Essential Apple Podcast 116: “Simply having a wonderful Christmas time...”

Recorded 16th December 2018 This week Apple Music started working on Amazon Echo devices (well if you live in the US anyway). Apple Pay arrived in Germany, and Apple announced a $1 billion investment in Austin, Texas, for a new campus (plus a lot of other US expansion). App developers got some extra analytics from the Mac App Store and Apple backed a move for a US Digital Privacy Law. Meanwhile I am joined by Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software and Nick Riley to talk about all that and more as we decide we're “simply having a wonderful Christmas time...” <h4>GIVEAWAYS</h4> Skylum has gifted us 5x of Luminar 2019 and Aurora 2019 to give away! Send an email to [email protected] mentioning Luminar or Aurora and the phrase I give in the show to enter. PLUS Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HDR 2019 with discount code EssentialApple (All the 2019 updates will be free. Learn more.) 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On this week’s show: <h4>OLIVER BREIDENBACH</h4> Boinx Makers of cool photo and video software for Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch On Twitter as @boinxsoftware Oliver is on Twitter as @obreidenbach <h4>NICK RILEY</h4> @spligosh on Twitter, sometimes on the Let's Talk Apple Podcast. <h4>APPLE</h4> Apple plans new $1 billion campus in Austin Texas (and more) – Reuters Apple Pay arrives in Germany (at last) – Tech Crunch Apple now supports app analytics for developers on the Mac App Store 9to5 Mac Apple-backed tech group drafts US privacy bill – 9to5 Mac Apple Music launches on Amazon Echo (US Only for now)[9to5 Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/15/top-stories-apple-music-echo-more Boinx have released new version of Mouseposé <h4>TECHNOLOGY</h4> Intel unveils new 10nm Sunny Cove CPUs, possibly destined for future Macs – 9to5 Mac <h4>SECURITY</h4> Logitech app security flaw allowed keystroke injection attacks – ZDNet Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent – ProtonMail Blog The digital privacy tools you need to be using now – Fast Company 2018 saw people use eleven new dumb passwords – including 'Donald' – 9to5 Mac <h4>WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS</h4> Satechi’s Aluminum Keyboard is a great alternative to Apple’s more expensive space gray option – 9to5 Mac NVIDIA Shield Streaming & Game Device [12 Star Apps promotion] (https://12starapps.eu/) (should be starting 20th December) Nemo’s Hardware Store (48:32) Silca Maratona Gear Bag – $180 US Direct Bonx Grip earpiece - $139 US each or $260 US for twin packs (ERRATUM: The Bonx site is BONX.CO apologies for getting it wrong last week) 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. 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