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Can You Segway?Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.So exactly who was going to be sympathetic to their plight, who we cared about?Beyond my fevered dream of making a difference there was a pinch of reality. See, the Cabindans and the people of Zaire were both ethnic Bakongo and the Bakongo of Zaire had also once had their own, independent (until 1914) kingdom which was now part of Angola. The Bakongo were major factions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -(formerly for a short time known as the nation of Zaire, from here on out to be referred to as the DRC and in the running for the most fucked up place on the planet Earth, more on that later)- and Congo (the nation) yet a minority in Angola. Having an independent nation united along ethnic and linguistic lines made sense and could expect support from their confederates across international boundaries.The Liberation Air ForceThe Earth & Sky operated under one constant dilemma ~ when would Temujin make his return? Since they didn't know and it was their job to be prepared for the eventuality if it happened tomorrow, or a century down the line, they 'stockpiled', and 'stockpiled' and 'stockpiled'.That was why they maintained large horse herds and preserved the ancient arts of Asian bowyers, armoring and weapons-craft. That was why they created secret armories, and sulfur and saltpeter sites when musketry and cannons became the new ways of warfare. They secured sources of phosphates and petroleum when they became the new thing, and so on.All of this boiled over to me being shown yet again I worked with clever, creative and under-handed people. The Khanate came up with a plan for a 'Union' Air Force {Union? More on that later} within 24 hours, and it barely touched any of their existing resources. How did they accomplish this miracle? They had stockpiled and maintained earlier generation aircraft because they didn't know when Temujin would make his re-appearance.They'd also trained pilots and ground crews for those aircraft. As you might imagine, those people grew old just as their equipment did. In time, they went into the Earth & Sky's Inactive Reserves ~ the rank & file over the age of 45. You never were 'too old' to serve in some capacity though most combat-support related work ended at 67.When Temujin made his return and the E&S transformed into the Khanate, those people went to work bringing their lovingly cared for, aging equipment up to combat-alert readiness. If the frontline units were decimated, they would have to serve, despite the grim odds of their survival. It was the terrible acceptance the Chinese would simply possess so much more war-making material than they did.Well, the Khanate kicked the PRC's ass in a titanic ass-whooping no one (else) had seen coming, or would soon forget. Factory production and replacement of worn machines was in stride to have the Khanate's Air Force ready for the next round of warfare when the Cease-fire ended and the Reunification War resumed.Always a lower priority, the Khanate military leadership was considering deactivating dozens of these reserve unit when suddenly the (Mongolian) Ikh khaany khairt akh dáé (me) had this hare-brained scheme about helping rebels in Africa, West Africa, along the Gulf of Guinea coast/Atlantic Ocean, far, far away, and it couldn't look like the Khanate was directly involved.They barely knew where Angola was. They had to look up Cabinda to figure out precisely where that was. They brought in some of their 'reservist' air staff to this briefing and one of them, a woman (roughly a third of the E&S 'fighting'/non-frontline forces were female), knew what was going on. Why?She had studied the combat records and performance of the types of aircraft she'd have to utilize... back in the 1980's and 90's and Angola had been a war zone rife with Soviet (aka Khanate) material back then. Since she was both on the ball, bright and knew the score, the War Council put her in overall command. She knew what was expected of her and off she went, new staff in hand. She was 64 years old, yet as ready and willing to serve as any 20 year old believer in the Cause.Subtlety, scarcity and audacity were the watchwords of the day. The Khanate couldn't afford any of their front-line aircraft for this 'expedition'. They really couldn't afford any of their second-rate stuff either. Fortunately, they had some updated third-rate war-fighting gear still capable of putting up an impressive show in combat ~ providing they weren't going up against a top tier opponents.For the 'volunteers' of the Union Air Force, this could very likely to be a one-way trip. They all needed crash courses (not a word any air force loves, I know) in Portuguese though hastily provided iPhones with 'apps' to act as translators were deemed to be an adequate stop-gap measure. Besides, they were advised to avoid getting captured at all cost. The E&S couldn't afford the exposure. Given the opportunity ~ this assignment really was going above and beyond ~ not one of these forty-six to sixty-seven year olds backed out.No, they rolled out fifty of their antiquated aircraft, designs dating back to the 1950's through the mid-70's, and prepared them for the over 10,000 km journey to where they were 'needed most'. 118 pilots would go (72 active plus 46 replacements) along with 400 ground crew and an equally aged air defense battalion (so their air bases didn't get blown up). Security would be provided by 'outsiders' ~ allies already on the ground and whatever rebels could be scrounged up. After the initial insertion, the Indian Air Force would fly in supplies at night into the Cabinda City and Soyo Airports.The composition,14 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 jet fighters ~ though she entered service in 1959, these planes' electronics were late 20th century and she was a renowned dogfighter. 12 were the Mig-21-97 modernized variant and the other two were Mig-21 UM two-seater trainer variants which could double as reconnaissance fighters if needed.14 Sukhoi Su-22 jet fighter-bombers ~ the original design, called the Su-17, came out in 1970, the first 12 were variants with the 22M4 upgrade were an early-80's package. The other 2 were Su-22U two-seat trainers which, like their Mig-21 comrades, doubled as reconnaissance fighters. The Su-22M4's would be doing the majority of the ground attack missions for the Cabindans, though they could defend themselves in aerial combat if necessary.6 Sukhoi Su-24M2 supersonic attack aircraft ~ the first model rolled off the production lines in the Soviet Union back in 1974. By far the heaviest planes in the Cabindan Air Force, the Su-24M2's would act as their 'bomber force' as well as anti-ship deterrence.8 Mil Mi-24 VM combat helicopters ~ introduced in 1972 was still a lethal combat machine today. Unlike the NATO helicopter force, the Mi-24's did double duty as both attack helicopter and assault transports at the same time.4 Mil Mi-8 utility helicopters, first produced in 1967. Three would act as troop/cargo transports (Mi-8 TP) while the fourth was configured as a mobile hospital (the MI-17 1VA).4 Antonov An-26 turboprop aircraft, two to be used as tactical transports to bring in supplies by day and two specializing in electronic intelligence aka listening to what the enemy was up to. Though it entered production in 1969, many still remained flying today.2 Antonov An-71M AEW&C twin-jet engine aircraft. These were an old, abandoned Soviet design the Earth & Sky had continued working on primarily because the current (1970's) Russian Airborne Early Warning and Control bird had been both huge and rather ineffective ~ it couldn't easily identify low-flying planes in the ground clutter so it was mainly only good at sea. Since the E&S planned to mostly fight over the land,They kept working on the An-71 which was basically 1977's popular An-72 with some pertinent design modifications (placing the engines below the wings instead of above them as on the -72 being a big one). To solve their radar problem, they stole some from the Swedish tech firm Ericsson, which hadn't been foreseen to be a problem before now.See, the Russians in the post-Soviet era created a decent AEW&C craft the E&S gladly stole and copied the shit out of for their front line units and it was working quite nicely ~ the Beriev A-50, and wow, were the boys in the Kremlin pissed off about that these days. Whoops, or was that woot?Now, the Khanate was shipping two An-71's down to Cabinda and somewhere along the line someone just might get a 'feel' for the style of radar and jamming the Cabindans were using aka the Swedish stuff in those An-71's. The Erieye radar system could pick out individual planes at 280 miles. The over-all system could track 60 targets and plot out 10 intercepts simultaneously. NATO, they were not, but in sub-Saharan Africa, there were none better.Anyway, so why was any of this important?Why the old folks with their ancient machines? As revealed, since the Earth & Sky had no idea when Temüjin would return, they were constantly squirreling away equipment. World War 2 gave them unequaled access to Soviet military technology and training.Afterwards, under Josef Stalin's direction, thousands of Russian and German engineers and scientists were exiled to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan who were then snatched up (reportedly died in the gulags/trying to escape) and the E&S began building mirror factories modeled on the 'then current' Soviet production lines.So, by the early 1950's, the E&S was building, flying and maintaining Soviet-style Antonov, Beriev, Ilyushin, Myasishchev, Mikoyan-Gurevich, Sukhoi, Tupolev and Yakovlev airplanes. First in small numbers because their pool of pilots and specialists was so small.The E&S remedied this by creating both their own 'private' flight academies and technical schools. They protected their activities with the judicious use of bribes (they were remarkably successful with their economic endeavors on both side of the Iron Curtain) and murders (including the use of the Ghost Tigers).By 1960, the proto-Khanate had an air force. Through the next two decades they refined and altered their doctrine ~ moving away from the Soviet doctrine to a more pure combined-arms approach (the Soviets divided their air power into four separate arms ~ ADD (Long Range Aviation), FA (Front Aviation), MTA (Military Transport Aviation) and the V-PVO (Soviet Air Defenses ~ which controlled air interceptors).).It wasn't until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of the various former SSR's that the E&S program really began to hit its stride. Still, while Russia faltered, China's PLAAF (Peoples' Liberation Army Air Force) began to take off. Since the Chinese could produce so much more, the E&S felt it had to keep those older planes and crews up to combat readiness. The younger field crews and pilots flew the newer models as they rolled off the secret production lines.Then the Unification War appeared suddenly, the E&S-turned Khanate Air Force skunked their PLAAF rivals due to two factors, a surprise attack on a strategic level and the fatal poisoning of their pilots and ground crews before they even got into the fight. For those Chinese craft not destroyed on the ground, the effects of Anthrax eroded their fighting edge. Comparable technology gave the Khanate their critical victory and Air Supremacy over the most important battlefields.What did this meant for those out-of-date air crews and pilots who had been training to a razor's edge for a month now? Their assignment had been to face down the Russians if they invaded. They would take their planes up into the fight even though this most likely would mean their deaths, but they had to try.When Operation Fun House put Russia in a position where she wasn't likely to jump on the Khanate, this mission's importance faded. The Russian Air Force was far more stretched than the Khanate's between her agitations in the Baltic and her commitments in the Manchurian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Georgian theaters.With more new planes rolling off the production lines, these reservist units began dropping down the fuel priority list, which meant lowering their flight times thus readiness. Only my hare-brained scheme had short-circuited their timely retirement. Had I realized I was getting people's grandparents killed, I would have probably made the same call anyway. We needed them.The KanateThe Khanate's #1 air superiority dogfighter was the Mig-35F. The #2 was the Mig-29. No one was openly discussing the Khanate's super-stealthy "Su-50", if that was what it was, because its existence 'might' suggest the Khanate also stole technology from the Indian defense industry, along with their laundry list of thefts from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the PRC, Russia and half of NATO.Her top multi-role fighters were the Su-47, Su-35S and Su-30SM. The Su-30 'Flanker-C/MK2/MKI were their 2nd team with plenty of 3rd team Su-27M's still flying combat missions as well.Strike fighters? There weren't enough Su-34's to go around yet, so the Su-25MS remained the Khanate's dedicated Close Air Assault model.Medium transport aircraft? The An-32RE and An-38. They had small, large and gargantuan transports as well.Bombers? The rather ancient jet-powered Tu-160M2's and Tu-22M2's as well as the even older yet still worthwhile turboprops ~ from 1956's ~ the Tu-95M S16.Helicopters? While they still flew updated variants of the Mil Mi-8/17 as military transports, the more optimized Kamov Ka-52 and Mil Mi-28 had replaced them in the assault role.Bizarrely, the Khanate had overrun several Chinese production lines of the aircraft frames and components ~ enough to complete fairly modern PLAAF (Peoples Liberation Army Air Force) FC-1 and J-10 (both are small multi-role fighter remarkably similar to the US F-16 with the FC-1 being the more advanced model, using shared Chinese-Pakistani technology and was designed for export,).They did have nearly two dozen to send, but they didn't have the pilots and ground crews trained to work with them, plus the FC-1 cost roughly $32 million which wasn't fundage any legitimate Cabindan rebels could get their hands on, much less $768 million (and that would just be for the planes, not the weeks' worth of fuel, parts and munitions necessary for what was forthcoming).Meanwhile, except for the An-26, which you could get for under $700,000 and the An-71, which were only rendered valuable via 'black market tech', none of the turboprop and jet aircraft the Khanate was sending were what any sane military would normally want. The helicopters were expensive ~ the 'new' models Mi-24's cost $32 million while the Mi-17's set you back $17 million. The one's heading to Cabinda didn't look 'new'.The Opposition:In contrast, the Angolan Air Force appeared far larger and more modern. Appearances can be deceptive, and they were. Sure, the models of Russian and Soviet-made aircraft they had in their inventory had the higher numbers ~ the Su-25, -27 and -30 ~ plus they had Mig-21bis's, Mig-23's and Su-22's, but things like training and up-keep didn't appear to be priorities for the Angolans.When you took into account the rampant corruption infecting all levels of Angolan government, the conscript nature of their military, the weakness of their technical educational system, the complexity of any modern combat aircraft and the reality that poor sods forced into being Air Force ground crewmen hardly made the most inspired technicians, or most diligent care-takers of their 'valuable' stockpiles (which their officers all too often sold on the black market anyway), things didn't just look bleak for the Angolan Air Force, they were a tsunami of cumulative factors heading them for an epic disaster.It wasn't only their enemies who derided their Air Force's lack of readiness. Their allies constantly scolded them about it too. Instead of trying to fix their current inventory, the Angolans kept shopping around for new stuff. Since 'new'-new aircraft was beyond what they wanted to spend (aka put too much of a dent in the money they were siphoning off to their private off-shore accounts), they bought 'used' gear from former Soviet states ~ Belarus, Russia and Ukraine ~ who sold them stuff they had left abandoned in revetments (open to the elements to slowly rot) on the cheap.To add to the insanity, the Angolans failed to keep up their maintenance agreements so their newly fixed high-tech machines often either couldn't fly, or flew without critical systems, like radar, avionics and even radios. Maybe that wasn't for the worst because after spending millions on these occasionally-mobile paperweights, the Angolans bought the least technologically advanced missile, gun and rocket systems they could get to put on these flying misfortunes.On the spread sheets, Angola had 18 Su-30K's, 18 Su-27, 12 Su-25's, 14 Su-22's, 22 Mig-23's, 23 Mig-21bis's and 6 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (a turboprop aircraft tailor-made for counter-insurgency operations), 105 helicopters with some combative ability and 21 planes with some airlift capacity. That equated to 81 either air superiority, or multi-role jet fighters versus the 12 Union Air Force (actually the Bakongo Uni o de Cabinda e Zaire, For as Armadas de Liberta  o, For a Area ~ Liberation Armed Forces, Air Force (BUCZ-FAL-FA) Mig-21-97's.It would seem lopsided except for the thousands of hours of flight experience the 'Unionists' enjoyed over their Angolan rivals. You also needed to take into account the long training and fanatic dedication of their ground crews to their pilots and their craft. Then you needed to take into account every Unionist aircraft, while an older airframe design, had updated (usually to the year 2000) technology lovingly cared for, as if the survival of their People demanded it.A second and even more critical factor was the element of surprise. At least the PRC and the PLAAF had contingencies for attacks from their neighbors in the forefront of their strategic planning. The Angolans? The only country with ANY air force in the vicinity was the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and they had ceased being a threat with the end of Apartheid and the rise of majority Black rule in that country nearly two decades earlier.In the pre-dawn hours of 'Union Independence Day', the FAL-FA was going to smash every Angolan Air base and air defense facility within 375 miles of Cabinda (the city). Every three hours after that, they would be hitting another target within their designated 'Exclusion Zone'. Yes, this 'Exclusion Zone' included a 'tiny' bit of DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) territory. The DRC didn't have an air force to challenge them though, so,Inside this 'Exclusion Zone', anything moving by sea, river, road, rail, or air without Unionist governmental approval was subject to attack, which would require neutral parties to acknowledge some semblance of a free and independent B U C Z. Worse for Angola, this 'Zone' included Angola's capital and its largest port, Luanda, plus four more of their ten largest urban centers. This could be an economic, military and humanitarian catastrophe if mishandled.The Angolan Army did not have significant anti-aircraft assets. Why would they? Remember, no one around them had much of an air force to worry about. The FAL-FA in turn could hit military convoys with TV-guided munitions 'beyond line of sight', rendering what they did have useless. It got worse for the Army after dark. The FAL-FA could and would fly at night whereas the average Angolan formation had Zip-Zero-Nadda night fighting capacity.Then geography added its own mountain of woes. As far as Cabinda was concerned, there was no direct land line to their border from Angola. Their coastal road only went as far as the port of Soyo where the Congo River hit the South Atlantic Ocean. Across that massive gap was the DRC where the road was not picked back up. Far up the coast was the DRC town of Muanda (with an airport) and though they did have a road which went north, it did not continue to the Cabindan border.Nope. To get at Cabinda from the south meant a long, torturous travel through northeastern Angola, into the heart of the DRC then entailed hooking west to some point 'close' to the Cabindan frontier before finally hoofing it overland through partially cleared farmland and jungle. Mind you, the DRC didn't have a native air force capable of protecting the Angolans in their territory so,In fact the only 'road' to Cabinda came from the Republic of Congo (Congo) to the north and even that was a twisted route along some really bad, swampy terrain. This had been the pathway of conquest the Angolans took 39 years earlier. The difference being the tiny bands of pro-independence Cabindan guerillas back then couldn't hold a candle to the Amazons fighting to free Cabinda this time around in numbers, zeal, training and up-to-date equipment.Next option ~ to come by sea. They would face a few, stiff problems, such as the FAL-FA having ship-killer missiles, the Angolan Navy not being able to defend them and the Unionists having no compunction to not strike Pointe-Noire in the 'not so neutral' Republic of the Congo if they somehow began unloading Angolan troops. It seemed the Republic of the Congo didn't have much of an Air Force either.Before you think the FAL-FA was biting off more than they could chew, Cabinda, the province, was shaped somewhat like the US State of Delaware, was half the size of Connecticut (Cabinda was 2,810 sq. mi. to Conn.'s 5,543 sq. mi.) and only the western 20% was relatively open countryside where the Angolan Army's only advantage ~ they possessed armed fighting vehicles while the 'Unionists' did not (at this stage of planning) ~ could hopefully come into play.Centered at their capital, Cabinda (City), jets could reach any point along their border within eight minutes. Helicopters could make it in fifteen. To be safe, some of the FAL-FA would base at the town of Belize which was in the northern upcountry and much tougher to get at with the added advantage the Angolans wouldn't be expecting the FAL-FA to be using the abandoned airfield there, at least initially.Where they afraid attacking Angolan troops in the DRC would invite war with the DRC? Sure, but letting the Angolans reach the border unscathed was worse. Besides, the DRC was in such a mess it needed 23,000 UN Peacekeepers within her borders just to keep the country from falling apart. Barring outside, read European, intervention, did "Democratically-elected since 2001" President (for Life) Joseph Kabila want the FAL-FA to start dropping bombs on his capital, Kinshasa, which was well within reach of all their aircraft?Congo (the country), to the north, wasn't being propped up by the UN, or anything else except ill intentions. In reality, it hardly had much of a military at all. Its officer corps was chosen for political reliability, not merit, or capability. Their technology was old Cold War stuff with little effort to update anything and, if you suspected corruption might be a problem across all spectrums of life, you would 'probably' be right about that too.If you suspected the current President had been in charge for a while, you would be correct again (1979-1992 then 2001- and the 'whoops' was when he accidently let his country experiment with democracy which led to two civil wars). If you suspected he was a life-long Communist (along with the Presidents of the DRC and Angola), you'd be right about that as well. Somehow their shared Marxist-Leninist-Communist ideology hadn't quite translated over to alleviating the grinding poverty in any of those countries despite their vast mineral wealth,At this point in the region's history, little Cabinda had everything to gain by striving for independence and the vast majority of 'warriors' who could possibly be sent against her had terribly little to gain fighting and dying trying to stop them from achieving her goal. After all, their lives weren't going to get any better and with the Amazons ability ~ nay willingness ~ to commit battlefield atrocities, those leaders were going to find it hard going to keep sending their men off to die.And then, it got even worse.See, what I had pointed out was there were two oil refineries in Angola, and neither was in Cabinda. Cabinda would need a refinery to start making good on their oil wealth ~ aka economically bribe off the Western economies already shaken over the Khanate's first round of aggressions.But wait! There was an oil refinery just across the Congo River from Cabinda ~ which meant it was attached to mainland Angola. That had to be a passel of impossible news, right?Nope. As