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This is the farewell episode of the British Tech Network.
See the post about the end of BTN, a bit of history, and some humour at:
https://britishtechnetwork.com/blog/british-tech-network-the-big-farewell
And, from all of us, a BIG THANKS to Ewen Rankin, BTN's founder, heart, and soul. Here's to you mate!!
Guests: Ewen Rankin and a bunch of BTNers
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-06-05
This Week's Topics:
- iPhone 18 Pro in four colors?
- iOS 27 leak: New Siri design, Camera app, etc.
- Apple developing anti-snatching feature
- Age of Empires II now available on Mac
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-29
Guests: Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- New Apple Intelligence-driven accessibility features
- Fortnite returns to App Store
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-22
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- U.S. issues a Steve Jobs commemorative $1 coin
- Intel said to be testing Apple chip prototypes
- First MacOS/M5 kernel memory corruption exploit
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-15
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Mac Studio/Mini RAM options cut
- MacBook Neo production doubled
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-08
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple’s financial results
- Is Apple bailing on Vision Pro?
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-05-01
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- John Ternus named Apple CEO
- Tim Cook’s letter to the community
- Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-24
Guests: Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple ramps up MacBook Neo production
- A Mac Neo??
- Ternus and Joswiak talk about MacBook Neo, AI, spatial computing
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-17
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Farewell to Chuck La Tournous
- iPhones on Artemis
- A18 supply may be running low for MacBook Neo
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-10
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Dave Ginsburg, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple turns 50
- Ads coming to Apple Maps?
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-04-03
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Mac OS X launched 25 years ago
- Apple discontinues Mac Pro
- Apple announces Apple Business platform
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-27
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple launches MacBook Neo
- Apple introduces AirPods Max 2
- 50th anniversary celebrations
- iOS exploits for versions 13 through 17
- New features in MacOS 26.4
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-20
Guests: Dave Ginsburg, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple's 50th anniversary
- iPhone 17e
- MacBook Neo
- Macstock X
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-13
Guests: Patrice Brend’amour, Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsberg, Marty Jencius, Chuck Joiner
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple’s product releases this week
- iPhone 17e
- M4 iPad Air
- MacBook Neo
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-03-06
Guests: Ewen Rankin, Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple product launch on March 2
- Apple unlikely to remove USB-C port on iPhone 18
- Studio Display 2 may be in the works
- iPhone and iPad approved by NATO for classified info
- F1 details and Netflix partnership announced
- MacMinis to be built in USA (Houston)
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-02-27
Guests: Ewen Rankin, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple announces March 4th event
- Low-cost MacBook, 2 Studio Displays coming?
- Sentence for Apple Music in iOS 26.4 beta
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-02-20
Guests: Ewen Rankin, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple still says new Siri will launch this year
- Google releases YouTube app for Vision Pro
- Should Apple rethink Face ID settings?
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-02-13
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- iPad turns 16
- Cook comments on retirement
- Bizarre Zuckerberg comments on safety
- Humans of Apple TV video
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-02-06
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Apple earnings
- New AirTags
- Apple acquires Q.ai
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-01-30
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Ian Grant, Tom Ferry
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- John Ternus takes over design
- Apple gets 6 Academy Awards nominations
- Apple is most admired company for 19th year in a row
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2026-01-23
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Marty Jencius
podcast #apple #technology
This Week's Topics:
- Annual Christmas Quiz episode!
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-12-06
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour, Ben Roethig
This Week's Topics:
- App store award finalists
- Apple to deploy Vision Pro tech at sports venue
- Mac mini best Vision Pro companion for portability?
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-11-29
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Patrice Brend’amour, Chuck Joiner+ (cameo appearance)
This Week's Topics:
- Dave’s hands-on Mac mini review
- Researcher reverse engineers iPhone Inactivity Reboot security feature
- Apple ebooks antitrust investigation closed
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-11-22
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple Vision Pro 2 release date
- App Store Connect 2.0 released
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-11-15
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Apple’s Q4 financials
- This week’s announcements – iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro
- Apple to acquire Pixelmator
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-11-01
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- New M4 Macs coming next week
- iOS 18.2 beta 1 release
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-10-25
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- New iPad Mini
- Apple enables ability to change iCloud email
- Sophisticated GMail hacking scheme
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-10-18
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Apple’s Riccio is retiring
- Vision Pro survey
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-10-11
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Dave Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
Join Jeff and Chuck for this week's discussion
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-10-04
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- First impressions of iPhone 16
- VisionPro with AI and M5 in 2025?
- iMore shuts down
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-09-27
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Live double unboxing!
- End-end encryption for iPhone-Android RCS
- Potential Chase-Apple Card partnership
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-09-20
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Keynote Poker results for Apple’s ‘GlowTime’ event
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-09-13
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Keynote Poker in advance of the Sep 9th iPhone event
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Our opinions, advice on streaming services
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-08-30
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig
This Week's Topics:
Thoughts and opinions about AppleTV+
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-08-23
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- We talk about the original (1978-79) and newer (2004-2009) versions of the show
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-08-16
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
Our opinions on pros and cons of subscriptions
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-08-09
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topic:
Why we need social media
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-08-02
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Rumored Apple ring
- Wearables discussion
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-07-26
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
What we’ve spent on Apple products…
Episode's chat: https://britishtechnetwork.com/chat/view.php?dt=2024-07-19
Guests: Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Patrice gets very expensive ski goggles
Guests: Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Epic accuses Apple of delaying its iOS store
- ChatGPT Mac App Stored User Chats in Plain Text
- iPhone X, HomePod, and Original AirPods classified as 'Vintage'
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- EU says Apple disables competition by withholding Apple Intelligence
- Apple store readies for Vision Pro orders outside US
- iOS18 second beta released to developers
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig
This Week's Topics:
- Apple building a cheaper Vision Pro?
