“Only cost her a toenail”

In this episode, a VERY tired Mark recounts his slightly disastrous visit to IFA in Berlin and Rob quizzes him on just how much he's looking forward to Silly Season in Tech Land. It's a surprisingly good show.

Links

• Apple iPhone Event YouTube stream - register to be notified when it goes live:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiP1l7jlIIA
• Mark’s post-event reaction livestream with Patrick Rambles, Alex Gear and Tech, and Rob:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG2mG2NY3hA
• Panos is pumped already for the Microsoft Event:
  • https://twitter.com/panos_panay/status/1696184684303315420
• PSA: You can now use Python in Excel:
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439
• Meta Connect VR event 27th/28th September:
  • https://www.metaconnect.com/en/home
• I Expect You To Die VR game:
  • https://iexpectyoutodie.schellgames.com
• Meta Quest 3:
  • https://www.meta.com/gb/quest/quest-3/
• Xreal Air:
  • https://www.xreal.com/air/
• Google Pixel Event 4th October:
  • Pixel 8 / 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 teaser:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OumPuMsd5o
  • Pixel 8 / 8 Pro preview:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_uap-98Knw
• Buy some junk Elon’s throwing out from 𝕏 HQ from 12th September:
  • https://bid.hgpauction.com/auctions/8660/herita10216?page=1%26pageSize=60%26orderBy=sequenceNumber
• Lime eScooters:
  • https://www.li.me/en-gb/vehicles/scooter
• Honor Magic V2 foldable:
  • https://www.hihonor.com/global/phones/honor-magic-v2/
• Honor Pursephone:
  • https://www.hihonor.com/global/news/honor-ifa-keynote-2023/
• Smart #1 EV:
  • https://uk.smart.com/en/hashtag-one/launch-edition/
• TechChap:
  • https://www.youtube.com/@Thetechchap
• MrMobile:
  • https://www.youtube.com/@TheMrMobile
• LG telly in a briefcase - Stanby ME Go:
  • https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-27lx5qkna
• Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming device:
  • https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/legiongo/
• Fairphone 5 sustainable, repairable phone:
  • https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5
• Withings ScanWatch 2 smartwatch:
  • https://www.withings.com/us/en/scanwatch-2
• Sage Barista Touch Impress coffee machine:
  • https://www.sageappliances.com/uk/en/barista-touch-impress/home.html
• Philips Hue do cameras and door sensors now:
  • https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/explore-hue/propositions/smart-home-security
• Mark’s Eight Sleep video:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgjFbyg-Zb4
• Eight Sleep link for £300 discount (manually add coupon TIM50 in addition to the £250 default discount for following the link):
  • https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/tim/
• Beeper - unified messaging client (skip the queue with this link):
  • https://refer.beeper.com/s9waiP
• Hisense U8K mini-LED TV:
  • https://hisense.co.uk/tvs/all-tvs/u8k/
• KEF LSX II speakers:
  • https://uk.kef.com/products/lsx-2
• Hue Sync box to retrofit Ambilight to a non-Philips TV:
  • https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-play-hdmi-sync-box-/8718699704803
• Govee alternative TV backlight:
  • https://uk.govee.com/collections/tv-lights/products/govee-envisual-tv-backlight-t2
• Govee Curtain Lights:
  • https://uk.govee.com/products/govee-curtain-lights
• AirPods Pro cassette case:
  • https://www.elago.com/collections/airpods-pro-2-case-elago/products/cassette-tape-case-for-airpods-pro-2-2-colors
• Garmin Epix Pro 2 smartwatch:
  • https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/760778
• BackBlaze cloud backup - act now to avoid price increase in October!
  • https://www.backblaze.com

 

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