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483: The Schadenfreude Side of the Table

28 december 2022 | 30 min

The legacy of 2022 in tech, the tech gifts we're buying ourselves, the best third-party app replacements, and Apple products we'd like to see but they'll never make.

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Aleen Simms and Tony Sindelar

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482: Channeling Their Miffedness

21 december 2022 | 30 min

Whether TikTok's algorithm explanations will ruin the magic. How we collect and share our holiday gift ideas. The weather app(s) we're using in light of the end of Dark Sky. The coolest gifts we've bought for ourselves this holiday season.

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Jason Howell and Shelly Brisbin

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481: A Series of Shortcuts

14 december 2022 | 30 min

Whether we'd install a third-party app store on our phones, our most anticipated Matter devices, the tasks we'd pawn off onto an AI chatbot, and our non-holiday holiday traditions.

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Kelly Guimont and Matthew Cassinelli

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480: Science and I Disagree

7 december 2022 | 30 min

How we've used or could use OpenAI's ChatGPT, the silliest and/or most time-consuming automations we've created, our thoughts on Apple's new App Store price points, and our plans to own an Apple Car.

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Allison Sheridan and John Moltz

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479: Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé

30 november 2022 | 30 min

Annual streaming music retrospectives, our favorite thing about niche software, whether child us would be blown away by today's tech, and our pitches for social media networks.

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Lisa Schmeiser and Rosemary Orchard

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478: Atop My Turkey Tree

23 november 2022 | 30 min

Finding a Twitter replacement (or leaving it all behind), our Read-it-Later services of choice, the tech we're most thankful for, and the apps we're most thankful for.

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Alex Cox and Chris Lawley

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477: That's Probably a Funny Joke

16 november 2022 | 30 min

How we positively integrate tech in our kids' lives, whether we display vintage tech, sharing streaming service logins, and do standalone cameras still trump smartphones?

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Anže Tomić and Christopher Phin

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476: I Cheated With Two Questions

9 november 2022 | 30 min

Our thoughts on all-in-one work platforms in regard to Zoom One, the mapping app(s) we use, our predictions for the future of social media, and our tech-buying habits when faced with supply-constraint delays.

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Florence Ion and Jeff Carlson

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475: A Potato Will Arrive

2 november 2022 | 30 min

Services and products we just can't quit, our cringiest status splurges, whether advertising works on us, and the fate of Twitter under its new management.

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Christina Warren and Shahid Kamal Ahmad

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Welcome to hell, Elon

Nilay Patel on Elon Musk buying Twitter

474: Bobbing for Apple Watches

26 oktober 2022 | 28 min

Mixing tech with Halloween, the show or film we'd bring to Apple TV+, our thoughts on an Elon-run Twitter, and our low-tech habits.

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James Thomson and Zac Hall

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473: Solar Eclipse Potato

19 oktober 2022 | 30 min

The iPad lineup's squishy middle, why Apple pros aren't allowed to have fun, our Apple Pencil usage, and whether we get cellular-enabled iPads.

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Casey Liss and Kathy Campbell

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472: Your Avatars Have Legs

12 oktober 2022 | 30 min

Microsoft and Apple's are friends now? Plus, Apple pulls away Charlie Brown's football, Meta's got a new VR headset, and Stage Manager still needs some work.

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Chris Lawley and Shelly Brisbin

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471: I Have $3; I'm Just Mad

5 oktober 2022 | 30 min

Apps we live in every day, whether we pay for premium-priced movie rentals, the smart speakers we use, and providing tech support for our parents.

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Brian Hamilton and Heather Kelly

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470: A Pinball Podcast

28 september 2022 | 30 min

Our thoughts on a slidable, resizable laptop, our countdown events, our iPhone photography habits, and our favorite pinball games

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469: The Name of the Color Is Fingerprints

21 september 2022 | 30 min

Our computer and desk setups, the feature we'd add to iOS to make the biggest impact on how we use our iPhones, our device-protection habits, and whether the iPad is living up to its potential.

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Aleen Simms and John Voorhees

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468: I Got This Device Called a Baby

14 september 2022 | 30 min

The tech we use to sleep and wake, the small changes to iOS 16 we're excited about, our thoughts on an iPhone subscription plan, and our predictions RE: the end of iPhone and the last numbered iPhone model.

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467: Off-Road For Two Seconds

8 september 2022 | 30 min

Our thoughts on the Apple Watch Ultra, whether we do clean installs on our Macs, which iPhone 14s we're getting, and what we'd change about Apple's event presentations.

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Allison Sheridan and Joe Rosensteel

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466: The Least Social of Media

31 augusti 2022 | 29 min

Whether we'll use Twitter's new Twitter Circle feature, the least-exciting rumors for Apple's upcoming September event, social media services we're using more — not less — in the last year, and our thoughts on smartphones reaching their peak.

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Kathy Campbell and Sami Fathi

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465: A Mere Mortal

25 augusti 2022 | 25 min

Whether we put all our tech eggs in one Big Tech basket, the skills and philosophies we gained over the pandemic that we'll keep with us, our go-to pair of headphones or earbuds, and the consumer tech we'd take with us to space.

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Kelly Guimont and Zac Hall

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464: What Does “Pew Pew” Sound Like?

17 augusti 2022 | 30 min

Our thoughts on BeReal and authenticity on social media, the state of console gaming and the cloud gaming future, our electric vehicle plans, and switching to a career outside of tech.

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463: You Presume I Have a Strategy

10 augusti 2022 | 30 min

We discuss the future of folding phones, the utility of wild Apple rumors, how parents monitor social media, and our travel charging strategies of the moment.

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Carolina Milanesi and John Moltz

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462: Syncing on a Boat? Sounds Dangerous

3 augusti 2022 | 30 min

How we store and share files in the cloud, the streaming video services we go to when we're looking for something new to watch, the one computer or tablet we'd use if we could only use one, and our webcam setups.

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461: I Make the Guests Cry

27 juli 2022 | 30 min

Dan had a baby so we discuss tech advice for new parents and our favorite toys. But we also dig into invasive network video cameras, the ruination of Instagram, and if VR is ever going to be a thing.

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Alex Cox and Jeff Carlson

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Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant - The Verge

Instagram CEO Mosseri explains changes after Kardashians complain

Meta Increases Quest 2 VR Headset Price by $100, Adds No New Features - MacRumors

iOS Ref

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Product Hunt – The best new products in tech.

Automators Talk

460: 9000 Ginger Emoji

20 juli 2022 | 28 min

How we pay online, in stores, and elsewhere. How we use (or wish we could use) our smartphones to aid in travel. The data we'd like to see on our iPhone Lock Screen. Our three favorite emoji and a new emoji we're most excited about.

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Apple Sued Over Apple Pay, Accused of Antitrust Violations | Bloomberg

Apple Inc. was hit with an antitrust lawsuit over Apple Pay, accused of using its market power in the mobile device industry to fend off competition from rival payment apps and charging card issuers fees to boost its bottom line.

Alaska Airlines to roll out electronic bag tags to save time (and paper) at the airport | GeekWire

The airline plans to roll out electronic bag tags this fall in a program aimed at speeding customers through the process of checking luggage.

New Emojis In 2022-2023 | Emojipedia

A Shaking Face, two pushing hands, and a plain Pink Heart. These are just some of the emojis that are up for approval this September.

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459: I Neither Tik Nor Tok

13 juli 2022 | 30 min

Digital lending, when to install public betas, our favorite utility apps, and how we feel about TikTok's algorithm changes.

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Keyboard Maestro

Shelly's utility pick.

Prompt

Dan's utility pick.

iStat Menus

Lex's utility app pick.

SwiftBar

Mikah's utility app pick.

458: Supply Chain Who?

7 juli 2022 | 29 min

Our coding experiences, the toys we collect and enjoy, our thoughts on new smartphones with current-gen silicon, how we feel about targeted ads, and how we manage our online privacy settings.

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Florence Ion and Matthew Bischoff

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Divoom Pixoo

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Tidbyt LED Display

A retro display from the future.

457: This is a Safe Space

29 juni 2022 | 30 min

Our favorite iPhones of yesteryear, how paranoid we are about our online privacy, our sleep tracking habits, and where we go to work outside of our homes.

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Casey Liss and Heather Kelly

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Mikah's sleep tracking solution.

456: I Just Like the Pictures

22 juni 2022 | 30 min

Our frivolous in-app purchases, how we use tech to stay safe in the age of COVID, our thoughts on RCS messaging, and recognizing the signs of true artificial intelligence.

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Bryan Guffey and James Thomson

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455: The Spock Raised Eyebrow

15 juni 2022 | 30 min

How we work on our Macs, the Cryptopocalypse, our cloud storage regimens, and what is still keeping us from using the iPad as our main devices.

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454: Wednesday Is the Leaf

10 juni 2022 | 30 min

Our excitement and trepidation regarding Passkeys, our thoughts on auto-generated Siri App Shortcuts, the most exciting features announced at WWDC, and our inevitable (?) USB-C future.

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Matthew Cassinelli and Rosemary Orchard

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453: A Wolf Full of Toner

1 juni 2022 | 30 min

Apple software improvements we want to see at WWDC, the technology-themed art that graces our walls, which browsers we use, and why printers are the worst.

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John Moltz and Kathy Campbell

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452: The Dogs Hate Mr. Sweepy

25 maj 2022 | 30 min

How we discover new apps, how we force ourselves to take breaks during the workday, our methods for managing our Mac's menu bar, and the most impressive and useful tech in our kitchens.

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Jeff Carlson and Kelly Guimont

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Product Hunt – The best new products in tech.

Due: The Superfast Reminder App for iPhone & iPad

Bartender 4 - Take control of your Menu bar

The Clock on the Mac App Store

Breville BTM800XL Tea Maker | Amazon

451: Blast My Retinas

18 maj 2022 | 30 min

Have we all cut the cord? Plus, tech items we can't justify purchasing, Apple's new accessibility features, and how we wrangle SIMs and eSIMs when traveling.

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Aleen Simms and Jeremy Burge

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450: Plural of Trackpad is Trackspad

11 maj 2022 | 30 min

Our computer mousing habits and devices, whether we signed up for the in-person portion of WWDC, our Apple Watch upgrade habits, and the iPods we've owned and count among our favorite models.

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449: It's Still Working, I'm So Sad

4 maj 2022 | 25 min

The tech we always travel with, things we hope seem slow in 30 years, Twitter's new Close Friends feature, and devices we own that we secretly wish would die.

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448: My Butler Bae

27 april 2022 | 30 min

The video conferencing cameras we use, how we'd change Siri's voice, whether we'd tackle an iPhone repair, and our plans (or lack thereof) for leaving Twitter.

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Alex Cox and Carolina Milanesi

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Alex's camera: Reincubate Camo

Mikah's camera: Opal C1

Apple’s Self Service Repair now available | Apple

Genuine Apple parts and tools can now be purchased by US customers

Doug Jones | IMDb

Although known mostly for his work under prosthetics, he has also performed as 'himself' in such highly-rated films as Adaptation. (2002) with Nicolas Cage and indie projects such as Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things (2005).

But it is his sensitive and elegant performance as 'Abe Sapien' in Hellboy (2004), which stormed to the top of the U.S. box office in the spring of 2004, that has brought him an even higher profile and much praise from audiences and critics alike.

447: A Seething Ball of Rage

20 april 2022 | 30 min

Our charging situations, which collaborative workspaces we prefer, how we protect our digital privacy, and what we're watching on Apple TV+.

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446: Sounds Good, Grandpa

13 april 2022 | 30 min

Capturing and editing video on iPhone & iPad, what we think about 8k video, how the Apple Watch's rumored health features would affect our purchasing decisions, and our thoughts on Apple using Shortcuts as a way to introduce new functionality.

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Apple introduces new version of iMovie featuring Storyboards and Magic Movie | Apple

How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation | The Verge

Announcing the expanded Shortcuts Library with 600 shortcuts and 150 bundle shortcuts | Matthew Cassinelli

445: Odd Person Out

6 april 2022 | 26 min

Whether we'd put our trust in an Apple Bank, how we feel about editing tweets, our office chair situation, and Plex's new Universal Watchlist: yea or nay?

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Dan's chair

Shelly's chair

444: Go Ahead, Make Me a Cyborg

30 mars 2022 | 30 min

Our thoughts on the EU's plans for messaging interoperability, how we feel about smart implants and body modifications, when and why we choose websites over apps for certain services, and long overdue feature requests for products we use each day.

