He is the a former Associate Editor with Geek Beat, Co-Founder of The Tech Hangout and Deconstruct and currently shares his thoughts on RoethigTech. Ben Roethig has been in the Apple Ecosystem since the System 7 Days. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. Visit his YouTube channel at and find and follow him on Twitter and on Mastodon at Jim Rea has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at on Mastodon at and on his blog, Trending At Work. Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. Cybersecurity Official Praises Apple for Its Security Practices Rovio Announces It’s Pulling Angry Birds Classic From Sale on Android and Hiding the Game on iOS Rovio Announces It’s Pulling Angry Birds Classic From Sale on Android and Hiding the Game on iOS Guests: Brian Flanigan-Arthurs is a MacVoices listener and Patreon supporter. Show Notes: Links: Microsoft is bringing iMessage to Windows with the Phone Link app by Andrew Orr on AppleInsider: Previewing Phone Link for iPhone users on Windows 11 with Windows Insiders Phone Link app – iOS support Microsoft launches updated Bing, Edge, and Skype iOS apps with ChatGPT and voice input DuckDuckGo CEO Responds To Backlash Over Controversial Microsoft Tracking Agreement U.S. (Part 2) Kolide ensures only secure devices can access your cloud apps. The MacVoices Live! panel of David Ginsburg, Ben Roethig, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Eric Bolden, Brittany Smith and Jim Rea then examine how Microsoft is implementing ChatGPT in many of their apps, praise from a government agency for Apple over their security practices, and Rovio’s changes to the popular Angry Birds game(s).

The discussion of the why’s and how’s of iMessage on Windows wraps up with lots of questions still on the table.

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