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Jim and Dan discuss the Chromecast app being blocked by Google, the New York Times getting hacked, and Apple TVs getting more and more channels.

Jim and Dan talk about Jim's so-called "Apple-centric" stance, the upcoming iTunes Festival in London, the gold iPhone 5S, hacking Facebook, the Samsung watch, and Katy Perry. Also, Dan's eviscerates the new Jobs movie.

Jim and Dan discuss Apple's September 10th event, a lower-cost iPhone, Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update, App Store vs. Google Play revenue, and more.

Jim and Dan are joined by Peter Cohen the other half of The Loop to discuss AMBER alert disruptions, The Newton's 20 year anniversary, PDAs as the predecessor to the MacBook Air, the sale of the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, and more.

Jim and Dan discuss the relationship between consumer and content, the Chromecast, the rumored September 6 iPhone announcement, new Nexus 7, waterproof Samsung phones, why Bob Mansfield left the Apple Executive Team, and Microsoft's 900 million dollar Surface RT loss.

Jim and Dan discuss the recent Apple security exploit, whitehat hacking in general, Apple's Quarterly Results, and more.

Jim and Dan talk about Logic Pro X, Apple TV and ad skipping, insta-deleting iOS apps, the coming public freak-out about iOS 7, releasing beta software as production-ready, Smoke on The Water, and more.

Jim and Dan discuss PCWorld going digital-only, the latest OS X Mavericks update, the ruling that Apple fixed ebook pricing, the Apple/Amazon App Store lawsuit, isolated guitar tracks, and the "stacking" of sound when recording.

Jim and Dan discuss the closing of Google Reader, page views and the role of advertisement on websites versus RSS readers, listener trust, the logic behind curating your RSS feeds, a guitar fit for a son of a beard, and more.

Dan and Jim discuss Jim's review of OS X Mavericks and they get into the overall design, the iCloud Keychain, iWork, and the Calendar. Later they discuss Windows 8.1 updates and talk about the changes to the Xbox One policies. Afterwards they get into their current favorite acoustic guitars, the therapeutic effects of strumming versus picking, their early experiences learning guitar, and more.