Startup Lowdown

Android took over 75% share of global smartphone platform market within their first 5 years. This week on the podcast, Adrian and Kim discuss the age old debate of Apple vs Android - which is better? We dig into their origin stories, how Android overtook almost the entire market, and predict what the future of personal assistant devices will look like. Will Apple be dead in the next 10 years? What device will we be using in the next 20 years? And why did blackberry's ever go out of style? If you don't know the answer to any of those questions, you better get listening!

In this episode, Kim & Adrian delve into the mysterious and complex world of cryptocurrency. They cover the background, technology, and how ICO's ("Initial Coin Offerings") will impact the startup space. They also discuss a range of pressing crypto issues; its use in illegal online markets, its potential to take power from corrupt governments, oh, and the euphoria of opening a fresh can of beer... If you want to share your thoughts or feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Leave a review or alternatively, send us an email at startuplowdown@pitchblak.co.  

With the recent release of Spectacles 2.0 and the popularisation of live streaming, Kim and Adrian are keen to discuss their thoughts on the decision to re-release a failed product, live streaming as well as Adrian's theory of "life streaming".   Alike every Startup Lowdown podcast, this episode delves deep into the moral, ethical and technical concerns surrounding this topic, whilst also providing predictions as to how society will be affected by this technology in the future. We'd love to hear from you! If you have any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms or topic ideas, send us an email at startuplowdown@pitchblak.co.

China is looking to gamify life through it's controversial plan to implement a social credit system by 2020. This week Adrian and Kim discuss their moral and technical concerns, as well as predictions on how this will impact the world.