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EU negotiators agree new rules to rein in tech giants | Politico

EU officials have agreed on landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world’s largest technology platforms, in a move that will set the standard for leveling the playing field across global digital markets.

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Mojo Vision Brings Its Eye-Tracking, Display-Enabled Contact Lenses One Step Closer to Reality | CNET

A lens-on-a-stick demo showed me how smart contacts from Mojo Vision could work. The next step is in-eye testing.

Twitter’s DM search will finally actually help you find conversations | The Verge

Twitter announced on Wednesday that its DM search feature has gotten a big upgrade — it can now search through the content of your conversations and return specific messages that contain whatever keyword you type in.

443: My Strategy is Ehhhuuuhhh

23 mars 2022 | 30 min

Big tech outages, our data backup strategies, the tech wisdom we'd impart to the masses, and the last time we felt out of our depth.

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442: Baby's First Souls Game

16 mars 2022 | 30 min

Our experience with game streaming services, our thoughts on Elden Ring, whether we order tech online or choose to pick it up, and the products we purchased from Apple's March event.

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441: Talk Talk Music

9 mars 2022 | 30 min

The iPad Air's place in Apple tablet lineup, how we avoid succumbing to the news 24/7, our dreams of being radio DJs, and what one thing we'd change about Apple's new display.

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440: Machines Creating Machines Creating Machines

2 mars 2022 | 30 min

Using a self-driving taxi service, common myths about livestreaming, our gaming habits, and how we value art created by machines and artificial intelligence.

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439: I Wish I Had a Right Hand That Smacked

23 februari 2022 | 30 min

Smart locks, streaming tech and accessories, the future of household robots, and whether we're more productive at day or night.

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The Nocturnals

438: A Cat and Mouse Game

17 februari 2022 | 30 min

Obsolete tech, smartphone camera lenses, Chrome OS on an old Mac or PC, and app tracking privacy on Android.

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437: Just Beam Me Ten Bucks

9 februari 2022 | 30 min

Whether we're still using the iPad to its fullest potential, how we're watching the Winter Olympics, AI-generated music and art, and the ways we digitally send cash to friends.

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436: Email Makes Me Sad

2 februari 2022 | 30 min

How we manage notifications, our thoughts on Crisis Text Line's data collection, our password management setup, and how we're feeling about the Wordle acquisition by the New York Times.

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Carolina Milanesi and Bryan Guffey

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435: Never Clean Out Your Inbox

26 januari 2022 | 30 min

How Apple should address AirTag misuse, the techniques we use for cleaning out our inbox, whether Twitter's "Close Friends" feature interests us, and our applications for a smart foot pedal.

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434: ChatBoy110Pedia.com

19 januari 2022 | 30 min

The streaming services we use regularly, creating or augmenting a tech product, the messaging apps we use, and our NFC experiences.

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Jeremy Burge and Rosemary Orchard

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433: My Work Nest is Pretty Well Feathered

12 januari 2022 | 30 min

The last tech we bought for our home workplaces, the tyranny of choice with subscription service content, non-smartwatch wearables we'd like, and the state of printers in the year 2022.

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432: By “Read” I Mean “Listen”

5 januari 2022 | 28 min

How we turn our digital photographs into physical media, our experiences with external monitors, our thoughts on an audiobook service from Apple, and the AR/VR headset features that would appeal to us.

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431: Eat My Virtual Hat

29 december 2021 | 30 min

What tech had the biggest impact on us in 2021, our predictions for the most surprising tech story of 2022, whether we seek out short-form videos, and our biggest tech irritations of the last year.

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430: Misinformation Tracing

22 december 2021 | 29 min

The last apps we purchased, how we'd handle third-party payment options on our Apple devices, our experience with Exposure Notifications, and how we track our resolutions, themes, and habits for the new year.

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429: The Intersection of Work and Our Firewall

15 december 2021 | 30 min

Will we use SharePlay? What are our feelings about Bluetooth earbuds? How do we protect ourselves when we're browning online? And what are our picks for favorite TV, movies, and books of the year?

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428: I’m More of a Rudolph, Personally

8 december 2021 | 30 min

Describing an experience with augmented reality, last-minute tech gifts, using tech with holiday decor, and how we prepare for tech support when gathering with family.

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427: Old Man Yells at Fail Whale

1 december 2021 | 26 min

The older tech that we can't justify replacing, what we'd change about Twitter in the wake of Jack Dorsey's exit, the health tech we'd like to see next, and which retro video games we'd remake.

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426: Little Bobby Tables

24 november 2021 | 27 min

How we charge our devices, the travel tech we're taking with us this year, our thoughts on Apple's plans for digital IDs, and an examination of Apple's newly announced Self Repair Program.

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425: Neither Ultra Nor Fine

17 november 2021 | 27 min

Our computer speaker setups, the latest apps we've installed, whether we're experiencing NFT FOMO, and the smart home gadgets we'd like to get this holiday season.

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424: Who Doesn't Love Sensible Scissors?

10 november 2021 | 30 min

Our thoughts on Twitter's new subscription service, the keyboards we're using, how we feel about smart locks, and some thoughts on Apple's new Communication Safety features for Messages.

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423: A Psychic Toll

3 november 2021 | 26 min

Microsoft and Facebook's new metaverse moves, Netflix's entry into the games market, Zoom's consideration of an ad-supported model, and how we deal with needing to use Windows on our Apple silicon Macs.

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422: Let’s Not Tie It to Facebook

27 oktober 2021 | 30 min

Whether we could see ourselves making use of a "Metaverse," our supply chain woes, the best features of macOS Monterey, and how we review devices as tech journalists.

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421: We're Pivoting to Tables

20 oktober 2021 | 27 min

What Apple's new MacBook Pros are lacking, much consternation over "the notch," how often we use noise-canceling headphones, and the excitement of pivot tables!

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What if Your Stove Had Dedicated Burners?

Allison on the new MacBook Pro.

Pivot Tables Come to Apple Numbers!

Allison explains pivot tables.

420: Get Back on That Train!

13 oktober 2021 | 29 min

How we share passwords, a subscription service we wish we could give up, our external storage setup, and the tech we once wrongly dismissed.

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419: Zup Zup Zup Zup

6 oktober 2021 | 30 min

Our paper document approach, our thoughts on Facebook and whether we think it will change its ways, the single-purpose robot we'd have in our homes, and the rate at which we replace and/or upgrade our smart watches and smart phones.

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418: A Lousy Dalek

29 september 2021 | 29 min

Is Amazon's new Astro robot cute or menacing? What are our biggest family tech support challenges? How do we revisit our photos? And what do we use for video chatting?

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417: Propping Up Late-Stage Capitalism

22 september 2021 | 30 min

What size iPad we prefer, our assessment of Apple Arcade two years in, the new iOS 15/iPadOS 15 features we love, and our most recent Apple purchases.

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416: The Waterfall Feature

15 september 2021 | 25 min

The last time we used the full capabilities of the iPhone's video camera, the Apple products we still want to see this year, whether we're tempted by the Apple Watch Series 7, and all the things we track with Apple's Find My network.

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Aleen Simms and Ish ShaBazz

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415: We Come Bearing Internet

8 september 2021 | 25 min

How we'd upgrade our tech setups if we had the space, the tech parts of our emergency preparedness plans, our thoughts on cashierless "just walk out" stores, and whether we would add digital IDs to our Apple Wallets.

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Heather Kelly and Bart Busschots

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414: Doctor Pin Dan

1 september 2021 | 30 min

China's new limit on video games for those under 18, the software features that are gone but not forgotten, Apple Watch exercise accuracy, and our writing on paper vs. typing preferences.

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413: Not My Parcel, Not My Roof

25 augusti 2021 | 30 min

Whether we see ourselves one day carrying foldable phones, our thoughts on drone and robot delivery, changing the rules of copyright, and designing our own computers.

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Rosemary Orchard, Shelly Brisbin, and Jason Snell

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412: Nope, Changed My Mind

18 augusti 2021 | 27 min

Can anonymity online be a good thing? The first smart home device someone should buy. Our technology collection habits. The "technology anachronisms" in our lives.

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411: A Bigger Budget for My Disappointments

11 augusti 2021 | 25 min

The tech we can't seem to let go of, what annoyances we'd fix with $50, our feelings on smart TVs, and how automated photo-surfacing apps work (or don't) for us.

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410: My Italian Shout

4 augusti 2021 | 26 min

The return of our pandemic tech setups, our thoughts on Citizen's premium Protect offering, whether we've replaced complicated tech with something less complicated, and how we do — or don't — stream audio throughout our homes.

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409: Well A-Cancelly-Doo

28 juli 2021 | 29 min

What services we've added (or subtracted) during the pandemic, our Twitter bits that deserve to be shows, what companies we would de-IPO, and the travel tech we find indispensable.

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Casey Liss and Simone De Rochefort

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408: TikTok Tech Talk

21 juli 2021 | 29 min

How we manage email spam, the tools we use that have changed how we complete tasks, tech decluttering, and how we fix privacy problems like Pegasus.

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Jay Miller and Rene Ritchie

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407: It's Gonna Work This Time

14 juli 2021 | 30 min

The input devices we use, how much of our work happens in the cloud, form vs. function in our tech purchases, and the details that Apple sweats (and the ones it doesn't).

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Anže Tomić and Lisa Schmeiser

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406: Ostensibly on Vacation

7 juli 2021 | 29 min

Pokémon Go, our biggest tech gear ROI, the tech we take on vacation, and whether we'd rather have a time machine or a transporter.

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Jason Howell and Kelly Guimont

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405: Phone Calls Are Gross

30 juni 2021 | 29 min

How we handle email, the potential of Shortcuts on the Mac, our latest tech delights, and whether we prefer our social media to be fed to us by the algorithm.

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404: ALL THE SCREENS, DAN!

23 juni 2021 | 26 min

Apps and tech we use to fall asleep, our tech pickiness, our single- or multi-monitor setups, and interface changes we've never gotten used to.

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403: I Am a Tiny Kitten Hanging on to a Tree

16 juni 2021 | 30 min

Apple's new podcast subscriptions, our favorite under-the-radar WWDC news, the last game we got into, and which big tech companies we'd break up.

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402: Sacrificed to the Monterey Gods

10 juni 2021 | 30 min

Our thoughts on Spatial Audio in Apple Music, if we're excited about Shortcuts on the Mac and our other WWDC favorites, if SharePlay will convince us to use FaceTime, and how we feel about Universal Control for iPad and Mac.

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401: You Over-Clevered It

2 juni 2021 | 29 min

Our hopes and dreams for Apple's WWDC, feelings on the iPad's Center Stage feature, ephemeral social media feelings, and who we're rooting for in the Apple Design Awards.

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400: You Win a Basket

26 maj 2021 | 29 min

New iPadOS features we think Apple will announce, the remote controls we use regularly, our digital — and physical — wallets, and recent acquisitions that have brought us joy.

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“Last Day on Earth” by beabadoobee | Apple Music

“Serotonin” by girl in red | Apple Music

“Eminence Front” by The Who | Apple Music

“Chapter 6 Many Mistakes (feat. Jaye Prime)” by Jax Anderson | Apple Music

399: Especially the British Wolf

19 maj 2021 | 28 min

Lossless and spatial audio on Apple Music, improved Pixel photography for people of color, Google's AI dermatology tool, and moving from voice to video calls.

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398: A Dongle Don't Do It

12 maj 2021 | 30 min

How we deal with spam calls and texts, whether we'll be subscribing to Apple TV+, the dongles we do and don't use, and our thoughts on tech recycling and ecology.

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397: Stewing in Bitterness

5 maj 2021 | 30 min

How we feel about sideloading apps on our iOS devices, thoughts on AirTags and privacy, the importance of email to our daily workflow, and what software changes the iPad desperately needs to match up with its pro hardware.

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396: Fiddlier & Fiddlier

28 april 2021 | 29 min

Encouraging others to update software, the fiddly nature of macOS, our keyboard preferences, and what we do when we're faced with poor internet connectivity.

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395: Please Do Not Ingest AirTags

21 april 2021 | 30 min

Apple's latest Apple TV update, our thoughts on the new iPad Pro, whether we customize our hardware, and where our first AirTags are going.

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394: AR Bologna

14 april 2021 | 30 min

What we'd track with Apple Find My, our Samsung Unpacked predictions, what we expect from Apple's April event, and a rant about Apple TV.

