TalkCentral: Episode 56 – ‘Year-end bonanza’

Added by Editor on 21 December 2011.
Saved under Podcasts, TalkCentral, Top
Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Your hosts Duncan McLeod, Craig Wilson and special guest Siri bring you a bumper end-of-year edition of TalkCentral, clocking in at more than an hour, in which we reveal our favourite gadgets of 2011, from tablets to smartphones and from ultrabooks to TVs. We also do a live demonstration of Siri, for those who are keen to see how it works for SA users.

Also this week, we chat about the latest news, including the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s plans to open the 800MHz and 2,6GHz radio frequency spectrum bands and what this means for operators and consumers. We chat about DStv’s BoxOffice Online trial, Yahoo in SA, rumours about former Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig’s future plans, and much more besides.

[gplayer href="http://www.techcentral.co.za/wp-content/audio/TalkCentral/tc56.mp3" ] Stream this week’s show: [/gplayer]

Alternatively, download TalkCentral: Episode 56 to your computer.

The TalkCentral RSS feed is available via Feedburner. Use it to subscribe to the show in your favourite reader. We’d love your feedback on the show — please use the comments box below this article.  — Staff reporter, TechCentral

Share this article

  • Taryn

    With a name like Siri, it should definitely be a female voice!

  • Anonymous

    Taryn/Max:

    The US and Australian versions of Siri feature a female voice. The UK version, for some reason, has a male voice. I’d love to know the thinking behind that!

    Duncan

Why TechCentral?

We know that as a prospective advertiser, you are spoilt for choice. Our job is to demonstrate why TechCentral delivers the best return for your advertising spend.

TechCentral is South Africa’s online technology news leader. We don’t say that lightly. We believe we produce the country’s best and most insightful online tech news aimed at industry professionals and those interested in the fast-changing world of technology.

We provide news, reviews and comment, without fear or favour, that is of direct relevance to our fast-expanding audience. Proportionately, we provide the largest local audience of all technology-focused online publishers.

We do not constantly regurgitate press releases to draw in search engine traffic — we believe websites that do so are doing their readers and advertisers a disservice. Nor do we sell “editorial features”, offer advertising “press offices” or rely on online bulletin-board forums of questionable value to advertisers to bolster our traffic.

TechCentral, which is edited and written by award-winning South African journalists, cares about delivering top-quality content to draw in the business and consumer readers that are of most interest to technology advertisers.

We’d like the opportunity to demonstrate the value of directing a portion of your advertising budget to TechCentral, whether your company is in the technology field or not. Numerous opportunities exist for companies interested in reaching our audience of key decision-makers in South Africa’s dynamic information and communications technology sector. We offer packages that will deliver among the best returns on investment available in the online technology news space.

For more information about advertising opportunities, and how your organisation can benefit by publicising itself on TechCentral, please call us on 011-792-0449 during office hours. Or send us an e-mail and ask for our latest rate card and brochure.