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.... more

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September 28, 201556: The Migration Experience
This week Jason and Myke share their iPhone 6S/6S Plus upgrade experiences, and give their first impressions of the new iPhone 6S features.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The New Screen Savers 21 | TWiT First Look: iPhone 6s brings major user interface enhancements | Macworld iPhone 6s and 6s Plus review: The best iPhone ever, by a wide margin | Macworld Week 52 - Six Colors Club MacStories – MacStories Memberful — Membership software. Simplified. Analog(ue) #9: My Shoes Are A Bit Dusty - Relay FM 5by5 | The Prompt #1: You’re Thinking of Pitchforks Mailbox Spark by Readdle Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone Genuine Leather Iwatch Band Strap Classic Metal Buckle for Apple Watch 38mm 42mm | eBay Click™ | Apple Watch Adapter
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1h 29min
September 21, 201555: Your Watch is Full
This week we’ve put on the cranky pants, as Myke works out his frustrations with his iPhone and futilely attempts to upgrade to watchOS 2. We attempt to lighten the mood by talking about all the things Jason likes about iOS 9 and watchOS 2, only to stray back into negativity when the subject of Apple News comes up. Welp, at least there’s #askupgrade!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Amazon announces new 7-inch Fire tablet that only costs $50 | The Verge Obi - A Smart Laser Toy for Pets by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt — Kickstarter Thoroughly Considered - Relay FM Incomparable Radio Theater - a podcast from The Incomparable 5by5 | CMD+Space #36: Creating a Radio Drama, with Jason Snell New Colors - Six Colors iOS 9 - Six Colors watchOS 2 released: Let's get this party started - Six Colors Night Stand for Apple Watch | ElevationLab iOS 9 in review: iPad productivity - Six Colors YouPlayer - Video Player for YouTube on the App Store Why Apple News isn't available in the UK yet - Engadget Meet the Superstar Architect Transforming NYC's Skyline | WIRED Cortex #13: Trail of Tears - Relay FM How to Turn off News in Spotlight in iOS 9 — CGP Grey Apple Speeds Up Electric-Car Work - WSJ Podcasts - iOS 9: The MacStories Review, Created on iPad – MacStories
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1h 41min
September 14, 201554: Put a Pen on It
Live from Portland, Myke, Jason, and special guest Stephen Hackett go deep with more thought about the Apple event, the iPad pro, Myke's dream computing environment, possibilities for Apple's product releases for the rest of 2015, what we pre-ordered from Apple, the prospects for the new Apple TV as a game platform, Apple's limited storage offerings for iCloud backup, and more.
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Guest Starring:
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable iPad Pro and Surface: Two different worlds | Apple content from SuperSite for Windows Auria by WaveMachine Labs - Auria Subscription iPhones — Benedict Evans How the new Apple TV uses On-Demand Resources to host great apps and games | iMore 16GB is a Bad User Experience - David Smith Robot or Not? | Siri (Episode 16)
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1h 39min
September 10, 201553: Everything is Off The Charts
Just hours after Apple's September event, Jason is joined by Stephen Hackett to talk about updates to the Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well as the new iPad Pro, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple Events - Special Event September 2015 - Apple John Gruber on Twitter: "Employees outnumber media 2-1 in here. 1000 employees, ~400 media." Apple Watch Bands - Apple iPad Pro - Apple Hands-on with Apple's new iPad Pro | The Verge Steve Jobs, on the stylus Apple TV - Apple Pondering a name change for OS X | Macworld iPhone 6s - Apple iPhone Upgrade Program - Apple
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1h 40min
August 31, 201552: Click to Click
This week we look forward to the Sept. 9 Apple media event, which Jason will be attending. What will it take for a new Apple TV to be a success? Also, a Wii U game wins over a party of eleven-year-old boys in a mouseless house, and we further ponder the eternal mystery of why some people don’t like Tap to Click.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Accidental Tech Podcast: 132: Digital Hearth Connected #54: Tim is the New Cook - Relay FM Cortex #11: 0% Entertaining - Relay FM Runbow for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details Jim's Leather Loop Jim's Milanese Loop iPhone 6S: Larger front FaceTime camera, Force Touch parts shown in new photos & video | 9to5Mac Apple TV 4 coming in October for under $200, Apple TV 3 stays & gets new streaming service | 9to5Mac Apple TV 4: Gaming and Siri will be major focuses, expect Bluetooth game controllers + enhanced wireless | 9to5Mac Amazon Fire Game Controller – Shop Now 5by5 | Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
John Siracusa on Video Game Controllers.
All the unreleased Sport Band colours Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Snowball Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter Upgrade #52: Click to Click - Relay FM
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1h 26min
August 24, 201551: Fight Against the Fiddly Bits
This week we break down what adding Force Touch to iOS might mean, highlighting the difficult design and marketing choices Apple has to make when it rolls out new products. Also, Jason shocks Myke by saying something nice about pens, we address some WarGames and Twitter follow-up, and we answer your #askupgrade questions.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership How Relay FM Proves That Podcasts Aren’t An Overnight Success | TechCrunch The Incomparable | High Five (Episode 260) Clockwise #100: The Speed of Your Voice - Relay FM Connected #53: Go Down the Pole and Run to the Fire - Relay FM Accidental Tech Podcast: 129: Tap-to-Click Wizard Cortex #10: Zero Artistic Skills - Relay FM NORAD to limit tours of military bunker at Cheyenne Mountain Six Colors: Is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? Taking Notes: Is The Pen Still Mightier Than the Keyboard? | MindShift | KQED News Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.” Why I'm writing on the iPad | Macworld The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 128, With Guest Matthew Panzarino Magic Recs (@MagicRecs) | Twitter 'Bench Buddies', by Tiffany Arment Action Launcher for Android 5by5 | The Prompt #38: 45 Minutes in Traffic Six Colors: What's on my desk Hover Series 2 Monitor Arms by RightAngle Products The Verge - YouTube Polygon - YouTube Tested - YouTube CGP Grey - YouTube Marques Brownlee - YouTube Anglophenia - YouTube Alton Brown - YouTube SmarterEveryDay - YouTube The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133 - YouTube Introduction to Astronomy: Crash Course Astronomy #1 - YouTube Geek & Sundry - YouTube Complete Field Notes Colors Collection from Butchers to Two Rivers SEALED EXTRAS | eBay
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1h 21min
August 17, 201550: Bing Bong
This week Jason cleans off his desk and we follow up on Google’s new Alphabet. Then it’s time for Myke to go back to the movies with 1983’s “WarGames” and as a special bonus, Pixar’s “Inside Out."