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393: The Sprinkles of Success

7 april 2021 | 30 min

Apple's latest Arcade updates, LG exits the smartphone market, rumors of an iMac with a bigger display, and our automation and Stream Deck experiences.

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392: Baaaaaa

31 mars 2021 | 28 min

Apple TV remote changes we'd like to see (and what should stay the same), our tech spring cleaning habits, whether in-person WWDC should return, and what other tech products should be ruggedized.

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391: Glue an iPad to a Speaker, Done!

24 mars 2021 | 30 min

Smart speakers with displays, how (and if) we use Apple's productivity software, whether we have temperature and humidity sensors in our homes, and does anyone even care about AirTags anymore?

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390: Ba Dah Dum, Ba Dah Dum, Ba Dah Dum

17 mars 2021 | 27 min

Gamification of tasks, vertical tabs, Apple's smart home ambitions, and sleep hacks.

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Amazon Expands Effort to ‘Gamify’ Warehouse Work | The Information

Microsoft Edge vertical tabs are a reason to ditch Chrome | Fast Company

How To Trick Your Brain Into Falling Asleep | YouTube

Yes, you still have to spring forward this weekend for daylight savings | OPB

389: Robots Don't Have Feelings

10 mars 2021 | 30 min

Google's pullback from targeted advertising, TikTok's new anti-bullying measures, how we read books, and what the heck is going on with NFTs.

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388: We Put the Fun in Fungible

3 mars 2021 | 29 min

Our favorite dongles, adapters, and docks. Our thoughts on day trading. How we deal with spam calls and texts. Gadgets and accessories that haven't gotten as much use during the pandemic.

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387: My Bell is Just Out of Reach

24 februari 2021 | 29 min

Apps that need some reinvention, our wake-up/bedtime smartphone habits, the appeal (or not) of hi-fi music, and what we've added to our emergency kits.

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Jean MacDonald and Lex Friedman

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386: So Many Dangerous Answers

17 februari 2021 | 28 min

Feature parity on social networks, awesome things born of a creative spark, venting our tech frustrations, and topics we avoid bringing up on social media.

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385: QuibHouse

10 februari 2021 | 30 min

Apple's App Store woes, whether we've picked up Apple Fitness+, our thoughts on Clubhouse, and the oldest tech we use.

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384: I’m Going To Be Petty About This

3 februari 2021 | 30 min

Our thoughts on tech obscurity, the quality-of-life improvements in iOS 14.5, the software feature we want to see come to our favorite platform(s), and Tim Cook's take on Big Social.

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383: Opacity of Technology

27 januari 2021 | 30 min

Twitter's new crowdsourced fact-checking feature, Apple's new companion audio for taking walks, our tech pet peeves, and the future of unions in Silicon Valley.

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382: Techno-Necromancy

20 januari 2021 | 29 min

Our top-two streaming media services, our thoughts on MagSafe returning to the Mac, gadgets we think still need work, and what we use instead of Instagram, Oculus, and WhatsApp.

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381: White Chocolate’s Not Real Chocolate

13 januari 2021 | 30 min

Yet another leak of Apple's tracking fobs, who should moderate online content, good password hygiene, and Spotify's podcast listeners.

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When Christmas is over in South Boston, it's over | Universal Hub

380: Time for That to Sunset

6 januari 2021 | 30 min

Killer apps for AR and VR, video chat etiquette tips, how we'll use tech differently in 2021, and the advertising and marketing decisions that we'd toss out the window.

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379: The Year My Reality Finally Goes Virtual

30 december 2020 | 27 min

Tech we're looking forward to in 2021, our schedules for buying M1 Macs, favorite gadgets of 2020, and holiday tech gifts.

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378: Eliminate Nostril Cam

23 december 2020 | 28 min

Politicians on Twitter, tech-related Advent calendars, Apple's car ambitions, and how we've routed around 2020 for the holiday season.

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377: How Many T's?

16 december 2020 | 30 min

Web services that connect web services, HBO Max's attempt to boost subscriptions, Apple Fitness+, and Facebook's shot across Apple's bow.

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376: The Doorway to my Ear Canal

9 december 2020 | 30 min

Our best apps and games of 2020, our ideal set of headphones, whether we'll be trying out Apple Fitness+ when it ships, and our home theater set-ups.

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375: Christmas Tree Spiders

2 december 2020 | 29 min

How Salesforce's purchase of Slack could affect Slack's future, how we're shopping and gifting this holiday season, inexpensive gadgets that impressed us, and our photo-posting habits on social media.

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374: Wow, What A Deal Wednesday!

25 november 2020 | 30 min

Smart home automations, creativity in the time of pandemic, our Black Friday habits, and the impact of the latest improvements to Shortcuts.

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373: Talking About Yarn

18 november 2020 | 30 min

Apple's reducing its App Store commission, new gaming consoles are here, the tech that brings us joy, and how we're coping with celebrations in the year that is 2020.

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372: Comparing Apples to Intels

11 november 2020 | 30 min

The tasks we still do analog instead of digital, the lack of touch interfaces on Apple's new Macs, is this the end of speeds and feeds, and whether we can live with just two ports on our computers.

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371: I Don't Need to Lidar a Squirrel

4 november 2020 | 30 min

What has us excited about Apple Silicon Macs, the iPhones we're currently using, our smartphone photography habits, and the tech we want but know we'll never use.

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370: We All Deserve a Break

28 oktober 2020 | 28 min

Our search engine habits and whether we'd change them, our thoughts and fears re: autonomous driving, rumors of reverse charging on iPhone 12, and how we feel about Facebook logins for Oculus.

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369: It's the Tip of the Iceberg, but the Iceberg is Also On Fire

21 oktober 2020 | 30 min

Google in the government's antitrust crosshairs, politicians streaming video games, our cloud storage habits, and what the heck is going on with 5G.

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368: Not Your Grandparents' MagSafe

14 oktober 2020 | 28 min

What Apple didn't announce this week, whether the smartphone is ready to be our only computer, the portless iPhone of the future, and how we decide which iPhone to buy.

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Anastasia Folorunso and Zac Hall

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367: Sitting Here Like a Sucker

7 oktober 2020 | 30 min

Apple event expectations, paying for cable even when we're not, early tech adoption, and the home gear we wish were smarter.

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366: There's a Microphone in My Mouth

30 september 2020 | 30 min

Amazon's Ring's Always Home Cam drone, how the pandemic has affected our social media habits, our thoughts on online services outages, and a technology retrospective.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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365: Skeuomorphism is Never Dead

23 september 2020 | 30 min

Homescreen customization, favorite iOS 14 features and bugs, the devices on which we work, and vintage tech we coveted.

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E-Brain

Mikah's coveted gadget.

364: The MacBook Pro Is Technically Foldable

16 september 2020 | 30 min

• Does the Apple Watch update justify the new number?
• What will Apple do with the iPad Pro now that the iPad Air has been upgraded?
• Does the Apple Watch SE hit the "sweet spot" and price and functionality?
• Was Apple right to remove the Apple Watch charging brick? Will it do the same for the iPhone 12?

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363: No Guinea Pig Applications

9 september 2020 | 30 min

Apple event hopes, finding joy, our NFC uses, and how virtual conferences have changed things for the better.

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NFC tags

As recommended by Matthew Cassinelli.

362: My Default Mode Is Skepticism

2 september 2020 | 28 min

What's your online fact-finding process? Is the pandemic causing our social skills to atrophy? What Apple rumors have you most — and least — excited? If you could use a high-performance virtual workstation offsite, would you? Shelly Brisbin and Joseph Rosensteel join us to answer these questions and more!

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361: Fires, Earthquakes, and Plague Zombies

26 augusti 2020 | 30 min

Our recent tech-related pandemic purchases, videoconferencing likes and wishes, coolest dream tech, and emergency preparedness packs.

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The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies

From the Wirecutter.

Everything You Need for a Power Outage, According to Experts

When the Big One hits, here’s some of the gear you’re going to need

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360: Your Laughter Is a Spoiler

19 augusti 2020 | 29 min

Are you a tech hypocrite? What's a social media feature you want on other social networks? Do you listen to the radio? What do you think of Dropbox's new features? Kathy Campbell, Dan Sturm, and Jason Snell join Mikah Sargent to answer these questions!

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359: Confused and Full of Starch

12 augusti 2020 | 30 min

Microsoft and Apple argue about cloud gaming, the iOS apps we want to run on our Macs, the future—or lack thereof—of foldable phones, and whether we'd trade our Face ID in for Touch ID.

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358: What's It Called? The Yellow One

5 augusti 2020 | 30 min

Can Instagram Reels take on TikTok? What are our favorite low-tech pastimes? What do we think of Disney's Mulan release? What promised future tech did we think we'd have by now? Aleen Simms and Jeremy Burge join us to answer these questions!

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357: Not Yet and Also Never

29 juli 2020 | 29 min

Streaming services' Watch Together features, how concerned we are about Big Tech personally, what we buy from online ads, and the riskiest tech in our homes, privacy wise.

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James Thomson and Heather Kelly

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356: A Solid “Sometimes”

23 juli 2020 | 25 min

Watching video podcasts, our favorite health-related apps, unnecessarily complicated tech processes, and cheap tech gear that ended up being fun to use.

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Sawyer Blatz and Allison Sheridan

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355: Let's Kill Quibi!

15 juli 2020 | 30 min

The era of peak streaming services, Apple's blindspots, our work device setups, and the iPhone tips that surprise and delight people.

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Kelly Guimont and John Voorhees

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354: I Needed to Flee Reality

8 juli 2020 | 26 min

How staying home has impacted our use of social media, the tech we've ordered since the start of the pandemic, the subscription service we'd recommend to others, and low-tech solutions to high tech problems.

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Jason Snell, Kathy Campbell, and Ant Pruitt

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353: Shortcut Concierge

1 juli 2020 | 29 min

Our strategy for adopting Apple software betas, the future of gaming on Apple silicon, when we'll buy an Apple silicon Mac, and what we'd like to automate for social good.

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Jason Snell, Brianna Wu, and Matthew Cassinelli

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352: Garbage: Folder. Problems: Kettle.

24 juni 2020 | 29 min

How iOS 14's App Library will change our app organization habits, our thoughts on Mac Catalyst in the age of ARM Macs, how we feel about the macOS redesign, and WWDC's new format.

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351: Sacrificing an Apple Pencil to the Fire

17 juni 2020 | 30 min

Pie-in-the-sky WWDC predictions, Apple's latest App Store kerfuffle, streaming video games online, and the future of AR in light of Bose's withdrawal from the market.

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350: A Hunk of Inert Matter

11 juni 2020 | 29 min

Whether we'd trade up for a new Mac, what we'd track using our iPhones, our excitements and concerns over the Mac ARM transition, and how we're handling tragedy and normaly on social media.

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Rosemary Orchard and Rene Ritchie

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349: That Was Chef's Kiss for Me

3 juni 2020 | 30 min

Our use of voice assistants on our phones, mass deleting content from social media, the tech we use to wake up, and companies responding to current events.

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ITT-Nokia CR 9010

Anže's ancient alarm clock.

Cambridge SoundWorks i525

Dan's alarm clock, with iPod dock connector.

348: Save Me From My Shame

28 maj 2020 | 26 min

Tech that helps us sleep, our thoughts on HBO Max, how we'd fix social media if we were in charge, and our plans (or lack thereof) to visit reopening Apple stores.

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347: The Low Tech Way is The Easiest Way

20 maj 2020 | 30 min

Apple may not be including headphones with the next iPhone, the restaurants and other places we want to visit when the quarantine is over, our latest online gaming experiences, and how we watch movies with friends over the Internet.

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346: Beyoncé in Space!

13 maj 2020 | 23 min

What's something you're itching to learn? What would be the topic(s) of your own virtual conference? What's your essential quarantine tech? Which star would you send to space?

Lory Gil and Zac Hall are here to answer these questions and more!

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Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X | Apple

Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X.

Ground Control to Major Tom: NASA shooting film in space with Tom Cruise | Space Explored

Tom Cruise is heading to the International Space Station. Mike Fleming Jr. reports for Deadline that NASA and SpaceX are in the early stages of developing a fiction movie starring Tom Cruise.

‎Due - Reminders & Timers | App Store

Due remembers all the things that you need so you don't have to.

345: Bluetooth Kiss

6 maj 2020 | 30 min

Pandemic tech changes we'd like, privacy concerns over contact tracing, the best (and worst) phishing attempts, and Twitter chastises language.

