Brett and I start this week’s episode of the In the News podcast by looking back at some important events in history that resulted in the iPhone and other Apple technology that we use today, including Motorola's invention of the cellphone fifty years ago, Xeroc PARC, and SRI. Next, we talk about the complications that Tim Cook uses on his Apple Watch, Spatial Audio on Apple Music, iPhone security, and more.
We also introduce a new recurring segment of the podcast focused on finding items and people using Apple technology such as the Find My service, AirTags, and Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite system. We are calling this the Where Y'at? segment. If you have ever visited New Orleans, then you know that "Where Y'at?" is a commonly-used phrased in the Crescent City that doesn't really ask where you are located but instead is a way of saying hello and asking how you are doing. The origin of the phrase is a little murky, as Doug MacCash of Nola.com explained last month. Nevertheless, the phrase is as common in New Orleans as "Aloha" is in Hawaii, and it is even the title of a local magazine. In this week's Where Y'at segment, we discuss an example of why you should let the police track your AirTag to find a stolen car instead of doing it yourself and discuss the rescue of BYU students who decided to go hiking and rappelling at a difficult canyon in Utah called "The Squeeze."
In our In the Know segment, Brett explains how you can temporarily disable Face ID or Touch ID on the iPhone and iPad. I explain the Safety Check feature of iOS 16, an incredibly useful feature if you ever want to stop sharing your location and other information with another person (such as if a relationship ends or become abusive) or if you ever want to audit which apps can see which aspects of your private information.
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