Accidental Tech Podcast

80: Tangled in Version Numbers


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    • iTunes on Windows uses Objective-C
  • Lightning cables
    • Advice from Geniuses at the Apple Bar
  • When to ask for a replacement
  • Strain relief design
  • USB icon on the cable
  • There's still a Mac with an optical drive
  • CD-ROM nostalgia
    • CD caddy
  • Math co-processor
  • Kenwood TrueX 72x CD-ROM with 7 laser beams
  • When will Apple let spinning hard drives die?
    • What size drives do iMacs use?
  • Verizon "SpeedMatch"
  • Merlin Mann asks about the new TiVo Roamio OTA
  • Version Numbering
    • The Infinite Version
  • Do people care about pretty URLs.aspx?
  • Podcast Patent Troll
    • Ars Technica
  • Hypercritical #67
  • Hypercritical #68
  • Ars on Carolla Settling
  • Adam Carolla discusses the case starting around 40 minutes
  • Marco's headphone review
  • Post-Show:
    • John's review status
  • Amazon buys Twitch
    • Twitch Plays Pokémon
  • Isometric
  • Marco.☕️
  • Bad.☕️
  • Explanation of John's joke domain for The Flop House
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      Accidental Tech PodcastBy Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa