Essential Apple Podcast 125: Should I just get a megaphone?

Recorded 24th February 2019 This week I am joined by “the eccentric iOS developer” Weyhan Ng and Nick Riley (@spligosh) and we get stuck into a variety of topics including eye-wateringly expensive folding phones, the Marzipan thing and Mark Gurman's prognostications, Google and that “forgotten” microphone, apps tattling on you to Facebook, and how to stop those annoying “can we send you push notifications” pop ups on web sites! <h4>GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS</h4> Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. On this week’s show: <h4>WEYHAN NG</h4> On Twitter as @weyhan On GitHub as weyhan iOS Developer who goes by handle the Eccentric iOS developer Developer / Maintainer of the iOS Compo writing app <h4>NICK RILEY</h4> @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. <h4>APPLE</h4> Today marks what would have been Steve Jobs' 64th birthday – The Apple Post Tim Cook remembers Steve Jobs, who would have been 64 today, with touching Apple Park tribute – 9to5 Mac Apple’s New Mac Pro Could Feature A Stackable Design – Uber Gizmo The latest on Apple’s plan to merge iOS and Mac apps: convert iPad app to Mac app this year, iPhone apps on Mac in 2020, combined single binaries by 2021 + Mac Pro possibly at WWDC 2019 – Mark Gurman Bloomberg Some iOS Apps Sending an Alarming Amount of Data to Facebook and Most Users Are Unaware - MacRumors Customers 'Dear Tim' emails have big impact within Apple – Apple Insider Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG – The Atalantic <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Samsung Unveils New $1,980 Galaxy Fold Smartphone – Mac Rumours Samsung reveals Galaxy Fold and S10 5G – BBC News Huawei Mate X first look: Three screen modes, four cameras and five Gs for €2299 – Android Central Google says Nest microphone was 'never supposed to be a secret' – Business Insider <h4>SECURITY</h4> Password managers have a security flaw. But you should still use one – Washington Post <h4>WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS</h4> How to block browser and website notifications. Rid yourself of website notification requests in just a few easy steps Digital Trends <h4>JUST A SNIPPET</h4> For things that are not worth more than a flypast Are You One of the 37 People in the World That Misses Windows 95? Relive it on Your Mac With This App – Mac Trast Nemo’s Hardware Store (55:36) Üzbl Shockwave Rugged iPad Case from approx £27 UK to £44 UK or approx $29 US to $45 US dependent on model Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery - protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? 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. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.