- McKinsey report shows about a third of car buyers insist on CarPlay
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Review of WWDC 2024 announcements
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Panelists make their guesses on what will happen at the WWDC keynote on June 10th
Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple TV App Coming To Android
- Siri getting better understanding of context
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Deleted photos re-appear
- Ideas to store data securely
- Frustrations with ad placements
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple announces new accessibility features
- iPad Pro Manifesto, iPadOS
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Review of Apple's 'Let Loose' event and the panel's Keynote Poker results
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Chuck Joiner
It's our traditional Keynote Poker episode, ahead of Apple's May 7th 'Let Loose' event
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple announces “Let Loose” event
- Analyst claims Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments
- Apple pulls AI image apps from App Store
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Video game emulators on iOS
- HomePod with display rumour
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg (at altitude), Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- iPhone users in 92 countries received a spyware attack warning from Apple
- Apple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts
- App Store guidelines now allow game emulators; music apps in the EU can take users to an external website
- Google Pixel 8's Flagship AI Photo Editing Feature Coming to iPhones
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, (briefly) Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple home robot?
- Layoffs at Apple
- New iPad model rumours
- iPhone 16 thin bezel challenges
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple announces WWDC 2024
- Apple users target of phishing attack
- Canva acquires Serif’s Affinity apps
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- US sues Apple for illegal phone monopoly
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Apple Planning Ad-Based AppleTV+ Tier
- Spotify Claims Apple Blocking App Updates
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- iCloud 5GB Limit Lawsuit
- Apple Updates EU DMA Compliance Procedures
- Apple-Epic Spat Continues
- Apple Releases Apple Card/Cash API
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This Week's Topics:
- Apple Spent More Than $10 Billion on Apple Car Before Canceling Project
- Apple says iOS 17.4 won’t remove Home Screen web apps in the EU after all
- MacPaw Announces Upcoming Beta Version of Setapp Mobile in EU, Leading the Way Toward a More User-Centric App Ecosystem
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple Announces 'Groundbreaking' New Security Protocol for iMessage
- First ever iOS trojan discovered — and it’s stealing facial recognition data to break into bank accounts
- Microsoft shies away from bringing Xbox titles to the iOS platform, cites monetization concerns
- 'Apple Sports' App Announced With Personalized Scoreboards and More
Guests: Patrice Brend'amour, Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Dave Ginsberg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Jon Stewart Confirms Apple Canceled Show: 'They Didn't Want Me to Say Things That Might Get Me in Trouble'
- Foldable iPhone Development Allegedly Paused Due to Failing Screens
- Apple Confirms iOS 17.4 Disables Home Screen Web Apps in the European Union
Guests: Patrice Brend'amour, Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
This Week's Topics:
- Apple breaks PWA support in the EU with iOS 17.4
- Fake LastPass app sneaks into Apple's App Store
Guests: Patrice Brend'amour, Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Will Woodhouse
This Week's Topics:
- Vision Pro reviews
- Increased spatial audio royalties
- 2024 Q1 earnings
- Apple is most admired company again
Guests: Ewen Rankin, Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Will Woodhouse
Keynote bingo in anticipation of Apple's Sep 12th event Guests: Jeff Gamet, David Ginsburg, Patrice Brend’amour
The last summer of fun episode!
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This week's topic:
- Services to which we subscribe
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This week's topic: Another Summer of Fun episode! Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
Another Summer of fun episode! Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This week’s topics: Discussion of music setups Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
This week's topics: Apple TV+ gains 54 Emmy awards GM dealers aren’t happy EVs won’t support CarPlay Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Chuck Joiner
Topics for this week: Apple’s market cap tops $3 trillion Apple No Longer Offers Interest-Free Financing in Canada iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature Saves California Hiker Guests: Ben Roethig, David […]
Topics for this week: Apple Releases visionOS Beta AirTag Finds Stolen Bull Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner
Topics for this week: Vision Pro! Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
Review of WWDC and the WWDC Keynote Poker Results Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
It's the Apple 2023 WWDC Keynote Poker episode Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg, Chuck Joiner, Patrice Brend’amour
Topics for this week:
- New cognitive accessibility features
- Reality headset significantly compromised?
- AR laptop with 100-inch virtual display
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Ben Roethig, Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Patrice Brend’amour
Topics for this week:
- Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro available on iPad
- How Apple identifies leakers
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg
Topics for this week:
- Apple financial results
- More games on Apple Arcade
- Apple/Google partner on AirTag tracking protection
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, David Ginsburg
This Week's Topics:
- Apple/Epic App Store Ruling Upheld
- Quartz, Apple’s AI-Powered Health Coach
- CarPlay PR Response To GM
Guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend’amour, Chuck Joiner, Dave Ginsburg
This week's guests: Jeff Gamet, Patrice Brend'amour, Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, Dave Ginsburg