S1E160 - Essential Apple Podcast 160: A New Year’s Ramble

Recorded 29th December 2019 I am joined by Nick Riley and James Ormiston (MacJim) and with no real news as such we just have a ramble around some things that come to mind as we chat. <h4>GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS</h4> Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Slacker @MacJim has a family friendly Flickr group for listeners to share photos because the Darkroom channel in the Slack has become so popular - if you're interested head over to to the Essential Apple Flickr and request an invitation. __ On this week’s show: <h4>NICK RILEY</h4> @spligosh (https://twitter.com/spligosh) on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple <h4>JAMES ORMISTON</h4> MacJim in the Slack In charge of the Essential Apple Flickr Also on Flickr as thesrpspaintshop <h4>APPLE</h4> Apple patent filing involves an ‘immersive computer-generated reality experience’ (https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2019/12/27/apple-patent-filing-involves-an-immersive-computer-generated-reality-experience) https://apple.news/ARPziQGVRQAKj_FFpG7Tiyg <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Turkey unveils first fully homemade car in $3.7 billion bet on electric https://flip.it/jalT.O Will it be a turkey or a success? We can use plastics to change the world for the better — World Economic Forum (https://apple.news/A71ejwHJjS-GMz5KcYfWG3g)We can use plastics to change the world for the better — World Economic Forum (https://apple.news/A71ejwHJjS-GMz5KcYfWG3g) – https://apple.news/A71ejwHJjS-GMz5KcYfWG3g Check out the world's first all-electric fire engine - https://flip.it/-0rtJ8 NEMO’S HARDWARE STORE (1:14:52) Kanex iAdapt 7-in-1 Multiport USB-C Hub + Card Reader £80 UK – Amazon £80 UK + £8 UK shipping / $80 US Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. Sudo – Get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... ProtonMail – End to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! 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. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Spotify / Soundcloud / YouTube / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.