Upgrade

Upgrade

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  • 134: Steal Its Bezel Thunder

    The revival of the iPad name leads us to speculate about a new phase in Apple’s product approach, and what it tells us about the future of the iPhone. We also discuss where the iPad Pro might go next, and what Apple’s acquisition of power-user app Workflow means about the company’s approach to iOS for professionals.

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    • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple on the App Store Fantastical 2 for iPhone - Calendar and Reminders on the App Store Todoist: Todo List for Organizing Work and Errands on the App Store Philips Hue on the App Store CARROT Weather - Talking Forecast Robot on the App Store Klok - Time Zone Converter Widget on the App Store Canary - Smart Home Security on the App Store 25 Coolest Things Apple's Workflow App Can Do - Tom's Guide Weather Underground: Custom Forecast & Local Radar on the App Store WunderStation – Weather from your neighborhood on the App Store Dark Sky Weather on the App Store Overcast: Podcast Player on the App Store MLB.com At Bat on the App Store Alien (1979) - IMDb The $329 iPad could be just the thing for the education market | Macworld Chromebooks surge past Macs in the U.S. for the first time | Macworld Logitech Introduces Rugged Combo for the New 9.7-inch iPad, Made Specifically for Students and Learning | Logitech Online Newsroom Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) | Twitter iPad Evolution Daring Fireball: About That Purported 10.5-Inch iPad Apple acquires Workflow - Six Colors Sal Soghoian leaves Apple - Six Colors Mac Power Users #370: Automation with Sal Soghoian - Relay FM Connected #133: The Italian Word for Spoon - Relay FM TunnelBear: Secure VPN Service Cloak VPN - Cloak - Super-simple VPN 'Hello Tuesday, April 18, 2017'
      1 hr 37 min
    • 133: You're an Empty Row Person

      Apple’s been a leader in podcasting since the early days, but is there a new era coming soon? Jason and Myke have some theories. Plus, we carefully analyze each other’s iPhone and iPad home screens, marvel at Apple’s stock price, and answer your questions.

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      • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Cleaning your Apple Watch - Apple Support Robbie's Watch Band Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix by Sean Heber — Kickstarter Twitterrific: Making Twitter Extra Terrific Moom · Many Tricks Stephen's Special Setup Apple Stock Smashes Previous All-Time High For Second Month Running - Mac Rumors Accidental Tech Podcast: 213: Siri in a Can Apple’s Next Big Thing: Augmented Reality - Bloomberg What's Apple's next chapter in podcasting? - Six Colors Upgrade #88: Happy Apple Watch Users - Relay FM Upgrade #89: Can We Use a Tracking Pixel? - Relay FM Jason's iPhone Homescreen Jason's iPad Homescreen Myke's iPhone Homescreen Upgradian Wallpaper | grafiksyndikat Myke's iPad Homescreen All 13 Colors of iMac – 512 Pixels Run 5k (GPS & Pedometer) - Couch to 5k plan on the App Store How the AirPods show Apple’s frustrating and delightful quest for simplicity | Macworld Shows - Relay FM The Incomparable - All Shows My Brother, My Brother and Me | Maximum Fun
        1 hr 40 min
      • 132: Extra Lasers

        Would Apple ever make iOS devices larger than the the 12.9-inch iPad Pro? And what does Apple need to do to make iOS excel at multitasking and large screen sizes? And Jason and Myke answer your questions in a mega-sized version of #askupgrade.

        This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
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        • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Well rounded: The Lofree Bluetooth mechanical keyboard - Six Colors Enter the clicky keyboard - Six Colors Leopold FC660M White PBT Mechanical Keyboard (Brown Cherry MX) Accidental Tech Podcast: 212: Meatspace Windows Imagining the next 9 iOS devices | Macworld For a bigger iPad to work, iOS needs some interface improvements | Macworld Picard and his PADDS Cortex - Relay FM Cortex #27: Danger Inches Away - Relay FM Hello from the Magic Tavern iPad Diaries: Clipboard Management with Copied and Workflow – MacStories Steve Troughton Smith's Mockup Steve Troughton Smith's Tweet About App Review Liftoff - Relay FM ecobee3 Smart Thermostat Review – MacStories The Best Smart Thermostat | The Wirecutter Hive | A British Gas Innovation - Start Your Smart Home Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac Ulysses Byword - Markdown text editor app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | macOS | Windows | iOS Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11 1Writer - A beautiful and rich-featured Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad
          1 hr 31 min
        • 131: It's Fine, Dude

          We parse through the rumors about what kind of connector the new iPhone might offer—Lightning or USB-C?--and whether Apple and its customers are ready for another transition. Also, will YouTube’s new cord-cutting TV service be a splash hit?

