162: Privacy is a Feature
The future of laptop keyboards, whether VR can be good at anything beyond entertainment, the growing importance of encryption, and a watchOS 3 check-in.
The future of laptop keyboards, whether VR can be good at anything beyond entertainment, the growing importance of encryption, and a watchOS 3 check-in.
Live from Ireland, we discuss Apple and the Mac, our tech passions, keyboards, and VR prospects.
Finding lost items via technology, Apple's Magic Toolbar, Microsoft's new playbook, and revisiting CarPlay.
This week we rebrand Samsung, eat meat grown in a lab, watch the Apple Car make a U-turn, and change all our passwords.
Amazon's Echo music subscription, the Internet of Things gets infected with malware, preferred methods of paying for software, and excitement for virtual and augmented reality.
Google's new stuff, including Google Home; Apple's new Spoken Editions of print articles; and imagining the Next Big Thing.
Blocking spam calls, other uses for a Galaxy Note 7, the prospect (again) of Google-built phones, and Blackberry's body hits the floor.
When we trust and distrust the cloud with our files, features future smartphones should strive for, Google's launch of Allo, and unsung features of new smartphone toys.
iMessage apps, anticipated macOS Sierra features, iPhone pre-orders, and Swift Playgrounds.
Breaking down Apple's media event, from iPhone to AirPods to dual cameras to Apple Watch Series 2.
Sonos gets cozy with Amazon Echo, our many terabytes of cloud storage, the promise of AI software, and Aleen searches for a birthday present for her husband.
The value of music subscriptions, Bloomberg's weird Apple Watch story, old software we still cling to, and our personal beta-testing policies.
Geolocating friends and family, the appeal of Chromebooks, using keyboards with tablets, and favorite Mac menu-bar items.
Wired versus wireless headphones, No Man's Sky and the games of our dreams, hopes for iPad improvements, and the future of the enormous smartphone.
The ethics of copying in tech, buying an Apple car, a pox on Smart TVs, and the problem of Emoji fragmentation.
The rise of biometrics, retail therapy to offset the end of the world, AR and Poke Mans, and Adobe's relationship with Apple.
Reading comics digitally, smart home confusion, Twitter verification, and teaching programming.
Apple considers an app reality show, unsung app heroes, Pokémon Go, and embracing the cloud.
Email policies, the threats of VR, two-factor authentication, and privacy versus convenience.
The prospects of a new Apple Watch, upgrading old hardware (or not), requiem for the Thunderbolt Display, and chatbots.
Robots analyzing photos, the real chances for VR success, smart home frustration, and the opening of beta season.
Live from San Francisco, we're joined by Relay FM founders Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett to discuss all four platforms discussed during Apple's WWDC keynote.
Technology giveaways, freshening up Apple Music, expanding Apple Pay, and iOS dream features.
Upgrading old hardware, the relevance of Amazon Prime Video, passing the tip jar for free stuff, and the peril and promise of wireless charging.
Siri API integrations, no Overwatch on Mac, Apple missing the AI wave, and the MacBook Pro's rumored OLED touchbar.
Google I/O keynote reaction! Google Home v. Amazon Echo, Google Assistant v. Siri, Allo and Duo, and Android Wear 2 v. Apple Watch.
Oracle versus Google in the rematch nobody wanted to see, strategies for buying a smartphone in a world without phone subsidies, Instagram's icon and our fears of change, and a revisiting of the new Apple TV app platform.
Potential Apple Music fixes, concerns about iPhone sales, the value of tech unitaskers, and the future of digital cameras.
The meaning of emoji, nerdy t-shirts, what Apple can learn from Apple Music, and a near-term wish list for Alexa and Siri.
People who are sad about the MacBook and iPhone SE, imagining an Apple Car, and embracing our cyborg futures.