Essential Apple Podcast 90: ’Twas the night before WWDC...

Recorded 3rd June 2018 Bad day to be recording a podcast really with WWDC being tomorrow... I don't want to talk about it too much as by the time this is posted it will all be over. However as the elephant in the room we had to at least mention it! Meanwhile Guy Serle (@Macparrot) and Roger Harmon (@gofortech) and I dug up a few other stories to mull over. Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the malarkey! Essential Apple Recommended Services: 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 free “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. 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. 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. On this week's show: <h4>ROGER HARMON</h4> On Twitter as @gofortech Contributor and reviewer on MyMac.com Tucson MUG <h4>GUY SERLE</h4> On Twitter as @Macparrot Co-host of the MyMac show Mac to the Future and Guy's Daily Drive on YouTube <h4>APPLE</h4> Apple released iOS 11.4 and 10.13.4 – Mac Stories and a day later betas for 11.4.1 and 10.13.5 It’s time for Apple's next act of courage: Kill the MacBook keyboard – Mashable Microsoft and Apple helped build new braille display standard – Engadget Apple’s Star project could be an ARM-based touchscreen hybrid with LTE – 9to5 Mac Apple plans to unlock more NFC abilities for four generations of iPhone – Alphr Dark mode for macOS 10.14 and iOS 12? – BGR <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Instapaper is temporarily unavailable for users in Europe – The Verge “While it continues to make changes to ensure it’s compliant with the GDPR” - they had at least 2 years notice... and talking of GDPR Calm, the meditation app, has a GDPR reading for you to fall asleep to – iNews Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight How 5G is going to make smartphones ugly again – BGR Google’s new machine-learning tools for its mail service can save you time and typos – as long as you are comfortable sharing your thoughts with the software – NY Times <h4>SECURITY</h4> Full Cisco report on FBI reset your router story – Talos Intelligence <h4>JUST A SNIPPET</h4> For things that are not worth more than a flypast Anchor - The easiest way to start a podcast see also Spreaker, Opinion, Ferrite... Spreaker Studio Mac or iOS General Magic documentary details Apple spinoff that almost changed world – Cult of Mac <h4>WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS</h4> Cheap cables from Puridea – “Six months free return and refund service, 12-month warranty and friendly customer service.” Pack of 5x 1 metre – £6.99 UK Pack of 3x 1m and 3x 7in – £4.99 UK Nemo's Hardware Store It was Nemo’s wife's birthday this week and he's been off enjoying holiday time with her - so no store this week. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> EssentialApple.com / Pinecast / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Slack 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.