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David and Tim discuss NASA's Perseverance rover, vintage technology including David’s StarWriter and Tim’s Invaders From Space handheld game. Wikitrolling returns with a look at Blockbuster Video and a trip down memory lane.

Several US states are trying to advance laws meant to let developers distribute and sell apps outside of Apple’s iOS App Store. North Dakota, Minnesota, and Arizona all have bills in the works to prevent Apple from retaliating against developers that use other means to distribute their apps.

Metallica gets a little of what they deserve, Facebook attacks Apple, Australia does not understand the internet, and Tesla has a problem.

Hacking and scamming incidents are on the rise. It's a sad fact of pandemic life now, but on episode 351 of Geekiest Show Ever, we're here to tell you that you can take back some control if you know what to look out for and how to implement best practices. We believe that online security should be a regular part of our overall well-being. It's why we so frequently discuss security issues and using password managers. Tune in to hear us share our field experience for ways to help your loved ones become safer in our digitally connected world. Follow us for additional tips and conversation on Twitter @GeekiestShow https://twitter.com/geekiestshow Complete show notes are here: https://www.geekiestshowever.com/gse351-locked-down/ Miele-LXIV is a free DICOM viewer for looking at images like MRI or Xray on your computer. Your doctor will either give you a disc or a way to get the images onto your computer, but if the program they provide is not compatible, this is a good alternative. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/

Loving that free subscription to AppleTV+ that you have with your purchase of an Apple thingy? Or is it part of your Apple One subscription? OR maybe you’re leeching it off from someone else along with Netflix. Well however you’ve gotten it, is there enough content for you to keep you coming back? No? There might be based on Apple’s trailers just released for their 2021 lineup.

Free speech or consequences is the main topic, with Gina Carano being booted from Star Wars for controversial social media posts being the cause. Plus Radio Garden, Godzilla vs Kong, WandaVision, and The Falcon and Winter Soldier.

Will there be a March Apple Event? What might be announced? Since we broke the ice with sheer speculation last week with all the talk about the fictional Apple Car that remains to be seen, why not shove our noses deeper into rumors since everything seems to be a bit rehash-y at the moment.

Our podcast neighbor from the MyMac Podcasting Network, Guy Serle, is back again for Part 2 which makes episode 350 of Geekiest Show Ever. Follow us for additional tips and conversation on Twitter @GeekiestShow. Guy's extensive notes are available on our website for you to follow along: https://www.geekiestshowever.com/gse350-is-this-guy-on-again/ Check the Apple Security Updates page to see if your Apple gear is up to date. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 Do you have questions about what you heard in this episode? Please send us your feedback. We'd like to hear from you. Let us know about a tech topic that interests you. Elisa can be found at https://twitter.com/senseidai or https://www.threegeekyladies.com Melissa can be found at https://twitter.com/themacmommy or https://www.themacmommy.com Some of the links in our show notes are referral or affiliate links. We thank you kindly in advance for clicking through so we can earn from sharing reviews that help you become an informed consumer.

Apple’s car business which doesn’t exist in public other than CarPlay, 14 million blogs and podcasts, and analysts saying it does, took another step toward not being a fantasy which it still is, by poaching Porsche execs and denying everything by saying nothing at all about it. Which means it’s DEFINITELY going to happen…maybe…or maybe not. And you can take that to the bank because you got the straight scoop from the GMen!

Tim and David discuss Jeff Bezos leaving the CEO position of Amazon, the short sell story of GameStop, and WikiTrolling returns with Bose.

