The Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 23: It's time for Extended Free trials, iOS VM's, Walking and Watches, no more Loons, HomePod reviews and Bond or Agent 47?

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This week we covered:

News

  • Apple Extends Apple TV subscription again - Is there a subscriber conversion problem?
  • Corellium makes its iOS virtualisation available to individuals - fancy some virtual iPhones?
  • Looks like the Huawei Ban isn’t going away anytime soon - No change in China relations
  • Hackers publish Gov files after Ransom is refused - We do not negotiate with Terrorists/hackers
  • Apple unveils new Fitness+“Time to Walk” activity - These boots were made for walking!
  • Apple Watch saves kidnapped woman - A first!
  • Alphabet is shutting down the Loon Internet service - someone popped that balloon!
  • LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021 - is the market too crowded?
  • Weeks later, Google still hasn’t added privacy labels to its most popular iPhone apps
    • Update  on the story from last week

      • Gadgets

      • Jay has got his HomePod Minis!

        • Games

        • Hitman 3 first thoughts
        • Hitman Dev’s Bond Project could end up being a Trilogy
        • Cyberpunk 2077 1.1 Patch - fix or bust?

          • As always please let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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