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344: Surrounded by Chocolate and Distractions

30 april 2020 | 28 min

What's the last video or piece of media that impacted you? What if everyone unmuted their mics in video meetings? What's your typical work setup these days? What tech is getting you through the week?

Megan Morrone and James Thomson are here to answer these questions and more!

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COVID-19 Swab Test | Twitter

Instagram video by Mona Chalabi | Instagram

TikTok Showing Jeff Bezos' Wealth By Using Grains Of Rice Goes Viral | BuzzFeed

Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” | Washington Post

You Clap for Me Now: video hails key workers with antiracist poem | The Guardian

343: Allow Me to Interpret Gibberish

22 april 2020 | 30 min

The tech our current world situation has made us appreciate (or realize we don't need), what age is too young for tech, voice assistant misfires, and our favorite virtual backgrounds on video chat.

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342: I, Too, Am Concerned About My Isolation Beard

15 april 2020 | 30 min

How do we organize our smartphone home screens? What are some ways companies are pivoting in the wake of COVID-19? How have our tech purchasing habits been impacted by COVID-19? Have the "shelter in place" orders affected our tech use? Kathy Campbell and Jeremy Burge join Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent to answer these questions!

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341: The Fiddliest of Fiddly Fiddlers

8 april 2020 | 30 min

Our remote tech troubleshooting tips, the most and least fiddly tech, how the open web benefited our learning, and whether Quibi is genius or madness.

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340: How Often Do I Have to Wash My Hair?

2 april 2020 | 28 min

Can Fitbit's new wearable take on the Apple Watch? How do you balance privacy, security, and reaching out to family during COVID-19? Can you use an iPad as your primary device? Should macOS support touch interaction? Answers to all these questions can be found within!

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Leo Laporte and Rene Ritchie

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339: Hide and Don't Go Seek

25 mars 2020 | 26 min

How we deal with old tech and data, what we do to entertain ourselves (and friends) via Zoom and Skype, our health tracking habits, and the weirdest COVID-19 related emails we've gotten from companies.

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338: Am I Allowed to Say Whisk(e)y?

19 mars 2020 | 29 min

How technology has helped us with social distancing, how we're coping with media anxiety, our tips for working — and living — from home, and COVID-19's effect on future infrastructure.

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337: Blue Bubble Betterment

11 mars 2020 | 29 min

The rumored iOS 14 features we're most anticipating, what we'd like to see on the next Apple Watch, our digital (and analogue) journaling habits, and how we handle calendaring, notes, and to-dos.

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336: The Best Kind of Answer: Yes & No

5 mars 2020 | 30 min

Whether we've used app-connected scooters and bikes, how podcasts have changed our music-listening habits, how the coronavirus is impacting tech events, tradeshows, and this year's phone updates.

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Philip Michaels and Daniel Bader

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335: Some Sort of Dongleage

26 februari 2020 | 30 min

The debate over standardizing smartphone charging ports, how we feel about HomeKit Secure Video, whether we want an autonomous car, and what kind of Instagram users we are.

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334: I Like That We Live in the Future

20 februari 2020 | 29 min

Apps and services we use to communicate, complaints about Google's mobile productivity suite, our antivirus practices, and mobile games we've kept around for awhile.

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333: Throwing the Spaghetti at the Consumer

12 februari 2020 | 30 min

Samsung's latest flip phone, security tips for elections and ordinary people, high refresh rate phones, and the challenge online learning brings to traditional universities.

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Shahid Kamal Ahmad and Brianna Wu

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332: One Hip Lies

5 februari 2020 | 30 min

The best and worst of Apple in the year gone by, Google's divisive Super Bowl ad, how we'd fix Apple News+, and what the iPad is still missing.

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331: Ambulatory Meat Sack

29 januari 2020 | 28 min

Our app preferences on macOS and iOS, if we're TikTok'in', our sleep-tracking habits (or lack thereof), and the last tech tip we shared that blew someone's mind.

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Home Screen Icon Creator: A Shortcut to Create Custom Icons for Apps, Contacts, Solid Colors, and More | MacStories

330: I Call That the Airplane Squirrel

23 januari 2020 | 28 min

Digital wellbeing apps and features, movies and TV shows we thought would accurately predict the future, our encryption habits, and our "analog" hobbies. Plus, our first jobs!

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329: Forgetting as a Service

15 januari 2020 | 30 min

Our best security practices, the services we'd still like to see from tech companies, thoughts on Twitter's experimental reply system, and the last apps we fell in love with.

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328: Kicking off 2020 for the Second Time

8 januari 2020 | 26 min

The coolest or weirdest things we've seen from CES, podcasts we want made into books, whether we're still downloading new mobile apps, and our experiences with guided meditation and Apple's Breathe app.

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Apple’s Breathe app on the Apple Watch has been confusing people for years | 9to5Mac

Buddhify | App Store

327: Chiming in the New Year

2 januari 2020 | 30 min

The tech we:

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felt made the most difference in our life in 2019
gifted this holiday season
did or did not use in 2000 that we do or do not use today

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Cooperative shouting game

326: Why We Find Solace In Love

23 december 2019 | 30 min

Our tech stocking stuffers, why the Mac's community exists, Apple's satellite interests, and a port-less—but modular?—iPhone.

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Gear Ties by Nite Ize

Allison's first stocking stuffer.

TagLits by Nite Ize

Allison's second stocking stuffer.

FiiO μBTR uBTR HiFi Bluetooth Wireless Receiver

Dan's first stocking stuffer.

Gerber Shard Keychain Tool

Dan's second stocking stuffer.

Anker Powerport Speed+

Alex's stocking stuffer.

LightDims

Jason's first stocking stuffer.

Ambient Weather Wireless Thermometer

Jason's second stocking stuffer.

Christmas Hand Bell Songs

Allison's secret Santa present.

Fidget Cube

Jason's secret Santa gift.

Codenames

Dan's secret Santa gift.

Animal Cable Charger Protector

Alex's secret Santa gift.

325: Roomba vs. Baby

18 december 2019 | 27 min

Sprucing up the holidays with gadgets, our tech New Year's resolutions, one new smart home standard to rule them all, and our excitement (or lack thereof) for new generations of game consoles.

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324: Vehicles of Contamination

11 december 2019 | 29 min

Cleaning our tech, staying in touch while traveling, the next step for the consumer Mac lineup, and our thoughts on Apple rumors and how they're covered.

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UV Light Phone Sanitizers | PhoneSoap

WHOOSH! Products | Amazon

323: Everything in My Computing Life is Chaos

4 december 2019 | 30 min

Best tech gifts given and received, the future of the HomePod, how we deal with all our photos, and unplugging while on vacation.

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322: I'm More Surprised That I Was Surprised

27 november 2019 | 29 min

We aren't surprised the California DMV is selling personal data, we share our thoughts on video-recording-and-sharing-service Loom, Dan buys (at a discount) all our Thanksgiving & Black Friday deals tips, and we discuss "sharenting."

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321: Stick an Apple on It

20 november 2019 | 30 min

How we store our data and notes, the impact of Apple's new Austin campus, our exposure to TikTok, and thoughts on Google Stadia's launch.

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My Roommate's Tik Tok Fame Made My Life Hell

The dark side of Tik Tok!

Search for Lost Species

320: Why Not Both?

14 november 2019 | 30 min

Tech innovations we've come to appreciate, our thoughts on 5G, how Apple decided to improve its MacBook keyboard, and our latest internet rabbit holes.

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319: I Find Comfort in Managing Assets

6 november 2019 | 30 min

Nerdy technical tasks, our upgrade decisions in a post-Catalina world, thoughts on Photoshop for iPad, and how we deal with new software features.

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318: AirPods Sucking as a Service (ASaaS)

30 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Our task management workflows, the moment we knew — as kids — that we were incredibly interested in technology, our thoughts on AirPods Pro, and how we assist relatives with their technology needs.

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317: Fancy Super Duper Techno Chippy Things

23 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Applications for Apple's rumored AR glasses, our feelings on technology companies in bed with autocratic governments, wired vs. wireless headphones, and Instagram's banning of cosmetic surgery filters.

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Apple's rumored AR glasses

How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State

Brookstone Wired Cat Ear Headphones

316: Vaguely Hippie Leanings

17 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Taking a look at the way tech affects privacy and ethics, whether we think this is Siri's year to shine, our thoughts on the Pixel 4 gesture system, and the first thing we'd do if we ran Facebook.

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315: Pop Quiz, Hot Shot!

9 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Jumping to macOS Catalina (or not), the software and hardware we'd most and least like to lose, Windows on good hardware vs. macOS on crappy hardware, and legal requirements for accessibility on the web.

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314: Get a Real Computer, Jerk

2 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Amazon's cavalcade of new Alexa devices, ultrawide vs. telephoto lenses on smartphones, what one device we'd take to college, and our travel tips.

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313: These Deals are Just Too Fresh

25 september 2019 | 30 min

Our cloud storage solutions, why Apple News+ is pricier than TV+ and Arcade, what social networks we're using these days, and our strategies for unplugging from the endless barrage of information.

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312: Nerdy, Technolust Folks

18 september 2019 | 29 min

Our favorite smartphone photos, our thoughts on selfies, what we still want from the Apple Watch, and whether we think Night Mode on the new iPhones is a gimmick or a great new feature.

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Dan Moren's Photo | Dropbox

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Mikah Sargent's Photo | Unsplash

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311: A Ten Buck Case on a Thousand Dollar Phone

11 september 2019 | 30 min

Diminishing returns in smartphone updates, our feelings on Apple Arcade, whether iPhone colors are important to us, and the features that we are (and aren't) looking forward to in macOS Catalina.

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Take Control of Catalina

Learn what’s new, from Finder enhancements to updated Apple apps like Find My, Music, Notes, Podcasts, Reminders, Safari, and TV. You’ll also get helpful tips for using Catalina, including how best to customize it to your needs.

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310: I Don’t Know Why This Is Dungeon Themed

4 september 2019 | 29 min

New hardware we want Apple to announce at its upcoming event, the product or company we think should take advantage of TikTok marketing, iOS & macOS features we could do without, and sleep tracking with wearables.

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309: An Unnecessary Drive Someplace

28 augusti 2019 | 30 min

Tech products we want that no one makes, the best phone for "civilians," apps that we've recently downloaded, and which companies we think Apple should buy.

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Lyd

Sonos control from your Apple Watch.

Merlin Bird ID

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308: Lipstick on a Piggy Bank

21 augusti 2019 | 30 min

Our methods for getting things done, a follow-up on Qi charging, whether we think the Apple Card is truly different, and our subscription service reckoning.

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307: I'm Seeing a Bunch of Bananas

15 augusti 2019 | 29 min

Our credit card strategies, the books we want to be made into television series, using online delivery services, and our commitment to clipboard managers.

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Wool: Hugh Howey | Amazon

The Naturalist Series: Andrew Mayne | Amazon

The Murderbot Diaries: Martha Wells | Amazon

The Clockwork Century: Cherie Priest | Amazon

Evil Dukes Are the Worst | The Incomparable

The Iron Druid Chronicles: Kevin Hearne | Amazon

Clipboard Managers and Keyboard Maestro | Podfeet

306: A Drone-Clouded Sky

7 augusti 2019 | 29 min

The future of delivery, our thoughts on crowdsourced online grave memorials, our tech placebos, and the problems we want the next round of smartphones to solve.

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How Ancestry.com’s Find A Grave Encourages Bad Actors and Bad Data | Medium

305: The Awakeness of the Rose

31 juli 2019 | 30 min

Simple tech tips, our thoughts on Apple's latest earnings report, what pro products we'd pay premiums to own, and how we feel about humans "grading" Siri requests.

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304: Grime Crime

24 juli 2019 | 29 min

Fines and antitrust investigations of Big Tech: do they work? Plus, how often we clean our devices, the last time we shot video on our iPhone, and whether we listen to music while we work.

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303: Early Morning Grotesquerie

17 juli 2019 | 30 min

Best photo-sharing site for group events, managing multiple smartphone lenses, Apple's rumored foray into the podcasting business, and modern-day moonshots that inspire us.

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302: Unsettling, Weird, and Kind of Gross

10 juli 2019 | 30 min

FaceTime Attention Correction and the future of augmented reality, how we imagined future tech as kids and what's available now, our thoughts on the Nintendo Switch Lite, and a look back at the first Apple products we owned.

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301: My Vulcan Mind

3 juli 2019 | 30 min

Jony Ive's departure from Apple, whether we really unplug on vacation, the persistence (or lack thereof) of gamification, and outdoor tech that has our attention.