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          • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership RhinoShield - Amazon Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'You Will See Us Do More in the Pro Area' - Mac Rumors Apple executives on the Mac at 30: 'The Mac keeps going forever.' | Macworld Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix by Sean Heber — Kickstarter Marshmallow Run Game by Design Code Build — Kickstarter USB-C, Lightning, and the next iPhone - Six Colors Should Apple dump Lightning from the iPhone 8? The cases for and against | Macworld Ming-Chi Kuo Says All 2017 iPhones Will Have Lightning Connectors With USB-C Fast Charging - Mac Rumors Daring Fireball: Ming-Chi Kuo Says All 2017 iPhones Will Have Lightning Connectors Accidental Tech Podcast: 211: Hardware Mind Virus YouTube TV: $35 Per Month With 40 Channels, Unlimited DVR | Variety YouTube TV - Watch & DVR Live Sports, Shows & News
            1 hr 15 min
          • 130: Ron Has a Pretty Sweet Job

            Apple Park nears completion, The Nintendo Switch arrives, Silicon Valley culture fails its workers, and pineapple on pizza creates an international incident.

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            • Links and Show Notes:

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              Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Úll 2017 Úll Radio Úll 2017 Presenters Get Your Upgrade London Meetup Tickets President of Iceland announces that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping | Icelandmag Analog(ue) #100: Plucky Feelings Show - Relay FM The President of Iceland's Statement Canadian inventor of Hawaiian pizza defends pineapple after Iceland's president disses fruit topping - Home | As It Happens | CBC Radio Justin Trudeau on Pineapple Pizza Free Agents - Relay FM Accidental Tech Podcast: 210: My Stupid Thumb Rocket #111: The FORCE Awakens - Relay FM Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says the company has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to probe allegations of sexism - Recode Remaster #29: Waiting for the Switch - Relay FM Apple Park opens to employees in April - Apple Apple’s new campus ‘Apple Park’ will open in April | TechCrunch The Scale of the Campus Palace of the Parliament - Wikipedia Ungeniused - Relay FM
              1 hr 37 min
            • 129: Disneyland for Developers

              How will Apple’s WWDC be different now that it’s moving back to San Jose from San Francisco? Why is The Iconfactory kickstarting a new version of Twitterrific for Mac? And in this episode, Myke at the Movies travels back in time to 1984 for “The Terminator."

              This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
              • TextExpander, from Smile: Multiply your team’s productivity.
              • Eero: Blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi. Use code UPGRADE for free overnight shipping.
              • Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free.
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              • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Jump Desktop Screens VNC B-Sides #27: Top Two: Computing Platforms - Relay FM

                Marco Arment and Myke Hurley try to debate what the future of computing may be

                Imagining the next 9 iOS devices | Macworld Jobs - Relay FM Steve Jobs announces the death of OS 9 - YouTube Twitterrific for Mac: Project Phoenix by Sean Heber — Kickstarter Twitterrific for Mac gets Kickstarter rebirth? - Six Colors The Iconfactory Launches ‘Project Phoenix’ Kickstarter: A Twitterrific for Mac Reboot – MacStories Linea Clockwise #176: Cool But Also Creepy - Relay FM Sony MDR7506 - Amazon Beyerdynamic DT-770-PRO-32 - Amazon Ultimate Ears Motorola Atrix 4G review Anker 60W 6-Port Family-Sized Desktop USB Charger - Amazon The Terminator (1984) - IMDb Robot or Not? | Darth Vader (Episode 3) Robot or Not? | The Terminator (Episode 17)
                2 hr 7 min
              • 128: Is It Any Weirder than Dashboard?

