

Regrets. Leakage. Cows. And Chun-Li. It’s just another day in the office here at The Lazy Couch – as we cover the latest in tech news and the world of super-heroes. Hear Geoff’s thoughts on trying on the Apple Watch and binge watching Daredevil on Netflix. While Kelvin barely survived moving house during the week but still turned up to record.. albeit a day late. Episode 13. Reco...

Plenty of Apple news this week as we ‘gear’ up for the Apple Watch launch, but Google is not to be outdone with its Chromebit announcement amongst other things. We break down John Oliver’s interview with Edward Snowden and celebrate the incredible opening weekend for Fast and Furious 7. This and so much more on Episode 12 of The Lazy Couch.   Episode 12. Recorded Wednesday 8...

In this jam-packed episode, we cover Facebook’s F8 developers conference and Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the future – It somehow involves Morpheus teaching us all about the fabric of reality itself. Salesforce and other tech giants are making a stand against pro-discrimination laws and pop artists are fighting for their right to make $millions$ off the rest of us. This and a whol...

Netflix is finally here and The X-Files comeback is now official. It’s a huge week of newsworthy geekiness here at The Lazy Couch and we’ve got all the latest in the world of tech and pop culture covered. Tune in to our milestone 10th episode and let us know what you think! Episode 10. Recorded Wednesday 25 March 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twitter  |  web Download...

The Lazy Couch live Meer-streams this week’s episode! Hello to the 11 people that watched! They would have seen us discuss the latest in Marvel and DC Comics news, as well as what went down at SXSW in Austin, Texas during the week. We also review the new ‘Nutshell’ app and a top down shooter game called ‘Sky Force 2014’. Episode 9. Recorded Wednesday 18 March 2015. Co...

We cover the big announcements from Apple’s ‘Spring Forward’ event held during the week – The Watch and a blingy gold MacBook were the highlights and we’ll tell you if we’ll be rushing to pre-order them in April (or not). We also take a look at Joseph Kahn’s short fan film on the Power Rangers and the new Daredevil series coming to Netflix. Episode 8. Reco...

It’s Mobile World Congress week and we break down all the big announcements from the main players – Samsung, Sony, LG, Motorola and Huawei. We also celebrate the life that was – Vale Mr Spock. Episode 7. Recorded Wednesday 4 March 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twitter  |  web Download the episode Show notes Star Trek (2009) | imdb New superhero ‘Vision&#8...

We’re back with episode 6 after a week’s break! Geoff breaks down the Oscars while Kelvin previews the new Chromebook Pixel and Pebble Watch. Did Sir Jony Ive design the new Star Wars lightsaber? Apple may well be building a car and we think that’s good. This and much more.. Episode 6. Recorded Wednesday 25 February 2015. Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |  twitter  |  web...

As Australia enters the ‘subscription video on-demand’ era, we test drive the 3 main players – Stan, Quickflix & Presto – in preparation for the upcoming domestic launch of Netflix. We also celebrate Google Maps’ 10th birthday and tell you why Spider-Man joining The Avengers matters. Did you see Pharrell do beat poetry at the Grammys? Find out what went down in ou...

We’ve gone through arguably the biggest weekend of sport. In this episode, we cover the news, explore the phenomenon that is ASMR, the Dell Venue 8 7840 and much more. On the movies front, Geoff reviews The Interview while Kelvin tells you what he thinks of Kingsman: The Secret Service. Recorded Wednesday 4 February 2015 Contact iTunes  |  subscribe  |  email  |...

Clippy was years ahead of its time and it turns out that Microsoft totally owns the future. You didn’t see that coming, did you? We dissect the amazing Windows 10 announcement and take a deeper look into the company’s inventor extraordinaire (and his outstanding hairstyle) and more. Subscribe and tune in weekly for all the latest tech and pop culture happenings from Sydney and all arou...

Will Google Glass survive? Will you be looking up cat videos from Mars? What the hell is a ‘zettabyte’ anyway?? All these questions and more will be tackled in our big 2015 predictions episode. Subscribe and tune in weekly for all the latest tech and pop culture happenings from Sydney and all over the world. Recorded Wednesday 21 January 2015 Contact iTunes | subscribe  | email | twitt...