Summary: Recorded 10th March 2019 This week Uncle Tim made a joke out of Donald Trump's name slipup, US Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to break up tech companies, German teen hacker relents and gives Apple the secret to his hack, Google Zero Day group find a vulnerability dubbed Buggy Cow, and Zuck claims Facebook wants to change... and takes a dig at Apple to boot. To discuss these stories and more this week I am joined by Mac to the Future, Go! livecast co-host and “buy all the things” Warren Sklar! GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Get Photolemur 2 free by helping this YouTube video to 100,000 views. 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! We can now also be found on Spotify, Soundcloud and even YouTube. On this week’s show: WARREN SKLAR Mac to the Future Go (https://www.facebook.com/groups/mactothefuture) Facebook Group and also on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/floridakid/videos) (Mac to the Future can also be found at www.vertshark.com) APPLE Tim Cook is now Tim Apple on Twitter – The Verge Other tech people picked up on the joke too... Apple whips its gigantic global supply chain into shape [Opinion] – Cult of Mac MacStories releases 150 free shortcuts to use in Apple's Shortcuts app – iMore MacStories Shortcuts Archive Security researcher hands Apple details of Keychain bug, calls for explanation regarding lack of macOS Bug Bounty program – AppleInsider Google researchers revealed a rare Mac security flaw and called it 'BuggyCow' – Business Insider Via @scottaw: A Clever Tool Uses Apple’s Videogame Logic Engine to Protect Macs – Wired Here's how Apple's long-rumored smart glasses will work, according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo – Business Insider Microsoft confirms the latest version of Skype for Web drops support for Safari – 9to5 Mac TECHNOLOGY US senator Elizabeth Warren wants to break up tech companies, says Apple should not be able to run the App Store and offer its own apps – 9to5 Mac Elizabeth Warren pulled a ninja move to turn tech angst into a crackdown with real teeth, and tech is going to suffer even if she's not president – Business Insider Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) on the subject – Twitter and Twitter Flickr Unveils a New Login That Ditches Yahoo’s System – Peta Pixel Corning flexible glass screen will be perfect for folding iPhone – Cult of Mac Luminary is aiming to be the 'Netflix of podcasts' – Business Insider Marco Arment “They’ll have to get through you and me first. If you all keep listening in standard podcast apps that use the open, RSS-backed podcast ecosystem instead of proprietary walled gardens, nobody can ruin what we have.” – Twitter SECURITY & PRIVACY Facebook’s Transition to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Tech.pinions Mark Zuckerberg paints a biting contrast between Facebook and Apple on privacy, saying his company has sacrificed business to protect users – Business Insider Is this the way the cookie wall crumbles? Dutch data watchdog says nee to take-it-or-leave-it consent – The Register The web just got an official password-free login standard – Engadget WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS Bart Busschots of the Let's Talk Podcasts coined the excellent term “Freepi” (like creepy) for services that are free in exchange for slurping your Personal Information... If you don't like #Freepi remember to hashtag it on Twitter and mention @bbusschots Free, Freemium, Free-for-now & Freepi Free-for-Personal-Information, or Freepi So Facebook isn’t Freepi Anymore? JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast Lego takes on Samsung and Huawei with its own foldable – The Verge Nemo’s Hardware Store (1:07:07) HELM True Wireless Headphones – $100 US direct Essential Apple Recommended Services: Ghostery - protect yourself from trackers, scripts an
