This week, Amazon had a big outage creating havoc, a dangerous flaw was found in a key server tool that puts attackers one step
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TechFan Podcast 462 – iPhone 13 VESA FlickType
David Buys a clockworkPi and a wireless CarPlay system, while Tim works out a VESA adapter for his iMac. Apple’s yearly fall event makes
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Essential Apple Podcast 226: More News than you’d think
Recorded 27th June 2021 Simon, Steve and Nick get together again to take a look at rather more stories than they thought they had
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TechFan Podcast 456 – Google, iMacs, and PCs, oh my!
Tim and David discuss Google I/O, stupid podcast problems that are not actual problems, bad cables with CarPlay, the new iMac and RAM, and
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TechFan Podcast 449 – Shorting Bose
Tim and David discuss Jeff Bezos leaving the CEO position of Amazon, the short sell story of GameStop, and WikiTrolling returns with Bose.
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TechFan Podcast 440 – 3DS Kaput
Tim and David discuss the Apple Watch, iPad, and services announced, plus the Nintendo 3DS is discontinued after a decade, the new PlayStation and
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Essential Apple Podcast 178: The Essential British Mac with Will Green
Recorded 1st June 2020 This week whilst the US is wracked with unrest over the death of George Floyd, and institutional racism, we have
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Essential Apple Podcast 149: “Let’s Talk†… to Bart Busschots
Recorded 22nd September 2019 After a couple of weeks or more of guests and not bothering to look at the news Simon is joined
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TechFan 344 – ATM
Are women more intelligent than men? Tim and David debate it, plus the history of the ATM, Dell XPS 15 vs MacBook Pro, Apple
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TechFan 335 – Now in 3D!
Is the HomePod doomed to failure? Is cardboard really worth $70? Should cell phones be banned at concerts and comedy shows? We ask these
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MyMac Podcast 685: The End of an Era
400 episodes of the MyMac Podcast with Gaz and Guy and it only took them 685 episodes to get there! They talk about that
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TechFan #264 – Apple Anger
Time to get fed up with Apple and the insulting Mac upgrade cycle? Tim and David discuss. Also, Nintendo is releasing a mini NES, Amazon has a big problem brewing, the PocketCHIP, and magazines. Tim also finds a killer deal at Macsales.com
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TechFan #235 – The TechFan Awakens
Tim and David discuss Star Wars – The Force Awakens on the second half of this episode, and it is NOT recommended for those who have yet to see the movie. Spoilers galore! You have been warned! To start, Tim discusses his Comcast modem problem and the fast resolution, bad Hover-boards and Amazon’s response, Kickstarter projects, and crapware MacKeeper.
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Amazon Fire TV Late 2015 Model – Review
I have to be honest; I am a fan of the services that Amazon offers. I joined the Prime program way back in the beginning, and at that time the only real benefit was free two-day shipping. Over time, Amazon has added many new benefits to the service, Amazon Video being the most used by me.
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TechFan #226 – Flatulence
Amazon sends Tim the new Fire TV for review, but he only just got it so too early for that yet. Amazon also refuses to sell either the Apple TV or the Chrome Stick for not supporting Amazon Prime Video, and David thinks it is anti-competitive, while Tim is just confused by it. Will there be a PS Vita successor? What happened with iFixIt? And Tim gets a free breakfast!
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TechFan #224 – Pluto Fire
New Amazon Fire tablets and Fire TVs, upgrading to a new iPhones, iOS 9 upgrades, and Pluto is discussed.
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TechFan #219 – Punching Producers
Owen Rubin is back to chat with Tim and David. Topics include Sony selling 25 Million PS4’s, the Top Gear crew finding a new home on Amazon, Windows 10, Android’s massive security issues, original online content, ROKU, Ouya, Razer, and the terribleness that is the Pixels movie.
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TechFan #204 – Victor Cajiao
Victor Cajiao joins David and Tim to discuss his new show, Artechulate! With new technologies popping up every day, how do old business models change and adapt? Tim breaks his iPhone and does not have the best experience at an Apple Store. All this, and much more, on this episode of TechFan!
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TechFan #203 – Meerkat
Tim and David test out Meerkat while recording this weeks TechFan Podcast. They also have a new Twitter account, and one email address for contacting the show! Is TxK ripping off T2K? Why such a disparity between Xbox One and 360 in free games? Amazon updates the Fire TVs! All that, and your feedback on this weeks TechFan!
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TechFan #195 – Placement
Extra-long show this week with Tim, David, and Owen discussing the shut down of TUAW and Joystiq by AOL, paid product placement, SEGA pulling out of PC gaming, Dave and Busters, AlienWare Alpha, Comcast, the FCC, Amazon, and more on Carbon Copy Cloner. Plus feedback from Donny, Tom, Erick, and Peter!
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