Essential Apple Podcast 74: Essential Pocket Apple Sized Podcast?

Recorded 4th February 2018 This week Apple quietly emasculated macOS Server, removed Telegram from the App Store for a little bit and, allegedly, pushed back some new iOS features to focus more on reliability and performance. Meanwhile Open Source turned 20 years old, a Florida man gets a mind controlled robotic prosthetic arm and British MP Matt Hancock, Digital Secretary, has a social app that is a privacy horror. To discuss all that and more Mark and I are joined by Scott Willsey of the Don't Nihongo it Alone podcast, the Not Speeding in Reverse Podast and the recently revived Pocket Sized Podcast. On this week's show: <h4>APPLE</h4> Apparently HomePod should work with iCloud music library even without Apple Music service – 9to5 Mac Apple whispers farewell to macOS Server – The Register iPhone ‘Super Cycle’ Pronounced Dead – Bloomberg Telegram removed from Apple’s App Store due to ‘inappropriate content’ – The Verge it's back again now by the way... <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Open source turns 20 years old, looks to attract normal people – The Register Libre Office 6.0 released – Softpedia NVIDIA proves the cloud can replace a high-end gaming rig – Engadget Vivaldi Browser 1.14 launches vertical reader mode – Vivaldi Florida Man Becomes First Person to Live With Advanced Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm – Futurism <h4>IN THE NEWS</h4> What a Hancock-up: MP's social network app is a privacy disaster – The Register Worth-a-Chirp A couple of privacy/security focussed tools this week courtesy of our very own Slackroom digital forensics expert @dougee SudoApp lets you create multiple Sudo identities for free – each with its own custom phone number and email address – IOS App Store Need to generate a fake online identity? – Fake Name Generator Nemo’s Hardware Store (xx:xx) John Nemo is stricken with Laryngitis so no report from the Hardware Store this week I am afraid. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> EssentialApple.com / Pinecast / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Slack – ask us for an invite any way you can get hold of us. 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. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.