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Introducing Liftoff and Top Four — Relay FM Top Four - Relay FM Liftoff - Relay FM Welcome | grafiksyndikat*
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The Incomparable - Smart, funny pop culture podcasts Accidental Tech Podcast: 130: Technical Countermeasures Infinite Loop: Michael Malone: Amazon.com Upgrade #30: Boarding a Sinking Ship - Relay FM Australia Apple Pay could be far off as banks push back on Apple’s fees | 9to5Mac Twitter on the Mac: Do your job, or get out of the way | Macworld The Odd Couple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The picture of Job's Desk on Twitter In a Private Light: Diana Walker’s Photos of Steve Jobs | TIME Jason's Tidy Desk This Week in Tech 523 | TWiT Is Howl The "Netflix Of Podcasts" We've Been Waiting For? | Fast Company WarGames (1983) - IMDb The Incomparable | Using Computers to Impress Girls (Episode 189)
The Incomparable episode about WarGames
Inside Out (2015) - IMDb Riley’s First Date? Is a Sublime Follow-Up to Inside Out | Disney Insider | Articles
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2h 17min
August 11, 201549: Huge Engine of Money
Jason returns from his 2,000-mile car trip just in time to discuss the meaning behind Google’s transformation into Alphabet and the future of Twitter. And as always, they answer some of your questions.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Six Colors: 2000 miles with Apple Maps Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal: Nick Bilton: Amazon.com The developer of the best Android app for Twitter works for Twitter now | The Verge Obituaries for the Pre-Dead - The New York Times A year of Relay FM — Relay FM B-Sides - Relay FM Outspoken Investor Chris Sacca Backs Jack Dorsey As Next Twitter CEO | TechCrunch The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 128, With Guest Matthew Panzarino Dorsey's Tweet Jack Dorsey and Other Twitter Insiders Make Show of Support - The New York Times Official Google Blog: G is for Google Infinite Loop by Michael Malone
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1h 26min
August 03, 201548: The Watercooler
Our hosts show off their age gap by comparing how they watch television as a part of a larger discussion about the role of the Apple TV in Apple’s product line. Then Myke and Jason discuss the future of Twitter. Plus they discuss tricks of the journalism trade, Myke’s first experiences with Apple Pay, and answer some of your #askupgrade questions.
This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'UPGRADE'
Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code 'UPGRADE' to get 15% off
Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 126, With Guest Jason Snell How Steve Jobs’ obit got published - Fortune Elizabeth Taylor - Child Actress to Film Queen - The New York Times Get Ready For A New Apple TV In September - BuzzFeed News This Chart Shows Why Comcast Would Be Interested in Vice Media and BuzzFeed - CMO Today - WSJ Twitter's latest financials are strong but its executives are jumping ship | The Verge What Twitter Can Be. | LOWERCASE capital The Case for Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO - Stratechery by Ben Thompson The growth formula: Q&A with Kevin Weil, Twitter's head of product | The Verge Foundation 01 // Jack Dorsey - YouTube OmniOutliner - outlining & writing for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - The Omni Group
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1h 36min
July 27, 201547: Trust Us, It's Doing Well
Jason and Myke discuss Apple’s enthusiastically vague approach to Apple Watch sales figures, Myke’s fear that content blockers could wreck people’s livelihoods, and classic iPods and iPod Classics. Plus, Jason takes a European geography quiz.
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Stamps.com: Postage on demand. Click on the microphone at the top of the homepage and type in UPGRADE, for a no-risk trial and your $110 Bonus Offer, including a digital scale and up to $55 FREE postage.
Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Jason takes the European Countries Quiz B-Sides #12: Jason & Stephen Talk Space - Relay FM Six Colors: A new 4-inch iPhone: Coming later? Or never? Six Colors: Revitalizing an old iPod with OWC's iFlash adapter Apple Waits as App Developers Study Who’s Buying Its Watch - The New York Times The 5 biggest takeaways of Apple's Q3 2015 quarterly earnings | Macworld Six Colors: Apple reports $49.6B quarter on strong iPhone, China results Six Colors: 'It's Tim': What Apple's CEO told analysts Redesigning Overcast’s Apple Watch app – Marco.org The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 126, With Guest Jason Snell The mobile web sucks | The Verge Daring Fireball: The Verge's Web Sucks One Verge Article Loads 9.5MB Across 263 HTTP Requests | The Verge
Vox Product's Response to page load times.
The Verge’s web sucks – Marco.org Publishers and the Smiling Curve - Stratechery by Ben Thompson With Split View in El Capitan, going full screen makes sense | Macworld Apple removes option to buy iPhone 6 via AT&T's two-year contract - CNET
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1h 40min

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