Episode Details

Chuck Joiner, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Dave Ginsburg, Mike Potter, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby disagree on the Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra's resemblance to Apple's design, address the recent Squarespace security breach, and highlight platform developers' role in ensuring user safety. The panel wraps up with a broader discussion of security on a variety of platforms.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction 05:12 Translucent Design Trends 10:06 Squarespace Site Hijacking 12:49 X Moving to Texas 15:16 Platform Flaws and Patching 17:48 Panelist Introductions and Connections

Links:

"The most shameless copy of an Apple product in ages" — Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra slammed over copycat designhttps://www.imore.com/health-fitness/apple-watch/the-most-shameless-copy-of-an-apple-product-in-ages-samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-slammed-over-copycat-design

Samsung's Galaxy Buds 3 Look Like AirPods, but That's Not All That's New https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsungs-galaxy-buds-3-look-like-airpods-but-thats-not-all-thats-new/

Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/07/researchers-weak-security-defaults-enabled-squarespace-domains-hijacks/

Guests:

Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Brian Flanigan-Arthurs is an educator with a passion for providing results-driven, innovative learning strategies for all students, but particularly those who are at-risk. He is also a tech enthusiast who has a particular affinity for Apple since he first used the Apple IIGS as a student. You can contact Brian on twitter as @brian8944. He also recently opened a Mastodon account at @brian8944@mastodon.cloud.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud.

Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession 'firsts,' including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net and

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