Episode #2, Season 3 of Phishy Business: A front row seat to the best tech stories, our guest was ‘always on’

Ever wonder what it is like to be at the first iPhone launch with Steve Jobs or to interview Elon Musk? Our guest this week has done both those things, and so much more.

Rory Cellan Jones is the former tech correspondent at the BBC, and now author of ‘Always on – hope and fear in the smartphone era’. We cover everything from his best stories from his years as a journalist with a front row seat at the biggest tech stories of the last few decades, to the effects social media and mobile devices have on society.

In ‘A front row seat to the best tech stories, our guest was ‘always on’’ we discuss:

What it was like having a front row seat to some of the most important tech stories of the last few decades
Speaking to Prof. Steven Hawking and hearing what he had to say on the rise of AI
The impact mobile devices have had on us and our society at large
What being ‘always on’ means in how we interact with each other
What the impact is of misinformation
How to effectively communicate stories about cybercrime to a broad audience
The perils of interviewing Elon Musk