The Briefing 31: Week Ending April 13, 2013




The Briefing show

Summary: This is The Briefing, a ten-minute-or-less podcast of tech news, for the week ending April 13, 2013. In this edition: The Coalition finally releases their NBN plans, Bitcoin troubles and We are Hunted is bought by Twitter – for what exactly?<br> For those who missed out what The Briefing is, here’s a <a title="Welcome to The Briefing – a brand new, tech news only podcast" href="http://techgeek.com.au/2012/07/31/welcome-to-the-briefing-a-brand-new-tech-news-only-podcast/">blog post</a> explaining the show. Feel free to offer any suggestions, improvements and constructive criticism for our new show.<br> Host: Terence Huynh<br> Length: 7:00<br> <a href="http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/alfa-cdn.com/techgeekcomau/briefing/2013/04/rec_techgeekau_14_Apr_2013_briefing.mp3">DOWNLOAD MP3</a><br> <a href="http://techgeek.com.au/podcasts/briefing/feed/">SUBSCRIBE via RSS</a><br> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/briefing-by-techgeek.com.au/id549116116">SUBSCRIBE via iTunes</a><br> <br> Link Dump<br> <a href="http://twitter.com/tgbriefing">On Twitter: @tgbriefing</a><br> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-09/explainer-labor-and-coalitions-broadband-plans/4616818">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-09/explainer-labor-and-coalitions-broadband-plans/4616818</a><br> <a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/coalition-makes-grand-promises-on-nbn/story-e6freono-1226615403725">http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/coalition-makes-grand-promises-on-nbn/story-e6freono-1226615403725</a><br> <a href="http://delimiter.com.au/2013/04/09/coalition-releases-long-awaited-rival-nbn-policy/">http://delimiter.com.au/2013/04/09/coalition-releases-long-awaited-rival-nbn-policy/</a><br> <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-outage-ddos/">http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-outage-ddos/</a><br> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/twitter-music-site-code-reveals-app-will-feature-spotify-rdio-itunes-soundcloud-vevo-and-youtube/">http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/twitter-music-site-code-reveals-app-will-feature-spotify-rdio-itunes-soundcloud-vevo-and-youtube/</a><br> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/we-are-hunted-joins-twitter-shuttering-its-own-service-to-help-the-social-giant-go-music/">http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2013/04/12/we-are-hunted-joins-twitter-shuttering-its-own-service-to-help-the-social-giant-go-music/</a><br> <a href="http://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/08/australians-to-get-quad-core-galaxy-s4-instead-of-eight-core-all-because-of-lte/">http://techgeek.com.au/2013/04/08/australians-to-get-quad-core-galaxy-s4-instead-of-eight-core-all-because-of-lte/</a><br> <a href="http://www.crn.com.au/News/339418,kogan-wins-first-move-against-ispone.aspx">http://www.crn.com.au/News/339418,kogan-wins-first-move-against-ispone.aspx</a><br> <a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/high.bills.generated.by.children.using.freemium.games.under.scrutiny/">http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/high.bills.generated.by.children.using.freemium.games.under.scrutiny/</a><br> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-blackberry-sales-idUSBRE93B0JG20130412">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-blackberry-sales-idUSBRE93B0JG20130412</a><br> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323741004578415661035812902.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323741004578415661035812902.html</a><br>