I said earlier, it seemed the people of northern Angola were the same racial group as the Cabindans AND majority Catholic while the ruling clique wasn't part of their ethnic confederacy plus the farther south and east into Angola you went, the less Catholic it became.But it got better. This province was historically its own little independent kingdom (called the Kingdom of Kongo) to boot! It had been abolished by Portugal back in 1914.The 'good' news didn't end there. Now, it wasn't as if the leadership of Angola was spreading the wealth around to the People much anyway, but these northerners had been particularly left out of this Marxist version of 'Trickle Down' economics.How bad was this? This northwestern province ~ called Zaire ~ didn't have any railroads, or paved roads, linking it to the rest of the freaking country. The 'coastal road' entered the province, but about a third of the way up ran into this river, which they'd failed to bridge (you had to use a single track bridge farther to the northeast, if you can believe it). It wasn't even a big river. It was still an obstacle though.How did the Angolan government and military planned to get around? Why by air and sea, of course. Well, actually by air. Angola didn't have much of a merchant marine, or Navy, to make sealift a serious consideration. Within hours of the 'Union Declaration of Independence' anything flying anywhere north of the Luanda, the capital of Angola, would essentially be asking to be blown out of the sky.Along the border between Zaire province and the rest of Angola were precisely two chokepoints. By 'chokepoints', I meant places where a squad (10 trained, modernly-equipped troopers) could either see everything for miles & miles over pretty much empty space along a river valley and the only bridge separating Zaire province from the south, or overlook a ravine which the only road had to pass through because of otherwise bad-ass, broken terrain.Two.Zaire Province had roughly the same population as Cabinda ~ 600,000. Unlike Cabinda, which consisted of Cabinda City plus a few tiny towns and rugged jungles, Zaire had two cities ~ Soyo, with her seventy thousand souls plus the refinery at the mouth of the Congo River, and M'banza-Kongo, the historical capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, spiritual center of the Bakongo People (who included the Cabindans) and set up in the highlands strategically very reminiscent of Điện Biàn Phủ.Of Zaire's provincial towns, the only other strategic one was N'Zeto with her crappy Atlantic port facility and 2,230 meter grass airport. The town was the northern terminus of the National Road 100 ~ the Coastal Road. It terminated because of the Mebridege River. There wasn't a bridge at N'Zeto though there was a small one several miles upstream. N'Zeto was also where the road from provinces east of Zaire ended up, so you had to have N'Zeto ~ and that tiny bridge ~ to move troops overland anywhere else in Zaire Province.So you would think it would be easy for the Angolan Army to defend then, except of how the Amazons planned to operate. They would infiltrate the area first then 'rise up in rebellion'. Their problem was the scope of the operation had magnified in risk of exposure, duration and forces necessary for success.The serious issue before Saint Marie and the Host in Africa were the first two. They could actually move Amazons from Brazil and North America to bolster their numbers for the upcoming offensive. Even in the short-short term, equipment wouldn't be a serious problem. What the Amazons dreaded was being left in a protracted slugfest with the Angolan Army which the Condottieri could jump in on. The Amazons exceedingly preferred to strike first then vanish.There was reason to believe a tiny number could have stayed behind in Cabinda to help the locals prepare their military until they could defend themselves. They would need more than a hundred Amazons if Cabinda wanted to incorporate Zaire. The answer was to call back their newfound buddy, the Great Khan. While he didn't have much else he could spare (the Khanate was ramping up for their invasion of the Middle East after all, the Kurds needed the help), he had other allies he could call on.India couldn't help initially since they were supposed to supply the 'Peace-keepers' once a cease-fire had been arranged. That left Temujin with his solid ally, Vietnam, and his far shakier allies, the Republic of China and Japan.First off ~ Japan could not help, which meant they couldn't supply troops who might very well end up dead, or far worse, captured.. What they did have was a surplus of older equipment the ROC troops were familiar with, so while the ROC was gearing up for their own invasion of mainland China in February, they were willing to help the Chinese kill Angolans, off the books, of course.The ROC was sending fifteen hundred troops the Khanate's way to help in this West African adventure with the understanding they'd be coming home by year's end. With Vietnam adding over eight hundred of her own Special Forces, the Amazons had the tiny 'allied' army they could leave shielding Cabinda/Zaire once the first round of blood-letting was over.To be 'fair', the Republic of China and Vietnam asked for 'volunteers'. It wasn't like either country was going to declare war on Angola directly. Nearly a thousand members of Vietnam's elite 126th Regiment of the 5th Brigade (Đặc cáng bộ) took early retirement then misplaced their equipment as they went to update their visas and inoculations before heading out for the DRC (some would be slipping over the DRC/Cabindan border).On Taiwan, it was the men and women of the 602nd Air Cavalry Brigade, 871st Special Operations Group and 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion who felt the sudden desire to 'seek enlightenment elsewhere, preferably on another continent'.They too were off to the Democratic Republic of Congo, man that country was a mess and their border security wasn't worth writing home about, that's for damn sure, via multiple Southeast Asian nations. Besides, they were being issued fraudulently visas which showed them to be from the People's Republic of China, not the ROC/Taiwan. If they were captured, they were to pretend to "be working for a Communist Revolution inside Angola and thus to be setting all of Africa on fire!" aka be Mainland Chinese.There, in the DRC, these Chinese stumbled across, some Japanese. These folks hadn't retired. No. They were on an extended assignment for the UN's mission in, the DRC. OH! And look! They'd brought tons of surplus, outdated Japanese Self Defense Forces' equipment with them, and there just so happened to be some Taiwanese who had experience in using such equipment (both used US-style gear).And here was Colonel Yoshihiro Isami of the Chūō Sokuō Shūdan (Japan's Central Readiness Force) wondering why he and his hastily assembled team had just unloaded,18 Fuji/Bell AH-1S Cobra Attack helicopters,6 Kawasaki OH-6D Loach Scout helicopters,12 Fuji-Bell 204-B-2 Hiyodori Utility helicopters,6 Kawasaki/Boeing CH-47JA Chinook Transport helicopters and4 Mitsubishi M U-2L-1 Photo Reconnaissance Aircraft.Yep! 46 more aircraft for the FAL-FA!Oh, and if this wasn't 'bad enough', the Chinese hadn't come alone. They'd brought some old aircraft from their homes to aid in the upcoming struggle. Once more, these things were relics of the Cold War yet both capable fighting machines and, given the sorry state of the opposition, definitely quite deadly. A dozen F-5E Tiger 2000 configured primarily for air superiority plus two RF-5E Tigergazer for reconnaissance, pilots plus ground crews, of course.Thus, on the eve of battle, the FAL-FA had become a true threat. Sure, all of its planes (and half of its pilots) were pretty old, but they were combat-tested and in numbers and experience no other Sub-Saharan African nation could match.The Liberation Ground Forces:But wait, there was still the niggling little problem of what all those fellas were going to fight with once they were on the ground. Assault/Battle rifles, carbines, rifles, pistols, PDW, SMGs as bullets, grenades and RPG's were all terrifyingly easy to obtain. The coast of West Africa was hardly the Port of London as far as customs security went. They were going to need some bigger toys and their host nations were going to need all their native hardware for their upcoming battles at home.And it wasn't like you could advertise for used IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicles), APCs (armored personnel carriers) and tanks on e-Bay, Amazon.com, or Twitter. If something modern US, or NATO, was captured rolling around the beautiful Angolan countryside, shooting up hostile Angolans, all kinds of head would roll in all kinds of countries, unless the country,A) had an Executive Branch and Judiciary who wouldn't ask (or be answering) too many uncomfortable questions,B) wasn't all that vulnerable to international pressure,C) really needed the money and,D) didn't give a fuck their toys would soon be seen on BBC/CNN/Al Jazeera blowing the ever-living crap out of a ton of Africans aka doing what they were advertised to do and doing it very well in the hands of capable professionals.And politics was kind enough to hand the freedom-loving people of Cabinda & Zaire a winner, and it wasn't even from strangers, or at least people all that strange to their part of the Globe. If you would have no idea who to look for, you wouldn't be alone.That was the magic of the choice. See, the last three decades had seen the entire Globe take a colossal dump on them as a Nation and a People. They were highly unpopular for all sorts of things, such as Crimes Against Humanity and 'no', we were not talking about the Khanate.We would be talking about Република Србија / Republika Srbija aka Serbia aka the former Yugoslavia who had watched all their satellite minions (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia) slip away. Despite being reduced to a tiny fraction of their former selves thus fighting two incredibly brutal and bloody World Wars for nothing, Serbia insisted on maintaining a robust armaments industry.Mind you, they didn't make the very best stuff on the planet. That didn't stop them from trying though. Of equal importance was their geographic location and the above mentioned desire for some hard currency without asking too many questions. The geography was simple, you could move even heavy gear unnoticed from central Serbia to the Montenegrin port of Bar by rail and load them up on freighters and off to the Congo you went.The Serbians produced an APC called the BVP M-80A's which weren't blowing anyone's minds away when they started rolling off the production lines back in 1982, plus some over-eager types on the Serbian Army's payroll sweetened the deal by offering 'the rebels' some BVP M-80 KC's and a KB as well.Then they slathered on the sugary-sweet Maple syrup by upgrading a few of the M-80A's to BVP M-98A's. Why would they be so generous? The KC's and KB were the Command & Control variants, so that made sense (C = company & B = battalion commander). The -98A had never been tested in the field before and they were kind of curious how the new turrets (which was the major difference) would behave. 'Our' procurement agents didn't quibble. We needed the gear.Besides, these Slavic entrepreneurs gave them an inside track on some 'disarmed/mothballed' Czech (introduced in 1963) armored mobile ambulances and Polish BWP-1 (first rolled out in 1966) APC's which were either in, or could be quickly configured into, the support variants those ground-fighters would need. The 'disarmed' part was 'fixable', thanks to both the Serbians and Finland. The 'missing' basic weaponry was something the Serbians could replace with virtually identical equipment.It just kept getting better. Unknown to me at the time, the Finnish firm, Patria Hágglunds, had sold twenty-two of their 'most excellent' AMOS turrets ~ they are a twin 120 mm mortar system ~ then the deal fell through. Whoops! Should have guarded that warehouse better. Those bitches were on a cargo plane bound for Albania inside of six hours.The ammunition for them was rather unique. Thankfully, it was uniquely sold by the Swiss, who had no trouble selling it to Serbia, thank you very much! Twenty-two BWP-1's became mobile artillery for the Unionist freedom fighters, though I understood the ship ride with the Serbian and Chinese technicians was loads of fun as they struggled to figured out how to attach those state-of-the-art death-dealing turrets to those ancient contraptions.To compensate, the Serbians added (aka as long as our money was good) two Nora B-52 155 mm 52-calibre mobile artillery pieces and one battery of Orkan CER MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) for long-range artillery, two batteries of their Oganj 2000 ER MRLS for medium range carnage and six batteries of their M-94 MRLS for 'close support' as well. More field-testing new gear for the "freedom fighters" We also managed to 'purchase' ten M-84AS Main Battle tanks plus an M-84A1 armor recovery vehicle. It should have been twelve tanks, but two had 'loading issues'.Not to be deterred, our busy little procurement-beavers discovered four tanks no one was using, in neighboring Croatia. Why wasn't anyone immediately keen on their placement? They were two sets of prototypes, Croatia's improvements on the M-84; the M-95 Degman which was a 'failed redesign' and the M-84D, which was a vast up-grade for the M-84 line which had been sidelined by the 2008 Global economic collapse, after which the project stagnated.It seemed they were all in working order because late one night 'my people' exited a Croatian Army base with them, never to be seen again, until two weeks later when an intrepid news crew caught the distinctive form of the M-95 sending some sweet 125 mm loving the Angolan Army's way. Whoops yet again! At least they hit what they were aiming at and destroyed what they hit, right?By then, millions of other people would be going 'what the fuck?' right along with them as Cabinda's camouflage- and mask-wearing rebel army was laying the smack-down on the Angolans. That was okay; over a million 'free Cabindan Unionists' were in the same boat. Over a thousand Asians with their mostly-female militant translators were right there to prop up their 'Unionist Allies', but then they were the ones with the tanks, armored vehicles, planes and guns, so they were less worried than most.To pilot these tanks, APC, IFV and man this artillery, they had to go back to the Khanate. Sure enough, they had some old tankers used to crewing the T-72 from which the M-84's and -95 Degman were derived. They'd also need drivers for those BVP M-80A's and Polish BWP-1's and OT-64 SKOT's... who were, again, derived from old Soviet tech (just much better). The Serbian artillery was similar enough to Soviet stuff, but with enough new tech to make it 'more fun' for the reservists to 'figure out' how to use.More volunteers for the Liberation Armed Forces! More Apple sales, great apps and voice modulation software so that the vehicle commanders would be heard communicating in Portuguese if someone was eavesdropping. As a final offering the Turkish Navy spontaneously developed some plans to test their long range capabilities by going to, the South Atlantic.On the final leg they would have six frigates and two submarines, enough to give any navy in the region, which wasn't Brazil, something to think about. This was a show of force, not an actual threat though. If anyone called their bluff, the Khanate-Turkish forces would have to pull back. These were not assets my Brother, the Great Khan, could afford to gamble and lose.If someone didn't call that bluff, he was also sending two smaller, older corvettes and three even smaller, but newer, fast attack boats, a "gift" to the Unionists ASAP. The frigates would then race home, they had 'other' issues to deal with while the submarines would hang around for a bit. The naval gift was necessitated by the reality the Unionists would have to press their claim to their off-shore riches and that required a naval force Angola couldn't hope to counter.As things were developing, it was reckoned since a build-up of such momentous land and air power couldn't be disguised, it had to happen in a matter of days ~ four was decided to be the minimum amount of time. More than that and the government of the Democratic Republic might start asking far too many questions our hefty bribes and dubious paperwork couldn't cover. Less than that would leave the task forces launching operations with too little a chance of success.Our biggest advantage was audacity. The buildup would happen 100 km up the Congo River from Soyo, the primary target of the Southern Invasion, in the DRC's second largest port city, Boma. Though across the river was Angolan territory, there was nothing there. The city of roughly 160,000 would provide adequate cover for the initial stage of the invasion.There they grouped their vehicles & Khanate drivers with Amazon and Vietnamese combat teams. The Japanese were doing the same for their 'Chinese' counterparts for their helicopter-borne forces. Getting all their equipment in working order in the short time left was critical as was creating some level of unit dynamic. Things were chaotic. No one was happy. They were all going in anyway.What had gone wrong?While most children her age were texting their schoolmates, or tackling their homework, Aya Ruger ~ the alias of Nasusara Assiyaiá hamai ~ was getting briefings of her global, secret empire worth hundreds of billions and those of her equally nefarious compatriots. She received a very abbreviated version of what the Regents received, delivered by a member of Shawnee Arinniti's staff.When Aya hopped off her chair unexpectedly, everyone tensed. Her bodyguards' hands went to their sidearms and Lorraine (her sister by blood), also in the room on this occasion, stood and prepared to tackle her 'former' sibling to the ground if the situation escalated into an assassination attempt. No such attack was generated, so the security ratcheted down and the attendant returned her focus to her Queen. Aya paced four steps, turned and retraced her way then repeated the action three more times."How many people live in the combined areas?" she asked."The combined areas? Of Cabinda and Zaire?""Yes.""I," the woman referenced her material, "roughly 1.1 million.""What is the yearly value of the offshore oil and natural gas production?""Forty-nine billion, eighty hundred and sixty-seven million by our best estimates at this time,""How many live in Soyo City proper?""Roughly 70,000.""We take Soyo," she spoke in a small yet deliberate voice. "We take and hold Soyo as an independent city-state within the Cabindan-Zaire Union. From the maps it appears Soyo is a series of islands. It has a port and airport. It has an open border to an ocean with weaker neighbors all around.""What of the, Zairians?""Bakongo. As a people they are called the Bakongo," Aya looked up at the briefer. "We relocate those who need to work in Soyo into a new city, built at our expense, beyond the southernmost water barrier. The rest we pay to relocate elsewhere in Zaire, or Cabinda."By the looks of those around her, Aya realized she needed to further explain her decisions."This is more than some concrete home base for our People," she began patiently. "In the same way it gives our enemies a clearly delineated target to attack us, it is a statement to our allies we won't cut and run if things go truly bad.""In the same way it will provide us with diplomatic recognition beyond what tenuous handouts we are getting from Cáel Wakko Ishara's efforts through JIKIT. Also, it is a reminder we are not like the other Secret Societies in one fundamental way, we are not a business concern, or a religion. We are a People and people deserve some sort of homeland. We have gone for so long without.""But Soyo?" the aide protested. "We have no ties to it, and it backs up to, nothing.""Northern Turkey and southern Slovakia mean nothing to us now as well," Aya debated. "No place on Earth is any more precious than another. As for backing up to nothing, no. You are incorrect. It backs into a promise from our allies in the Earth & Sky that if we need support, they know where to park their planes and ships."Aya was surrounded with unhappy, disbelieving looks."The Great Khan is my mamētu meáeda," she reminded them, "and I have every reason to believe he completely grasps the concept's benefits and obligations."The looks confirmed 'but he's a man' to the tiny Queen."Aya, are you sure about this?" Lorraine was the first to break decorum."Absolutely. Do you know what he sent me when he was informed of my, ascension to the Queendom?""No," Lorraine admitted."We must go horse-riding sometime soon, Daughter of Cáel, Queen of the Amazons."More uncertain and unconvinced looks."He didn't congratulate me, or send any gifts. He could have and you would think he would have, but he didn't. He knew the hearts of me & my Atta and we weren't in the celebratory mood. No. The Great Khan sent one sentence which offered solace and quiet, atop a horse on a windswept bit of steppe."Nothing.Sigh. "I know this sounds Cáel-ish," Aya admitted, "but I strongly believe this is what we should do. We are giving the Cabindans and Bakongo in Zaire independence and the promise of a much better life than what they now face. We will be putting thousands of our sisters' lives on the line to accomplish this feat and well over two hundred million dollars.""What about governance of the city ~ Soyo?" the aide forged ahead."Amazon law," Aya didn't hesitate. "We will make allowances for the security forces of visiting dignitaries and specific allied personnel, but otherwise it will be one massive Amazon urban freehold.""I cannot imagine the Golden Mare, or the Regents, will be pleased," the attendant bowed her head."It is a matter of interconnectivity," Aya walked up and touched the woman's cheek with the back of her small hand. "We could liberate then abandon Cabinda with the hope a small band could help them keep their independence. Except we need the refinery at Soyo so the people of Cabinda can truly support that liberty.""So, we must keep Soyo and to keep Soyo, we must keep Zaire province. There is no other lesser border which makes strategic sense ~ a river, highlands, a massive river, an ocean ~ those are sustainable frontiers. You can't simply keep Soyo and not expect the enemy to strike and destroy that refinery, thus we must take Zaire province.""But the Bakongo of Zaire cannot defend themselves and will not be able to do so for at least a year, if not longer. That means we must do so, and for doing so, they will give us Soyo and we will be honest stewards of their oil wealth. We cannot expect any other power to defend this new Union and if we don't have a land stake we will be portrayed as mercenaries and expelled by hostile international forces.""So, for this project to have any chance of success, we must stay, fight and have an acknowledged presence, and if you can think of an alternative, please let me know," she exhaled."What if the Cabindans and Bakongo resist?""It is 'us', or the Angolans and they know how horrible the Angolans can be. Didn't you say the average person their lives on just $2 a day?""Yes.""We can do better than that," Aya insisted."How?" the aide persisted. "I mean, 'how in a way which will be quickly evident and meaningful?'""Oh," Aya's tiny brow furrowed. Her nose twitched as she rummaged through the vast storehouse of her brain."Get me in touch with William A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. He should be able to help me navigate the pathways toward getting aid and advisors into those two provinces ASAP.""I'll let Katrina know," the attendant made the notation on her pad."No. Contact him directly," Aya intervened. "We established a, rapport when we met. I think he might responded positively to a chance to mentor me in foreign relations.""Really?" Lorraine's brows arched."Yes," Aya chirped."Are you sure, Nasusara?" the attendant stared. She used 'Nasusara' whenever she thought Aya had a 'horrible' idea instead of a merely a 'bad' one."Yes. He owes me. Last time we met I didn't shoot him.""Didn't?" the woman twitched."Yes. I drew down on him with my captured Chinese QSW-06. I didn't want to kill him, but I felt I was about to have to kill Deputy National Security Advisor Blinken and he was the only other person in the room both armed and capable of stopping me.""Why is he still alive?""Cáel Ishara saw through my distraction and then took my gun from me, asked for it actually," she shyly confessed."Would you have shot him?" the aide inquired."What do you think?" Aya smiled.And Then:So, given t

