Essential Apple Podcast 103: Take Control with Joe Kissell

Recorded 2nd September 2018

This week I am joined by regular co-host Nick Riley, and guest Joe Kissell (of Take Control books). As ever we try to avoid all the pre 12th September event rumours and speculation and focus on things that happened this week. Including an Apple autonomous test car getting rear ended, Apple buying an AR glasses/lenses company, and women demanding that fitness apps and products have a “pregnancy mode”…
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JOE KISSELL

Author and Publisher Take Control Books

NICK RILEY

@Spligosh on Twitter, sometimes appears on Bart’s Let’s Talk Apple

APPLE

Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018) – The Mac Observer
Apple released a beta with an annoying alert and then one that fixed it – Techshout
Apple announced the September event “Gather Round” – Apple Insider
Apple self-driving test car gets rear-ended by a Nissan Leaf in first ever crash – The Verge
The most popular Apple Watch probably isn’t the model you’d expect – Cult of Mac
Apple just bought an AR glasses company – Alphr
Apple Will Require All Apps to Have a Privacy Policy – Fortune

SECURITY

If your mobile phone is running slowly or always losing battery, it might have been hacked to mine cryptocurrency – here’s how to protect yourself – Business Insider

TECHNOLOGY

Women call for ‘pregnancy’ mode in fitness and health apps – The Independent
Phones with bendable, flexible screens are closer than you think – CNet

JUST A SNIPPET

For things that are not worth more than a flypast

Bundlehunt latest bundle $5 to unlock then select the apps you want at big discounts – Bundlhunt
- Like all bundles it’s only any good if there is stuff you wan’t – at least with this you get to build your own selection of as few or as many as you like

WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

Celebrate Labor Day with the coolest paper airplane ever created – Mashable
You Can Download Popular Reeder 3 App For iOS And Mac For Free Right Now ($15 Value) – Redmond Pie
Affinity Publisher Beta is here – Serif

Nemo’s Hardware Store (xx:xx)

Labor Day holiday weekend means no hardware store this week.

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