Technically Correct Podcast

Technically Correct Podcast

By Mark Reynolds, Simon Harris & Richard BaileyTechnology
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Technically Correct Podcast episodes

  • 60: It's A Shakedown

    Simon’s new PC is now complete, Richard finally uses an iPad Pro, and we discuss Apple’s “Error 53” fiasco which has been ruining the iPhones of those that dare to turn to third parties for repairs.

    Don’t be blinded by Simon’s shiny buckles and please avoid the steaming pile of turd which belongs to Richard.

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    Links for this episode
    • iPhones ‘disabled’ if Apple detects third-party repairs — BBC News
    • ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 — The Guardian
    • Apple says iPhone ‘Error 53’ is to protect customers’ security — The Guardian
    • Update likely meant only to display error and not brick phone — Twitter
    • FTDI on counterfeit chip bricking: “Our intentions were honorable” — ArsTechnica
    • Garry mods Garry’s Mod to catch pirates — Engadget
    • Apple has lost the functional high ground — Marco.org
    • Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky: 39: John Gruber Crashes His Tesla Into Your Heart — Overcast
    • 53 min
    • 59: That’s My Air Quotes Voice

      The (i)clouds of pessimism are — once again — swirling around Apple, with analysts and investors predicting the end times are near… it must be that time of year again. In light of this, the gang of three conduct an open and honest assessment about where Apple find themselves in 2016, what they can do to further improve their prospects in the coming years, and what they would personally like to see Apple do in a perfect world.

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      Links for this episode
      • Apple in 2016: Is the mighty iPhone in decline? – BBC News
      • Prison Architect
      • Time spent online ‘overtakes TV’ among Youngsters – BBC News
      • 1 hr 39 min
      • 58: Milk, Cheese, Chainsaws

        This week Richard goes on a course for work and AV-based setup hilarity ensues and Simon has a new PC to tell us all about.

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        Links for this episode
        • Youtube: British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here’s Why
        • Pictures of Simon’s new PC
        • Microsoft: Surface Book
        • 57 min
        • 57: My One-Man Jazz Act

          This week the gang discuss the cons and cons of having your thermostat connected to the internet, but not before a large chunk of battery case and Photos.app related follow up.

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          Links for this episode
          • Amazon: The Kuke ultra thin battery case by Kuner, sold by Solememo
          • 9to5Google: Nest software bug shuts down smart thermostats for many customers
          • BBC News: Nest thermostat bug leaves users cold
          • Nest Support: What to do if your Nest Thermostat has become slow, unresponsive, or won’t turn on
          • YouTube: Nick Offerman’s Yule Log
          • 57 min
          • 56: The Common Theme Is Countryside

            After their annual week away Mark, Richard, and Simon return for episode 56 and two of them have bought an iPhone case to experiment with. Discussing the pros and cons of both cases in general and the particular case both of them have bought, Mark and Richard lead the podcast into their favourite rabbit hole: things that Apple do to annoy us all.

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            Links for this episode
            • Marco talks about the battery case on ATP #148
            • Amazon: The Kuke ultra thin battery case by Kuner, sold by Solememo
            • Kupertech: KUNER iPhone 6S Battery Case
            • 1 hr 6 min
            • 55: Chosen By The Caching Fairy

              Everyone loves the Internet. But what happens when it doesn’t go as planned? This week sees the hosts discussing Steam’s authentication glitches that occurred over the Christmas period, including bonus thoughts about two-factor authentication. This leads, somehow, to us thinking carefully about how many Things we want the Internet in. (Spoiler alert: it’s not as many as the industry seems to think).

              Finally, we round off with Mark discussing how he was cornered into going against all of his beliefs about the cloud. Needs must, as they say, but did it Just Work?

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              Links for this episode
              • Tom Scott — Seeing Other People’s Steam Accounts: The Christmas Caching Catastrophe
              • IoT Rectal Thermometer, via @ModusMondi and @internetofshit
              • The ‘smart cot’, via @internetofshit
              • 1 hr 7 min
              • 54: Wearing The Ball Of Shame

                Mark is back to full fitness to return to the helm of the good ship Tech Correct for episode, 54 and complain about Apple’s Industrial Design — or lack thereof — again, this time in the form of Apple’s iPhone 6/6S battery case. Done with Apple, the gang spend the rest of the show discussing George Hotz, who is trying (and succeeding to some degree) to build a self-driving car to rival those of Tesla and Google. He seems a little nuts, but there is a gem of a good idea underlying it all.

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                Links for this episode
                • Wall St Journal: Apple Smart Battery Case Review
                • Technically Correct 50: Look At Me, I’m A General Purpose Computer
                • Mophie Power Reserve
                • Bloomberg Business: The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage.
                • Bloomberg Business: Humans Are Slamming Into Driverless Cars and Exposing a Key Flaw
                • 1 hr 18 min
                • 53: Making A Stupid Hat

                  Illness rips through the halls of the Technically Correct Podcast this week, as Mark is too ill to show up, and Simon is not far off. Highly incapacitated and in need of a new topic, our remaining hosts dig up an interesting article that claims to offer 10 helpful Wi-Fi tips, but really offers something else indeed.

                  In the after-show, Richard and Simon discuss the problems with emoji implementations across different platforms, and how that can really affect how your message might come across.

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                  Links for this episode
                  • BBC Newsbeat: 10 ways to make the wi-fi in your house more powerful
                  • Lost in Emoji Translation: Apple vs Android — Matter
                  • iOS to Google Hangout Emoji Comparison
                  • 50 min
                  • 52: Round To The Nearest Penny

                    For this week’s extravaganza the gang discuss the merits of using a case on your phone, following an unfortunate incident for Richard, and Dropbox’s decision to “sunset” Mailbox and Carousel.

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                    Links for this episode
                    • Apple iPhone 4 Bumper
                    • Dropbox Blog: Saying goodbye to Carousel and Mailbox
                    • Markreynolds.co — Dropbox: A Story of Unrealized Potential
                    • 1 hr 9 min
                    • 51: Tending Towards Chips

                      This week Mark, Simon, and Richard discuss the possibility of Apple removing the 3.5mm audio jack on the iPhone. How likely is it to really happen? How similar a scenario is it to the removal of the 30-pin connector in favour of Lightning?

                      Along the way discussion deviates to Bluetooth and its general awfulness, Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and the connected home.

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                      Links for this episode
                      • Apple May Replace 3.5mm Headphone Jack on iPhone 7 With All-in-One Lightning Connector
                      • Amazon: Jaybird In-Ear Earphones
                      • The Hive Thermostat
                      • 52 min

                      About Technically Correct Podcast

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                      The Technically Correct Podcast is a panel discussion about technology and its effect on our lives, that's more about the hosts than tech news.