This week we discuss moving walls in an ad, Apple and its MicroLED revolution, a fired/not fired exec and a few funky rumours!

HomePod — Welcome Home by Spike Jonze — Apple - YouTube

This Look Inside Spike Jonze’s Apple Ad Is as Fascinating as the Film Itself - Adweek

PSA: Apple's March 27 Event Won't Be Live Streamed - Mac Rumors

Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook debacle - Chicago Tribune

Apple Is Secretly Developing Its Own Screens for the First Time - Bloomberg

Apple grabs two-year lead in 3D sensing race – Reuters

Apple continues stealthy buying streak with micro LED startup LuxVue - CNET

New Apple Watch bands feature spring colors and styles - Apple

Apple Tries to Win Back Students and Teachers With Low-Cost iPad - Bloomberg

Apple AirPods: the audiophile review - The Verge

Jimmy Iovine’s Planned Exit From Apple Music Raises Leadership Questions - WSJ

Apple is working on a ‘foldable’ iPhone for release in 2020, says Bank of America

Apple next-generation 5.85-inch OLED iPhone MBOM much lower than iPhone X, says Digitimes Research

Sketchy Rumor Suggests Apple Still Plans to Sell iPhone X in Blush Gold - Mac Rumors

Automatic Sleep Tracking with Sleep++ 3.0 - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer

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This week we discuss the acquisition of Texture, WWDC, iMac Pro films, an iPhone hacking GrayKey and a tour of the Hasselblad factory.

Apple to acquire digital magazine service Texture - Apple

Newsstand (software) - Wikipedia

WWDC - Apple Developer

Relay FM Live at WWDC 2018 — Relay FM

Panobook – Studio Neat

Apple holding "field trip" education event on March 27 - Six Colors

Apple Watch Adoption - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer

iMac Pro - Films - Apple

iPhone X — Unlock — Apple - YouTube

Benjamin Mayo on Twitter: Bugged notification bubbles

GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns - Malwarebytes Labs – Malwarebytes Labs

Upgraded Raspberry Pi 3 delivers more power and faster networking

This is how the world’s most covetable cameras get made - The Verge

Rumor claims Apple at work on 11-inch iPad Pro, no new iPhones in first half of 2018

Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Davide Ragusa

This week we discuss glass and employee attraction, WatchKit's inherent limitations, Tyler has an adventure in Las Vegas and we Canadians, review the Apple HomePod!

Tyler's Apple Watch Adventure Comes to a Close

Apple Park: Transcript of 911 calls about injuries from walking into glass - San Francisco Chronicle

Apple's AirPower Wireless Charging Mat Could Be Available to Buy Next Month - Mac Rumors

WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps – Marco.org

Concept: Imagining a more friendly and motivational Health app – 9to5Mac

Apple patented a keyboard that can’t be defeated by crumbs - The Verge

HomePod — Welcome Home by Spike Jonze — Apple - YouTube

Chinese Report Says $150-$200 HomePod and $799-$899 MacBook Air to Launch This Year - Mac Rumors

An HomePod Story

HomePod - Apple

Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by James Walsch

This week we discuss interesting iOS and macOS concepts, crazy homescreens, an 8K TV and workflow and we have a cure for the dongle plague!

OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Review

Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Dock - Amazon

Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock - Amazon

Amazon buys startup Ring in $1 billion deal to run your home security – Reuters

New iOS 12 concept – 9to5Mac

macOS 11 Concept - Behance

You’re Probably Underestimating What You Can Do With Your iPhone Home Screen – Rands in Repose

M A K E O V R

Alex's Homescreen

Tyler's Homescreen

RED and Sharp team up on 8K monitor technology

DTLA - Down Night Aerial - 8K - YouTube

4K vs 8K Display Comparison

Phil Holland - One Year Captured in 8K

Vulkan is coming to macOS and iOS, but no thanks to Apple – Ars Technica

Tesla Model 3 review: the fast and infuriating

Brian Gluckman on Twitter: "Just saw my first Tesla Model 3 up close and in-person. Having spent 15 years off and on in the automotive quality space, this is...not good.… https://t.co/c1Y8QShg6d"

Tearing Into Tesla's Model 3 - YouTube

Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting (updated) – ElevationLab

As Vero Blows Up, Backlash Builds Against Social App’s ‘Shady’ Founder

Apple Plans Giant High-End iPhone, Lower-Priced Model - Bloomberg

New Apple patent imagines an OLED screen as a keyboard for MacBooks - The Verge

Apple extends repair coverage to 3 years for Apple Watch (1st gen) w/ expanded/swollen batteries – 9to5Mac

Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Jeremy Perkins

This week we discuss the HomePod reviews, the leaked iPhone boot loader and the threat of non-native apps!

