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It’s a two-podcast week – the final “TV+ Talk+” 2023 is here. It’s a special show this month as Chuck Joiner and I assess the year that has been in Apple TV+. This includes a final review of “The Morning Show” (spoiler alert) and discussions about “The Buccaneers” and “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”. “The Morning
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It’s a two-podcast week – the final “TV+ Talk+” 2023 is here. It’s a special show this month as Chuck Joiner and I assess the year that has been in Apple TV+. This includes a final review of “The Morning Show” (spoiler alert) and discussions about “The Buccaneers” and “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”. “The Morning
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Photo by Nabil Saleh on Unsplash This week’s show is a bit different. I joined Chris Sutcliffe and Esther Thorpe from the Media Voices team for a special crossover episode. We discussed the state of broadcast media – both how things stand as 2023 comes to an end and what might be next. It is
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This week’s show is a bit different. I joined Chris Sutcliffe and Esther Thorpe from the Media Voices team for a special crossover episode. We discussed the state of broadcast media – both how things stand as 2023 comes to an end and what might be next. It is all on the back of me
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Mobile versions of the “Grand Theft Auto” games are heading to a somewhat unexpected location – Netflix. I confess that when I first saw the company’s announcement I thought they were making a movie based on the IP. But, no. It is a continuation of their attempt to move into games. The streamer said that
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The world of tech is rarely quiet, but it has been particularly frantic over the last few weeks. Firstly, we had Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrove resign over comments relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The major conference in Lisbon did go ahead successfully, but some of the world’s companies had already pulled out by then.
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Each month, I write the MacFormat Investigates feature for MacFormat magazine. Below is an excerpt from the latest edition. For those lucky enough to get your hands on one of the iPhone 15 range, perhaps the first things you will notice is that the cable that comes in the box is different to those from
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I have not really covered much of the war between Israel and Hamas on The Addition. But the media element of it matters so I wanted to write something, particularly as today, over 100,000 people marched in London to highlight the issue of growing antisemitism in the UK. Antisemtism has been rampant, and very scary,
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