- 35 minutes 17 seconds108: Keep Watching the Headlines
Apple releases public betas earlier than expected, Bill Gates muses on Microsoft's missed opportunity and the power of tech giants, and we're all going to need a fuzzy puppy update this week because this is the final episode of Download.
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Links and Show Notes:
First Look: macOS Catalina Public Beta - Six Colors
Apple Beta Software Program
Bill Gates calls failure to fight Android his “greatest mistake” | Ars Technica
Bill Gates accidentally makes the case to regulate the hell out of platform companies - The Verge
LG tries to bring webOS to cars, robots, and the smart home with new partnership - The Verge
Liftoff - Relay FM
Puppy lost for 13 days in Arizona after Route 66 wreck found
26 June 2019, 4:30 pm - 1 hour 45 seconds107: Embankment for the Unbanked
Facebook's cryptocurrency move, 5G in rural areas, Google steals lyrics, Apple hedges on China, JJ Abrams cuts a big deal with Warner Media, Snapchat's original programming strategy, and much more.
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Links and Show Notes:
Facebook confirms it will launch a cryptocurrency called Libra in 2020 - The Verge
The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra | WIRED
Coming in 2020: Calibra | Facebook Newsroom
Choosing the Wrong Lane in the Race to 5G | WIRED
Apple Explores Moving Some Production Out of China - WSJ
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ - The New York Times
Radiohead to Release Stolen Music to Aid Environmental Activist Group | Hollywood Reporter
30 Must-Hear Minutes From Radiohead’s 17-Hour ‘OK Computer’ Minidiscs – Rolling Stone
Bob Greenblatt Says WarnerMedia in "An Arms Race" to Keep J.J. Abrams | Hollywood Reporter
J.J. Abrams Bidding War Won by WarnerMedia | Hollywood Reporter
Bob Greenblatt Says WarnerMedia in "An Arms Race" to Keep J.J. Abrams | Hollywood Reporter
Suzanna Makkos, Jennifer O'Connell Join WarnerMedia Streaming Service | Hollywood Reporter
Disney+ Streaming Service Tracking Well Among Key Demographics | Hollywood Reporter
Netflix: Adam Sandler's 'Murder Mystery' Is Its Biggest Opening Weekend Ever | Hollywood Reporter
Dan Loeb Urges Sony to Separate Entertainment, Electronics Units | Hollywood Reporter
On Snapchat, Original Series Are Finding Return Viewers | Hollywood Reporter
Obamas Ink Deal With Spotify to Produce, Host Podcasts | Hollywood Reporter
Dog kept injured woman warm for three days after horrific crash - NZ Herald
20 June 2019, 5:00 pm - 46 minutes 8 seconds106: I Think It's Us
The tech industry has a lot to apologize for, the Huawei mess escalates, and is Apple still thinking about autonomous vehicles?
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Guest Starring:
Lisa Schmeiser and Carolina Milanesi
Links and Show Notes:
Recode’s CodeCon News Show Tech Still in Denial – Tech.pinions
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki at Code Conference - Axios
Susan Wojcicki apologizes, sort of | Revue
Facebook plans to unveil new Portal hardware this year - The Verge
Inside Huawei’s secretive plans to develop an operating system to rival Google’s Android | South China Morning Post
Huawei postpones planned laptop launch amid US trade war - The Verge
Huawei Is Said to Demand Patent Fees From Verizon - The New York Times
Apple to Buy Drive.ai in Bid for More Autonomous Vehicle Talent - Bloomberg
13 June 2019, 5:15 pm - 49 minutes 6 seconds105: Live From WWDC: Dark Mode People
From Apple's podcast studio within its Worldwide Developer Conference, we're joined by John Siracusa and Shelly Brisbin to discuss iPadOS, iOS, Catalyst, SwiftUI, and Apple's new pro hardware.
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Guest Starring:
Shelly Brisbin and John Siracusa
Links and Show Notes:
iPadOS: The MacStories Overview – MacStories
Apple’s Voice Control improves accessibility OS-wide on all its devices | TechCrunch
New York City seizes ice cream trucks for shell company scheme to dodge $4.5 million in parking tickets.
