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January 13, 2022Tech News Weekly 217: Wordle Clone Calamity
After taking Google to court over smart speaker patent infringement, Sonos appears to be the victor. Developer James Thomson discusses App Store copycats in the wake of the Wordle clones. Apple's iMessage doesn't use RCS messaging, but Google wants "green bubbles" and "blue bubbles" to play nice. Many experts have penned two open letters — one to Spotify and one to YouTube — regarding the spread of misinformation and disinformation.

First, Esper's David Ruddock stops by the show to discuss the patent infringement case between Google and Sonos. Google will be making changes to its smart speaker lineup in the interest of complying with the ruling, but Sonos wants Google to pay royalties instead.

Then, in the wake of a number of Wordle copycats making their way to the App Store, developer James Thomson shares his own experience dealing with clones and copycats of PCalc.

Then, Jason and Mikah discuss the ongoing conversation about "green bubbles" and "blue bubbles" in iMessage chats and Google's encouragement for Apple to adopt RCS messaging.

Lastly, Mikah shares two open letters penned by scientists, engineers, and expert fact-checkers. The letters, addressed to Spotify and YouTube, respectively, encourage the companies to introduce policies to help quell the spread of misinformation.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: David Ruddock and James Thomson

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1 hr 17 min
January 11, 2022iOS Today 584: Safari Tips & Tricks
Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren share their tips and tricks for Safari in iOS 15.
Bottom tab bar

Tab Groups & Tab Group Syncing

Customizable start page

New privacy protections

HTTPS upgrade

Pull to refresh

Voice Search

Tab overview grid view

Web extensions on iOS

Keyword Search
News
App Store Developers Made About $60 Billion in 2021, Apple Says

Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble

Developer exposes another multimillion dollar scam app on the App Store
Feedback
Paul is looking for tips to make Find My's Notify When Left Behind more reliable.

Kevin recommends the powerful personal finance app MoneyWiz.

Jamie has a tip that might help a car stereo from auto-playing music on the iPhone.
App Caps
Dan's: D&D Beyond

Mikah's: Hello Neighbor

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren

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1 hr 17 min
January 06, 2022Tech News Weekly 216: What Is Wordle?
The Consumer Electronics Show for 2022 is wrapping up and Ian Sherr from CNET walks through some of the highlights from this year's event.

Allison Levitsky from Protocol talks about how Silicon Valley's leaders are participating in T-groups to improve their emotional intelligence.

Mikah introduces all of us to a new word game called Wordle and we can't stop playing it, so thanks a lot Mikah.

Jason gets excited about Sony's shared details around the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Ian Sherr and Allison Levitsky

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1 hr 6 min
January 04, 2022iOS Today 583: Set Yourself Up for Success in the New Year
Rosemary and Mikah share their favorite apps to help you achieve your goals in the new year.
Widgetsmith

Tickmate 1-Bit Journal

Due - Reminders & Timers

Habits with Henry

Nudget

Count Time

Calm: Sleep & Meditation

FoodNoms - Food Tracker

Cheatsheet - Notes Widget
News
Apple's new ad invites you to imagine dying alone without a Watch on your wrist

An Apple HomeKit bug can send iOS devices into a death spiral

Apple Becomes World's First $3 Trillion Company

Apple promoting Fitness+ with homepage takeover before you break those New Year's resolutions
Shortcuts Corner
Ken is looking to create an automation for an Eve Monitor to trigger a Nest Thermostat

Jason would like to pull in call and text message information into Things to-do list app
Feedback
Steve wants to change the order of rooms in the Home app

Zelko is looking for a flexible bill/due reminders app
App Caps
Rosemary's: Remind Me Faster

Mikah's: Townscaper

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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1 hr 15 min
December 30, 2021Tech News Weekly 215: Tech News Weekly's Best Interviews of 2021
An Xbox 360 remaster of Goldeneye 007, how to become Lawyer Cat, a Peloton kerfuffle, TikTok resumes, and more!
A lawyer went viral when his courtroom Zoom video placed a kitten in his place. Thomas Smith from Debugger found out how he did it.

Jason Howell talks with Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about the ever-elusive Goldeneye 007 remaster that was developed for the XBOX 360 and then shelved indefinitely and how he got his hands on it.

Brianna Wu discusses Peloton's handling of its recent voluntary product recall. During the chat, Wu shares her thoughts on why Peloton seemed to resist fixing things fully and why some members in the Peloton community seemed to defend the company.

Mikah Sargent speaks with Abrar Al-Heeti from CNET about how TikTok is encouraging job seekers to post a video resume on the platform. But does it work?

Damon Beres talks about his op-ed in the New York Times about the cognitive dissonance of Apple's hardware event compared to the simultaneous occurrence of Earth Week.

