Essential Apple Podcast 143: Mark takes flight solo

This week Simon’s son managed to break his elbow in not one, but three places on a Saturday evening, leaving Simon sleep deprived and mentally drained so Mark heroically opted to save the day and fly solo!.

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Recorded 21st July 2019

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MARK CHAPPELL

@oceanspeed on Twitter and sometimes puts Essential Apple related stuff on YouTube

APPLE

Apple is looking to snap up exclusive rights to some of your favourite podcasts – report — Trusted Reviews
Apple: SiriOS in 2020? — Apple 3.0

TECHNOLOGY

Mark’s deal on mobile internet has now gone but we found this helpful link Broadband Genie

SECURITY & PRIVACY

Brave Browser – Brave.com
Simon’s favourite privacy focussed browser is Cliqz
For other browsers Simon recommends Ghostery

Nemo’s Hardware Store (18:00)

Limitless Innovations Jumpsmart 3-in-1– $120 US – also available from The Grommet
Juiced Systems Ultrahub for MacBook Pro – $60 US

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Fake Name Generator – So much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need.
Wire – Free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP.
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