Technically Correct Podcast

For this episode, Richard talks us through his freshly purchased NAS and the gang talk about the huge issues surrounding Google’s AMP and similar services.

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Ooh, this is a nice chart.

In this episode the gang discuss iPhone battery life, how they handle battery management, and the more credible than usual iPhone rumours with this year’s iPhone announcement approaching.

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• Amazon: Mark’s iPhone 7 Battery Case
• The Loop: Could This Be The iPhone 8?
• Twitter: The Verge Video Summary of iPhone Rumours
• TechCrunch: HomePod firmware reveals iPhone 8 design and facial recognition
• Asymco: How much will the new iPhone cost?
• Twitter: Steven Troughton-Smith

I know I have a car, and I know that that car has wheels!

This week on the podcast Richard returns for a discussion about the death of the iconic iPod, and what Mark and Simon hope will be the death of the car.

File this episode under Technically Car-rect. We’re not sorry… OK we’re a little sorry.

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• Business Insider: Apple is officially killing the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle
• iPod Nano - Wikipedia
• iPod Mini - Wikipedia
• John Gruber, Daring Fireball - XOXO Festival (2014) - YouTube
• UK to ban sales of petrol, diesel-fuelled cars from 2040 - Reuters
• Tesla Model 3: Elon Musk rolls out mass market model - BBC News

I wanna wrap my 2015 MacBook Pro in cotton wool.

With Richard away this week, two friends take two hours to discuss a ridiculous array of topics.

Mark and Simon talk about old computer platforms, old gaming, analogue audio formats, noise-cancelling headphones, and Simon’s initial adventures with iOS 11.

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• Wikipedia: Acorn Archimedes
• Wikipedia: The Crystal Rainforest
• Wikipedia: Shenmue
• Wikipedia: Pipe Mania
• GameFAQs: Fireball II Box Shots and Screenshots for Acorn Archimedes
• Wikipedia: Mad Professor Mariarti
• Wikipedia: James Pond
• Mark’s accidental Virgin Media logo made on the Acorn A3010
• Amazon: Bose Quietcontrol 30 Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth In-Ear Headphones - Black
• Amazon: Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones - Black
• Amazon: Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Around-Ear Noise Cancelling Headphones for Apple Devices - Black
• Walkman Central: WM-25

You Need A Filesystem

As the Technically Correct Podcast returns for your audible delight following a short summer break, Mark has been using iOS 11 on his iPad Air 2, and the EU decided to fine Google €4.24bn for acting like a business.

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• Apple Beta Software Program
• Bandcamp on the App Store
• Bandcamp Daily: Bandcamp, Downloads, Streaming, and the Inescapably Bright Future
• BBC News: Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service

No! I was right there! I was looking at the thing!

Later than billed, episode 92 reflects upon Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote address. Strap in for the opinions of your three genial hosts in this bumper episode.

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• Apple: Apple Special Event. June 5, 2017 Video
• Vimeo: The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2017
• Jeff Atwood: The Golden Age of x86 Gaming
• Technically Correct #50: Look At Me, I’m A General Purpose Computer

It was a tool used by hardened criminals to enjoy music.

This week the gang discuss the cause and effect of the recent, very public “WannaCry” randsomware infection and the new lease of life for MP3 now that the patent on the audio format has expired.

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• BBC News: Massive ransomware infection hits computers in 99 countries
• The Washington Post: Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide
• Microsoft: How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows and Windows Server
• Technically Correct: Episode 87: Another Fifty Pence In The Business Jar
• Twitter: MalwareTechBlog’s Doxxing Tweets
• Fraunhofer: MP3 Announcement
• Marco.org: “MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story
• Wikipedia: LAME Audio Encoder

And that little fact makes me happy!

Mark returns and it’s a full contingent of hosts once more for episode 90 of Technically Correct. Mark has some Samsung Galaxy S8 follow-up and a crazy story involving his own iPhone Plus, then after monopolising the conversation he cedes the floor for a group discussion of the newly announced Surface Laptop by Microsoft.

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• Wikipedia: Samsung Galaxy S7
• The Verge: Microsoft unveils $999 Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S
• Microsoft: Surface Laptop
• Amazon: Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

It smells bad, it tastes bad, and if you eat it, you get ill for a little bit. Move on!

With the team down to two this week, conversation takes a sudden Samsung related turn and ends up in Rube Goldberg-esque Internet-connected machinery. Richard seizes the chance to rag on Juicero’s problem juicer, while Simon misses the chance to not talk in a Cockney accent.

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• Samsung Galaxy S8
• TaoTronics Bluetooth Receiver - Amazon UK
• Workflow Sunset - Macsparky
• Technically Correct Podcast #50: Look At Me, I’m A General Purpose Computer
• Uber - New York Times
• Juicero controversy - Reddit

The floor! The floor! The floor! The floor! The floor!

Mark explains the latest addition to his plethora of head mounted audio spewing devices. Richard joins the internet of things (firmware update required). Something something Mac Pro.

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• Sennheiser CX 300 II Precision Ear-Canal Earphones
• David Pogue - Apple Airpods Review
• QuietControl 30 Noise Cancelling Earphones | Bose
• Daring Fireball - The Mac Pro Lives