Essential Apple Podcast 96: A Tidal Wave of News

Recorded 15th July 2018

A new co-host, new MacBook Pros, new Surface Go, new Affinity Designer for iPad, new Luminar update, new green phone service, new French Cyber Command… A veritable tidal wave of news. So much in fact that we even forgot to mention the App Store 10th Anniversary or Apple killing their photo printing services!
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On this week’s show:

NEW CO-HOST NICK RILEY

On Twitter as @Spligosh
Also appears on Let’s Talk Apple

APPLE

New MacBook Pros – new processors, more RAM, new(ish) keyboard, more spec and more money!
- Apple Updates Touch Bar MacBook Pro with 32 GB RAM, New Keyboard – The Mac Observer
- Apple fixes MacBook Pro keyboard issue – sorta, but calls it a feature not a fix – Digital Trends
- Apple Outlines 2018 MacBook Pro Repair Options and Parts Availability – MacRumors
- Apple is back in classic pro mode, and we’re getting the new Macs to prove it – iMore
Apple’s iPhone 6 has the highest failure rate among iPhones; but Samsung is worse – The Next Web

TECHNOLOGY

Skylum Luminar 2018 1.3.0 update brings many improvements, new camera support – DPReview
- Luminar can be used as a plug in for Affinity Photo – Tweet
Affinity release Designer for iPad – Affinity
- And the CEO of Serif Affinity will be interviewing with us on Thursday… for the next show!!! SCOOP!
Adobe is Building a Full Version of iPad Photoshop – The Mac Observer
The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be – Charged
Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go is its smallest tablet yet – Engadget
Computer Backup Awareness in 2018: Getting Better and Getting Worse – Backblaze Blog

SECURITY

Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 and blocks passcode cracking tools used by police – The Verge
- Apple’s iOS passcode cracking defense can be bypassed using a USB accessory – The Verge
UK’s Big Brother road signs watch for drivers using iPhones – Cult of Mac

IN THE NEWS

Ecotalk is a new kind of mobile phone service. Our call, text and data services will be powered by 100% green energy from the wind and sun, making it a uniquely green mobile phone service. We think this will be the first of its kind in Britain, if not the world. Ecotalk/Ecotricity – Runs on EE…
France’s cyber command marched in Paris’s Bastille Day Parade for the first time – The Verge

JUST A SNIPPET

For things that are not worth more than a flypast

Matteo Bandi’s device-powered objects designed to beat smart phone addiction – Deezen

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CarBridge For iOS Released, Lets You Use Any App In CarPlay Including Waze, Google, Fortnite, Netflix, YouTube, More – Redmond Pie
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