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The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guests Chuck Joiner, Ben Roethig, and Jeff Gamet. We have a new segment In Touch with Mac and talk about the new M2 Mac Mini and MacBook Pros. Apple unexpectedly announced a new full size HomePod. We discussed this and the difference with the original model.  Apple TV requires an iPhone to accept iCloud terms and conditions. iOS16.3 will be released next week and more. The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
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The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest Mike Potter and Jeff Gamet. The new iPads are here via press release. iPad Pro with M2 Processor and 10th gen added USB-C that still uses 1st gen Pencil which needs adapter to charge. New Apple TV faster plus price reduction starting at $129 with no charging cable for remote. We discussed the rumor of MacOS on an iPad. iOS16.1 RC to release next week. Plus more news and discussion.  The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
Direct Link to Audio Links to our Show Click this link Buy me a Coffee to support the show we would really appreciate it. intouchwithios.com/coffee  Another way to support the show is to become a Patreon member patreon.com/intouchwithios Website: In Touch With iOS YouTube Channel In Touch with iOS Magazine on Flipboard Facebook Page Twitter Instagram News Google Completes Rollout of iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets With Updates to Maps and Search iOS 16 Features an All-New iPhone Keyboard Layout Option Apple Begins Selling Belkin Mount for Using an iPhone as a Mac's Webcam DaVinci Resolve coming soon to iPad Pro, enhanced by the M2 chip  MacOS rumored coming to iPad? We discuss. Apple rumored to be testing macOS for M2 iPad Pro Topics Beta this week.  iOS 15.7.1 Release Candidate Breaking Face ID for Some iPhone Users - iOS 16.1 Introduces New Copy-and-Paste Permission Settings on Per-App Basis Apple Seeds iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 Release Candidates to Developers Apple Seeds tvOS 16.1 Release Candidate to Developers Apple Seeds watchOS 9.1 Release Candidate to Developers iOS 16.1 to Feature iCloud Shared Photo Library, Key Sharing in Wallet App, and Apple Card Savings Account Live Activities on iOS 16.1: App Store Now Accepting Apps, Sports Scores via TV App Potentially Delayed iOS 16.1 for iPhone Launching on Monday With These 8 New Features iPadOS 16 is coming Monday but you'll need a very new iPad to get every feature All the new product announcements were press releases. Did you miss the hoopla with the events they had before? Press releases Apple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colors Apple introduces next-generation iPad Pro, supercharged by the M2 chip Apple Fitness+ available to iPhone users in 21 countries starting October 24 Big announcements this week including new iPad 10th Gen, iPad Pro M2 processor, and Apple TV with A15 processor. We discuss the changes and is it worth the upgrades.  Everything Apple Announced Today: M2 iPad Pro, Redesigned iPad, Updated Apple TV, and More Apple's redesigned entry-level iPad has an A14 chip and USB-C charging New iPads and Apple TV 4K: All the important details in the fine print  Compared: New iPad versus 2021 iPad Apple TV Apple Removes Apple TV HD From Sale on Online Store New Apple TV is Thinner and Weighs 50% Less With Fanless Design New Apple TV No Longer Includes Charging Cable for Siri Remote in Box Apple Announces New tvOS 16 Features Coming Later This Year New Apple TV (2022) release date, price & specs Apple Announces New Apple TV 4K With A15 Bionic Chip and HDR10+ for $129 ​​Compared: New Apple TV 4K versus 2021 Apple TV 4K iPad Apple Launches Magic Keyboard Folio for 10th-Gen iPad With Two-Piece Design, Kickstand, and Function Row iPad Pro and iPad Now Include Woven USB-C Cable, Also Sold Separately Ninth-Gen iPad Still Available for Same $329 Starting Price M2 iPad Pro Seemingly Features Exact Same Display and Camera Hardware as 2021 Model 10th-Gen iPad Features Apple's First-Ever Landscape Camera Design on an iPad Apple's New 2022 iPad Lineup Gives Customers More Options Than Ever iPad 10 vs. iPad Air Buyer's Guide: Is the $150 Difference Worth It? M2 iPad Pro Tidbits: ProRes Video Support, RAM Configurations, and More Logitech Crayon for iPad Now Available With USB-C Port New iPad Lacks Several Display Features of iPad Air Apple's New iPad Lineup Causes Potential Confusion With Inconsistent Features iPad Accessories: A Quick Compatibility Guide for the Confused Apple Pencil Adapter for New iPad Facing Up to One-Month Shipping Delay iPad 9 vs. iPad 10 Buyer's Guide: Is the $120 Difference Worth It? Our Host Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Twitter @daveg65.and the show @intouchwithios About our Guest Mike Potter is the organizer of Macstock Expo: and the host of the For Mac Eyes Only Podcast. You can reach him on Twitter @macstockexpo and @formaceyesonly Our Regular Contributors Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet

