The clock is ticking for TikTok in the US, while Europe is angry again about Meta’s antics. Fortunately, there are also home-grown gadgets to discuss, from the Flitsmeister DASH to orange solar panels.
In this episode: a potpourri of topics. TikTok will almost certainly have to sell itself to avoid a ban in the US and Europe disagrees with Instagram’s paywall and wants an alternative, but is that possible? Speaking of Meta: it has big plans and wants to become the Windows or Android of the VR world. Sonos comes with a new app, Flitsmeister with a new gadget, the new iPads are coming and Spotify has finally matured. And would we prefer orange solar panels?
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Tips from this episode:
Film: Perfect Days by director Wim Wenders about a Japanese toilet cleaner who lives according to a daily routine. About the simple beauties of life, available here via Picl.nl, Apple, Google Play and Amazon: all available for rent for 4 to 5 euros.
Article: NRC about Japanese designer toilets.
Floris: Delta for iOS. Finally a Game Boy emulator for the iPhone that you can simply install. At least, you install this via the AltStore, such an alternative app store. You can read how to set this up in our article, which is not very complicated. You’ll have to figure out for yourself how to get games for Delta…
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