Project Catalyst Enables Bringing iPad Apps to the Mac – MacStories
Xcode - SwiftUI - Apple Developer
Mac Power Users #485: WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager - Relay FM
Accidental Tech Podcast: 329: Mac Pro Day
The Case for a 5K Thunderbolt Display – 512 Pixels
Man, puppy sleeping in dumpster during collection escape serious injury in Provo | Deseret News
John Siracusa (@siracusa) / Twitter
Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) / Twitter
6 June 2019, 5:15 pm - 50 minutes 27 seconds104: I Don't Know What X Means Anymore
The increasingly messy tech Cold War, Apple's keyboard troubles, the prospects for data protection laws in the U.S., and Wi-Fi stalking on the Tube.
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Links and Show Notes:
Google suspends Huawei's Android support (updated)
Microsoft Pulls Huawei Laptops From Official Online Store - PCMag Australia
Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant - BBC News
U.S. Considers Blacklisting Five Chinese Surveillance Firms - Bloomberg
Trump Huawei Ban Ripples Across Industry as Supplies Halted - Bloomberg
China, Leverage, and Values – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg
Apple has a plan to make online ads more private | TechCrunch
Apple updates MacBook Pro processors and keyboard, extends Keyboard Service Program - Six Colors
California is bringing law and order to big data. It could change the internet in the U.S.
Microsoft wants a US privacy law that puts the burden on tech companies - CNET
London’s Tube network to switch on Wi-Fi tracking by default in July | TechCrunch
Rescue Dogs Attend Adorable Puppy Prom | PEOPLE.com
Helen Woodward Animal Center Alumni Puppy Prom
Parallel - Relay FM
Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter
23 May 2019, 10:00 pm - 1 hour 6 minutes103: Where OS?
Apple gets a bad Supreme Court ruling, Disney buys the rest of Hulu, and Florence Ion joins us to discuss last week's Google IO, including the Pixel 3a and the fate of all our Nest thermostats.
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Links and Show Notes:
Kavanaugh's Shot at Apple (AAPL) Allows Hope for Antitrust Cases - Bloomberg
Supreme Court deals Apple major setback is App Store antitrust case
How Apple’s Supreme Court loss could change the way you buy apps - The Verge
It’s Almost Impossible to Tell if Your iPhone Has Been Hacked - VICE
The Hulu/Disney/Comcast divorce, explained - Vox
Comcast has agreed to sell its stake in Hulu in 5 years
Adobe warning of legal problems if subscribers keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps [u]
Adobe warning of legal problems if subscribers keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps [u]
Google Pixel 3a: Everything you need to know! | Android Central
Pixel 3a - The phone that gets it done - Google Store
Nest Hub Max: hands-on with Google’s first smart display with a camera - The Verge
Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections - The Verge
Puppy found after months hunting rabbits near Cambridge - BBC News
Flo Feed
Florence "U4EA" Ion (@Ohthatflo) / Twitter
16 May 2019, 6:00 pm - 42 minutes102: More Ham Figures Into It
Philip Michaels joins us to talk about interesting things in Apple's latest financial results, the death of a product that never existed, and Facebook's F8 product announcements.
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Links and Show Notes:
Apple second-quarter 2019 financial results - Six Colors
Apple's financial results: Learning to sell the iPhone - Six Colors
Apple spends more than $30 million a month on Amazon Web Services
Energizer’s Ridiculous 18,000mAh Battery Phone Ends In Disaster
The 5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 developer conference keynote - The Verge
F8 2019 keynote in 12 minutes - YouTube
Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook
Facebook Wants to Connect You With Your 'Secret Crush' | WIRED
Facebook pivots to what it wishes it was | TechCrunch
Baby sea lion hops into CHP patrol car after loitering on busy Bay Area freeway - Los Angeles Times
2 May 2019, 6:15 pm - 55 minutes 21 seconds101: Painting Something Pink
Carolina Milanesi joins Jason to discuss her time using an unbroken Samsung Galaxy Fold, Tim Cook talking up tech regulation, Jack Dorsey visiting the White House, and the words tech writers use to describe Pinterest.
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Links and Show Notes:
Samsung Galaxy Fold launch delayed by breaks
Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown - iFixit
Samsung Galaxy Fold: A Pragmatic Take – Tech.pinions
Tim Cook calls for regulation of tech industry with serious issues - 9to5Mac
Apple Now Prioritizing MacBook Keyboard Repairs With Quoted Next-Day Turnaround Time - MacRumors
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey meets Donald Trump in closed door meeting at White House - The Washington Post
In a statement, Twitter said the meeting — initiated by the president — focused on “protecting the health of the public conversation ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections and efforts underway to respond to the opioid crisis.” Twitter partners with the federal government on a program to encourage Americans to dispose of prescription drugs they no longer need to prevent against abuse.In March, Trump accused Silicon Valley’s largest companies of harboring a “hatred" for "a certain group of people that happen to be in power, that happen to have won the election.” In doing so, Trump threatened potential regulation, telling reporters at a press conference that the government may “have to do something about it.”
Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation | WIRED
As Pinterest IPOs, its coverage is often pretty sexist — Quartzy
Jaws of Life save Rottweiler puppy trapped in cinderblock in St. Johns County | firstcoastnews.com
Consumer Technology Consultancy | The Heart of Tech | Silicon Valley
25 April 2019, 5:15 pm - 57 minutes 23 seconds100: Modems Modems Modems!
Apple and Qualcomm make up over fried chicken, social-media companies continue to not get it, and the Galaxy Fold makes a very bad first impression.
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Links and Show Notes:
Apple, Qualcomm settle royalty dispute
Daring Fireball: Why Apple Settled With Qualcomm
TripMode
macOS 10.15 to include standalone media apps, splitting iTunes - 9to5Mac
Apple planning Luna Display-like desktop extension feature for macOS 10.15, codenamed ‘Sidecar’ - 9to5Mac
iOS 13: Dark Mode, detachable panels, Safari and Mail, more - 9to5Mac
Apple revamping Find My Friends & Find My iPhone in unified app, developing Tile-like personal item tracking - 9to5Mac
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show
15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook | WIRED
A healthier Twitter: Progress and more to do
Google Chrome is getting a reader mode on desktop - The Verge
My Samsung Galaxy Fold screen broke after just a day - The Verge
Samsung responds to Galaxy Fold screen damage: ‘we will thoroughly inspect these units’ - The Verge
Dog rescued 220km from Thai coast by rig workers - BBC News
Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) | Twitter
18 April 2019, 5:30 pm - 1 hour 6 minutes99: My Memory is Beyond the Event Horizon
Netflix ties its own hands, new Kindles arrive, Amazon gets criticized for cozying up to oil companies while touting its own green-energy efforts, web accessibility is trickier than you'd think, and... is that a black hole?
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Links and Show Notes:
Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio - Bloomberg
Netflix confirms it killed AirPlay support, won’t let you beam shows to Apple TVs anymore - The Verge
macOS 10.15 to include standalone media apps, splitting iTunes - 9to5Mac
With Music for macOS coming soon, legacy iTunes features will disappear or spread to iOS - 9to5Mac
Amazon Kindle (2019) review: a backlight can’t save the low-res screen - The Verge
Amazon.com: Kindle E-readers
Amazon employees’ climate proposal is rare sign of worker dissent - Recode
Amazon announces three new wind farms as report questions company's clean energy commitment - Electrek
Amazon Is Aggressively Pursuing Big Oil as It Stalls Out on Clean Energy
See the first image ever taken of a supermassive black hole - The Verge
Astronomers capture first image of a black hole | NSF - National Science Foundation
Seeing a black hole with half a ton of hard drives - Six Colors
Apple's new feature a step towards digital apartheid - Axess Lab
About Accessibility Events - Apple Support
'iOS Access for All' by Shelly Brisbin
A Translated Fuzzy Puppy Story
Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter
11 April 2019, 6:00 pm - 53 minutes 2 seconds98: Important Business People With Ties
Apple's News+ pitch failed with key newspapers--but Facebook might value news curation now? Future iPhones come into focus, but Apple's 5G timeline is called into question. And the "hearables" category (by which we mean wireless headphones) heats up.
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Links and Show Notes:
“Are We at a Party, or a Wake?”: Journalists Wonder If Apple News+ Is a Trojan Horse | Vanity Fair
Two-Way Wireless Charging and Larger Batteries Coming to 2019 iPhones - MacRumors
Triple-camera iPhone rumors strengthened by claim parts leak - 9to5Mac
Inside Apple's shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020
Dell XPS 13 review: A perfect ultraportable
Global True Wireless Hearables Market Reaches 12.5 Million Units in Q4 2018 - Counterpoint Research
Apple AirPods Review: Perfect Earbuds, but They Don’t Last - The New York Times
Beats Powerbeats Pro share many new AirPods features but have better sound - CNET
Millions of Facebook Records Found on Amazon Cloud Servers - Bloomberg
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook may pay publishers to put their stuff in a dedicated news section - Recode
Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff
Christian Yelich helps young girl get puppy
Search for owner of dog who rode train alone to Dublin
Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter
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