Technically Correct Podcast

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It’s a long one this week. We discuss the dominance of YouTube, the dick moves it does as a result, and ponder its potential fall. Recent events and statements in Britain lead us into an in-depth discussion about encryption and what we do and don’t allow with private communication (needless to say, the ol’ third rail of politics will rear its ugly head once more). Finally, Apple gives us some new toys, and buys out one of the long runners. What’s next for iOS in this wacky world of power user automation?

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• YouTube is flagging LGBT videos as inappropriate
• @coolerpatrol example of a blocked video
• Wikipedia - End to End Encryption
• Tom Scott tweet about encryption
• FBI–Apple encryption dispute
• Code talker
• Transportation Security Administration Luggage Locks
• AACS encryption key controversy
• Most U.S. Drones Openly Broadcast Secret Video Feeds
• Look back at Terrorism in Europe - Chart
• Texas college students hijack drone aircraft
• New 9.7-inch iPad features stunning Retina display and incredible performance
• Apple introduces iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition
• Want a BLACK screen on your RED iPhone 7?
• Workflow App
• Apple Acquires Workflow - Daring Fireball
• Tom Scott on the history of Emoji
• Working Copy, Git on iOS

Simon returns from his holiday in New York to tell us all how he got on with his brand new iPad Pro. After holding out on being an iPad owner for so long, what did he make of using the device as an everyday computer, and will he decide to keep it?

There’s also some hints dropped for what the gang will be discussing on next week’s bonus episode.

Richard is away on avenging duties this week, so Mark and Simon discuss the rise of Lyft as viable competition for Uber, the not-so-surprising slump of iPhone sales last quarter, and the anachronistic joy of running Windows 95 on an Apple Watch.

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This week the hosts discuss what it would take for them to solely depend on a iPad for all their computing needs. Could they do it? And if not, what’s holding them back?

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Simon returns to the show to offer his take on the Apple keynote. And with that, what could have been a shallow, ten minute jog-through of snark develops instead into a deep conversation on the problems in TV Apple can’t fix, what the iPhone SE means for first-time buyers, and if the new iPad Pro really is a light in the dark for trapped Windows users. Mark and Richard take the opportunity to quiz Simon on the practicalities of replacing his parents’ 5 year-old laptop, and ridicule him for his 25 year-old laptop. Also, we make relentless puns about a certain iPhone app that, if we had it, would really help us download it.

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This week it’s Simon’s turn to be priorly engaged, and so Mark and Richard discuss the recent revelations of the Apple Keynote: “Saving” the environment, Liam the robot, the iPhone SE, and the 9.7" iPad Pro.

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With Richard priorly engaged, Mark and Simon discuss a new, interesting, but ultimately predictable purchase from Simon, catch up with the latest on the Apple/FBI case, and ponder why we seem to be fighting the crypto wars all over again.

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In this week’s episode Mark and Simon follow up on the previous week’s happenings regarding the Apple/FBI case, before late arrival Richard joins midway through the show to join his co-hosts regarding another disastrous decision by UK telecoms regulator ‘Ofcom’ and the reported surge of contactless/mobile payments over the past year.

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Mark returns this week, alongside Simon and Richard, to discuss the topic captivating the world right now: the fight between Apple and the FBI/DoJ over encryption and the right of everyone to have it.

Warning: this episode gets very political. If this a is a problem for you we suggest you either don’t listen or send us hate mail, your call listener! We eat third rails for breakfast.

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Richard and Simon waver from the podcast’s regular fruit diet this week, and look at where industry mainstay Microsoft is at these days. Where do they see Windows heading in the future? Can they jump the platform migration hurdle that Apple were lumped with 15 years prior? Do they still have a chance to break out of the traditional desktop form factor? How will their upcoming iOS keyboard feel to use? And what is the word for when something happens every two years?

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