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Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.

Tech Life: Silicon Valley Disruption

27/06/2014

Silicon Valley Disruption

BBC World Service - Tech Life, Silicon Valley Disruption

Google, Twitter and Uber are big players in the tech world. What are their future plans?

Google announces its first smartwatch powered by its Android operating system, so what's new? What can Twitter learn from the World Cup, the biggest event in its history?

In a special episode from San Francisco, Google's director of engineering Daniel Singleton explains why smartwatches powered by its Android operating system will make a difference.

Uber is the company behind the smartphone app that connects passengers with drivers. It has only been in existence for four years, but has already had a disruptive impact on the taxi market. Head of Global Operations Ryan Graves explains what the company thinks about its growth and what its future plans are.

The World Cup is taking place in Brazil right now and it is proving to be one of the biggest events in Twitter's history. Simon Rogers, Twitter's data editor explains why the company wants to analyse all the tweets that are being sent and what that information means to the company.

Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones who is joined in studio by influential tech blogger Robert Scoble and Carolina Milanesi, tech analyst from Kantar Worldpanel. Our North America technology correspondent Richard Taylor will also be giving his views on the stories of the week.

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