After a series of failed recordings, a one-week holiday that entailed a 7-day 700km cycle trip from Johannesburg to Kosi Bay and a Skype call gone bad, Brett Haggard finally gets it together and puts out a new episode. He’s joined by Andy Hadfield and Adam Oxford for a bumper show, all about:

• The African (and Kenya-specific) startup/tech scene;
• Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge and Gear S;
• Sony’s Xperia Z3, Z3 Compact, Smart Watch 3 and SmartBand;
• Apple’s iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Watch;
• Apple Pay and what some of the local players think;
• Mojang getting bought by Microsoft (and Notch’s departure);
• The Android One programme and why we think it’s cool; and
• Intel’s Edison and Galileo.

Our technology picks of the week are:

• Adam picks the Asus TF303CL (he’s just bought one);
• Andy picks: Mention: a mention tracker on the web and in the iOS app store, and the Time Magazine story about ‘Last of Us’ being through the eye of a War Photographer; and
• Brettski picks the Dell Venue 8 7000 Android Tablet and its Intel ‘Realsense’ 3D camera (due to launch before year-end).