Mac Roundtable 2012.04.18 Episode #111




Mac Roundtable Podcast show

Summary: The panel for this edition includes: Chuck Joiner - The MacVoices Group @chuckjoiner Jeff Gamet - The Mac Observer John F. Braun - Mac Geek Gab @johnfbraun @macgeekgab Bart Busschots - www.bartb.ie @bbusschots Topics Discussed: Apple Stock Price Swings - what's behind them? Facebook buy Instagram for one biiiiiiiillion dollars: what are people worried about? was it worth a billion dollars? a discussion on the rights you give away and don't when you upload content to social media services Tangent - social media: Facebook -v- Google+ -v- Twitter The new Security Reality time to re-assess your situation we discuss Apple's schizophrenic attitude to security what can people do to protect themselves (ALWAYS patch, consider disabling Java & Flash, consider free AV, or even paid AV) free AV from ClamXav - (AVOID the crippled Mac App Store version) Little Snitch is another tool people may find useful for watching what their computer is at Picks: John's Pick - Cloak - Free VPN. Bart's Pick - silly but addictive iPhone game - Worms Crazy Golf Jeff's Pick - Paper for the iPad Chuck's pick - Seagate GoFlex Slim Performance Drive