Rocket

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October 15, 201540: Sweater Weather & iMac Season
This week, Simone and Christina are joined by Sabrina Wood to talk about new iMacs, Twitter's layoffs and then relive some glory days gone by.
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Guest Starring:
Sabrina Wood
Links and Show Notes Rudoku - Cerebral Gardens Home - Cerebral Gardens Token for Rudoku Loving What You Hate: How to Engage with Problematic Media - GirlGeekCon 2015 (Audio Only) - YouTube Apple iMac 2015 review: Still the best all-in-one, now with less sticker shock 2015 iMac Reviews: 'Best All-in-One' Desktop, But Lacks USB-C and Fusion Drive Isn't Standard - Mac Rumors Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Confirms Layoffs With Tweet | WIRED Twitter to Cut More Than 300 Jobs - The New York Times Twitter laying off 8 percent of employees | The Verge Twitter Plans Company-Wide Layoffs Next Week | Re/code Daily Report: Putting Twitter's Layoffs in Perspective - The New York Times Tyra Banks yells at girl - YouTube 7fd07d05ca1010fe24877002e5e6766a.jpg (236×328) zach-morris-date.jpg (1000×1556) anigif_enhanced-4482-1409368686-9.gif (500×344) MarkPaul_1276877330.jpg (275×374) maxresdefault.jpg (1920×1080) tumblr_lqd5uboL9K1qmzmak.jpg (218×206) 2558639573_tumblr_mb5e9z3bRn1r68sz3o1_250_answer_1_xlarge.png (213×320) joey-mcintyre-joey-mcintyre-31547883-400-600.jpg (400×600)
1 hr 35 min
October 08, 201539: Dredging up the Gems
Simone, Christina and Bri dive into this week's Microsoft event, including the Surface Book and HoloLens before talking about Twitter Moments ... and McDonald's all-day breakfast menu.
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Links and Show Notes The Microsoft Surface event in under 90 seconds A guy in a sideways fedora was the breakout star of the Microsoft event Microsoft shows off its new confidence with the Surface Book Hands on with the Surface Book, Microsoft's 'ultimate laptop' Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book Microsoft's HoloLens for developers will cost $3,000 The HoloLens looks equally awesome and ridiculous Hands on with Twitter Moments How Twitter's new Moments feature will tackle the sports world We went to McDonalds to see what their big announcement was
1 hr 15 min
October 01, 201538: Red Carpet Ready
After a very ... special ... reading, the Rocket trio dive into Peeple, OS X El Capitan, Metal on the Mac, note taking applications, and Bri's time at the Oculus Connect 2 event and reflections on the future of the gaming industry.
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Links and Show Notes Peeple is the ‘Yelp for people’ app your mother warned you about | The Verge OS X El Capitan - Apple Metal for Developers - Apple Developer The state of the FFXIV Mac version, and our plans for the future | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone Hypercritical: OS X Reviewed Apple OS X El Capitan review: A more refined Mac experience Evernote, The First Dead Unicorn A Note from Chris O'Neill - Evernote Blog Quip Oculus Connect 2: all the news from VR's biggest conference | The Verge Oculus Connect 2 | Oculus Developer Conference | Hollywood, CA, September 23 - 25, 2015 - Oculus VR 'Bullet Train' brings first-person shooting to Oculus Touch Social Good Summit 2015 Grace Hopper GeekWire Summit 2015 - GeekWire
1 hr 15 min
September 24, 201537: Special Kind of Octopus
This week, Christina and Simone are joined by Serenity Caldwell to talk about the iPhone 6S, share stories of murdered iPhones, and discuss the Pebble Time Round before getting excited for season 2 of Serial.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
Serenity Caldwell
Links and Show Notes Our Apple Music: The Ultimate Guide ebook is available now! | iMore Incomparable Radio Theater - a podcast from The Incomparable Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls - YouTube Mossberg: The iPhone 6S keeps Apple on top in the smartphone race | The Verge Daring Fireball: The iPhones 6S 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S is a game changer Just how pink is Apple's rose gold iPhone 6S? iPhone 6S review: Is this upgrade for you? Casetify - Custom iPhone Cases Pebble – A New Face for Pebble Pebble introduces its first round smartwatch | The Verge Pebble Announces New 'Pebble Time Round' Smart Watch - Mac Rumors How to wear your Apple Watch 24/7 - David Smith The best third-party Apple Watch complications | iMore ‘Serial: This American Life’ Podcast Tackles Bowe Bergdahl Case With Mark Boal’s Page One | Deadline
1 hr 20 min
September 18, 201536: The Wheel Works Better
This week on the Rocket docket: iOS 9, Simone's ancient iPad, content blockers, Apple News, XOXO and more.