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Meater

Lory's smart thermometer.

The Wirecutter's on Knife Sharpeners

Mikah's knife sharpener.

The Cambridge Soundworks Model Twelve

The outdoor speaker system that Casey covets.

300: My Journey Is Full of Magic

26 juni 2019 | 29 min

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, our public tech embarrassments, whether we've delved into Apple's public (and developer) betas, and our tips and tricks for the multi-Mac lifestyle.

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299: We're All a Mess Together

19 juni 2019 | 30 min

Our file storage strategies, Facebook's new cryptocurrency, AR try-on features, and the biggest and most useful announcements from iOS 13.

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YouTube's AR try-on feature

298: The Bloodcurdling Scream of an Alarm

12 juni 2019 | 30 min

Monitoring our hearing health, how we use technology in our morning routines, using CarPlay or Android Auto in the car, and our thoughts on Apple's App Store policies and practices.

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297: Lost in the Debacle

5 juni 2019 | 28 min

Favorite iOS 13 features, the birth of iPadOS, Project Catalyst apps, and pro hardware.

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296: Google Wave Was the Best Thing Ever

29 maj 2019 | 30 min

Apps we want to see in Dark Mode, our thoughts on the new iPod touch, whether Apple's App Store is anti-competitive, and discussions on tech cynicism.

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295: Pixie Dust

22 maj 2019 | 30 min

Apple's latest MacBook keyboard revamp, tech impacts of the US-China trade war, a new plan to block tracking cookies, and whether we've considered an electric vehicle.

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294: More Twists Than a Bag of Pretzels

15 maj 2019 | 30 min

Alexa Guard, our swag collection habits, thoughts on cities banning authorities from using facial recognition tech, and where we'll stand when mega-corporations rule the future.

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293: An Electric Scooter Is the New Horse

8 maj 2019 | 30 min

What caught our eyes at Google I/O, our thoughts on electric scooters and urban transport, the last time technology brought a smile to our faces, and our digital decluttering habits.

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292: The Drums are the Worst Part

1 maj 2019 | 30 min

How we distract ourselves with tech while traveling, our thoughts on the new Luminary podcast service, the places we find ourselves missing Apple Pay, and what we'd do with our one WWDC wish if it were granted.

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291: My Fingers are My Meese

24 april 2019 | 30 min

Pointing devices on iPads, our favorite bad tech disasters, drone deliveries, and how to sell your old tech.

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290: Huge Honkin' Phones

17 april 2019 | 30 min

Some ways we've seen tech used to benefit society, our thoughts on foldable phones and other form factors, improvements we hope to see in iOS 13, and what we think about the rumored macOS Sidecar.

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289: Down to the Level of Atoms

10 april 2019 | 30 min

Are we downloading new apps less frequently, what features we'd like revisited in an iTunes break-up, smart health gadgets that intrigue us, and our impressions of Apple News+.

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Parallel 15

Including Shelly's take on Apple News+.

App Store analytics show we’re losing our appetite for new apps

288: Facebook Is Gonna Facebook

3 april 2019 | 30 min

Mundane tasks we think voice assistants could improve, living the multi-pad lifestyle, tech movie tropes that annoy us, and our thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg's op-ed.

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287: The Opposite of What They're Doing

27 mars 2019 | 30 min

Subscription gaming services, what would make Apple's TV+ offering more compelling, third-party keyboards, and whether or not we will be getting the Apple Card.

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286: I Used to Be Boring

20 mars 2019 | 28 min

What we think of the new iPad mini, how we physically customize our devices, other products we think Apple could announce this week, and our thoughts on Apple employees appearing on podcasts.

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285: Hey, It's Capitalism!

13 mars 2019 | 30 min

With Apple's new services waiting in the wings, are we feeling subscription fatigue? Plus, fragmentation in the smart home market, Spotify says Apple is being anticompetitive, and have we lost our sense of wonder when it comes to technology?

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284: Fairy Facts and Unicorn Facts

6 mars 2019 | 30 min

Devices we've repaired ourselves, the features we'd choose for a thicker, heavier phone, our thoughts on WebAuthn and the future of passwords, and our privacy concerns for video doorbell cameras.

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283: How This "Unfolds"

27 februari 2019 | 30 min

Repairing our hardware, how many cameras is too many on a smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold vs. the Huawei Mate X, and what we use Siri for.

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282: Party Popper Dealy-Bob

20 februari 2019 | 29 min

How we'd improve emoji search, times we took longer finding tools for tasks than completing the tasks themselves, vintage tech and game nostalgia, and the default app we'd redesign in iOS 13.

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281: Developers Need to Feed Their Pet Chickens

13 februari 2019 | 30 min

Apple may want 50 percent of publishers' revenue, where is the money from the App Store going, Amazon's acquisition of eero, and the transformative tech that pales next to where we are today.

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280: I Swear I’m Not a Vinyl Hipster

6 februari 2019 | 29 min

Which iOS apps and games we've kept on our devices, what features would make us use Siri and Shortcuts more, the first thing we'd change if we were in charge of Apple retail, and our predictions on the death of physical media.

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279: What Sorcery Is This?

30 januari 2019 | 30 min

Our usage of group FaceTime before and after Apple's bug, which tech company we'd choose to run the country, what it will take for data privacy to be taken seriously, and how we deal with information overload in this day and age.

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Adam Engst and Kelly Guimont

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Monkey Run Trails in Ithaca, NY

Adam's favorite place.

Park Central Square in Springfield, MO

Mikah's favorite place.

Quarterworld in Portland, OR

Kelly's favorite place.

Prospect Park in Somerville, MA

Dan's favorite place.

278: Marie Kondo'ing Your Notifications

23 januari 2019 | 29 min

How we consume text-based content online, the smartphone and desktop notifications we can't live without, whether foldable phones are a gimmick, and the tech we'd use to improve sporting events.

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Guest Starring:

Megan Morrone and Ant Pruitt

Links and Show Notes

277: Say Hello to Your Little Friend

16 januari 2019 | 25 min

Apple products we'd like to see revived, our favorite underdog technology, future tech we're still waiting for, and our thoughts on AirPower and Apple's new battery cases.

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Guest Starring:

Shelly Brisbin and Ish ShaBazz

Links and Show Notes

276: That's Not a Place You Want Cameras

9 januari 2019 | 29 min

Items and rooms in our home we wish were "smart," the platform(s) we think could replace YouTube, potential services Apple could offer, and our thoughts on AirPlay 2 and iTunes coming to third-party TVs.

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Guest Starring:

Quinn Rose and Aleen Simms

Links and Show Notes

275: So Many Guinea Pigs on Facebook

2 januari 2019 | 30 min

Most anticipated tech of 2019, our social media plans, New Year's resolutions, and the future of the iPad mini.

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Guest Starring:

John Voorhees and Jean MacDonald

Links and Show Notes

274: I Don’t Have a Dog! I Don’t Wear Glasses!

28 december 2018 | 29 min

Our favorite tech gifts we gave this year, Snapchat's new AR lenses for dogs, the most significant tech stories of 2018, and three ways tech made our holidays better.

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Guest Starring:

Dan Sturm and Lisa Schmeiser

Links and Show Notes

Hero Forge Custom Miniatures | HeroForge.com

273: I'm in Troubletown

19 december 2018 | 30 min

Facebook's latest privacy woes, other smartphone features we'd love to see in iOS, how our offices are decorated, and what services we use for wish lists.

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Guest Starring:

Heidi Helen Pilypas and Jeremy Burge

Links and Show Notes

272: I’m Aware I’m Beyond Help

12 december 2018 | 30 min

Predicting our self-driving car future, what folks we'd hire to complete our technical work, the headphones we use regularly, and the future of the smart home.

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Guest Starring:

Joe Dugandzic and Kathy Campbell

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Uber manager raised concerns about self-driving program just days before fatal collision | The Verge

How to Train Your Unicorn | The Unicorn Sidekick

271: I'll Be Backed Up

5 december 2018 | 30 min

Apple Music coming to Echo devices, the celebrity spokesperson we'd like to do a tech PSA, what tech knowledge we'd like to grant people, and whether we change our iPhone cases or Apple Watch bands.

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Guest Starring:

Rose Orchard and James Thomson

Links and Show Notes

270: The Clockwise Lounge

30 november 2018 | 30 min

Our favorite tech tips, our holiday gift suggestions, the ways we've used technology to help us cook, and our streaming media plans for the new year.

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Guest Starring:

Aleen Simms, Joe Steel, and Brian Hamilton

Links and Show Notes

How to add image descriptions to your Twitter photos | Twitter

Creating a More Accessible Instagram | Instagram

Heroclip | myheroclip.com

269: Mwah, Chef's Kiss!

28 november 2018 | 29 min

Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, an update on using Apple Pay, the responsibilities of tech gift-giving, and our end-of-the-year dream product.

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Guest Starring:

Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Brian Hamilton

Links and Show Notes

Blizzard of Al | Facebook

Blizzard of Al | Instagram

Most Important Meal

Vector, Rene Ritchie | YouTube

Somehow I Manage | The Incomparable

268: Wi-Pie

21 november 2018 | 30 min

iOS's discoverability problem, when we buy gear for ourselves, holiday tech support tasks, and using an iPad as an external display for a Mac.

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Guest Starring:

Jeff Carlson and Allison Sheridan

Links and Show Notes

Octogenarian Talks 1Password

Luna Display

267: A Belligerent Platypus on Steroids

14 november 2018 | 29 min

The future of voice tech, our goals as content creators, tech repairability, and “microchipping” humans.

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Guest Starring:

Ant Pruitt and Georgia Dow

Links and Show Notes

Voice tech like Alexa and Siri hasn’t found its true calling yet: Inside the voice assistant ‘revolution’ | Recode

Lilly Singh is taking an indefinite break from youtube | wetheunicorns

"I'm a person, not a number" - why microchipping staff is a sinister step too far | TUC

266: I’m in Dongle Heck

7 november 2018 | 28 min

Tech products we'd like to see resurrected, how we deal with dongle madness, the ways technology helped or hindered our voting experience, and tech decisions we've reversed ourselves on.

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Guest Starring:

Casey Liss and Heather Kelly

Links and Show Notes

Casey's Go Pack

265: The Least-Egregious Sin

30 oktober 2018 | 30 min

“Real” Photoshop on the iPad Pro, “Today at Apple” sessions, the new MacBook Air's place in Apple's lineup, and pondering the usefulness of iPad Pro for audio professionals.

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Guest Starring:

Tiffany Arment and Alex Cox

Links and Show Notes

264: In the Parlance of Today

24 oktober 2018 | 30 min

Nitpicks in tech products we love, tech gifts on the cheap, gadget regrets, and how companies and publications should address mistakes.

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Guest Starring:

Christina Warren and Dan Frakes

Links and Show Notes

Reversible MicroUSB cables

263: Down With the System, Man!

17 oktober 2018 | 30 min

Third-party voice assistants on smartphones, to-do lists and how we stay organized, our first programming experiences, and impressions of the new Palm phone for your phone.

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Guest Starring:

Jason Snell, Megan Morrone, and Lex Friedman

Links and Show Notes

262: What If It's a Tiger?

10 oktober 2018 | 30 min

USB-C adoption, Google's new hardware, whether we use walkie-talkie features, and small technologies that have changed our lives.

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Guest Starring:

Anže Tomić and Kathy Campbell

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261: One of Those Vinyl People

3 oktober 2018 | 30 min

What physical media we own, how an ideal smart assistant would behave, where we hosted our first websites, and a chat about the Chromebook.

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Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and Matthew Cassinelli

Links and Show Notes

260: I Don't Even Have a Suction Cup

26 september 2018 | 30 min

Which productivity suites we use, our favorite features in macOS Mojave, what smart tech (if any) we use in our cars, and Mojave's iOS transplant apps.

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Guest Starring:

Scholle McFarland and Paul Kafasis

Links and Show Notes

Take Control of Mojave

Scholle's book covering everything about the latest macOS update.

259: Like Android, But Prettier

19 september 2018 | 30 min

iOS 12's most exciting features, our experiences with Workflow and Shortcuts, what HomePod features are still missing, and which iOS 12 and iPhone features we'll be explaining to our non-techy friends.

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Guest Starring:

Federico Viticci and Jean MacDonald

Links and Show Notes

Yashica's digiFilm camera

258: I'm Petty and I Want My Colors

13 september 2018 | 30 min

Dual SIM technology on the iPhone, punishments for corporations' privacy violations, colors on the iPhone XR, and the death of Apple's small phones.

