Startup survival and thermal cameras
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a packed episode this week, Adrian asks whether the gold rush for back-to-work thermal cameras in...
Mike Feerick interview: why the pandemic’s shift to online learning should kill colleges
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian talks to Alison.com founder Mike Feerick, who runs one of Europe’s biggest onlin...
Should Google be allowed near contact-tracing apps?
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the world watches governments’ introduction of contact-tracing apps, new research from Trinity ...
Why politicians sometimes can’t resist supporting anti-5G groups
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian brings on veteran tech reporter John Kennedy and former TD Noel Rock to run throug...
Tell everybody to Go Fund Themselves
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been described as ‘the safety net’ of the pandemic. But how much do we, or should we, rel...
Are tech giants now suddenly the good guys?
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're become used to hearing giant web companies described as leeches, health risks and agents of di...
Are pro-government Twitter bots really happening in Ireland?
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we dive into the topic of Twitter bots. Specifically, we ask the question: are pro-govern...
Sign on, sign on, with hope in your heart
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian talks to Docusign CEO Dan Springer about what it’s like to announce 100 new jobs...
“Unmute... Tom, please unmute!”
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Week 2 of Ireland’s Covid-19 virtual lockdown continues with many trying to get used to working fr...
I’m in lockdown, you’re in lockdown
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is being told to work from home — including Irish and Sunday Independent journalists.So A...
Is stopping the spread of Coronavirus worth giving up our Google passwords to see where we’ve been?
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a row over whether authorities should or should not have revealed the name of an Irish school ...
An honest look at the top smartphones: Samsung’s Flip Z, Huawei’s Xs & models from Google, OnePlus
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian is joined by Pocket-lint.com editor Chris Hall and Buzz.ie digital editor Mark Kav...
Why 5G? A critical look at its strengths and weaknesses
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian Weckler is discussing 5G and taking a critical look at its strengths and weaknesse...
TV or not TV: Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video and the great switchover
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian Weckler’s panel looks at what’s coming next with TV. Is traditional ‘linear’...
From sport to tech: the Jamie Heaslip interview
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The former Ireland international rugby player, Jamie Heaslip, is becoming a textbook example of how ...
Eir CEO talks GoMo, Huawei and other stuff
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down with Eir CEO Carolan Lennon, who says:- the Huawei controversy isn't abo...
Don’t tweet angry
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter is an angry place. It can drain your natural sense of goodwill and manners.This week, we loo...
Skulduggery, social media and Election 2020
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Politicians like to say that elections are won on doorsteps. But most of them now spend almost as mu...
Dublin’s new €1bn TCD tech hub – beacon or elitist island?
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trinity College Dublin has a €1.1bn plan to build a new high-end innovation district’ plan that ...
Predictions for 2020: part 2
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Adrian and Donal O’Donovan (Irish Independent business editor) continue to look a...
What’s what for 2020
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the last week of 2019 (and, depending on your view, the decade). Instead of looking back, we’...
The best tech of 2019
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian and Buzz.ie editor Mark Kavanagh list the best tech gadgets of the year.These incl...
Trying to fulfill your potential as a tech firm
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some Irish tech firms prosper, some go bust and a great many simply run as a going concern.But there...
Why we don't change our passwords
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Almost two in five Irish people are leaving themselves open to a likely data breach by not updating ...
Post-founder depression
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you cope when your startup fails?The issue of mental health among founders isn’t widely dis...
Bit by bit, a little more Facebook privacy
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While the world tries to decide whether political advertising should be allowed on Facebook, the com...
Edelman on the mic
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down with the world’s most famous PR man and CEO of Edelman Public Relation...
Come fly (and eat)with me
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thought food delivery by drone was a distant tech promise?Think again.Irish entrepreneur Bobby Healy...
Paddy takes an Irish media break - but not before letting off a little more steam
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In what he says will be his last wide-ranging Irish interview “for two years”, Paddy Cosgrave sp...
I wanted to love the Pixel 4 but I can’t
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian and Buzz.ie digital editor Mark Kavanagh look in depth at the pros and cons of Goo...
Oh, you’re a Smart one
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian invites a couple of guests on to ask about whether we’re anywhere close to reali...