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Links and Show Notes Apple iOS 9 review: A need for speed, and Maps that actually work All hail Apple's new iOS 9 font, San Francisco Introducing Peace, my privacy-focused iOS 9 ad blocker – Marco.org Why Are Web Pages So Slow? — Medium Anil Dash on Twitter: "Okay, ad blocking advocates and users (I am one, sometimes!), we're going to have a new conversation. You ready?" XOXO Festival
1 hr 15 min
September 11, 201535: The Gorilla Arm Problem
This week, Christina, Simone and Bri talk about this week's Apple announcements.
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Links and Show Notes Hands on with the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus: 3D Touch is for real Apple's rose gold is the new pink Who is the iPad Pro for? | The Verge Apple is not following Jobs' script and that's OK Here's why Apple made the stylus that Steve Jobs hated | The Verge Apple TV shows promise, but big questions remain New Apple TV Features Disney Infinity and Games From Harmonix The Issue: Here's What Gaming Looks Like on the Apple TV
1 hr 9 min
September 04, 201534: Fine Piece of Machinery
This week, Brianna, Christina, and a post-PAX Simone talk about iOS 9's new transit data, Google's new logo, and new reports about the NSA and Apple.
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Links and Show Notes 24" imac guy is back at Starbucks. How does he carry that thing? | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Taking Starbucks as your office a little bit too far. 24" iMac? | Flickr - Photo Sharing! With iOS 9, Apple Maps will deserve another look What graphic designers think about the Google logo | The Verge Google's New Logo Is Trying Really Hard to Look Friendly | WIRED Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of Alleged DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program | TechCrunch Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
46 min
August 25, 201533: Beyond Stoked
This week, the Rocket crew discuss Twitter's handling of politicians' deleted tweets, Samsung's new crop of phones, and Windows 95's birthday.
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Links and Show Notes Twitter shuts down 30 sites dedicated to saving politicians' deleted tweets | The Verge Twitter's decision to ban archiving of politicians' deleted tweets is a mistake | The Verge Samsung is tempting iPhone users with a 30-day trial of its new phones Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ is a pretty face and that's pretty much it [REVIEW] Samsung Galaxy Note 5: The big screen goes chic, but at a cost [REVIEW] The hysteria over Windows 95 launch, 20 years ago That time Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry made a Windows 95 video Apple's 'cngrats' image Internet History Podcast | From Netscape To The iPad PAX Dev - Seattle, WA Aug 26-27, 2015 A moment that changed me – Gamergate | Brianna Wu | The Guardian
1 hr 13 min
August 20, 201532: Frankenkeyboards
This week on Rocket: the Ashley Madison data dump, iPad Pro rumors, and the recent Windows 10 dustup.
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Links and Show Notes SXSW PanelPicker - Think Like a Troll, Act like a Brand SXSW PanelPicker - Can VR Deliver More Emotion than Movies and Games? SXSW PanelPicker - Is It Possible for a Safer, Saner & Civil Internet SXSW PanelPicker - The Power of Perception: Media and Women in Tech What we know now about the AshleyMadison hack, by the numbers The mind-bending messiness of the Ashley Madison data dump | The Verge iPhone 6S Aluminum Bend Test - YouTube The iPhone 6S may be immune to another 'bendgate' 2,732×2,048 'iPad Pro' With Model Identifier 'iPad6,8' Shows Up in Analytics - Mac Rumors iPad Pro: Apple's Rumored 12-13 Inch Tablet Report: iPad Pro will enter production by October Report: Apple has worked on iPad stylus prototypes for years Fears of Microsoft scanning your Windows 10 PC for pirated games are overblown | PCWorld Microsoft Can Disable Pirated First-Party Games | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Microsoft Updates Keep Users From Playing Pirated Games
1 hr 13 min
August 13, 201531: Hire the Right Millennials
After some very important Hand Grenade follow-up, Simone, Christina and Bri discuss Alphabet, Beats' place in technology and fashion, Christina's SXSW pitch, and Tinder's Twitter meltdown.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:
Braintree: Code for easy, online payments. Get your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free.
Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'ROCKET'
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Links and Show Notes Google Announces Plans for New Operating Structure – Investor Relations – Google What Google has to gain by adopting the Alphabet In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives: Steven Levy Amazon.com: Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution eBook: Fred Vogelstein: Books Google hid an awesome Easter egg in its Alphabet announcement Face The Music: Beats By Dre Headphones Are 'Extraordinarily Bad' Are Beats by Dr. Dre headphones worth the money? Tech Plays Dress Up - iPhone 6 Cases, iPad Air Case & more | Kate Spade New York cedar street iphone 6 folio - kate spade new york cedar street iphone 6 wristlet - kate spade new york SXSW PanelPicker — Think Like a Troll, Act like a Brand Here's Tinder's full, epic Twitter meltdown - Vox A year of Relay FM The Issue Episode 4: What Do We Know About The Nintendo NX? - YouTube
1 hr 19 min

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