S1E254 - Essential Apple Podcast 254: All the news that’s fit to print…

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Sorry this one is a bit late, there’s a lot of real life stuff going on. Anyway Nick and I get together again to mull over the week in Apple incuding of course another record quarter results. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Get 2 months on the Kino Premium Plan with offer code KINOWITHJOHNNEMO 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! Recorded 2nd May 2022 On this week’s show NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube Nick’s church stream videos on You Tube APPLE Apple Reports Second Quarter Results – Apple Apple Q2 2022 results: A record $97 billion quarter – Six Colors Opinion: iPad sees year-over-year sales decline – I blame iPadOS for that — 9to5Mac Apple and Dell shipments grow but overall PC market shrinks — ZDNet Mac shipments grew 8% this year, as leading PC brands saw their own numbers plummet – 9to5Mac iPhone shipments grow while Android tanks — Cult of Mac Apple now employs Brazilian supplier to build iPhone 13 – AppleInsider New Apple AirTag update makes it easier to stop stalkers — BGR Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates — The Register Apple clarifies conditions for App Store app removal, extends update deadline to 90 days — AppleInsider Lawsuit alleges Apple should have to pay damages to consumers for suspending Apple Pay in Russia — 9to5Mac Apple Launches Self Service Repair Store — Daring Fireball Apple launches Self Service Repair program for iPhones – AppleInsider Apple's iPhone repair tool kit that it rents is wheeled and weighs 79 pounds — AppleInsider Your iPhone can alert you to breaking glass, smoke alarms and other dangers — Cult of Mac Apple's Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable teardown shows why the accessory is expensive — 9to5Mac TECHNOLOGY Qualcomm's M1 Rival to Be Available in PCs by Late 2023 – MacRumors This student invention captures harmful car tyre microplastic dust – EuroNews WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS How ILM Brought Boba Fett to Times Square – YouTube JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast If you’re into any of these things, Apple thinks you’re a 'hipster' — Cult of Mac Essential Apple Recommended Services: All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers. Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J’s security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses 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... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. 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! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire and on the App Stores – 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 / Soundcloud / Spotify / 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.