Essential Apple Podcast 93: Summertime Blues

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The Essentially Interrupted Edition – Recorded 24th June 2018

For a change, I thought I would have a panel of guests and do a “round table” show. Everyone I asked seemed to be busy – England World Cup Game, Canadian Public Holidays, summertime family outings, vacations in the wilds – I thought I was going to be without any guests at all (hence the show title). Despite my initial fears however, I have garnered guests galore. I am pleased to welcome back Steve Hammond (@Stevehammond), Donny Yankellow (@rtteachr) and Nick Riley (@Spligosh) to help me delve into the multitude of stories that broke this week.
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On this week’s show:

DONNY YANKELLOW

NICK RILEY

STEVE HAMMOND

  • Writer and reviewer on MyMac.com
  • Computer geek and hobby photographer
  • On Twitter as @stevehammond

APPLE

  • Thieves make off with $100k worth of Apple products after rappelling through Best Buy roof – 9to5Mac
  • Why Apple’s AirPower Wireless Charger Is Taking So Long to Make – Bloomberg
  • Apple finally acknowledges its new MacBook keyboards suck – Cult of Mac

SECURITY

  • A hacker figured out how to brute force iPhone passcodes – ZDNet
    • Apple iOS Passcode Crack Revealed by Security Researcher. Watch the Exploit in Action– Fortune
  • BUT… Seems all may not be as first reported…
    • Security researcher bypasses iPhone’s limit on passcode attempts (update: Apple says it has no vulnerability) – Engadget
    • Apple comments on erroneous reports of iPhone brute force passcode hack – iMore
  • macOS Quick Look flaw leaks encrypted data – Cult of Mac
  • Facebook plans free training for small businesses struggling with user privacy – IT Pro

IN THE NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

  • World’s tiniest ‘computer’ makes a grain of rice seem massive – Engadget
  • Logitech’s school-targeted Crayon stylus is so good, Apple should copy it for iPad – CNET

JUST A SNIPPET

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