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Snapchat has lured Millennials by creating a new type of social media app, but can it figure out a way to make money out of them? Ravi Mattu discusses its attempt to convince advertisers that it can o...

10 Jun 20158min

What role do our friends play in the strategies we adopt to keep our internet data safe? Lisa Pollack is joined by Carnegie Mellon University's Sauvik Das to discuss his research on role of social inf...

9 Jun 20158min

Turkey's ruling AK party has lost its majority in parliament in a significant setback for the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled unchallenged for over a decade. Fiona Symon discus...

8 Jun 20157min

Henry Mance asks what hopes for Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, will Egyptians move to homes in the desert, and what is 'hurry sickness'? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

5 Jun 20158min

Egypt recently announced plans to build a new capital in the desert, but will Egyptians move there? Heba Saleh put the question to David Sims, urban planner and author of a book on Egypt's efforts to ...

5 Jun 20157min

Self-belief is vital for leaders, but Lehman, Hanergy and Fifa show the dangers, says Andrew Hill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Jun 20154min

Smartphones are everywhere and the media industry is getting ready for a shake-up. By 2020 there will be more than 6bn smartphone subscriptions worldwide according to a new report by Swedish technolog...

2 Jun 20156min

If Iran and the world powers reach a nuclear deal and international sanctions are lifted, Iran’s tech sector, one of the world’s biggest untapped markets, will be one of the main sectors to watch, say...

2 Jun 20156min