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Guest Starring:

Lisa Schmeiser and Jeremy Burge

257: Prison Spotlight

5 september 2018 | 30 min

Skype adds call recording, HomeKit's missing features, what we're looking for in a new smartwatch, and what one more thing might appear at next week's Apple event.

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Guest Starring:

Rose Orchard and Caitlin McGarry

256: A High Stakes Podcast

29 augusti 2018 | 29 min

How often we use the command line, in what ways we've become more mindful about our tech usage, Apple's addition of AirPlay 2 to the AirPort Express, and what tech constraints have taught us about ourselves.

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Guest Starring:

Kelly Guimont and Brian Hamilton

255: Reverse Sherlocked

22 augusti 2018 | 30 min

Our Do Not Disturb habits, the death of Back to My Mac, the rise of Mastodon, and what exactly a "pro" Mac mini might entail.

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Guest Starring:

Shelly Brisbin and John Voorhees

254: Gigs and Teras of Flop Data

15 augusti 2018 | 30 min

How often we shut down and restart our computers, what to do with a problem like Twitter, the fate of all those EarPods we get from Apple, and camera improvements we'd like to see in this year's iPhone.

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Guest Starring:

Aleen Simms and Rene Ritchie

253: Creepy Beating Heart

7 augusti 2018 | 30 min

Most of us use Low Power mode on iOS occasionally, but one of us doesn't. Plus, how much we would pay for a calendar app, Microsoft walking back its decision to drop old Skype, and indie games we have played.

Guest Starring:

Lory Gil and Justin Michael

Links and Show Notes

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252: I'm Not Alone in My Monsterdom

1 augusti 2018 | 30 min

How we organize (or don't organize) our files, whether it's time to jump into the 3D printer market, the tech accessories that impress us, and which batteries we carry around.

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Guest Starring:

John Moltz and Allison Sheridan

Links and Show Notes

Keep It

Collect-everything software.

Best 3D Printer

The Wirecutter's 3D printer buying guide.

Elevation Labs Anchor

Mophie Charge Stream Travel Kit

USB-C Hub

Mophie Powerstation Plus XL

Wireless Desktop Qi Charger

AC Outlet Portable Charger

Allison's attempt to charge a laptop with a portable battery charger

251: That's Literally the Thing That I Want

25 juli 2018 | 30 min

How many of iMessage's bells and whistles we use, Memoji's balancing between incredible or silly, what colors we'd like to see iPhones in, and non-earbud competitors to AirPods.

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Guest Starring:

Casey Liss and Christa Mrgan

Links and Show Notes

Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise

Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series

Casey's book pick

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Dan's solo book pick

The Dark is Rising

Dan's (series) book pick

The Martian Chronicles

Christa's book pick

Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series

Mikah's book pick

250: Bring Us The Dogmoji

18 juli 2018 | 30 min

Our unplugging strategies, what to do when you run out of space for physical media, whether we'd let UPS delivery people into our homes, and our favorite and most wished-for emoji.

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Guest Starring:

James Thomson and Kathy Campbell

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249: Six Years from Today

11 juli 2018 | 30 min

Surprisingly smart (or dumb) home gadgets, how we discover apps, what we use to print out photos and photo books, and how much of our work we do on the iPad.

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Guest Starring:

Scholle McFarland and Jeff Carlson

Links and Show Notes

The iPad at work

Dan's "working on the iPad" article from 2012.

248: Six Filters Was All We Needed in My Day

3 juli 2018 | 30 min

Apple's Maps overhaul, Instagram's "you're caught up!" feature, e-commerce via social media, and Apple Pay for public transit.

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Guest Starring:

Rose Orchard and Anže Tomić

247: It's What the Kids Want

27 juni 2018 | 30 min

Instagram's new IGTV, our biggest tech blunders, the Fortnite and free-to-play craze, and smart home gadgets being used in domestic abuse cases.

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Guest Starring:

Georgia Dow and Dan Frakes

Links and Show Notes

24 Hours of Happy

246: Things That Control Other Things

20 juni 2018 | 30 min

How Apple will sell its TV service, our favorite announcements from E3, using smart speakers to control smart home devices, and whether AMC's MoviePass competitor appeals.

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Guest Starring:

Tiffany Arment and Joe Steel

245: Guinea Pig Hate Mail

13 juni 2018 | 30 min

The WWDC announcements that delighted us, whether Memoji will stand the test of time, the Apple news that didn't happen, and the appeal of attending a conference like WWDC.

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Brilliant: Math and Science done right.

Guest Starring:

Jeremy Burge and Jean MacDonald

244: The Smooshing of Everything

5 juni 2018 | 30 min

Live from WWDC at San Jose, California: Apple's AR ambitions, tracking your Screen Time on iOS, mobile apps on the Mac, and Siri's new Shortcuts.

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Guest Starring:

Myke Hurley, Jason Snell, and Alex Cox

243: Under the Steps of a Drunken Giant

30 maj 2018 | 30 min

How we edit our photos for sharing, Snapchat's platform play, the macOS features we'd like to see at WWDC, and whether or not we still use that crazy little thing called email.

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Guest Starring:

Christina Warren and Rene Ritchie

242: A Sock For Everything

23 maj 2018 | 30 min

How we consume music these days, why people are grumpy about Apple, Apple's privacy download tool, and what we'd like to see across platforms at WWDC.

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Guest Starring:

Michael Cowling and Kelly Guimont

241: I'm a Mostly Terrible Person

16 maj 2018 | 26 min

DirecTV's new cloud DVR feature, iPhone SE 2 features we'd like to see, Microsoft's iPad competitor, and how we'd like Apple to improve notifications in iOS 12.

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Guest Starring:

Shelly Brisbin and John Voorhees

240: Just the Downfall of Humanity

9 maj 2018 | 30 min

Google's nifty/creepy AI phone calls, the iMac turns 20, Apple's security feature that disables USB on the iPhone, and the state of developer's percentage on app sales.

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Guest Starring:

Stephen Hackett and Aleen Simms

239: Clippy Wearing a Stethoscope

2 maj 2018 | 30 min

Add-on lens solutions for smartphones, Facebook using AI to detect hate speech, how tech can improve our medical lives, and the tricky ethics of video doorbells.

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Guest Starring:

Jeffrey Marsh and Florence Ion

238: A Much Larger and Possibly Stupider World

25 april 2018 | 28 min

Our obsessive tech hobbies and pastimes, the attraction of clicky keyboards, what SmugMug's Flickr acquisition means, and whether a faux analogue digital camera appeals to us.

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Guest Starring:

Tory Foulk and John Moltz

Links and Show Notes

237: We Call Those Features

18 april 2018 | 30 min

Our worries over Twitter's third-party API restrictions, favorite Mac menu bar apps, Apple's subscription news service, and how Facebook's new privacy controls change our feelings, if at all.

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Guest Starring:

Caitlin McGarry and Allison Sheridan

Links and Show Notes

Rocket
Gestimer
Wallpaper Wizard
Parallels Toolbox
Upcoming Hue menubar app

236: Audible Cringe

11 april 2018 | 30 min

Our email setups, whether we think there are viable Facebook alternatives, our feelings on Uber expanding into other forms of transportation, and will there ever be a social media platform we can trust completely?

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Guest Starring:

Jeff Carlson and Cella Lao Rousseau

235: Scientific Cannibalism

4 april 2018 | 30 min

Cashierless stores of the future, what we'd like to see added to HomeKit, our current ebook purchasing strategies, and the question of lab-grown meat.

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Guest Starring:

Federico Viticci and Paul Kafasis

234: All The Great Blasphemous Shows

28 mars 2018 | 30 min

Our Facebook and Google privacy concerns, interest (or lack thereof) in the Oculus Go and VR, thoughts on the Logitech Crayon stylus announced yesterday, and whether Apple's streaming service is too late to the party.

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Guest Starring:

Lory Gil and James Thomson

233: Betray Me as a Consumerist Fool

21 mars 2018 | 30 min

The latest Facebook privacy hoopla, Amnesty International says Twitter violates women's rights, Apple's upcoming education event, and questions about the future of self-driving car technology.

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Guest Starring:

Shahid Kamal Ahmad and Heather Kelly

232: I Already Don't Think Money is Real

14 mars 2018 | 29 min

Cryptocurrencies, tech devices we don't want to upgrade, our favorite smart gadgets, and the contentious issue of whether we use our phones in the shower.

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Guest Starring:

Russell Holly and Kathy Campbell

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231: Digital Okies

7 mars 2018 | 30 min

Our smart and dumb home thermostats, the fractured state of net neutrality laws, the potential resurrection of the MacBook Air, and AI technology in military hands.

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Guest Starring:

Lisa Schmeiser and Justin Michael

230: An Adult With a Credit Card

28 februari 2018 | 30 min

Apple's foray into healthcare, the one thing we think Siri needs to improve, where we stream most of our content, and our feelings on the latest social network, Vero.

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Guest Starring:

Megan Morrone and Joe Steel

229: Nine Different News Apps

21 februari 2018 | 30 min

Our book-reading (or listening) habits, how we use tech to get our news, Twitter's abandonment of the Mac desktop, and our feelings on fingerprint readers vs. facial recognition.

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Guest Starring:

Christa Mrgan and Anže Tomić

228: Wrong Robot Name

14 februari 2018 | 30 min

Our essential travel tech, most romantic uses of technology, biggest technology disappointments, and thoughts about the HomePod.

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Guest Starring:

Casey playing Mario Kart at work
Mario Kart WWDC meetup

227: The Oprah of Apps

7 februari 2018 | 29 min

How we listen to audio, what problems we want technology to solve, whether we buy apps as gifts for other people, and if we plan on getting the HomePod.

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Guest Starring:

Serenity Caldwell, Georgia Dow, and Brian Hamilton

Links and Show Notes

Query

Anxiety Videos

226: Where Are My Little Ears?!

31 januari 2018 | 30 min

Where we'd like to see Apple focus its software quality attentions, our feelings about the iPhone X and its sales, home theater lighting, and our favorite tech of last year.

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Guest Starring:

Scholle McFarland and Dan Frakes

Links and Show Notes

How to prepare your TV room for Philips Hue Entertainment

Mikah's article about setting up your TV room for the Philips Hue Entertainment tech.

Which Philips Hue Lights Work Best with New 'Entertainment' Feature?

And Mikah's other article about the best smart lights to use with that feature.

225: Every Feeling Has Been Felt Already

24 januari 2018 | 29 min

Whether drones are here to stay, how we're doing with our New Year's tech resolutions, the affect of missing features on the HomePod, and our paper vs. digital note-taking thoughts.

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Guest Starring:

David Sparks and Jean MacDonald

Links and Show Notes

Traveler's Notebook

David Sparks's traveler's notebook.

224: Hypothetical Hoarding

17 januari 2018 | 30 min

How to deal with hoarding old tech, our biggest tech disappointments, the VR and AR experiences that have us excited, and the state of dictation and voice assistant software.

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223: Self-Driving Toilet

10 januari 2018 | 30 min

Smart toilets: brilliant or ridiculous? Plus, the state of Twitter, what to watch for at CES 2018, and whether cryptocurrencies are here to stay.

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222: Big Banana Fingers

3 januari 2018 | 30 min

Changes we'd like to see Apple make in 2018, our best personal tech stories from the holidays, our most delightful apps and games of 2017, and how best to run Windows on your Mac.

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Due

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Mobile port of Nintendo's game with cute animals.

Ditty

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221: I'm Calling HR

27 december 2017 | 29 min

Our favorite (or most challenging) tech support jobs of the holidays or year, the tech items we wish we'd gotten as gifts, the biggest tech blunders of 2017, and our wishlists for tech for 2018.

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220: What Is Wrong With Everyone?

20 december 2017 | 30 min

Apple's possibly unified app platform, the Essential Phone and "iPhone killers," activity and health tracking, and have iOS's Settings gotten too complicated?

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Guest Starring:

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Links and Show Notes

Allison's Mind Maps of iOS Settings

219: Access to Tim Cook's Checkbook

13 december 2017 | 30 min

A wireless charging retrospective, companies or technologies Apple should invest in, the future of the desktop computer, and the potential of AR in education.

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218: The World is Our Oyster

6 december 2017 | 29 min

Apple Pay Cash experiences, Google and Amazon's YouTube tiff, increasingly complex emoji, and what we'll think of the iPhone in another ten years.

