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A timeless classic from the original Vector archives: Former Apple Evangelist, Matt Drance, talks to Rene about the role of Product Marketing at Apple and how different it is from most other tech companies.

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HomePod. It isn't an Amazon Echo or Google Home competitor. It was never intended to be. Where AirPods were designed to be the best way to take music and audio with you, HomePod was designed to be the best way to enjoy it where you live. One yin. One yang. All that, and your questions answered.

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Rene speaks with a licensed psychologist about Apple Watch and what motivates people to achieve their goals.

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• END OF WATCH What happens when you try to change behavior without behavioral science?
• SMART criteria
• Behavioral Change Models

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While Rene gets settled into his new crib, here's another classic from the Debug archive. Rene and Guy English speak with former Apple employee, Nitin Ganatra, about the transition from iPhone's success to the birth of iPad.

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• Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon
• Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS

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Apple is one of the most successful and profitable companies in the history of companies. Rene dissects and elaborates on an excellent analysis by Asymco's Horace Dediu.

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• Understanding Apple and its huge pile of cash

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As Apple invests heavily in creating original video content, Rene ruminates on the broad lineup of programming that has been announced.

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• Apple TV Shows: What's New, Release Dates, Actors, and More

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In this classic from the original Vector archives, Rene talks with Kevin Michaluk about the glory days and eventual decline of BlackBerry.

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• CrackBerry.com

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Rene looks back at the introduction of MacBook Air 10 years ago and discusses the shift it caused in the industry towards lighter, thinner, more portable computers.

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• MacBook Air 10 Year Birthday

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Don Melton, father of Safari and WebKit, speaks with Rene about recent hardware security flaws and software bugs. He also answers listener questions about video transcoding tools and techniques.

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• Don Melton on Twitter
• Video Transcoding tools on GitHub

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For Brian Roemmele, the future is undeniably voice-first. He sees Apple as best positioned to take advantage of the revolution-in-progress but for one thing — the company's reluctance to let the Siri feature become the SiriOS platform.

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• Voice First Expert

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