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Episode 25: It's time for 'Biden our time on Tik Tok, iOS 14.5 feature party, Privacy is key but do you want a Google Business phone along with those app updates, Lastpass nerfs itself and what city i

The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

English - February 17, 2021 10:28 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 24: It's time for Masked unlocks, Fitness casting, health-check for your wallet, iCloud Passwords here and then gone, Stadia concerns and we all go to Greenland, plus logging that flight!

Next Episode: Episode 26: It's time for an Epic update, Apple turns the Valve, More Chrome less Mac, Android 12 teases devs, Nvidia goes mining, M1 gets Malware and we go Monster Hunting

This week we covered:

News

TikTok sale to US company on hold as Biden administration looks at other options - what did we say!

Time for an iPad Pro Max - do we really need a bigger iPad?

The iPhone 13 rumour mill is in full swing - we are at least 8 months away from any announcement to be clear!

iOS 14.5 feature round up - lots of goodies ahead!

You can set Spotify as your default music player in iOS 14.5 beta - Apple slowly opening up the ecosystem in a good way!

Apple Maps will get crowdsourced incident reporting with iOS 14.5 - Watch out Waze!

Google launches Pixel for Business site - a pure google experience for the business types!

Alleged Android 12 screenshots show a privacy indicator and conversation widget - Android 12 looks to emulate the iOS 14 privacy features

Apple puts additional walls between your browsing data and Google on iOS 14.5 - This data shall not pass!

Google returns to updating major iOS apps after months-long wait

LastPass…. What have you done! - Free tier nerfed!

Games

You thought you lost time with GeoGuessr, have you met City Guesser?

Steam Lunar Sale

As always we'd love to hear what you think!