The Voice
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Clothes manufacturers are starting to build voice technology into their garments, while Amazon’s n...
How to start-up effectively
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Creating start-ups is hard. -- few of them succeed. This week, Adrian talks to two Irish co-founder...
Why battery life is the real reason to upgrade to the iPhone 11 Pro
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian reviews the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Although smitten by the new cameras o...
Start up (and then what?)
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian looks at some of the nuts and bolts of starting a company with a couple of entrepr...
The 5G health scare is it real?
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Big Tech Show, Adrian Weckler looks at 5G not from the point of view of speed or co...
Is gaming addiction becoming a real problem?
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down with a specialist from St John Of Gods, Professor Colin O’Gara, who sa...
When is 'unlimited' really limited?
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian tackles the thorny issue of mobile and broadband operators which advertise "unlimi...
Find your way as a boss in a post-PC era
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down to find out what, if any, big ideas Dell Ireland's new country manager h...
The National ID Card project is stopped in its tracks
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down for a long, in-depth discussion with Data Protection Commissioner Helen ...
With a no-deal Brexit, get ready for privacy chaos
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After October 31st, will pensioners still be able to travel on a free pass around Ireland? Will onli...
Privacy, please
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down with Cillian Kieran, who recently scooped €3.8m in seed funding for hi...
The Eir debate
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Eir debateEir's audacious €1bn proposal for an alternative National Broadband Plan stirred up ...
FaceApp - are we mugs to upload our mugs?
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The fad of the week is FaceApp, which makes even the most cherubic youngster look like Gandalf.But w...
Women in Tech: Jennifer Cox
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Tech is a new podcast series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunda...
Robot love
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adrian talks to Justin McLeod, the founder and chief executive of the dating app Hinge, wh...
Women in Tech: Iseult Ward
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday ...
O taxi, MyTaxi: where art thou?
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hailo was a roaring success. Then, two years ago, it became MyTaxi. Since that happened, the company...
Women in Tech: Ingrid Devin
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday ...
Women in Tech: Vanessa Tierney
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Tech is a four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday ...
Take it to the bank: AIB’s CIO comes clean
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is AIB considering facial recognition for when you walk into a branch?Adrian sits down for a wide-ra...
Are politicians helping or hurting tech in Ireland?
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian’s guest is Fianna Fail’s spokesman for science, technology and research, Kilda...
Women in Tech: Regina Moran
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women in Tech is a new four-part series presented by Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sun...
Don’t push too far, Mr Trump: China’s in your hand
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian spent a week in China getting a look under the hood of Huawei, the world’s most controversi...
Why we, the media, are not screwed
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adrian is joined by Independent News & Media (INM) head of product (and business columnist...
Is Helen Dixon doing a good job?
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian is joined by data privacy expert Daragh O’Brien and child protection campaigner ...
Top of the polls: an interview with SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zander Lurie is the boss of the world’s biggest online survey company.The Nasdaq-listed firm has o...
Wires crossed – Richard Bruton and The National Broadband Plan
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down with Richard Bruton, the government Communications minister at the centr...
A frank chat with eir’s CEO
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While attention rests on the National Broadband Plan, eir still holds the keys to many of Ireland’...
Eye of the broadband storm
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is the National Broadband Plan a visionary thing for Ireland? Or is it a grand folly?This week, Adri...
The email scam that keeps working
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we look at war stories from one of the fastest-growing online scams around – email frau...
The truth about rural broadband
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot of nonsense spoken about how rural broadband can be delivered.This week, Adrian Weck...
Are we wrong to care about Facebook privacy screwups?
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do people really care if Facebook does unwarranted things with our personal data? Are we, in the pre...
Yes, Amazon is listening in on us
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So now we know: Amazon is listening to our conversations. Some of its staff are told to listen in to...
Zuck comes to Dublin
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we split the podcast into two segments: an interview with GoFundMe chief executive Rob So...
Apple’s big screen adventure (on a little screen)
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s big screen adventure (on a little screen)Why is Apple launching a TV and movie service? An...
Should we break Google and Facebook up?
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s €1.5bn EU fine against Google for shutting rivals out of its online ad system begs t...
