361 Podcast

Jan 09 2024 228 ep. 42 mins 1.5k
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The iTunes 5★ reviewed podcast that reviewers call it "A great British spin on the world of tech", "Informing and entertaining" and "the best tech podcast by far…"

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Everything (ish) we missed in 2023 [S21E07]

Jan 09 2024 64 mins  
All did not 'go well' and the episode was not published between Christmas and New Year. Thank you to editor Mark who continues to fix broken audio with patience far beyond what we deserve. This week the team cover topics they missed during 2023 and catch-up on listener's emails: Beeper Mini: Why is there a market for an iMessage on Android? (update: it's effecti

Electric vehicles (are like smartphones) [S21E06]

Dec 24 2023 67 mins  
This week the team discuss electric vehicles as 'mobile adjacent' technology: Ewan recounts his experience of EV-based car clubs in Denmark and Teslas in Saudi Arabia. Rafe brings the stats on growth of the EV market and paralells to the smartphone industry we've tracked for the life of 361. Ben recounts his experiences as a first-time EV owner and the planning the pu

Mobile networks (are they good yet?) [S21E05]

Nov 13 2023 65 mins  
This week the team go back to their roots and talk about mobile networks: Ewan is deeply underwhelmed with the offerings of the UK's mobile network operators, having spent time living and working around Europe and the Middle East. He's especially unimpressed with network availability on major transport links, having had almost-ubiquitous access to 5G coverage in the place

Money, money, money [S21E04]

Sep 29 2023 64 mins  
This week the team talk about money, finance, 'fintech' stuff and the products we use: Rafe's been using 'helpful' tools including HM Revenue and Customs' app to manage his tax and NS&I's app to check for Premium Bond wins. He's also tried the 'green' debit card Tred. Ewan's also been big on Open Banking for money management trying

Social Media in 2023 [S21E03]

Sep 03 2023 70 mins  
This week the team consider that we might be at the "money ruins everything" stage of social media (eh, Reddit?). Rafe speculates that 'social' media is now driven more by advertising than friendship groups. We also talk about 'dark social', rafeblandford.com (Rafe's personal website) and remember Jaiku. Ben re-tells the 'Nazi Bar' story often

Broken smarthomes & a ninja fox stole my bread [S21E02]

Aug 08 2023 69 mins  
This week Ewan's back on the road and tests the new 361 mobile recording setup. The team reflect the state of their smarthomes, it's not good... at all. The team discuss the various smarthome systems they use, the changes made since last season and how their attitude to setting up smart-home tech has changed over time. Reliability's certainly been a problem, but have n

Our very spatial podcast [S21E01]

Jul 11 2023 60 mins  
After a short (18 month) break the team are back, well rested and ready to discuss Apple's big 'virtual reality / augmented reality' announcement at their global developer conference. The team discuss: How does Apple's Vision Pro device compare to others? Is Apple 'doing' the metaverse now? Can we say 'foveated rendering' with a straight face? Wha

Christmas Special: 10 years of 361 Podcast [S20E11]

Dec 25 2021 87 mins  
Happy Christmas Special! The team gather at the (definitely real) Blandford Manor for the annual drinks party and a look back over 10 years of this nonsense as they stumble upon (and through) the 361 archive. Clips played in this episode are from: Smartphone convergence, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play & a tiny bit of Dom Joly 361 Degrees, the making of... The Great App Store

Christmas gift guide [S20E10]

Dec 03 2021 68 mins  
In a dramatic break with 10 years of tradition, the team share their Christmas gift suggestions actually in time for purchase before Christmas (it will never catch-on). Suggestions range from £5 to £500 including: Cases and bags Bluetooth trackers Books Voice assistants Noise cancelling headohones Computer accessories Something Rafe describes as a 'solar powered novelty'

Recap: Curve, Chase banking, Amazon Astro, Android 12.1 and Sky's Glass TV [S20E09]

Nov 06 2021 69 mins  
This week the team recap topics from earlier in the season including: Curve being blocked by Creation Credit cards - a listener asks if we still want to use Curve JP Morgan launches Chase-branded banking in the UK - we try it out in its earliest (and still very limited) form Amazon's Astro robot - will we add Amazon's $999 robot to our smarthome security setup? 15 minut