Thursday, August 18, 2011

Tech weekly per podcast: Google-Motorola, riots and social media,

Join Aleks Krotoski and Juliette Garside a zipped version of the Tech Weekly. This week, politics, social media: what role should the British Government has in regulating our access to services such as Facebook BlackBerry , Messenger and Twitter? Author Jeff Jarvis weighs debate and finds that there is currently a demonisation of technology.

Also, the Search giant Google has moved to mobile manufacturing business: blogger stasis Bielinis broke news of Monday's Motorola mobility deal – worth $ 12.5bn – back in June. We find out what is it for Google, and how mobile ecosystem will settle after that bombing.

The British Government has announced the next phase in the high-speed broadband plans – corporate BT partner has promised to bid on some of the £ 530 million in grants connected to out-of-reach rural communities for fast connection. We hear from Bill Murphy, MD for next generation access at BT about the details of its plans, and where it intends to invest.

Finally, what is in store for protracted gamesFifa brand? Keith Stuart speaks with Andrew Wilson, senior VP of worldwide development at EA Sports about its plans for cross-platform entertainment.

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