Heather Kelly from the Washington Post discusses the latest slate of surveillance devices to come out of Amazon, including a robot that patrols your house and an indoor drone camera.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Thomas Smith, Sam Machkovech, Brianna Wu, Abrar Al-Heeti, Damon Beres, and Heather Kelly

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1 hr 47 min
December 28, 2021iOS Today 582: iOS Today's 2021 Year in Review
iOS Today's best apps, reviews, and moments of 2021:
Mikah Sargent welcomes new host, Rosemary Orchard, to the show

Rosemary and Mikah answer one of the most common questions they receive: What tool do they use to show their iPhones and iPads on screen?

Apple adds a feature to Apple Watch that lets users unlock their phones while they're wearing a mask.

Rosemary and Mikah share some of their favorite widgets for iOS.

Rosemary unboxes the new iPad Pro.

Mikah befriends a lonely bird.

Rosemary shows a listener how to create a Shortcut for tracking handwashing.

Rosemary shares a few tips for folks who want to master Shortcuts.

Rosemary and Mikah detail one process for adding vaccine records to Apple Wallet.

Rosemary and Mikah review the iPhone 13.

Rosemary and Mikah review the iPad mini.

Rosemary and Mikah review the Apple Watch Series 7

Rosemary and Mikah demonstrate SharePlay with FaceTime.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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1 hr 18 min
December 26, 2021This Week in Tech 855: Smitten by 2021
Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware
COVID-19's impact on tech.

Elon Musk in 2021.

The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.

GM's heated seats and steering wheels are the latest casualties of the chip shortage.

Baby Driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in the front seat of Tesla on autopilot.

The tangled history of mRNA vaccines.

Ransomware Jerks Helped Cause the Cream Cheese Shortage.

The Harvard Job Offer No One at Harvard Ever Heard Of.

Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline.

Log4j: The 'most serious' security breach ever is unfolding right now.

REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward.

Billionaires in space.

FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching.

Fact check: Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket launch didn't emit carbon.

Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon's C.E.O., handing the reins to Andy Jassy.

In a surprise tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he's stepping down.

Square is changing its name to Block.

The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg's Escape Hatch.

A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived.

Lina Khan's Battle to Rein in Big Tech.

Top trend of 2021: The Metaverse.

2021 ends with a question: Are NFTs here to stay?

Android 12: Everything you need to know about Google's new big update to the popular OS!

Colonial Pipeline: How a major oil pipeline got held for ransom.

Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations.

A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple Ruling.

Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled.

Ever Given container ship leaves Suez Canal 106 days after getting stuck.

VW rebrand turns out to be April Fool's joke.

Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV.

Don't be fooled — Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels.

I swallowed one of my AirPods.

Woman swallows AirPods accidentally; claims device recorded audio from her stomach.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell

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2 hr 26 min
December 23, 2021Smart Tech Today 109: Smart Tech Trends of 2021
Matthew Cassinelli and Mikah Sargent announce the sunsetting of Smart Tech Today and look back at the year's smart home trends.
Amazon's Alexa Stalled With Users as Interest Faded, Documents Show

Matthew's Airtable list of Smart Tech Today stories

Matthew's Airtable list of Smart Tech Today's most-covered topics

Ember Mug

HomePod

Eve Motion Sensor

Awair

Eve Door and Window Sensor

Hue Motion Sensor

Nanoleaf Canvas
Picks of the week
Matthew: Focused 2022 Calendar

Mikah: Beyerdynamic MMX 150

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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1 hr 33 min
December 23, 2021Tech News Weekly 214: Spilling the Web3 Tea
Jeff John Roberts breaks down the Twitter spat between Jack Dorsey and the Web3 bros and why he believes VC funding goes counter to decentralization.

Abrar Al Heeti from CNET talks about the many reasons that TikTok beat out Google as 2021's most popular web domain.

Jason looks into the future of lickable screens as well as the developments of text-to-image synthesis using artificial intelligence.

Mikah summarizes new documents that show how a large percentage of Amazon Alexa users stopped using the device within weeks of owning one.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Jeff John Roberts and Abrar Al-Heeti

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1 hr 4 min
December 21, 2021iOS Today 581: Family Fun for the Holidays
Rosemary and Mikah share ways to have fun with the family this holiday season.
SketchParty TV

Just Dance Now

Jackbox Party Packs

Sonic Racing

SongPop Party

Disney Melee Mania

ElfYourself

Monopoly

Clue

Ticket to Ride
News
Swift Playgrounds 4 is now available
Shortcuts Corner
Rosemary's Holiday Greetings demo.

David wants to save links from Safari into OmniFocus.

Another David is looking to automate the status in Microsoft Teams.
Feedback
James recommends SyncGene to sync contact and calendars between different accounts.

Michael is wondering why deleting an iMessage from the iPhone doesn't also delete on Apple Watch.
App Caps
Rosemary's: Tickmate 1-Bit Journal

Mikah's: Pixelmator Photo for iPhone

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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1 hr 2 min

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