429: The Intersection of Work and Our Firewall
Will we use SharePlay? What are our feelings about Bluetooth earbuds? How do we protect ourselves when we're browning online? And what are our picks for favorite TV, movies, and books of the year?
Will we use SharePlay? What are our feelings about Bluetooth earbuds? How do we protect ourselves when we're browning online? And what are our picks for favorite TV, movies, and books of the year?
Describing an experience with augmented reality, last-minute tech gifts, using tech with holiday decor, and how we prepare for tech support when gathering with family.
The older tech that we can't justify replacing, what we'd change about Twitter in the wake of Jack Dorsey's exit, the health tech we'd like to see next, and which retro video games we'd remake.
How we charge our devices, the travel tech we're taking with us this year, our thoughts on Apple's plans for digital IDs, and an examination of Apple's newly announced Self Repair Program.
Our computer speaker setups, the latest apps we've installed, whether we're experiencing NFT FOMO, and the smart home gadgets we'd like to get this holiday season.
Our thoughts on Twitter's new subscription service, the keyboards we're using, how we feel about smart locks, and some thoughts on Apple's new Communication Safety features for Messages.
Microsoft and Facebook's new metaverse moves, Netflix's entry into the games market, Zoom's consideration of an ad-supported model, and how we deal with needing to use Windows on our Apple silicon Macs.
Whether we could see ourselves making use of a "Metaverse," our supply chain woes, the best features of macOS Monterey, and how we review devices as tech journalists.
What Apple's new MacBook Pros are lacking, much consternation over "the notch," how often we use noise-canceling headphones, and the excitement of pivot tables!
How we share passwords, a subscription service we wish we could give up, our external storage setup, and the tech we once wrongly dismissed.
Our paper document approach, our thoughts on Facebook and whether we think it will change its ways, the single-purpose robot we'd have in our homes, and the rate at which we replace and/or upgrade our smart watches and smart phones.
Is Amazon's new Astro robot cute or menacing? What are our biggest family tech support challenges? How do we revisit our photos? And what do we use for video chatting?
What size iPad we prefer, our assessment of Apple Arcade two years in, the new iOS 15/iPadOS 15 features we love, and our most recent Apple purchases.
The last time we used the full capabilities of the iPhone's video camera, the Apple products we still want to see this year, whether we're tempted by the Apple Watch Series 7, and all the things we track with Apple's Find My network.
How we'd upgrade our tech setups if we had the space, the tech parts of our emergency preparedness plans, our thoughts on cashierless "just walk out" stores, and whether we would add digital IDs to our Apple Wallets.
China's new limit on video games for those under 18, the software features that are gone but not forgotten, Apple Watch exercise accuracy, and our writing on paper vs. typing preferences.
Whether we see ourselves one day carrying foldable phones, our thoughts on drone and robot delivery, changing the rules of copyright, and designing our own computers.
Can anonymity online be a good thing? The first smart home device someone should buy. Our technology collection habits. The "technology anachronisms" in our lives.
The tech we can't seem to let go of, what annoyances we'd fix with $50, our feelings on smart TVs, and how automated photo-surfacing apps work (or don't) for us.
The return of our pandemic tech setups, our thoughts on Citizen's premium Protect offering, whether we've replaced complicated tech with something less complicated, and how we do — or don't — stream audio throughout our homes.
What services we've added (or subtracted) during the pandemic, our Twitter bits that deserve to be shows, what companies we would de-IPO, and the travel tech we find indispensable.
How we manage email spam, the tools we use that have changed how we complete tasks, tech decluttering, and how we fix privacy problems like Pegasus.
The input devices we use, how much of our work happens in the cloud, form vs. function in our tech purchases, and the details that Apple sweats (and the ones it doesn't).
Pokémon Go, our biggest tech gear ROI, the tech we take on vacation, and whether we'd rather have a time machine or a transporter.
How we handle email, the potential of Shortcuts on the Mac, our latest tech delights, and whether we prefer our social media to be fed to us by the algorithm.
Apps and tech we use to fall asleep, our tech pickiness, our single- or multi-monitor setups, and interface changes we've never gotten used to.
Apple's new podcast subscriptions, our favorite under-the-radar WWDC news, the last game we got into, and which big tech companies we'd break up.
Our thoughts on Spatial Audio in Apple Music, if we're excited about Shortcuts on the Mac and our other WWDC favorites, if SharePlay will convince us to use FaceTime, and how we feel about Universal Control for iPad and Mac.
Our hopes and dreams for Apple's WWDC, feelings on the iPad's Center Stage feature, ephemeral social media feelings, and who we're rooting for in the Apple Design Awards.
New iPadOS features we think Apple will announce, the remote controls we use regularly, our digital — and physical — wallets, and recent acquisitions that have brought us joy.