“Only cost her a toenail”

In this episode, a VERY tired Mark recounts his slightly disastrous visit to IFA in Berlin and Rob quizzes him on just how much he's looking forward to Silly Season in Tech Land. It's a surprisingly good show.

Links

Apple iPhone Event YouTube stream - register to be notified when it goes live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiP1l7jlIIA

Mark’s post-event reaction livestream with Patrick Rambles, Alex Gear and Tech, and Rob:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG2mG2NY3hA

Panos is pumped already for the Microsoft Event:
https://twitter.com/panos_panay/status/1696184684303315420

PSA: You can now use Python in Excel:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439

Meta Connect VR event 27th/28th September:
https://www.metaconnect.com/en/home

I Expect You To Die VR game:
https://iexpectyoutodie.schellgames.com

Meta Quest 3:
https://www.meta.com/gb/quest/quest-3/

Xreal Air:
https://www.xreal.com/air/

Google Pixel Event 4th October:
Pixel 8 / 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OumPuMsd5o

Pixel 8 / 8 Pro preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_uap-98Knw

Buy some junk Elon’s throwing out from 𝕏 HQ from 12th September:
https://bid.hgpauction.com/auctions/8660/herita10216?page=1%26pageSize=60%26orderBy=sequenceNumber

Lime eScooters:
https://www.li.me/en-gb/vehicles/scooter

Honor Magic V2 foldable:
https://www.hihonor.com/global/phones/honor-magic-v2/

Honor Pursephone:
https://www.hihonor.com/global/news/honor-ifa-keynote-2023/

Smart #1 EV:
https://uk.smart.com/en/hashtag-one/launch-edition/

TechChap:
https://www.youtube.com/@Thetechchap

MrMobile:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheMrMobile

LG telly in a briefcase - Stanby ME Go:
https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-27lx5qkna

Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming device:
https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/legiongo/

Fairphone 5 sustainable, repairable phone:
https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5

Withings ScanWatch 2 smartwatch:
https://www.withings.com/us/en/scanwatch-2

Sage Barista Touch Impress coffee machine:
https://www.sageappliances.com/uk/en/barista-touch-impress/home.html

Philips Hue do cameras and door sensors now:
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/explore-hue/propositions/smart-home-security

Mark’s Eight Sleep video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgjFbyg-Zb4

Eight Sleep link for £300 discount (manually add coupon TIM50 in addition to the £250 default discount for following the link):
https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/tim/

Beeper - unified messaging client (skip the queue with this link):
https://refer.beeper.com/s9waiP

Hisense U8K mini-LED TV:
https://hisense.co.uk/tvs/all-tvs/u8k/

KEF LSX II speakers:
https://uk.kef.com/products/lsx-2

Hue Sync box to retrofit Ambilight to a non-Philips TV:
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-play-hdmi-sync-box-/8718699704803

Govee alternative TV backlight:
https://uk.govee.com/collections/tv-lights/products/govee-envisual-tv-backlight-t2

Govee Curtain Lights:
https://uk.govee.com/products/govee-curtain-lights

AirPods Pro cassette case:
https://www.elago.com/collections/airpods-pro-2-case-elago/products/cassette-tape-case-for-airpods-pro-2-2-colors

Garmin Epix Pro 2 smartwatch:
https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/760778

BackBlaze cloud backup - act now to avoid price increase in October!
https://www.backblaze.com

 

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