Summary: Recorded 4th March 2018 This week the tech news has mostly been all about the Mobile World Congress, and it wasn't very exciting to be fair – mostly seemed like a lot of people copying the “notch” they all made so much fun of... So for a bit of a different feel this week we are joined by the irrepressible and effervescent GazMaz from the MyMac show to take a look at the apparent “disturbance in the force” caused by the “sudden” arrival of Vero, the appearance of Micro.blog, and a couple of other upstarts wanting to take on the might of Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Facebook. Sorry some of the sound isn't as good as usual - we had some technical difficulties and went to Discord - but I don't think all our settings were as good as they could have been. On this week's show: SERVICES MENTIONED Vero Vero: What to Know About the New App and its CEO – Time Counter.Social Mastodon micro.blog Twitter Hootsuite The My Mac Skype Phone Number – Skype +1 Area code 703-436-9501 APPLE Horace Dediu estimates 2/3rds of all Apple devices are still in use – Business Insider UK And on the same story – Cult of Mac Apple, Tesla to Lead ‘Edge’ Computing, Says Guggenheim – Barron's Yes I know, it wss Larry Ellison, not Page... Nemo's Hardware Store (45:41) WIP Labs MagCable 3 in 1 Belt cable – Amazon Night Cable – Amazon Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: EssentialApple.com / Pinecast / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Slack – ask us for an invite any way you can get hold of us. 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 donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