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217: I Live in a Robot Shop of Horrors

29 november 2017 | 30 min

Robots we'd invite into our houses, Nintendo's approach to mobile gaming, gestured-based computing, and what's the responsibility for reporting critical software vulnerabilities.

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216: Patience and Bourbon

22 november 2017 | 30 min

Holiday tech support tips, kitchen smart gadgets, what we do with our photos, and whether we could get by with a simple phone.

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215: Exactly What A Spy Would Say

15 november 2017 | 30 min

Face ID spoofing, Facebook wants your nude pictures, whether we'd leave Twitter, and what we'd like to see Apple change for the iPhone X.

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214: The Table is Totally Irrelevant

8 november 2017 | 30 min

Online payment services and Apple Pay Cash, tech workarounds we love, whether wearables will work, and AR's killer apps—or lack thereof.

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213: Case by Case Basis

1 november 2017 | 30 min

Animoji: passing fad or important new technology? Also, whether or not we use a case on our smartphones, how Face ID's one-face limit affects us (if at all), and why iPhone users and Android users seem to clash so much.

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212: The Leaks are Coming From Inside the House

25 oktober 2017 | 30 min

Would you let Amazon into your house? What happened to Apple doubling down on secrecy? Are you lining up for an iPhone X—and is it the ultimate form of Apple's smartphone?

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Kevin Clark and Aleen Simms

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211: Don't Want People to See All My Trees

18 oktober 2017 | 30 min

Machine learning for sensitive photos, our dalliances with other desktop platforms, whether anyone still needs real cameras, and the walled garden of voice assistants.

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210: Sweet, Sweet Caffeine

11 oktober 2017 | 30 min

Is Apple making AR glasses, some thoughts on diversity and inclusion in tech, what we do for ergonomics, and how we cope with social media in our everyday life.

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209: Fancy Carbs

4 oktober 2017 | 27 min

Google's notch-less Pixel design vs. the iPhone X, justification for Apple TV's high price (or lack thereof), our can't-live-with-'em-can't-live-without-'em technology choices, and iOS 11's Notes app.

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208: Even Mantis Shrimps Can't See It

26 september 2017 | 30 min

Resurrected Apple television arguments, explaining quantum computing, Apple's Bing-for-Google swap, and our favorite games that iOS 11 leaves by the wayside.

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Guest Starring:

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207: The 'C' Stands for Caveman

20 september 2017 | 30 min

iPhone buying decisions, anonymous apps, our opinion on augmented reality, and the biggest missing features from our favorite tech products.

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Anže Tomić and Megan Morrone

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206: The Safari Bandwagon

13 september 2017 | 30 min

Apple's huge smartphone line-up, our most anticipated High Sierra features, how we feel about wireless charging our iPhones, and how much is too much to pay for a smartphone?

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Guest Starring:

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205: Candy-Coated Vegetables

6 september 2017 | 26 min

Paying attention to what apps ask for, our biggest speculation blunders, Apple event anticipation, and what type of content we take when we go offline.

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204: I'm Having an Existential Crisis Over Here

30 augusti 2017 | 30 min

What we'd like to see on a new Apple TV (if not 4K/HDR), whether or not we've cut the cord, our thoughts on Alexa and Cortana becoming besties, and what it takes for Apple to feature your photo on Instagram.

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203: Spacetastic

23 augusti 2017 | 28 min

How our feelings have changed (or not) on HomePod, the security risks of robots, dealing with online backup services, and whether iOS releases should have nicknames.

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202: Explode a Knee

16 augusti 2017 | 26 min

Alternative messaging apps, rumors of an LTE Apple Watch, our primary news sources, and the surprising apps that we use on our phones.

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201: We Hate Boredom but Don't Like Change

9 augusti 2017 | 29 min

Social media routines, what print-focused media companies are doing wrong and right in their transition to the digital age, apps we want on iPad, and iPhone rumors and the stress they cause.

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200: Inbox Infinite

2 augusti 2017 | 30 min

Will voice-based interfaces really catch on, what we think of the "leaked" iPhone 8 icon, does anybody really want a smart watch, and what we use to keep ourselves organized.

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Aleen Simms and Jason Snell

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The Golem and the Jinni

The Dark Tower

Phantom Pains

Uprooted

The Fifth Season

199: I Don't Really Want to Find My Friends

26 juli 2017 | 30 min

How our desks are set up, will Apple build more products in the U.S., Google's Find My Friends competitor, and advanced medical devices that work with our smartphones.

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Guest Starring:

Caitlin McGarry and James Thomson

198: Fire Bad, Trees Good

19 juli 2017 | 30 min

3D Touch and Force Touch, Google Glass in factories, iMessage apps and stickers, and how social media has changed our news consumption.

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Glenn Fleishman and Georgia Dow

197: So Much of Your Life is a Lie

12 juli 2017 | 30 min

Net neutrality, brain-training games, wireless charging, and our camera-filled future.

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Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and John Siracusa

196: I'm Taking My Face Off the Internet

5 juli 2017 | 30 min

Backup strategies, how Amazon has changed our shopping habits, QR codes and NFC tags, and rumors of Touch ID's demise.

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Jeremy Burge

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195: Clearly You're Both Wrong

28 juni 2017 | 30 min

Working on laptops vs. iPads, having tech empathy, installing iOS 11 betas, and how Amazon acquiring Whole Foods could affect grocery delivery.

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194: Full-Time Icon Designer

21 juni 2017 | 30 min

The watchOS 4 features we'd hoped for, Lenovo's PC-as-a-Service push, new Live Photo improvements, and how we feel about leaks of unannounced Apple products.

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James Thomson and Lisa Schmeiser

193: Just Say No to Cash

14 juni 2017 | 30 min

How we think Apple Pay will stack up against competing person-to-person payment services, our favorite conference cities, impressions of the Apple Pencil, and who should take over as Uber's CEO.

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Guest Starring:

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192: This is Why I Left

6 juni 2017 | 30 min

It's WWDC week, so we talk Apple's HomePod, the new iMac Pro, iPad improvements, and what was missing from the keynote.

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Aleen Simms, Jason Snell, and Stephen Hackett

191: So Many Dusty Shelves

31 maj 2017 | 29 min

The Essential Home, add-on camera lenses for smartphones, mobile camera apps, and our verdict on the Nintendo Switch.

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190: McGruff the Password Dog

24 maj 2017 | 30 min

Ikea's foray into smart home tech, tech disruption we'd like to see, what Android features we want on iOS and vice versa, and the tech story the masses need to know.

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189: Her Cuneiform is Top Notch

17 maj 2017 | 30 min

Apple Watch smart bands, old tech we'd resurrect, the fate of the iPad mini, and why more tech companies don't focus on accessibility.

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Guest Starring:

Rene Ritchie and Georgia Dow

Links and Show Notes

A Graphic Designer Rewrites Her Future with Parkinson’s Disease

Apple: Accessibility — Designed for everyone

188: Also Called a Phone Call

10 maj 2017 | 30 min

Amazon's new Echo Show (it's not a podcast), the new Echo messaging and calling features, how we listen to our audio, and the importance of security updates.

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187: On the Phone I'm a Monster

3 maj 2017 | 30 min

The Microsoft's Surface Laptop as a MacBook Air alternative, addictive Internet technologies, Hulu's play for cord cutters, and our nerdy enthusiasms. Plus there's a momentous announcement at the very end of the episode!

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One Eight Seven (1997)

186: Project Me on a Hologram

26 april 2017 | 30 min

Ride the Clockwise roller coaster as we discuss the breaking announcement of the Amazon Echo Look, deconstruct Uber's latest bad news, marvel at Samsung's record Galaxy S8 orders, and cower in fear at tech companies taking personal data and selling it to other tech companies.

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David Sparks and Caitlin McGarry

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185: Add Things to Things

19 april 2017 | 30 min

Facebook tackles VR, Nintendo's emulator shenanigans, moving the Touch ID sensor, and leaving ourselves digital reminders.

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184: My Hands Smell Delightful

11 april 2017 | 28 min

Live from Ireland, it's travel tech we wish would die, embarrassing tech fads we've bought, Apple products we want to bring back from the dead, and dream features for Siri and Alexa.

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Marco Arment, Alex Cox, and Myke Hurley

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183: The Mystery Machine

5 april 2017 | 30 min

This week we discuss our thoughts on Apple's professional Mac announcement, how often we replace our Apple devices, what tech we take with us on vacation, and which features we're surprised to see less tech-savvy folks use (or not).

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182: Sorry, My Brain Crashed

29 mars 2017 | 30 min

This week we freak out about tech failures, internet privacy, and brain interfaces, but also take a soothing break by proposing some new acquisitions for tech giants.

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181: A List of Things That Don't Happen

22 mars 2017 | 30 min

Reading it later, replacing Uber, finding significance in minor Apple updates, and subscribing to YouTube channels.

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Anže Tomić and Leah Yamshon

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Read It Now

Unbox Therapy

Kerry Davis, Video Producer / Host - Engadget

Movies with Mikey - YouTube

Alton Brown - YouTube

CGP Grey - YouTube

Hermione Granger and The Quarter Life Crisis

180: Stargate Problem

15 mars 2017 | 28 min

Games we're playing, anticipating new iPads, video streaming and sharing, and greener grass on other platforms.

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179: So Many People Are Bad

8 mars 2017 | 28 min

Tech companies we try to avoid, the Internet of Home Spying, our personal finance choices, and barriers to better smart home tech.

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Living and dying on his own terms | News | sonomawest.com

Amazon Hands Over Echo Recording Related To Murder Investigation – Consumerist

178: Artisanal Pickle

1 mars 2017 | 30 min

Lightning versus USB-C, the return of the Feature Phone, space tourism, and unlimited wireless data.

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Should Apple dump Lightning from the iPhone 8? The cases for and against | Macworld

Cover Reveal of The Caledonian Gambit and Q&A with Author, Dan Moren - Carousel

Star Chart Cardboard - Android Apps on Google Play

Star Chart VR - Android Apps on Google Play

177: Burn It Down and Start Over

22 februari 2017 | 29 min

Our favorite workspaces, fresh tech for the cornfield, the gender of voice assistants, and a Touch Bar check-in.

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Alexa, Siri, Cortana: The Problem With All-Female Digital Assistants - WSJ

Apple - Press Info - Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

176: Cool But Also Creepy

15 februari 2017 | 30 min

Wireless charging, voice assistants, bad Kickstarter projects, and stretching your brain technically.

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Amazon.com: The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind eBook: Barbara Strauch: Books

Marshmallow Run Game by Design Code Build — Kickstarter

Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix by Sean Heber — Kickstarter

nfarina/homebridge: HomeKit support for the impatient

175: Same As It Ever Was

8 februari 2017 | 30 min

YouTube goes live, Twitter fights abuse (again), Apple TV gets a new manager, and your old photos get a little less real.

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174: Irrational Exuberance

1 februari 2017 | 30 min

This week's release of Apple's financial results prompts us to ponder the future of the iPad, iTunes, Apple's video strategy, and the wearables market.

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The iPad keeps frowning - Six Colors

173: Old Tech Dies Hard

25 januari 2017 | 29 min

Apple makes surprising App Store changes, the Mac turns 33, the value of time tracking, and screens that turn orange when it gets dark.

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Daring Fireball: Additional Details on the New App Store Review Features

172: Serial iPhone Killer

18 januari 2017 | 30 min

The Nintendo Switch, Twitter security challenges, the death of Vine, and the changing face of Apple support.

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The Big Bad Swap: The Problem With Replaced Music : Monkey See : NPR

171: Built-In Babel Fish

11 januari 2017 | 30 min

This week we discuss how the iPhone has changed our lives, whether the Apple Watch has met our initial expectations, how we rely on product testing and recommendations, and a possible brain drain at Apple.

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170: The Internet of Garbage

4 januari 2017 | 30 min

We kick off 2017 by talking CES gadgets like a robot butler and a smart trash can, then move on to our feelings on AirPods and our resolutions for Apple in 2017.

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Kuri, the robot butler

GeniCan, the smart trash can

Chuq Von Rospach on the state of Apple in 2016

169: All the Great Dongles

28 december 2016 | 30 min

In our final episode of 2016 we review the best and worst and dumbest and most life-changing things of the year, and then look ahead to 2017.

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168: Giant Pyramid of Coal

21 december 2016 | 29 min

Mario vs. piracy, Mac desktops, a tech Naughty List, and last-minute gift ideas.

