252: Full Oracle Mode

Federico has concerns about dummy units of the next iPhone. Stephen is troubled by the icon used for Software Update in macOS. Both of them receive a visit from a mystic being named Myke. Oh, and it's World Emoji Day!

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Apple's 2019 256GB MacBook Air Includes Slower SSD Than 2018 Model - MacRumors

Apple is silently updating Macs again to remove insecure software from Zoom’s partners - The Verge

Daring Fireball: Apple Is Sending Out Another Silent Update To Fix the Webcam Flaw in Zoom’s Partner Apps

Software Update – Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – 512 Pixels

Software Update Icon

Exhibit B (Java Web Start Icon)

Apple's Rainbow Logo May Return to Some New Products as Early as This Year - MacRumors

Relay FM 5th Anniversary Live Show Tickets

Sentimental Purpose | Do By Friday

Airmail Users Frustrated About Sudden Switch to Subscription-Based Pricing on iPhone and iPad [Updated] - MacRumors

The iPhone 11 Models! – MKBHD – YouTube

The Two Mockups

Apple to Fund Original Podcasts; Spotify (SPOT) Stock Falls - Bloomberg

Spotify falls on report Apple will start funding original podcasts – CNBC

Spotify for iPad now features Split View and Slide Over support - 9to5Mac

Apple Reveals New 2019 Emojis for World Emoji Day – Emojipedia

Apple offers a look at new emoji coming to iPhone this fall - Apple

Connected #212: NanoHippo - Relay FM

The Cultural Phenomenon of Emoji | Adobe Blog

Connected #214: The Californian Idea of Food - Relay FM

Federico Viticci on Twitter: "All you bagel emoji complainers have it easy. Imagine being Italian and having to suffer through this pizza emoji atrocity for YEARS"

World Emoji Award Winners for 2019 – Emojipedia

Unicode's Website Redesign Makes It Easier to Suggest New Emoji | WIRED

Making an Emoji – Welcome to Macintosh