Connect cars: from 4G to 5G
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the roles for 5G is to connect self-driving cars. But before that happens, this generation of...
Private Zuckerberg
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be a ‘privacy first’ company. Totally expected, right?This ...
Facebook and me
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like being Facebook's policeman?This week, Adrian sits down for an in-depth chat with Hele...
The trouble with AI and Europe
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian sits down with a German artificial intelligence expert to talk about why Europe isn’t doing...
To 5G or not to 5G
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a very big week of broadband announcements in Ireland, Adrian sits down with the person promis...
Alan Coleman: doing it all again after €60m
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You started a company. You sold it for over €60m. Now you’re going back to start something new f...
Startups and starting up
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a double-header: one of Ireland’s best known venture capitalists talks money, while a t...
Won’t somebody think of the kids?
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How relevant are colleges? This week, Adrian sits down with the president of Dublin City University,...
Harvey says: “you’ve got it wrong, Weckler.”
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast host Adrian Weckler has been writing columns saying that web shopping — and Amazon in part...
Declan Ganley and China
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of a Huawei executive arrested for spying in the EU, do western countries face a threat ...
Reasons why Facebook (probably) isn’t listening through your phone
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s arguably the most talked-about tech question of our time – is Facebook listening to your ph...
Destruction and rebirth: what to expect in 2019
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From the demise of Facebook among younger people to the death of DSLR cameras and Amazon’s destruc...
All the news that’s fit to hear
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Is audio a missed opportunity for newspapers? A bold young Irish startup, NOA, has struck deals with...
Look at all these gadgets
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phones, smartwatches, hifi, tablets, laptops – Adrian goes through some of the best tech to get ov...
Are male founders better bullsh***ers than female ones?
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
All the statistics show that when it comes to VC cash, men get almost all of it. In fact, they snag ...
Crypto: the good and the truly shady
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the original dot com boom, all you needed was an idea and you were showered with millions in fund...
Recycled iPhones and crypto w***ers
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian throws off the shackles in a free-ranging conversation with the Irish Independent’...
When success is a two-way thing
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the tech company you build becomes wildly successful? Do you change?At the Web Sum...
Is the new iPad Pro a replacement for your laptop? Does the Web Summit matter?
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian returns to Dublin following Apple’s MacBook Air and iPad Pro launch. Joined by Sunday Indep...
All the news that’s fit to share
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Little is one of Ireland’s most recognisable media technology figures. From being an anchorma...
Knowing me, knowing you, David Schneider: Aha!
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When do comedy and technology mix? Why is social media so much to the fore in critical analysis of c...
A broadband clusterf***
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a week that saw the resignation of the Minister responsible for the National Broadband Plan, Adri...
How to get €1m for your startup
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you ask for money for your startup?That’s the question that Adrian put to Peter O’Malley,...
How to get €1m for your startup
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you ask for money for your startup?That’s the question that Adrian put to Peter O’Malley,...
Tommy Collison, our man in Seattle
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian talks tech and politics with Tommy Collison, an Irish transplant to Seattle. Tommy...
The new iPhone — an exercise in Xs?
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With almost two weeks of rigorous testing under his belt, Adrian Weckler assesses the iPhone Xs and ...
Apple’s big iPhone Xs launch. (And a scary look into the future.)
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian reports from Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California where he was on hand to t...
For God’s sake, secure your devices
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian Weckler talks to the global IT security celebrity and virus hunter Mikko Hypponen....
Ideas wanted: the Apple tech whizz who wants to help your startup
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian talks to Daniel Gross, who grew up in Israel and went to Silicon Valley as a teena...
Exclusive Ryan Smith interview: the billion dollar techie obsessed with fighting cancer
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian sits down for an exclusive chat with Ryan Smith, the charismatic Utah founder of t...
Unwelcome guests on social media
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrian and the panel discuss the thorny question of whether social media services should ...
What’s good and terrible about Dublin as a tech city
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
They came to Dublin to seek success and fortune.This week, Adrian Weckler sits down with two ambitio...
Facebook in trouble (again) and a new tech bubble
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adrian Weckler looks at the list of sins Facebook is again having to answer for. Joined by...