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122: The 2016 Upgradies

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Once again, Myke and Jason pick their favorite products of the year! But this year, they are aided in their pursuit of excellent by the votes of you, the loyal Upgradians.

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    Nominees for Best overall iOS App:
    • Tweetbot 4
    • Airmail
    • Narwhal
    • Workflow
    • 1Password
    • Overcast
    • Fantastical 2
    • Scrivener
    • Transmit
    • Castro
    • Ferrite
      • Nominees for Best Newcomer iOS App:
      • Airmail
      • Bear
      • Truecaller
      • Castro
      • Scrivener
      • Swift Playgrounds
      • Xfinity TV
        • Nominees for Best overall Mac App:
        • 1Password
        • Final Cut Pro
        • Fantastical
        • BBEdit
        • Keyboard Maestro
        • Audio Hijack
          • Nominees for Best Newcomer Mac App:
          • Bear
          • Siri
          • Loopback
          • AirSonos
          • Forecast (beta!)
            • Nominees for Best Game of the year:
            • No Man’s Sky
            • Uncharted 4
            • Pokémon Sun and Moon
            • Firewatch
            • Job Simulator
            • Inside
              • Nominees for Best iOS Game of the year:
              • PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator
              • Mini Metro
              • Super Stickman Golf 3
              • Inks
              • Pokemon Go
              • Really Bad Chess
              • Super Mario Run
                • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Movie:
                • Star Wars: Rogue One
                • Arrival
                • Civil War
                • Doctor Strange
                • Batman v. Superman
                  • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Myke at the Movies:
                  • Gremlins
                  • Home Alone
                  • Wrath of Khan
                    • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Book:

                    The Six Colors Book of the Year List

                    • Ahead of the Curve
                    • History of the World in Six Glasses
                    • Etymologicon
                    • Stiletto
                    • Uprooted
                    • Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
                    • Barsk
                    • The Fifth Season / The Obelisk Gate
                      • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Apple-related Gadget:
                      • iPad Pro 9.7
                      • Logitech Create for the 9.7 iPad Pro
                      • iPhone 7
                      • MacBook
                      • Apple Watch Series 2
                      • MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
                      • AirPods
                        • Nominees for Best Non-Apple Gadget of the Year:
                        • Canary
                        • PlayStation VR
                        • Amazon Echo
                        • Kindle Oasis
                        • Ananova Sous Vide cooker
                        • Amazon Echo Dot
                        • Sonos Play:1
                        • Google Pixel
                          • Nominees for Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech:
                          • MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
                          • iPhone 7
                          • iPad Pro 9.7
                          • Apple Watch Series 2
                          • Samsung Galaxy Note 7
                            • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Story:
                            • Snapchat Spectacles
                            • Exploding Galaxy Note 7
                            • Apple vs. FBI
                            • Twitter’s tumultuous 2016
                            • The rise of VR
                            • Pokemon Go
                            • Election/Wikileaks/Russian Spy Ops
                              • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Screw Up:
                              • Apple tweets all the iPhone 7 announcements ahead of time
                              • Exploding Galaxy Note 7
                              • Twitter releases experimental features to iOS clients
                              • Facebook Fake News
                              • Apple disbands AppleScript , AirPort teams , gets out of display business
                                • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Podcast:
                                • Talk Show
                                • ATP
                                • Cortex
                                • Connected
                                • CTRL Walt Delete
                                • Clockwise
                                • Rocket
                                • Six Colors Secret Subscriber Podcast
                                  • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Non-Tech Podcast:
                                  • The Flop House
                                  • The Incomparable
                                  • Reconcilable Differences
                                  • Hello Internet
                                  • Presidents Are People Too
                                  • Hello from the Magic Tavern
                                  • The Poscast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur
                                  • Audio Guide to Babylon 5
                                  • Serial Season 2
                                    • Nominees for Favo(u)rite Podcast Newcomer:
                                    • Do By Friday
                                    • Mixed Feelings
                                    • Emojiwrap
                                    • Ungeniused
                                    • Presentable
                                    • Six Colors Secret Subscriber Podcast
                                    • Buffering the Vampire Slayer
                                    • Jonah Keri Podcast
                                      • Nominees for Most Life-Changing Hardware:
                                      • Canary
                                      • PlayStation VR
                                      • Logitech Create for the 9.7 iPad Pro
                                      • Amazon Echo / Echo Dot
                                      • SoundBot Bluetooth shower speaker
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