Category: Podcasts

This week on Connected:

Federico talks about watchOS 7 and Stephen takes the group down a trip of old Apple press releases, causing Myke to be relieved about his Apple Newsroom reading habits. Also: a pre-announcement and some peer-pressure about a purchase.

Here is a chart that will prove helpful in the last segment of the show:

On Connected Pro, I pop off, Myke has things to build and Federico describes a future business plan based on MySpace Tom.

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This week on Liftoff:

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have splashed down after their historic mission to the ISS, and SpaceX’s finally gotten a Starship test article to hop in Texas and the OSIRIS-REx team is gearing up for their sample return flight. Also: Ceres’ bright spots, government contracts and an update on the SLS.

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This time on Ungeniused:

Rock Paper Scissors is an ancient way of solving problems and owning your friends.

My thanks to Adina Hurley for joining us this time.

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This week on Mac Power Users, David and I get into Markdown in a big way:

From jotting quick notes to writing for the web, Markdown has become a very popular choice for formatting plain text. It’s syntax is human-readable and easy to learn. This week, David and Stephen teach Markdown 101 covering the more complex things the language can do.

On More Power Users, I shared some details of planning 2020’s Podcastathon for St. Jude and David made me buy a Stream Deck.

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Samuel Axon at Ars Technica:

I spoke at length with John Giannandrea, Apple’s Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, as well as with Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing. They described Apple’s AI philosophy, explained how machine learning drives certain features, and argued passionately for Apple’s on-device AI/ML strategy.

This is a really interesting interview that’s well worth a weekend read.

This week on Connected:

It’s been a busy start to August: Myke has LEGO on the way, Phil Schiller has a new job, the 27-inch iMac has been refreshed, and there are details out about third-party mail and browser apps being able to be set as default. The guys also talk through the new betas and their future Mac setups.

On Connected Pro, Federico is caught up on the news, including what’s going on with Samsung, TikTok and Instagram. Also: everyone has thoughts about tweets and Stephen had go to the bank.

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I recently chatted with Joe Casabona about the business of running a membership program for podcast projects.

I recently joined Josh & Matt on their podcast Memory Protection, which is going through Apple history news, 20 years after the fact.¹ We spoke about Macworld July 2000, which included the announcement of the PowerMac G4 Cube.

This week on MPU:

The editor of Mac Power Users, Jim Metzendorf, talks to Stephen and David about his background in audio and photography, and how the gear and workflows have changed in those fields over the years.

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This week on Connected:

Tim Cook is answering to Congress about Apple’s App Store policies, and the guys break down his opening statement before getting into what the rest of the year could look like in terms of new iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and even Apple TV hardware.

On Connected Pro, there’s a lot of talk about summer camps, as my daughter is learning about horses this week. Also: Federico drinks a coffee and Myke wonders if being a parent ages you.¹

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This week on Liftoff:

Mars 2020 is set to launch in just a few days, and should be followed by the splashdown of the Commercial Crew Demo-2 mission. Elsewhere, Virgin Galactic has shown off the interior of its space tourism craft, and we remember Rene Carpenter.