Recorded 21st July 2019
This week Simon’s son managed to break his elbow in not one, but three places on a Saturday evening, leaving Simon sleep deprived and mentally drained so Mark heroically opted to save the day and fly solo!.
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On this week’s show:
MARK CHAPPELL
- @oceanspeed on Twitter and sometimes puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube
APPLE
- Apple is looking to snap up exclusive rights to some of your favourite podcasts – report — Trusted Reviews
- Apple: SiriOS in 2020? — Apple 3.0
TECHNOLOGY
- Mark’s deal on mobile internet has now gone but we found this helpful link Broadband Genie
SECURITY & PRIVACY
- Brave Browser – Brave.com
- Simon’s favourite privacy focussed browser is Cliqz
- For other browsers Simon recommends Ghostery
Nemo’s Hardware Store (18:00)
- Limitless Innovations Jumpsmart 3-in-1 – $120 US – also available from The Grommet
- Juiced Systems Ultrahub for MacBook Pro – $60 US
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- Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing.
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- ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing!
- Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
- Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
- Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing.
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