The Rebound

Our long national nightmare is over, you can get a battery pack for your Palm phone: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/3/11/18260713/mophie-palm-phone-battery-pack-charger-keychain

In less thrilling news, Apple has announced an event for March 25th: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/apple-announces-march-25-event-video-and-news-services-expected.html

Steven Spielberg has some weird thing against Netflix: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/steven-spielberg-theaters-over-streaming-netflix-1202045064/

Jason Snell on Upgrade talks about mean Apple being mean to the people producing its shows: https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/235

Apple is making a Time Bandits series: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/11/apple-time-bandits-series-taika-waititi-director/

Apple is also working on a show with Chris Evans: https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/chris-evans-defending-jacob-apple-series-1202951682/

Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Apple: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18257965/elizabeth-warren-break-up-apple-monopoly-antitrust

Twitter's twttr prototype: https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/11/twitters-new-prototype-app-twttr-launches-today/

Slack's mobile apps have a new dark mode: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260488/slack-dark-mode-ios-android-mobile-out-of-beta

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Dan's new book is out: https://www.amazon.com/Bayern-Agenda-Book-Galactic-Cold/dp/0857668196/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1551813978&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

Corning is working on foldable glass just to show Dan: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/05/apple-supplier-corning-foldable-glass-display/

iFixit says Apple has quietly fixed the footlighting issue on some MacBook Pros: https://ifixit.org/blog/13979/apples-2018-macbook-pros-attempt-to-solve-flexgate-without-admitting-it-exists/

Dan would like to thank Dave Nanian for his help. He makes SuperDuper! https://shirt-pocket.com

Apple acquires Lighthouse AI's patents: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/04/apple-lighthouse-ai-patent-purchase/

Apple has also acquired PullString: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/apple-buys-pullstring-toytalk/

The researcher who found the Keychain bug gave it to Apple despite the company not giving bounties for macOS bugs: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/04/researcher-gives-apple-details-of-macos-keychain-security-flaw-despite-no-mac-bug-bounty-program/

Google also shared a high severity macOS kernel bug: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/04/google-details-macos-kernel-flaw/

A former member of Apple's legal team was charged with insider trading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/02/13/sec-charges-former-apple-exec-with-insider-trading/?utm_term=.bc7f7b1e9fca

Steve Troughton-Smith's Marzipan tool: https://github.com/steventroughtonsmith/marzipanify

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Behold the Samsung Galaxy Fold: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18233917/samsung-galaxy-fold-price-features-consumer-worth-buying-editorial

And the Huawei Mate X: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18239374/huawei-mate-x-foldable-phone-samsung-galaxy-fold-design-mwc-2019

Lex enjoys the Endless Jeopardy Twitter account: https://twitter.com/endlessjeopardy

Here's your big battery phone now buy it you cowards: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/26/18241117/energizer-power-max-p18k-pop-huge-battery-phone-mwc-2019

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Ming-Chi Kuo says there's a lot of stuff coming this year: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/17/2019-iphones-bilateral-charging-frosted-glass-kuo/

Huawei is accused of doing some sketchy stuff: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/18/huaweis-efforts-to-steal-apple/

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Amazon buys Eero: https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/11/amazon-buys-eero/

Kashmir Hill on cutting the big five tech companies out of her life for a week: https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194

Apple names Frank Casanova to head its product marketing of AR: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/11/apple-marketing-head-augmented-reality/

Rumor indicates the second-generation AirPods will have a grippy coating: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/11/airpods-2-grip-coating-airpower-this-spring/

Angela Ahrendts will be leaving Apple: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/angela-ahrendts-is-leaving-apple/

Moltz bought this Anker charger for his wife and she loves it: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerWave-Qi-Certified-Compatible-Qi-Enabled/dp/B07DBXNV58/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=B07DBXNV58&qid=1549999991&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Moltz likes his Keychron keyboard: https://www.keychron.com

Dan recommends "Bodyguard" on Netflix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7493974/?ref_=nv_sr_4

Moltz picked up "Cowboy Bebop" for just ten damn dollars on Amazon Video: https://www.amazon.com/Session-1-Asteroid-Blues/dp/B00R2LVJIC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cowboy+bebop&qid=1549999542&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Lex is still playing Pocket Run Pool which we think is not a euphemism: http://www.pocketrunpool.com

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Lex is enjoying "Russian Doll": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7520794/?ref_=nv_sr_2

"Travelers", a show the three of us enjoyed, has been canceled, but it did get sort of a finale: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/travelers-canceled-netflix-1203126314/

Avi Bar-Zeev, head of Apple's AR/VR effort, has left the company: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/04/hololens-inventor-departs-apple/

Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet: https://www.recode.net/2019/2/1/18207198/spotify-gimlet-podcast-acquisition

Moltz bought a Keychron keyboard, but it hasn't arrived yet: https://www.keychron.com

Our thanks to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com) where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.

