At our last meeting of the year we held the customary Apple quiz and talked about recent Apple news.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at SEAL!
Quiz
Robert had prepared a quiz with questions covering Apple history, trivia and new features of recent products. Congratulations to DaveK for winning this year (enjoy your quantum of kudos ;-) )!
Apple News
We discussed recent Apple news including:
- New features in iOS 17.2 and macOS 14.2.
- Collaborative playlists and stolen device protection coming in iOS 17.3.
- EE TV offering a customised Apple TV 4K box for their service.
- The 2023 App Store award winners and most popular apps.
- Apple adopting the RCS standard for cross-platform messaging in 2024. DaveK found this article from Engadget about RCS.
Member Topics
- Alan mentioned the 1961 film The Connection.
- Alan also asked about using Shazam on the Mac.
- DaveK recommended the podcast A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs.
- DaveK mentioned The Clown Egg Registry used by clowns to register their face makeup.
- DaveK recommended Peaky Blinders, available on iPlayer.