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Marvel Unlimited

Amazon Echo Dot

Anova Immersion Cooker

GoPro Hero5

Heated Toilet Seat

Sonicare Toothbrush

167: Paper Form Wizard

14 december 2016 | 30 min

How we estimate mobile-device battery life, the wisdom of delaying Apple's AirPods, apps for the Apple Pencil, and sharing-economy guilt.

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Paper

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Pixelmator

ProCreate

PDF Expert

PDFPen

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Amaziograph

166: Walk-In Vending Machine

7 december 2016 | 30 min

Amazon's high-tech convenience store, tech trends we just don't understand, gauging our home-tech paranoia threshold, and using our tech superpowers to give back.

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Adding WiFi Clients to the Home — Liss is More

iOS Access for All » Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. by Shelly Brisbin

Amazon.com: : Amazon Go

The Settlement Home for Children

165: Orgy of Consumer Spending

30 november 2016 | 30 min

The holidays (and holiday sales) are in full swing, but do we partake? We also consider detoxing from social media, ponder the contradictions of cord-cutting, and get a visit from a Mysterious Benefactor.

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164: Voiceovers and Aluminiums

23 november 2016 | 30 min

Go-to travel gear, Apple's mysterious Mac and Wi-Fi strategies, and the future of Jony Ive.

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The Best Gear for Travel | The Wirecutter

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TravelRest Neck Pillow

Jony Ive Loves Orange

OSTRICHPILLOW® Original

AmazonBasics Universal Travel Case for Small Electronics and Accessories

Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers - Bloomberg

Daring Fireball: On Jony Ive’s Role at Apple

163: The Ultimate Dongle

16 november 2016 | 29 min

This week we offer a panoply of adapters and horror stories about bad password etiquette, then discuss Apple's new self-publishing venture and the utility of pressure-sensitive computer interfaces.

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162: Privacy is a Feature

10 november 2016 | 28 min

The future of laptop keyboards, whether VR can be good at anything beyond entertainment, the growing importance of encryption, and a watchOS 3 check-in.

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What the Touch Bar tells us about the Mac's future | Macworld

Google Daydream View Review

161: Emotional Life Preserver

2 november 2016 | 30 min

Live from Ireland, we discuss Apple and the Mac, our tech passions, keyboards, and VR prospects.

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Upgrade #113: It's An Honour and a Privilege to Defeat You

Batman: Arkham VR

160: There's No Escape

26 oktober 2016 | 30 min

Finding lost items via technology, Apple's Magic Toolbar, Microsoft's new playbook, and revisiting CarPlay.

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159: A Cow Episode

19 oktober 2016 | 30 min

This week we rebrand Samsung, eat meat grown in a lab, watch the Apple Car make a U-turn, and change all our passwords.

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What's next for Project Titan and the Apple Car? | Macworld

158: Business Carpeting Service

12 oktober 2016 | 30 min

Amazon's Echo music subscription, the Internet of Things gets infected with malware, preferred methods of paying for software, and excitement for virtual and augmented reality.

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We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things | Motherboard

157: Plotting Together

5 oktober 2016 | 30 min

Google's new stuff, including Google Home; Apple's new Spoken Editions of print articles; and imagining the Next Big Thing.

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Shelly's book on iOS accessibility

156: Right, That's Still Going On!

28 september 2016 | 30 min

Blocking spam calls, other uses for a Galaxy Note 7, the prospect (again) of Google-built phones, and Blackberry's body hits the floor.

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155: Old Slippery Six

21 september 2016 | 30 min

When we trust and distrust the cloud with our files, features future smartphones should strive for, Google's launch of Allo, and unsung features of new smartphone toys.

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154: Others of Us Will Be Sad

14 september 2016 | 30 min

iMessage apps, anticipated macOS Sierra features, iPhone pre-orders, and Swift Playgrounds.

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153: I Don't Swim

8 september 2016 | 30 min

Breaking down Apple's media event, from iPhone to AirPods to dual cameras to Apple Watch Series 2.

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152: Dad, Play This

31 augusti 2016 | 29 min

Sonos gets cozy with Amazon Echo, our many terabytes of cloud storage, the promise of AI software, and Aleen searches for a birthday present for her husband.

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Apple debuts new 2TB iCloud storage option for $19.99 per month

An Exclusive Look at How AI and Machine Learning Work at Apple – Backchannel

Cider doughnut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

151: Maybe They'll Update GarageBand

24 augusti 2016 | 29 min

The value of music subscriptions, Bloomberg's weird Apple Watch story, old software we still cling to, and our personal beta-testing policies.

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Amazon wants to sell a cheaper music subscription service that will only work on its Echo player - Recode

Apple Hits Roadblocks in Cutting Watch Ties to iPhone - Bloomberg

Daring Fireball: Bloomberg’s Report on Apple Watch 2

150: Find My Enemies

18 augusti 2016 | 29 min

Geolocating friends and family, the appeal of Chromebooks, using keyboards with tablets, and favorite Mac menu-bar items.

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CloudReady Installation Instructions — Neverware

Logitech CREATE iPad Pro Keyboard Case with Apple Pencil Holder

Bartender 2 | Mac Menu Bar Item Control

BitBar - Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar

Control bandwidth-sucking apps with TripMode - Six Colors

Home | TripMode | Your mobile data savior.

Webcam Settings on the Mac App Store

Strange But True: Music Doesn't Make Some People Happy : Shots - Health News : NPR

Generation Loss Interactive Inc

Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely - Edovia

MyScript Stylus - Handwriting Keyboard on the App Store

Turn Macs & PCs into Chromebooks with Neverware’s CloudReady « NosillaCast

149: Watching an Alien Sunset

10 augusti 2016 | 30 min

Wired versus wireless headphones, No Man's Sky and the games of our dreams, hopes for iPad improvements, and the future of the enormous smartphone.

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I am never taking off Bose's QC 35 noise-cancelling wireless headphones | iMore

Moto Z Force review: Motorola's beefier Z smartphone is better without its mods | Greenbot

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Moto Z review: Motorola proves modular smartphones are the future of mobility | Greenbot

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All About Android 278 Our Hearts Will Go On | TWiT

148: Everything's a Remix

3 augusti 2016 | 30 min

The ethics of copying in tech, buying an Apple car, a pox on Smart TVs, and the problem of Emoji fragmentation.

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iOS 10 Emoji Update: First Look

147: It's All Zubats Around Here

27 juli 2016 | 30 min

The rise of biometrics, retail therapy to offset the end of the world, AR and Poke Mans, and Adobe's relationship with Apple.

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Apple's Q3 in charts and commentary - Six Colors

146: Marvel Has Killed Me

20 juli 2016 | 30 min

Reading comics digitally, smart home confusion, Twitter verification, and teaching programming.

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Chunky Comic Reader

Marvel Unlimited

Comixology

Philips Hue Tap Switch

Putting out the Twitter trashfire — ART + marketing — Medium

145: I’ve Always Wanted to Have a French Accent

13 juli 2016 | 30 min

Apple considers an app reality show, unsung app heroes, Pokémon Go, and embracing the cloud.

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Google Photos

Nuzzel

Duolingo

Prompt

Greg Pierce on Twitter: "On vacation and not keeping up, but a glance at Twitter suggests Nintendo made Geocaching cuter and everyone is going nuts. That right?"

Munchkin

Codenames

Big Boggle

Forbidden Island

144: Rock Music and Short Pants

6 juli 2016 | 30 min

Email policies, the threats of VR, two-factor authentication, and privacy versus convenience.

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143: A Whole New Watch

29 juni 2016 | 29 min

The prospects of a new Apple Watch, upgrading old hardware (or not), requiem for the Thunderbolt Display, and chatbots.

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142: Spare Device or No Dice

22 juni 2016 | 30 min

Robots analyzing photos, the real chances for VR success, smart home frustration, and the opening of beta season.

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141: Not Even in the Rotator

14 juni 2016 | 30 min

Live from San Francisco, we're joined by Relay FM founders Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett to discuss all four platforms discussed during Apple's WWDC keynote.

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140: Check Under Your Seat

8 juni 2016 | 29 min

Technology giveaways, freshening up Apple Music, expanding Apple Pay, and iOS dream features.

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Lex Friedman presents: "What's a TiVo?"

139: You've Got to Feed Those Chickens

1 juni 2016 | 29 min

Upgrading old hardware, the relevance of Amazon Prime Video, passing the tip jar for free stuff, and the peril and promise of wireless charging.

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138: You Know What You're Signing Up For

25 maj 2016 | 30 min

Siri API integrations, no Overwatch on Mac, Apple missing the AI wave, and the MacBook Pro's rumored OLED touchbar.

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137: You're All American

18 maj 2016 | 30 min

Google I/O keynote reaction! Google Home v. Amazon Echo, Google Assistant v. Siri, Allo and Duo, and Android Wear 2 v. Apple Watch.

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136: A Pox On Both Their Houses

11 maj 2016 | 30 min

Oracle versus Google in the rematch nobody wanted to see, strategies for buying a smartphone in a world without phone subsidies, Instagram's icon and our fears of change, and a revisiting of the new Apple TV app platform.

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Second Oracle v. Google trial could lead to huge headaches for developers | Ars Technica

135: Angst in Appleville

4 maj 2016 | 30 min

Potential Apple Music fixes, concerns about iPhone sales, the value of tech unitaskers, and the future of digital cameras.

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Kindle Oasis Review - Six Colors

What does Apple look like without the iPhone? | iMore

134: My Deepest Condolences 😢

27 april 2016 | 30 min

The meaning of emoji, nerdy t-shirts, what Apple can learn from Apple Music, and a near-term wish list for Alexa and Siri.

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Inside “Emojigeddon”: The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium - BuzzFeed News

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Same face, different meaning: a new study reveals how people interpret emoji - Vox

133: Talk Candidly About Ladies' Pants

20 april 2016 | 30 min

People who are sad about the MacBook and iPhone SE, imagining an Apple Car, and embracing our cyborg futures.

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"We Have the Technology" - Kara Platoni's book

132: Person or Not

13 april 2016 | 30 min

Facebook's chat-bot future, popular tech misconceptions, Apple Watch 2's killer features, and the strange case of AirPlay on Android.

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131: The Dream of the Early 2000s

6 april 2016 | 29 min

Anticipating a new Kindle, conversations with robots, hanging out at Internet cafés, and living the iPad lifestyle.

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130: The Stephen Hackett Approach

30 mars 2016 | 30 min

What to do with old technology, the merits of phone cases, VR's impact on society, and our feelings about Microsoft.

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129: Flop Thunderdome

23 mars 2016 | 29 min

The FBI backs off, the iPad gets a name change, the iPhone gets a blast from the past, and we pick Apple's greatest flops.

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Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable

128: Non-Virtual Nausea

16 mars 2016 | 30 min

The appeal of Apple News (or lack thereof), how social media and forensics could have changed the O.J. Simpson trial, our favorite ways to mix devices and the real world, and technology hoarding habits.

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Christina Warren, Casey Liss, and James Thomson

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The People v. O.J. Simpson
Blackbox
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127: The Great Inbox in the Sky

9 mars 2016 | 30 min

The rise of the AIs, the appeal of premium smartphones, how we're reading books these days, and the death (or not) of email.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 review: A mild improvement, but it's still the best phone around | Greenbot

3 ways Apple could improve email | Macworld

Clockwise 34: Matt Egan's previous appearance

126: Go into Space with Jerks

2 mars 2016 | 30 min

Choosing between convenience and security, our virtual-reality future, the viability of voice interfaces, and spending time in outer space.

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125: You're a Four Right Now

24 februari 2016 | 30 min

Apple's venture into public betas, worst-case Apple/FBI scenarios, stealing good Android phone features, and the ethics of rating people.

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124: Church of Beyoncé

17 februari 2016 | 30 min

Kanye pushes Tidal, Apple pushes back on the FBI, what we do with home videos, and the eternal Mac/iPad dichotomy.

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Apple Versus the FBI, Understanding iPhone Encryption, The Risks for Apple and Encryption

123: I Could Probably Live Without the Sandwich

10 februari 2016 | 30 min

Broken phone horror stories, talking to our computers, chronological Twitter order up gives on, and clicky keyboards.

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122: It Always Comes Back to Robot Butlers

3 februari 2016 | 30 min

Streaming services we rely on, home automation we're proud of, Apple's rumored move toward exclusive video, and shiny happy customer service stories.

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