Essential Apple Podcast 270: Bits & Bobs

Simon and Nick return once again to chew over a few stories of the week that caught their attention… If you’re wondering about the show art it’s “Bits and Bobs” from the CBEEBIES TV children’s show (bits and bobs also being a UK term for an assortment of oddments).

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Recorded 18th June 2023

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On this week’s show

NICK RILEY

Spligosh in the Slack
Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube
Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube

APPLE

5 New AirDrop Features Coming in iOS 17 – MacRumors
Few buy the iPhone 14 Plus, but the iPhone 14 is doing better than the iPhone 13 did – AppleInsider
iPhone – Compare Models – Apple
10 more sweet tweaks and changes in iOS 17 – Cult of Mac
Steve Jobs once declined an autograph request in the funniest way possible – iMore
5 things you didn’t realize you could do with CarPlay – iMore

TECHNOLOGY

Apple Subreddit Goes Dark in Protest of Reddit’s API Pricing Changes – MacRumors
- Reddit sees more than 6,000 communities ‘go dark’ in protest over API changes – Engadget
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed – BBC News
Elon Musk: Twitter sued by music publishers for $250m – BBC News
New Laptop Brand Shocked Whole Computer Industry – Framework Laptop – Teardown And Repair Assessment – YouTube

SECURITY & PRIVACY

The Privacy Paradox | A Proton – YouGov Report – YouTube or Proton

WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

Using Pandora on the Apple HomePod – Apple

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