                Jason and Myke deal with a mountain of follow-up from last week’s episode about the present and future of the iPad, and then ponder what Apple’s long-term strategy for the Mac might be.

                This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
                • Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.
                • Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free.
                • Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three meals free with your first purchase, and free shipping.
                • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Reasons to be optimistic about the iPad’s future | Macworld Connected #128: Better Pizza and Better Pasta - Relay FM Citrix Mouse Support - Citrix Accidental Tech Podcast: 208: Your Face Is Your Face B-Sides - Relay FM Apple Said to Work on Mac Chip That Would Lessen Intel Role - Bloomberg Apple, ARM, and the coming of the hybrid Mac - Six Colors Apple Developing Custom ARM-Based Mac Chip That Would Lessen Intel Role - Slashdot Fake news is killing people's minds, says Apple boss Tim Cook Ungeniused #13: Flat Earth Societies - Relay FM The Terminator (1984) - IMDb
                  1 hr 20 min
                • 127: Congratulations, You're an Analyst

                  This week Myke runs the numbers and shows why the decline of the iPad is overhyped and why it’s a more popular computing device than the Mac. Plus we break down Apple’s latest financial results and define what a quarter means.

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                  • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple is selling Final Cut, Logic, and other editing apps for $199 in new educational bundle - The Verge Supertop Blog: Notifications Are Better Than Alerts Apple's record quarter by the numbers - Six Colors Apple's "leap quarter" - Six Colors The future of computing – Marco.org Accidental Tech Podcast: 207: Selling Hot Dogs on a Stick Platform wars: the final score — Benedict Evans iPad and Mac Unit Sales - Numbers
                    1 hr 25 min
                  • 126: Spinny Propellery Guy

                    This week Jason and Myke try out a bunch of new Apple betas, Apple makes big changes in App review, Jason finds his favorite iPad Pro keyboard, and we get prepared for Apple’s quarterly financial report.

                    This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
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                    • Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.
                    • Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three free meals with free shipping.
                    • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership What to expect from Apple’s Q4 2016 earnings call next week | Macworld Google launches fund that could donate $4M to ACLU, others - AP Find My AirPods: Apple Now Helps You Locate Your Little Lost Earphone - WSJ Apple releases macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta 1, brings Night Shift to the Mac and other new features | 9to5Mac Safari to gain real-time communication features? - Six Colors Steve T-S on Twitter: "watchOS update brings Theater Mode" Daring Fireball: Additional Details on the New App Store Review Features Accidental Tech Podcast: 206: All You Need Is Five Nerds Brydge Keyboard 12.9 Review: Closer to iPad keyboard perfection - Six Colors Command key - Wikipedia Amazon.com: Wacom Intuos Pro Pen and Touch Tablet, Medium
                      1 hr 31 min
                    • 125: A Bear Did it For Me

                      This week Jason makes the case for a new size of iPad Pro and an external Touch Bar and Touch ID sensor. We also discuss Samsung's explanation for the exploding Galaxy Note 7 and Apple's updates to Logic and GarageBand.

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                      • Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Accidental Tech Podcast: 205: People Don't Use the Weird Parts Apple TV, iPhone, iPad gain ability to play Netflix movies directly in TV app - Apple Insider iCloud security and privacy overview - Apple Support Samsung says two separate battery issues were to blame for all of its Galaxy Note 7 problems - Recode Samsung Blames Galaxy Note 7 Overheating on Problems at Suppliers - WSJ Why would Apple release a 10.5" iPad? - Dan Provost, Studio Neat The Case for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro - Six Colors Logic updated with Touch Bar support; GarageBand also gets an update - Six Colors How Apple can bring the Touch Bar and Touch ID to desktop Macs | Macworld WeRateDogs™ on Twitter: "@brant they're good dogs Brent" Nintendo Switch: it's a handheld first, not a console | Technology | The Guardian Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review – Marco.org A podcast studio for under $100 - Six Colors
                        1 hr 32 min

                      About Upgrade

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                      Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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