Here it is, ALL the iPhone 13 details. Plus: Is Apple snooping through your photos? (CultCast #505)
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🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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This week: We got it, ALL the iPhone 13 details. We’ll tell you what to expect. Plus, the Apple Privacy debacle—is Apple scanning all your photos and the pictures you send in iMessages? The answer is yes... and no. We got the cold hard facts for you, and you may not like them.
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| 0:00.0 | The style writer can handle envelopes, transparencies, and all kinds of paper. |
| 0:05.2 | And it takes advantage of your true type to give you crisp text at any size. |
| 0:16.4 | It won't make much of a dent in your wallet, and it will take a lot of space on your desk. |
| 0:22.0 | Or anywhere else. |
| 0:23.1 | Hello and welcome to Hulcaste Best 30 Plus. I'm an app conversation you're going to hear. |
| 0:31.9 | Always long, I'm your host, Aaron Elijah. |
| 0:34.4 | Join me today. He just couldn't stay away, currently galavanting across Italy and nothing |
| 0:38.8 | but a gold neck chain and a speedo. We abandoned he put on a shirt for his production, |
| 0:43.5 | and thankfully he did, although you can't really see him anyway. He's the manager of Coltomac. |
| 0:48.1 | Oh, it's Wallace's here. Kind of. |
| 0:51.5 | See, see. Yeah, I was going to say say something we can't see your face on this. |
| 0:56.0 | Yes, say something. Also with us renowned Apple author and aspiring beer lichen. |
| 1:04.6 | He's the better, Coltomac. Oh, yeah, there are Cajunis here. Hello. |
| 1:09.7 | Hey, Leander. Do you say anything? What? You got, when I couldn't introduce you, |
| 1:16.3 | you got to give some kind of like gusto, like guys, you know that you're here. |
| 1:21.7 | Okay. Yeah, oh, bean. |
| 1:27.7 | Are you rustling some papers? |
| 1:31.3 | Oh, me, oh, Lewis. I mean, I'm. Oh, my gosh. Am I rustling papers? |
| 1:41.3 | Your big entrance was like rustling of papers or something. I don't know. |
| 1:46.6 | No, it wasn't made. |
| 1:48.8 | All right. God, this show is already off to. |
| 1:53.4 | Welcome, everyone. Let me go through the agenda here. We got so much stuff to talk about. |
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