Essential Apple Podcast 129: Maybe Jules Verne was right?

Recorded 24th March 2019 This week I am joined by fellow Slacker resident Ivor “the Airship” Pope to see what we thought of this week's hardware releases, Apple's interesting way of breaking the news and Uncle Tim's trip to China. Also Google previewed their coming cloud gaming platform “Stadia” (which appears to work everywhere but iOS), while Microsoft talked up their xCloud gaming push. Of course the news feeds were full of everyone trying to tell us/guess what Apple will unveil on the 25th - but we would rather wait and see what Apple actually have to say (and hope it isn't US only). <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! Get Photolemur 2 free by helping this YouTube video to 100,000 views. 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>IVOR “THE AIRSHIP” POPE</h4> Works on the development of Airlander 10 <h4>APPLE</h4> Apple made 15 surprise announcements this week — here's everything it unveiled — Business Insider Apple's new AirPods have Siri built-in - BBC News Apple Gets Creative With its Spring Hardware Releases – iPad Insight iOS 12.2 Beta 6 Enables Logitech Crayon Support For iPad Pro – Redmond Pie Apple announces support for NLP's news literacy education programs – News Literacy Project Apple acquires Italian startup that specializes in backend automation – Cult of Mac <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Google's Stadia game-streaming service lets you play games anywhere, if your Internet can handle it – PC World Google Stadia is a Net Neutrality Nightmare – Variety Project xCloud: Gaming with you at the center – The Official Microsoft Blog How three simple words could be the difference between life and death – Digital Trends Microsoft ships antivirus for macOS as Windows Defender becomes Microsoft Defender – Ars Technica <h4>SECURITY & PRIVACY</h4> Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years – Krebs on Security Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone – Signal Blog <h4>WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS</h4> Nvida GauGAN This Person Does Not Exist Nemo’s Hardware Store (33:12) Time Traveler: iPhone & Apple Watch Battery Bank – $80 Premium Leather iPhone Case - Hitcase Ferra – $60 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.