Category: Podcasts

This week’s Connected was full of mini-topics, but was a lot of fun:

Federico bought an iPod touch, Nest and Instapaper both have new bosses and the world is finally getting the leg emoji it deserves.

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On this week’s Query, I was joined by Mikah Sargent to discuss MacBook Pros, emoji, HomeKit and more.

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This time on Ungeniused:

Hans Island is a small uninhabited island between Canada and Greenland, and is the center of one of the oddest (and most adorable) land disputes in modern times.

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I joined Jason Snell on this week’s episode of Upgrade:

Guest co-host Stephen Hackett joins Jason to discuss the new MacBook Pros and what they mean for Apple’s product line at large, adventures with the macOS Mojave beta, and the new Sonos AirPlay 2 update. And since this is the summer of fun, we cap it all off with a quick Mac OS X draft!

This was a lot of fun.

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This week on Connected:

Stephen is joined by Casey Liss and John Voorhees to discuss the 10th anniversary of the App Store, MobileMe’s reputation and rumors of a busy fall for Apple’s hardware teams.

Episode 200! Without my regular co-hosts! MobileMe! EVERYTHING IS WEIRD THIS WEEK.

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This week on Query:

Apple has opened a repair program for its notebook keyboard, and Serenity is using a new notes app.

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This time on Ungeniused:

Why we drive on the side of the road we do, and why others do the opposite.

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This week’s episode of Liftoff is a special one. Jason and I got to talk with Emily Lakdawalla to discuss her new book, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job. We got nerdy about how the Curiosity rover works, what’s next for robotic exploration of Mars and why Venus tends to get the shaft when it comes to NASA missions.

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David Sparks has a new podcast named Automators. He writes on his blog:

I’m pleased to announce today the launch of a new podcast I’ll be making with my pal Rosemary Orchard. The show is called Automators, and it’s all about, as the name implies, Automation.

Specifically, this show will pick one particular Automation subject and drill deep on it. The goal is to give ordinary users automation super-powers, and I’m so happy to finally share it with you.

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This week on Connected:

Myke and Stephen hold an intervention. Federico doesn’t have much to say about MacBook Pro keyboards. All three have hopes and dreams for future Apple audio products.

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This week is the fifth anniversary of Myke, Federico and I recording together. To celebrate that, we did what we do best: talk about iOS betas, ponder photo management and screw up a round robin. This is a really fun episode.

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This week, things get nerdy on Query:

Ren got to play with a Logitech Crayon, and Stephen has been thinking about the Mac App Store.

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