Podcast Movement Evolutions is underway in LA.  Todd and MacKenzie are out there with Toby from Blubrry Pro Production.  Mike is joined this week by Kate, also from the Blubrry Pro team! Kate and Mike have all the normal things such as News, Best Practice, Blubrry News, A Pro Tip from Toby and the question of the week.  Thanks for listening! News Tom Webster, EVP at Edison Research, presented the infinite dial at Podcast Movement Evolutions Apple explains their charts More Apple:  Apple adds follower (subscriber) numbers to their internal stats Ambies were held LIVE in LA on Tuesday night.  AND the winners Google and PRX are doing another round of the Google Podcasts creator program. Signup starts March 29th Our own Toby Goodman has released his new book  Narrow Podcasting Remember WinAmp? - It's back in June!  Best Practice: An oldie, but a goodie -  Show Prep.  Be prepared before you hit the record button. It will make you sound smarter! Blubrry News Blog post: How to build a podcast buffer Todd, MacKenzie and Toby are in LA for Podcast Movement Evolutions. Stop by booth 17 and say hi! Be sure to follow @Blubrry or @Blubrry_podcasting on all the social media places.  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  Our social media team is keeping things fresh over there! Blubrry Pro Tip: Intros!  (from LA this week) ______________ Question of the Week: What's the best way to make sure the sound in my podcast is leveled if I don't have professional production? Answer: The best way is Auphic. You can find it here. There is an online service and a stand-alone version you can download and install on Windows, Mac or Linux. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. ______________ The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from the Pro Production Studios in Tecumseh, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Podcast Movement Evolutions is underway in LA.  Todd and MacKenzie are out there with Toby from Blubrry Pro Production.  Mike is joined this week by Kate, also from the Blubrry Pro team! Kate and Mike have all the normal things such as News, Best Practice, Blubrry News, A Pro Tip from Toby and the question of the week.  Thanks for listening! News Tom Webster, EVP at Edison Research, presented the infinite dial at Podcast Movement Evolutions Apple explains their charts More Apple:  Apple adds follower (subscriber) numbers to their internal stats Ambies were held LIVE in LA on Tuesday night.  AND the winners Google and PRX are doing another round of the Google Podcasts creator program. Signup starts March 29th Our own Toby Goodman has released his new book  Narrow Podcasting Remember WinAmp? - It's back in June!  Best Practice: An oldie, but a goodie -  Show Prep.  Be prepared before you hit the record button. It will make you sound smarter! Blubrry News Blog post: How to build a podcast buffer Todd, MacKenzie and Toby are in LA for Podcast Movement Evolutions. Stop by booth 17 and say hi! Be sure to follow @Blubrry or @Blubrry_podcasting on all the social media places.  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  Our social media team is keeping things fresh over there! Blubrry Pro Tip: Intros!  (from LA this week) ______________ Question of the Week: What's the best way to make sure the sound in my podcast is leveled if I don't have professional production? Answer: The best way is Auphic. You can find it here. There is an online service and a stand-alone version you can download and install on Windows, Mac or Linux. Got a question you'd like us to answer on the show? Drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video) and we may use it. ______________ The best place for support with any Blubrry products/services is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. ______________ Coming to you this week from the Pro Production Studios in Tecumseh, Michigan & Mike Dell's World Studio in Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address is: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

