S1E264 - Essential Apple Podcast 264: Apple’s Quarter

Well, we are back again and this time Nick and Simon discuss Apple’s quarterly results, some Lisa “family photos” taken by Bill Atkinson during the development of the Apple machine that launched 40 years ago, new HomePod reviews, ChatGPT, M1 vs M2, and as usual a selection of other stories from the week. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Get 2 months on the Kino Premium Plan with offer code KINOWITHJOHNNEMO 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! Recorded 5th February 2023 On this week’s show NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally Spligosh in the Slack Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube APPLE Apple results and charts: $117.2B quarter is still a step back – Six Colors With 18% of the smartphone market, Apple took 85% of the profits last quarter – Apple 3.0 Chinas 2022 smartphone sales plunge to lowest level in a decade – Reuters The 1 Word Apple CEO Tim Cook Has Not Said Is a Lesson for Every Leader – Inc MacBook Pro 16-inch (2023) review: Apple does it again – iMore MacBook Pro M1 deal: Save almost £400 on the premium laptop – The Independent In praise of the M1 MacBook Air, and why I still recommend it – 9to5Mac Report: New Mac Studio unlikely due to Mac Pro similarities – 9to5Mac These 5 features turned my iPad into a shockingly good computer – Digital Trends Apple HomePod Review (2023): Old and Stale – Wired Apple HomePod 2nd Generation Review - Tested by Experts – Men’sHealth Apple is worlds most admired company for 16th straight year – AppleInsider Lisa’s Family Photos – The Verge TECHNOLOGY chat.openai.com SECURITY & PRIVACY Security keys Apple recommends for iPhone, iPad, Mac - 9to5Mac WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Comic Relief 2023: Where to buy new Jony Ive red nose – The Independent How to turn a Live Photo into a video on iPhone and iPad – Tom's Guide How to Use Your Smartphone to Counteract Vision Loss (2023) – Wired Essential Apple Recommended Services: All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers. Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses 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... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. 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! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire and on the App Stores – 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 / Soundcloud / Spotify / 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. 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.