Joining Bart this month is Lynda Gousha from the Silicon Valley Mac Users Group. The show starts with a the usual followups and updates on long-running stories. That's followed by a few quick updates on some Apple-related legal cases, some Apple HR news, an overview of developments in Apple's various service offerings, and the highlights from Apple's push into original content. The four main stories are Apple's Q1 2021 earnings, the rumoured Apple Car, A privacy push, and a racial equity push. The show ends with a quick rundown of some smaller Apple-related stories that made the news in January. Detailed show notes are available at https://lets-talk.ie/lta89. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon at https://patreon.com/ltpod. Links: Let's Talk Apple: http://www.lets-talk.ie/apple @LTPod Bart Busschots: http://www.bartb.ie @bbusschots Ken Ray: https://macosken.squarespace.com @macosken

Tim opens to talk a little about his favorite team, the Detroit Lions and recent news, Tom Brady, Super Bowl, David get’s a Toshiba laptop, plus Mattel Aquarius, and Star Trek Discovery

Wow! Just ONE show away from our 550th! Quite an achievement if 550 of anything meant…well…anything. We bring it up here because if we did it on the actual 550th show it wouldn’t be nearly as funny. Also sorry about no show last week, you can totally blame Guy and his second COVID shot though as per usual he denies all responsibility.

Our podcast neighbor from the MyMac Podcasting Network, Guy Serle, is our guest for episode 349 of Geekiest Show Ever. He will educate us about the value of good recording hardware and best practices. Follow us for additional tips and conversation on Twitter @GeekiestShow. Guy's extensive notes are available on our website for you to follow along: https://www.geekiestshowever.com/gse349-is-this-guy-on/ Check the Apple Security Updates page to see if your Apple gear is up to date. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 Do you have questions about what you heard in this episode? Please send us your feedback. We'd like to hear from you. Let us know about a tech topic that interests you. Elisa can be found at https://twitter.com/senseidai or https://www.threegeekyladies.com Melissa can be found at https://twitter.com/themacmommy or https://www.themacmommy.com Some of the links in our show notes are referral or affiliate links. We thank you kindly in advance for clicking through so we can earn

Topics include Zune, Quiet News, Outlanders, Drivers License, Whataboutism, Audio Hijack Pro, Rogue Amoeba, macOS Security on BigSir, and much more.

Tim and David start a new feature, our Movie Scores Hall of Fame. To kick it off, both the guys picked three scores they feel should be on the list. Do you agree? Also, WandaVision started, and actually leads to a bit of a heated argument.

When you have a conference that's usually in Las Vegas, one of the least distraction-free cities anywhere in the world, is it still as much fun if it goes virtual? Some think yes as you can get right down to business, others say NOOOOOOO, I want my lights and glimmer! Also the GMen talk more about the NFL and make a few game prediction (some were wrong).

Have you ever wanted a quicker or more automated way to do something with your iPhone? That would be a job for shortcuts and we found just the right geek to tell us all about them! In episode 348 of Geekiest Show Ever, Scott Willsey educates us on iOS Shortcuts: what they are, how they work, and why you might like to learn how to use them to craft your own. Follow us for additional tips and conversation on Twitter @GeekiestShow https://twitter.com/geekiestshow Apple's Shortcuts User Guide is here: https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios Data Jar is an app for storing shortcuts: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/data-jar/id1453273600 Heres is a link to the Reminders Backup example shortcut Scott made for us to follow along: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/158c4d1995ed4f9a9965853f8b9eb743 Learn more about Scott Willsey here: https://scottwillsey.com and check out where he podcasts over on BubbleSort Show https://bubblesort.show/bubblesort/ Check the Apple Security Updates page to see if your App

In this solo show Bart explains why he's so excited about the ProRaw feature Apple released for the iPhones 12 pro in December. It turns out the file format format underpinning it all is open, and it heralds a lot of very interesting possibilities for all cameras and image editing apps, not just for future iPhones and iOS apps! Show notes are available at https://lets-talk.ie/ltp88 Reminder - you can submit questions for future questions and answers shows at http://lets-talk.ie/photoq. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ltpod

These days it's easy to believe that when you have a problem you can resolve it by throwing a little bit of Science-Fu at it. However sometime when that doesn't work, what do you do? Easy, throw some other kind of science at it instead. Because when it comes to science, one solution may not work in all situations.