First Jason and Molly recap the Apple event, including the new Mac Studio release (1:53). Then they discuss Pony AI's $8.5B Series D (34:41). Next, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt joins to discuss launching their driverless service in SF (46:40), their custom-built zero-emission shared vehicle the "Origin" (1:01:06), and self-driving maturity. Show Notes: (00:00) Jason and Molly intro today's topics: thoughts on new Apple products, interview with Kyle Vogt of Cruise (01:53) Jason and Molly talk about the Mac Studio (10:52) Indochino - Get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more by using code TWIST at checkout https://indochino.com (12:05) Big presentations aren't needed for incremental changes (22:23) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (23:41) Guessing the next computer in the Mac lineage (25:40) More Apple products announced, and Apple TV for Friday MLB (33:33) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist (34:41) Startup of the day: Pony.ai (46:40) Jason interviews Kyle Vogt, CEO of Cruise (01:01:06) Carpooling with the Cruise Origin (01:07:45) Smoother rides and self-driving cars in different weather (01:19:05) Self-driving robo-taxis and sharing map data (01:27:00) What percent are we at for self-driving general accessibility? Check out Cruise: https://www.getcruise.com FOLLOW Kyle: https://twitter.com/kvogt FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

I apologize to the listeners about Ep.2 and it horrible sound quality while I record in a closet in our apartment. More Apple related new and products/future software updates for Face ID while using a mask. I talk about products I would not recommend and why, while I add input about the Double tap function on my iPhone. For the 1st time I rant about Zoom and FaceTime really get passionate about it lol. The closet is now my recording studio.

