June 27, 2017

Essential Apple Podcast 47: Guests Galore!

1 hour 9 minutes

Recorded 25th June 2017

Yes! Proving that we are actually a “proper grown up podcast” Simon hosts, not one, not two, but THREE guests as @Spligosh and @Dougee join him to wander through the week's tech tomfoolery and his daughter Ruth drops in to voice her opinion on the Snapchat Maps furore…

On this week’s show:

New Snapchat maps feature criticised by police over safety concerns – Flipboard

Microsoft had some Windows 10 source code leaked – Gizmodo

MPs lose access to emails in cyber attack on Parliament – The Telegraph

Virgin tell 0.8 million customers to change their router and WiFi passwords – Zdnet

Virgin Mobile US goes iPhone only and offers a $1 deal – 9 to 5 Mac

Nik update their plugins to 64 bit after users panic that 64 bit requirements from Apple meant end of days for them – DPreview

Astro AI powered email client/manager with Priority Inbox, Unsubscribe, Snooze, Send Later, Email Tracking. Managing your email is simple and fast. Astro is currently in Public Beta and available for Office 365 and Gmail email addresses – Hello Astro

Google will stop scanning your Gmail for ad personalization – Cult of Mac

Simon installed ProtonVPN

Nemo’s Undercover Report (41:00)

Nemo goes undercover at an Amazon Books store to look at the Amazon Fire HD 10

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