How a Low-Level Apple Employee Leaked Some of the iPhone's Most Sensitive Code - Motherboard

Sinofsky on Apple Software - Twitter

Inside Apple’s HomePod Audio Lab

Apple HomePod - The Audiophile Perspective + Measurements! : audiophile

My first HomePod experience: bumpy, but this thing BUMPS - YouTube

Daring Fireball: The Threat to the Mac: The Growing Popularity of Non-Native Apps

Fiery Feeds: RSS Reader on the App Store

Apple HomePod Review: It Only Sounds Great: Reviews by Wirecutter – A New York Times Company

Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Felix Russell-Saw

This week we discuss the financial results, kill the rumour that the iPhone X is cancelled and start seeing (hearing) reviews of the HomePod.

Apple Posts Q1 2018 Results: $88.3 Billion in Revenue – 512 Pixels

Horace Dediu on Twitter: My estimate for iPhone units was expecting a lot more iPhone 8 with an average pricing of $710. Actual ASP was $796. A LOT of iPhone X were sold

Benedict Evans on Twitter: Apple active device base of 1.3bn (versus 1bn 2 years ago) indicates a lengthening lifespan (often across multiple owners). iPhones now probably lasting 3.5-4 years, iPad 5 years

Walt Mossberg on iPad Revenus

NEW Apple HomePod - Unboxing + Review! - YouTube

Apple HomePod Initial Review - Surprisingly GOOD! - YouTube

How will Sonos compete against Apple’s HomePod? — Too Embarrassed to Ask — Overcast

Apple's Emoji Crackdown

Connected #179: The Tiny Head Pandemic - Relay FM

Glucose sensor app said to be first third-party title to access Apple iPhone's NFC

How "Hey Siri" works with multiple devices - Apple Support

Falcon Heavy Test Flight - YouTube

Falcon Heavy Test Flight - Confirmation Lost Core (at 2299s) - YouTube

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Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Tyler Lastovich

This week we cover the HomePod initial reception, discuss the new iOS 11.3 announcement, a few rumours and some nasty privacy obliterating tactics.

HomePod First Impressions Roundup – MacStories

Sonos Announces Limited Time Sale Offering Two 'Sonos One' Speakers for $349 - Mac Rumors

Apple previews iOS 11.3 - Apple

Apple announces solution bringing health records to iPhone - Apple

Apple Expands California Self-Driving Test Fleet to 27 Cars - Bloomberg

Now even YouTube serves ads with CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners – Ars Technica

@OnePlus is sending your IMEI and the phone manufacturer to a Chinese server owned by teddymobile

This week we discuss the pre-order of Sodes, a new podcast player, the Nintendo cardboard Labo and we finally produced a car podcast around manufacturing and nickle and diming car buyers!

Tim Cook says users will be able to turn off iPhone battery performance throttling in future iOS update – 9to5Mac

’sodes on the App Store

watchOS 5: A Relatively Modest Proposal – BirchTree

If This Link Is Texted To You Over iMessage, It'll Freeze Your iPhone

First Look at Nintendo Labo - YouTube

BMW's Apple CarPlay annual fee is next-level gouging - Roadshow

BMW and Apple CarPlay: Carmaker wants to charge for subscription - Roadshow

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Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Tanja Heffner

This week we discuss the mess that is the CPU vulnerabilities, a new modern video codec, the iMac Pro gets a teardown and we review the new Varmilo electrocapacitive keyswitch keyboard!

Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register

About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs - Apple Support

Nicole Perlroth with critical news on this "Intel Chip problem" - Twitter

Apple joins alliance to shrink your online videos - CNET

iMac Pro Teardown - iFixit

Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS

App: The Human Story - Available Now

Varmilo Electrostatic Capacitive Mechanical Keyboard (VA108M) Review

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Awesome theme song by Jim Kulakowski | Photo by Andrew Worley

First outside canon show, we review the Star Wars Last Jedi movie and somehow end up calling Snoke the encrypted handshake service between Rey and Ben... Guess a geek stays a geek!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

What is Canon?