The panel for this edition includes:

Chuck Joiner – The MacVoices Group @chuckjoiner
Jeff Gamet – The Mac Observer
John F. Braun – Mac Geek Gab @johnfbraun @macgeekgab
Bart Busschots – www.bartb.ie @bbusschots

Topics Discussed:

• Apple Stock Price Swings – what’s behind them?

• Facebook buy Instagram for one biiiiiiiillion dollars:

• what are people worried about?
• was it worth a billion dollars?
• a discussion on the rights you give away and don’t when you upload content to social media services

• Tangent – social media: Facebook -v- Google+ -v- Twitter

• The new Security Reality

• time to re-assess your situation
• we discuss Apple’s schizophrenic attitude to security
• what can people do to protect themselves (ALWAYS patch, consider disabling Java & Flash, consider free AV, or even paid AV)
• free AV from ClamXav – (AVOID the crippled Mac App Store version)
• Little Snitch is another tool people may find useful for watching what their computer is at

Picks:

• John’s Pick – Cloak – Free VPN.
• Bart’s Pick – silly but addictive iPhone game – Worms Crazy Golf
• Jeff’s Pick – Paper for the iPad
• Chuck’s pick – Seagate GoFlex Slim Performance Drive

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