This week James announces he is quitting his passion. James and Hiba go in depth in the world of Tesla. More Apple news. Stay tuned till the end for Matrix Resurrection Review Business Inquires: everythingelectrified@gmail.com Music by: https://www.bensound.com/

The Apple Event, Windows 11 features, Defender for Endpoint updates, Docker, Terraform, and fingers! Extended show notes available at https://hthpc.com Note: Our apologies for wavering audio quality, we had some technical difficulties again! The Fork-Up -Don't Fork your Parent -Finger Boot-up -Apple Creates the World's Best Computer...of 2009? New Macbook pro has real ports -The Surface event Win 11 -Vista 2.0? Not really -Windows 11 WSL 2 is almost as quick as running Linux natively -Installing Wine using Homebrew on macOS Player One DFEated -Defending Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 -"The solution does not use or require the installation of the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA)." -There's an installer now! -So what about Server 2012 support? More Apple things -Apple Music "Voice Plan" - Bad for accessibility. What about those who are mute? Inconvenience for a lower price? -Pumpkin HomePod Hope This Helps Tip of the Something -Don't sudo rm -rf your docker storage folder -Things that may happen: -Images gone -Errors trying to update containers -If a container is restarted it will not come back -Portainer will explode -You'll have to rebuild all your docker-compose stacks in Portainer (hope you had a backup) Terraform -Tiff's experience with WSL + Linux + Docker + Terraform -Enabling Virtualization in AMD BIOS is oddly esoteric -F7 for Advanced Mode - CPU Configuration - SVM Mode - Enabled - Guide --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

This week Dr. Doug talks: More Apple 0-Days, SnapMC, the NSA, Olympus, Brother, Android, Facebook, GTA Remakes, and the returning Expert Commentary of Jason Wood on the Security Weekly News!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn157

This week Dr. Doug talks: More Apple 0-Days, SnapMC, the NSA, Olympus, Brother, Android, Facebook, GTA Remakes, and the returning Expert Commentary of Jason Wood on the Security Weekly News!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn157 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes!   Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

Rosemary and Mikah show off some of their favorite accessories for the new iPhone 13 and iPad mini. The two share accessories for home and for travel: - MagSafe Duo - mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit - MoKo Foldable Stand - Sutter Tech Sling - Tech Pocket - ChargeASAP cables - Anker PowerLine III Flow Cables - Survivor Cases - Incipio Cases - PopGrip for MagSafe - Nomad Goods Universal Cable USB-A Kevlar - Satechi USB C Apple Watch Charger News - Apple announces special event for October 18: 'Unleashed.' - Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro's macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer - New AirPods Pro and AirPods Max Firmware Adds Updated Find My Integration - Apple Releases iOS 15.0.2 With Messages Photo Bug Fix, Security Update and More - Apple now includes 7 days of complimentary AppleCare+ coverage for products sold in Australia - Google's apps to embrace iOS on iOS - iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications Shortcuts Corner - Daniel wants a Shortcut that will start playing music when he launches one of his book-reading apps — unless music is already playing. - Walt wants Focus Modes that turn on based on his calendar events. Feedback & Questions - Mario needs to take meeting notes with the Notes app, but he needs a better app or suggestions to improve speed within the Notes app. - Harry wants to know how to improve the tvOS HomeKit experience for cameras. App Caps - Rosemary's App Cap: HomeDevices - Mikah's App Cap: Rogervoice Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: blockfi.com/IOS

This week Dr. Doug talks: More Apple 0-Days, SnapMC, the NSA, Olympus, Brother, Android, Facebook, GTA Remakes, and the returning Expert Commentary of Jason Wood on the Security Weekly News!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn157 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes!   Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

  Microsoft: 0:55 - Surface Laptop Studio 2:22 - Surface Go 3 11:21 - Surface Pro X 16:01 - Surface Pro 8 16:51 - Surface Duo 2 22:10 - Accessories 33:53   Google: 41:54 - Buy tickets to tourist attractions inside Google Search - Foldable Pixel?   Apple: 48:19 - EU mandating USB-C ports - Landen pre-ordered an iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple can't control leaks even though they want to   Gaming: 1:10:55 - Overwatch League - Dialbo II: Resurrected - New Edge is now on Xbox - N64 and Sega Genisis available games on Switch Online   More Apple?: 1:21:29 - Updates about iPhone features     https://www.patreon.com/callingallplatforms    T-Shirts!   Contact: podcast@callingallplatforms.com Social: Facebook Twitter YouTube   Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Android

More Apple vs Epic trial news has led to the most existential question of our times: can a banana be nude? Oh, and Apple's defense might have gotten completely blown up. Brad talks his trepidation with EA's acquisition of Metalhead Studios. We give you our picks for the best starter rouge-like (or -lite) game. Nintendo has all the money and have sold all the Switches. Oh yeah, and a little game called Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is coming this week!   Use our Amazon page to donate to the show: www.densepixels.com/amazon Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Dense Pixels We have a Discord server! - www.densepixels.com/fans You can now follow us on Twitch! Brad - DensePixelsBrad Terrence - App4RITioN410 Micah - denseblacknerd Carrie - supitscarrie

Sorry folks, More Apple talk! Big week for Apple with new Silicon power for their macs, three new products already carrying the new chips.Plus Console Wars, first thoughts, how hard to get and the hype around PS5. Trev discusses the future of Sports rights with Stan moving into Foxtel's ground with rights to Rugby and Tennis.MG goes Electric, with the cheapest EV in Australia, plus we talk about the EV Tax debate. Trev listens to $2,599 headphones from Sennheiser and the blokes get excited for the new DJI Mini 2 Drone!

Sorry folks, More Apple talk! Big week for Apple with new Silicon power for their macs, three new products already carrying the new chips. Plus Console Wars, first thoughts, how hard to get and the hype around PS5. Trev discusses the future of Sports rights with Stan moving into Foxtel's ground with rights to Rugby and Tennis. MG goes Electric, with the cheapest EV in Australia, plus we talk about the EV Tax debate. Trev listens to $2,599 headphones from Sennheiser and the blokes get excited for the new DJI Mini 2 Drone!