Our thanks also to Legacybox (http://legacybox.com/rebound) the world's largest, most trusted, digitizer of home movies and photos. There’s never been a better time to digitally preserve your old home movies, film reels, and photos. Go to Legacybox.com/REBOUND to get 40% off your first order!

There's a bad bug in FaceTime Group Calls but Apple has taken down the service since our recording pending a bug fix: https://www.imore.com/facetime-bug-allows-instant-audio-potential-video-access-fix-way

John Gruber on Apple's potential plans for a subscription service for games: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/01/28/apple-game-subscription

Apple had trouble with the Mac Pro because it couldn't get the screws it wanted: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/technology/iphones-apple-china-made.html

Year-end report card from Six Colors: https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/01/apple-in-2018-the-six-colors-report-card/

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Lex has a bunch of stuff from Control4 installed in his home theater setup: https://www.control4.com

We discuss the Black Mirror choose your own adventure-style episode "Bandersnatch"": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9495224/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Apple was selling refurbished iPhone SEs for $249 but they're all gone: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/19/iphone-se-clearance-special-249/

John Gruber on a report that Apple is slowing its hiring: https://daringfireball.net/2019/01/the_r_word

Who wants a foldable Motorola RAZR? https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/motorola-razr-foldable-phone/

Marie Kondo isn't screwing around anymore: https://twitter.com/williamhanson/status/1087106064858972160

Microsoft is going to stop releasing patches for Windows Phone so you have to get something else: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-to-end-so-use-android-or-ios-instead/

Our thanks to Joybird (http://joybird.com/rebound). Joybird offers one-of-a-kind furniture made to your unique taste. Choose from hundreds of styles and options to create the furniture that brings you Joy today at joybird.com/REBOUND. Go to joybird.com/REBOUND and receive an exclusive offer for 25% off your first order by using the code REBOUND.

Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound) an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship!

And our thanks to LightStream (http://lightstream.com/rebound). Consolidate your credit card debt with a LightStream loan featuring great interest rates and no fees. You could save thousands of dollars in interest! Get an additional rate discount by going to LightStream.com/REBOUND.

John Gruber on Apple's battery replacement program and its effect on Apple's earnings miss: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/01/14/iphone-batteries-and-apples-quarterly-miss

Apple may ship a new iPod touch with a USB-C port: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/14/apple-7th-generation-ipod-touch/

United's relationship with Apple: https://onemileatatime.com/united-nice-to-apple-employees/

China sentences a Canadian citizen to death: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-canadian-death-20190114-story.html

NBC will launch its own streaming service in 2020: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/nbc-to-launch-free-streaming-service-in-2020.html

Netflix is raising its prices: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/15/netflix-raises-prices-pay-original-content/?utm_term=.d9d99f9acf1d

Lex recommends the documentary "Too Funny To Fail": https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/too_funny_to_fail

Alex Jones was briefly on Roku but is gone already: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/alex-jones-infowars-roku.html

AirPower may have actually entered into production: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/12/report-airpower-has-entered-production-coming-soon/

Dan likes Samsung's wireless charger for his iPhone: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/15/16655928/iphone-x-favorite-wireless-charger-angle-notifications-samsung

Elago's Game Boy charging stand for the Apple Watch: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/07/elago-w5-stand-game-boy/

Apple's Johny Srouji is in Intel's short list for a new CEO: https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/15/intel-apple-johnny-srouji-ceo/

A Bluetooth chip that gets power from the air: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183456/wiliot-bluetooth-chip-paper-thin-battery-free-low-cost

DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/15/duckduckgo-apple-maps/

John and Dan discuss the "Spider-Man: Far From Home" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYtuKyMtY8&feature=youtu.be

Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound), an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship!

Our thanks as well to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com), where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.

Ben Thompson on Apple's revised quarterly guidance: https://stratechery.com/2019/apples-errors/

An iTunes app is coming to Samsung TVs: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/06/apple-is-bring-itunes-content-to-samsungs-smart-tvs/

WHO WANTS LINUX ON THEIR IPHONE?! Well, you can get this: https://ish.app

The triple camera iPhone render looks like crap: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/06/2019-iphone-triple-lens-rear-camera-renderings/

LG introduces a rollable TV: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171013/lg-rollable-tv-oled-4k-tv-features-photos-video-release-ces-2019

If you hate those things, you'll love the Alexa toilet: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/kohler-put-alexa-in-a-toilet-so-happy-new-year/

Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound) an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship!

Our thanks also to Legacybox (http://legacybox.com/rebound) the world's largest, most trusted, digitizer of home movies and photos. There’s never been a better time to digitally preserve your old home movies, film reels, and photos. Go to Legacybox.com/REBOUND to get 40% off your first order!

Our thanks as well to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com) where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.