The latest In Touch With iOS we are joined by guest co-host Guy Serle and our special guest Brett Terpstra. We talk about iText Editors and note apps Dave reviews the Sketchboard Pro for iPad and battery drain tips.  The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
Direct Link to Audio We Welcome our New Guest Like we do with all new guests we find out more about Brett and what iOS devices he uses.  News iOS 14.2 beta code hints no free EarPods with 'iPhone 12' Apple TV App Reportedly Coming to Xbox, 'Likely' in Time for Series X/S Launch on November 10 Apple Acquired Podcast App Scout FM Earlier This Year The iPod Nano is Now 'Obsolete' Topics Beta this week.iOS 14.2 Beta 2 Adds New Emoji Characters like Ninja, Pinata, Bubble Tea, Polar Bear and More Apple releases second developer betas of iOS 14.2, iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1, ninth macOS Big Sur beta Using text editors can be handy when you use them on an iPad or iPhone. Brett has a great comparison of these and what they would be good to use for. iTextEditors - iPhone and iPad text/code editors and writing tools compared Battery drain issues on your Apple Watch and iPhone Apple suggests wiping and restoring both seems extreme. We also talk about  Missing GPS Data or Facing Excess Battery Drain on iPhone or Apple Watch? Apple Recommends Restoring your Device iOS 14 Battery Drain Issues: 11 Tips to Improve iPhone Battery Life Google annouches pixel 5 and 4a ahead of eminent iPhone 12 launch. Plus a $49 google chromecast and $99 speaker what’s next for the HomePod and Apple TV? Roundup: Google preempts iPhone 12 with new 5G-enabled Pixel 5 and 4a, redesigned Chromecast, more Dave interviewed the founder of SketchBoard Pro JJ at CES earlier this year and he has one in his hands to review which is designed for the iPad so artists have a board to help them with comfort while drawing. Sketchboard Pro for iPad Artists  Tips Messages in iOS 14. Pinning messages including group messages and single messages by swiping right or tap and hold. Reply to a prior message in group message by tapping and holding the message and reply to just that. That also works in one on one message. watchOS 7: How to Share Apple Watch Faces About our Guest Brett Terpstra is a coder, author and web developer as well as a podcaster. You can find all his work at brettterpstra.com and Twitter @ttscoff About our Guest Co-Host Guy Serle Is the host of the MyMac Podcast. Email: guy@mymac.com Twitter: @MacParrot or VertShark Podcasts: MyMac Podcast http://mymac.com Mac to the Future YouTube channel Mac to the Future GO! Podcast Want to help me with all the content I create?  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/macparrot Do that Patreon thing: https://patreon.com/macparrot PayPal me: https://paypal.me/macparrot

The gang is all here once again as Alan, Dean, Steve and Karl return to sort through the recent Apple-related news. iBooks Author and iTunes U are headed for the scrap heap. PocketCast gets banned in China. More Apple stores set to open. Stores to accept trade-in Mac's. Summer colours are here and there is rumoured to be a big announcement concerning the Mac at WWDC. All this and slightly more on this week's episode.  CONTACT THE SHOW: I really would appreciate it if you could take a few moments and submit a review in iTunes. I won't ply you with adverts, just a little review is all I ask…go on, you know you want to really, don't ya? The Mac & Forth Show Patreon Page. This Month's Wonderful 'The One with the Shout Out' Funders: Teresa Hummel, Steven Leach, Matt Barton, Ron Poyotte, Gordon Jackson, Paul Beattie, Jane, Alan, Martin Meadows-Evans, Frank Jacobsen, Chris Hitarori, Keith Yarbrough, David Dean, Stephen Elliot, Barry Gentleman and Deano. Also, thank you to all our contributors for other donations. Your support is always greatly appreciated.  Or help via PayPal. Subscribe to us on:  iTunes Overcast Pocketcast TuneIn Radio Stitcher   Contact us via Twitter, or follow us on Instagram or join our Facebook group. or like our Facebook page. or view our Website or via Apple News or YouTube   Please visit our Merchandise Store   Theme Music: Russ Clewett

This week the HT Guys are thankful for all our loyal listeners who have been with us throughout our 15 years of podcasting. We also discuss a THX tuned speaker system that does not need an AV Receiver and the first DIY Security system that is HomeKit ready.  First ‘Tuned by THX' home theater speakers need no A/V receivers — or wires THX has become synonymous with top-notch cinema sound in commercial theaters. However, the George Lucas-founded company (now owned by gaming giant Razer) has been increasingly focused on helping consumers get a better quality of audio (and video) at home. To this end, it has created a new technical service called Tuned by THX, which gives audio companies the opportunity to have their products custom-tuned by the sound experts at THX. While it doesn't guarantee that the speakers and audio components will knock your socks off, it's THX's way of saying that it has adjusted the characteristics of these components to deliver what is (in THX's opinion) the best sound that these components are capable of. More… Apple's HomeKit gets its first DIY security system Abode has announced that the long-awaited HomeKit support is now available for its Iota home security system. The update adds the ability to manage and view the status of the system through Apple's Home app and Siri voice commands on iOS, macOS, the Apple Watch, and HomePod devices. The company says it plans to bring HomeKit support to its Gen 1 and Gen 2 systems in the future, but no timeline was provided. More...  

macOS Catalina is out! Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil talk about the various reasons to either upgrade right away, or maybe wait until some bugs are squashed and new features are better implemented. They also discuss Apple's decision to pull HKMap.Live from the App Store and broader issues regarding the relationship between corporations and government entities. Finally, you can make dinner at home with your very own set of Tim Cookware?!?! Show Notes and Links: CATALINA is out! Twitter app finally comes to Mac (and other Catalyst apps we love) HKMap.Live app issues More Apple and China stuff International Day of the Girl Tim Cookware? Sponsors: Thrifter.com: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Hosts: Lory Gil Rene Ritchie Georgia Dow  

This week we have a special early episode to cover everything that Apple announced during the 2019 WWDC Keynote Event. They covered what's coming in watchOS, iOS, the new iPadOS, Mac OS and showed off the new Mac Pro! Hear our thoughts and takeaways. Have questions? Ask away! Talk to you next week for our regularly scheduled programming. Make sure to join the Notnerd Facebook Group and let us know how you tech better. We're also looking for your ProTips and Picks of the Week. Show Notes and Links: Apple's official keynote video Dave takes notes during the keynote, here they are, only slightly cleaned up: Go Back to Sleep developers intro video Hardware, software, services March 2019 event recap Apple News+ Apple Arcade, later this year Apple Card Video of For All Mankind, Apple TV Plus tvOS Apple TV 4K Multiuser support for tvOS Xbox & PlayStation controller support for Apple TV Screensavers, under the ocean watchOS More complete picture of how you can stay active Activity trends Hearing health -decibel meter for environmental noise Female cycle tracking More Apple apps to watch Audiobooks Voice memos Calculator Independent on watch, no companion on phone Extended runtime API Streaming Audio API New Apple Watch faces and bands Taptic chimes, on the hour, bird song Apps directly on watch, App Store Health iOS 13 iOS has 97% customer satisfaction 85% iOS 12 installed base Android 9, 10% adoption rate Performance 30% faster Face ID unlock App downloads, 50% smaller, updates are 60% smaller, 2x launch speed Dark mode Swipe keyboard (quick path) Share sheet suggestions Time synced lyrics in Apple Music Maps Improvements Look around (Street View) Location Security Allow just once Background tracking alerts WiFi and Bluetooth protections Apple Single Log in Sign in with Apple Email address obfuscation Home Kit security improvements All new editing for photos and now video  CAN ROTATE VIDEO!!!! Duplicate and clutter removal NO SORT ORDER CHANGE SEEN (BOO) Lots of Siri improvements Audio sharing, with tap (squirt?) Hand off to HomePod Live radio, 100,000 radio stations Car play, 90% us, 70% globally Calendar, music, Siri works with 3rd party apps Shortcuts iPad OS Icon view, list view, and now column view File preview, quick actions, rich metadata iCloud drive folder sharing SMB file sharing USB Drives and SD Card import photos right into apps Desktop-class browsing Download manager 20ms latency currently 9ms now Tighter grid of icons Swipe over to pin widgets Slider over app switcher Split view, multi-window support for the same app App expose on iPad with all spaces in one place Better email composing with multiview Files Safari Fonts, custom from Apple store Multi-touch updates Pencil Tools pallet update API so 3rd party apps can use it System-wide markup support Palettes now drag-able, minimize-able, etc. Secure Video, analyzed on the device, encrypted sent to iCloud, won’t count against storage HomeKit-enabled routers, Linksys, Eero, Spectrum (charter) Video, Memoji video with new looks Memoji stickers Mac Pro Cheese Grater 2.0 up to 28-core Intel Xeon up to 1.5 terabytes of RAM 8 PCI slots - 4 double, 3 single, 1 IO Two Gigabit Ethernet ports Graphics MPX module Radeon Pro 580X Radeon Pro Vega II x 2 Can use 2 modules 3 streams of 8k video 12 stream of 4K Afterburner Cooling system 300 cubic feet per minute air flow Optional wheels New Display HDR An arm like old iMac 32-inch LCD 6016? 6k retina 40% larger then iMac display Accurate color Wide viewing angle, 25x better than typical Matt option, etched glass New backlight, 1000 nits brightness Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR) Pro Display XDR 6 displays on Mac Pro Articulated and rotates Removable for transport VESA mount $5999 Mac available this fall Fall Rack deployment compatible $4999 display w/o stand  Mac OS - Catalina Sync in the sidebar in finder, 4K SideCar iPad as a second display for Mac Wired and wirelessly Voice control, also on iOS New dictation with numbers Find My App iPhone, friends Locate offline apple devices, Bluetooth beacon Activation lock macs with T2 Xcode checkbox includes iOS and Mac Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV Screen time Project Catalyst(Marzipan) AR People Occlusion Motion Capture Very cool Reality Kit Reality Composer ARKit 3 Minecraft Earth Swift UI - New UI framework Build Watch apps Common API across all platforms All Betas - Public Seeds July, Developer Betas Today, Release in fall   Check out the Notnerd YouTube channel for great videos Leave an iTunes Review and be featured on the Podcast Support Notnerd on Patreon and get cool stuff Brought to you by #OneBackupIsNoneBackup Shop Amazon: Amazon.Notnerd.com Subscribe and Review in iTunes Contact Info: www.Notnerd.com Twitter - @N0tnerd, Nate - @NetBack, Dave - @DavyB Notnerd Youtube Channel Notnerd Facebook Email - info@Notnerd.com Call or text 608.618.NERD(6373) If you would like to help support Notnerd financially, mentally or physically, please contact us via any of the methods above. 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Stage Fright - https://bgr.com/2019/01/22/macbook-pro-issues-stage-light-effect/ Airpods 2.0 - https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/23/next-gen-airpods-coming-in-first-half-of-2019/ Lobbying Efforts - https://www.cultofmac.com/602258/apple-spent-millions-lobbying-trump-administration-in-2018/ Cover art photo provided by @hollymindrup on Unsplash. More Apple: appledailypodcast.com More Tech: techdailypodcast.com More Shane: shanelother.net --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/appledaily/support

Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο Μάνος και Λεωνίδας ζουν κάτι πρωτόγνωρο: κάνουν τη μεγαλύτερη συζήτηση που τους έτυχε ποτέ για Apple Music και δεν ξεκίνησαν καν με τέτοιο σκοπό. Σε άλλα νέα, εντυπωσιάζονται από τις εκτιμώμενες πωλήσεις των AirPods και θυμούνται ότι είναι Δεκέμβριος άρα το iPhone «πεθαίνει» και η Apple «καταστρέφεται». Το επεισόδιο τελειώνει απότομα, ύστερα από απειλή του Λεωνίδα. Μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε μαζί μας μέσω email. Kuo: AirPods With Wireless Charging Case Expected in Early 2019, All-New Model in Early 2020 Apple W Series Υψηλότερη των προσδοκιών η ανάπτυξη για iSquare και Apple στην Ελλάδα Apple Pay Launches in Belgium and Kazakhstan Apple Music to Launch on Amazon's Echo Devices the Week of December 17 More Apple products are coming to Amazon under a new deal

Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο Μάνος και Λεωνίδας ζουν κάτι πρωτόγνωρο: κάνουν τη μεγαλύτερη συζήτηση που τους έτυχε ποτέ για Apple Music και δεν ξεκίνησαν καν με τέτοιο σκοπό. Σε άλλα νέα, εντυπωσιάζονται από τις εκτιμώμενες πωλήσεις των AirPods και θυμούνται ότι είναι Δεκέμβριος άρα το iPhone «πεθαίνει» και η Apple «καταστρέφεται». Το επεισόδιο τελειώνει απότομα, ύστερα από απειλή του Λεωνίδα. Μπορείτε να επικοινωνείτε μαζί μας μέσω email. Kuo: AirPods With Wireless Charging Case Expected in Early 2019, All-New Model in Early 2020 Apple W Series Υψηλότερη των προσδοκιών η ανάπτυξη για iSquare και Apple στην Ελλάδα Apple Pay Launches in Belgium and Kazakhstan Apple Music to Launch on Amazon's Echo Devices the Week of December 17 More Apple products are coming to Amazon under a new deal

Apple hardware and axe throwing, and hurricane. 1:30– Teacher Training 7:04– Apple Announcement and INXS 15:50– Kindle 23:00– Apple Watch 33:08- Takeaway 34:44- Apple Pencil 37:27- Teleprompter 42:00- Apple or Windows 43:5- More Apple 49:40- Hurricane Weather 55:18- BATL 1:00:12– Sign Off and Email Episode Notes and Links Apple Special Event – 9-12-18 https://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2018/   […]

Apple's iPhone Xs Event is tomorrow, September 12, 2018. But what are we absolutely, definitively going to see? And what are we... not? What are the new iPhones going to be called? What are the last minute features they'll be including... and missing? Any new features coming to Apple Watch? Will AirPower finally be released? And will new iPad Pros and MacBooks be announced as well, or will we be waiting until October? All that and more and the clock ticks down to the big event! SPONSOR: Go to Skillshare to get your first 2 months of Skillshare — and unlimited learning! — for free! LINKS: Kuo: USB-C on 2018 iPad Pro, Touch ID on 2018 MacBook, EKG and Ceramic Backs on All Apple Watch Series 4 Models, More Apple to Kick Off Product Blitz With iPhone Xs Line, New Watches MORE: Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS YouTube  

Sadiq and Cristian talk about iOS 11.3, watchOS 4.3, macOS 10.13.4, the Apple education event, and Destiny 2's Go Fast update. Content Warning: Politics, Random Thunder Noises, Food Show Notes: 00:00:25 - Apple's OS Updates 00:22:28 - Apple's Education Event 00:48:50 - Destiny 2 "Go Fast" Update Apple OS Updates: Apple Releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone Battery Settings, ARKit 1.5, New Animoji, and More Apple Releases watchOS 4.3 with iPhone Music Controls, Portrait Nightstand Mode, and More Apple’s macOS 10.13.4 is here with full external GPU support Apple's Education Event: The New 9.7″ iPad: Our Complete Overview Apple Introduces New Schoolwork iPad App, Classroom for Mac, and ClassKit Framework for Developers iWork 4.0 Adds Full Apple Pencil Support; Pages Becomes Spiritual Successor to iBooks Author Destiny 2: "Go Fast" Update: The never-ending Destiny 2 controversy is a teachable moment for the game industry Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Sadiq and Cristian talk about iOS 11.3, watchOS 4.3, macOS 10.13.4, the Apple education event, and Destiny 2's Go Fast update. Content Warning: Politics, Random Thunder Noises, Food Show Notes: 00:00:25 - Apple's OS Updates 00:22:28 - Apple's Education Event 00:48:50 - Destiny 2 "Go Fast" Update Apple OS Updates: Apple Releases iOS 11.3 with iPhone Battery Settings, ARKit 1.5, New Animoji, and More Apple Releases watchOS 4.3 with iPhone Music Controls, Portrait Nightstand Mode, and More Apple’s macOS 10.13.4 is here with full external GPU support Apple's Education Event: The New 9.7″ iPad: Our Complete Overview Apple Introduces New Schoolwork iPad App, Classroom for Mac, and ClassKit Framework for Developers iWork 4.0 Adds Full Apple Pencil Support; Pages Becomes Spiritual Successor to iBooks Author Destiny 2: "Go Fast" Update: The never-ending Destiny 2 controversy is a teachable moment for the game industry Contact: Cristian on Mastodon Sadiq on Mastodon Stipes Radio on Mastodon Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Overcast| Pocketcasts | RSS

Google and Facebook are both cracking down on fake-news sites and links. Would you buy Apple’s new Applebook? Can you guess the top words of 2016? What Avenger has Marvel chosen to represent your state? Is McDonald’s new layout the future? Can you guess what state these weird stories are from? QoW: “What are your … More Apple’s new Applebook | McDonald’s of the future | Top words of 2016 – Ep49

Apple is experiencing extreme backlash after revealing some of the new iPhone 7’s new features. Colin Kaepernick is also under pressure for his movement against standing during the national anthem during NFL games. We give our overview of this year’s summer blockbusters, and whether or not we liked them. We play Guess the State, where … More Apple fails | Kaepernick’s movement | Guess the state – Ep39

7 AM - 1 - More Apple versus The Feds stuff; Is the McRib a lie?. 2 - Our political analyst Gary Dietrich talks NV caucus with us. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Jack took his sons to the zoo.

1 - More Apple versus The Feds stuff; Is the McRib a lie?. 2 - Our political analyst Gary Dietrich talks NV caucus with us. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Jack took his sons to the zoo.

Kanye West claims he’s $53 million in debt, and uses Twitter to ask Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for money. Apple recently denied the FBI’s request to lower its own security tools in order to monitor and track its users without a search warrant. A family had their home surrounded by cops while watching “The Walking Dead” … More Apple vs. the FBI | Kanye West broke | Scar stories – Ep23

More on domestic abuse; More Apple stuff; Former CIA director James Woolsey talks to us about ISIS

More on Obama's address tonight; Texts; Peter Maer reports on Obama's speech; More Apple stuff; Ray Rice's wife and domestic abuse

Aloha Everyone,   Please come and listen to our 36th podcast episode. This week we talk about: • More great news blurbs!• Seagate moving to SSD drives• More Apple stores rumored to be heading to Hawaii• How to print email attachments without opening them on your Apple computer• Windows 7 tips and tricks• Question of the Week: Are Dropbox, Evernote and other cloud services secure enough to store your personal info on, for example, tax returns?   If you would like to ask any questions, please send an email to podcast@gigaisland.com, or throw a question on our Facebook page. We would love to hear from you. Thank you for all your support and Aloha! Aloha,Mr. Aloha & Shaka JoeGigaisland WebsiteVisit Us on FacebookVisit Us on Twitter  

More Apple speculation, completely un called for Microsoft fanboyism an actually kind of boring This Week in RIM and a burger made out of pizzas.