Lex is away so Dan and I start out by talking about the trailer for the next Thor movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MGUNV8MxU&feature=youtu.be Apple is ditching graphics chips from Imagination in favor of its own: https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/apple-ditches-imagination-technologies-shares-collapse/ This makes some think they'll do the same with other chips like power management: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/11/apple-could-be-designing-its-own-power-management-chip-as-well...
Apr 12, 2017•45 min•Ep. 132
ZOMG NEW MAC PROS ARE COMING! http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives Matthew Panzarino also has some thoughts: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/ The whole Mac Pro chat basically went down exactly like the movie *The Interview*: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710/ Additional information after we recorded: Based on what's currently on Apple's site, the "2017 Mac Pros" appear to be just price reductions on the existing models and moving CT...
Apr 04, 2017•43 min•Ep. 131
Why you might want to consider getting a VPN: http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521831393/congress-overturns-internet-privacy-regulation Apple filed a trademark for the PowerBook name: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4359876/Apple-drops-hint-return-retro-laptop-Powerbook.html Apple switched iOS devices to APFS and no one even noticed: https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/03/a-tour-of-ios-10-3-checking-out-apfs-the-settings-app-and-other-tweaks/ Changing the white face of your red iPhone...
Mar 30, 2017•45 min•Ep. 130
Mark Gurman says Apple's getting into AR: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/apple-s-next-big-thing Will Samsung's upcoming virtual assistant make you Hulk out? https://consumerist.com/2017/03/20/samsung-launches-bixby-its-answer-to-siri-alexa/ Seems to be based on Viv, which Samsung acquired last year: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/samsung-buys-viv-labs-in-pursuit-of-its-own-ai-assistant/ Years ago Microsoft held a mock funeral for the iPhone when Windows Phone 7 came ...
Mar 23, 2017•44 min•Ep. 129
Lex recommends Alarm Relay instead of other home security companies: https://www.alarmrelay.com They use an app from Alarm.com: https://www.alarm.com Dan is a negative Nelly on the idea of new Mac Pros: http://www.macworld.com/article/3179356/macs/why-the-new-mac-pro-might-never-come.html Jonathan Zdziarski is joining Apple: https://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=7016 An ode to the clamshell iBook: https://www.macstories.net/mac/the-clamshell-ibook-g3/ Our thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this week's...
Mar 16, 2017•45 min•Ep. 128
Moltz is considering tricking out his 2006 MacBook: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP31?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Dan has some cheap Bluetooth headphones from Kinivo: https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-BTH240-Bluetooth-Stereo-Headphone/dp/B00AWIPITS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489084446&sr=8-1&keywords=kinivo Apple's response to the Wikileaks claim about CIA hacking: https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/apple-says-they-have-patched-the-vulnerabilities-mentioned-i?utm_term=.cuXZl3Y6q#....
Mar 09, 2017•45 min•Ep. 127
OMG DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE OSCARS, oh, you did: http://variety.com/2017/film/in-contention/moonlight-best-picture-oscars-la-la-land-analysis-1201997362/ Apple should buy Netflix: https://om.co/2017/02/22/why-apple-should-buy-netflix-again/ No, Apple does not need to buy Netflix: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/2/21/apple-doesnt-need-to-buy-netflix Our thanks to Blue Apron (http://blueapron.com/rebound) for sponsoring this episode of The Rebound. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazin...
Mar 02, 2017•35 min•Ep. 126
Get psyched for Alto's Odyssey: http://www.altosodyssey.com Rumors of new iPads in March and an iPhone SE with more storage: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/20/ipad-pro-march-event-128gb-iphone-se/ Lex has LIFX light bulbs. Look at this guy in this light: http://www.lifx.com/products/lifx-z?variant=28898043587 Uber gets former Attorney General Eric Holder to look into its sexist culture: http://www.recode.net/2017/2/20/14677546/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-eric-holder-memo Alexa was a little confu...
Feb 23, 2017•44 min•Ep. 125
Get Stagehand: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stagehand-reverse-platformer/id977536934?mt=8 Planet of the Apps is a show that Apple is making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RInsFIWl-Q Carpool Karaoke is another one that's coming to Apple Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fipKCrV3I Apple joins wireless power consortium: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/13/apple-joins-wireless-power-consortium/ The Iconfactory is launching a Kickstarter to remake Twitterrific for the Mac: https://www.k...
Feb 16, 2017•42 min•Ep. 124
Dan's $500 red alert is great when it works: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/02/automate-this-red-alert-shields-up/ Vizio smart TVs have been too nosy: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio-pay-22-million-ftc-state-new-jersey-settle-charges-it Apple's quarterly results weren't perfect but they were better: http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-records-for-the-iphone-and-services-but-the-ipad-still-struggles.html The iPad still has a problem: https://s...
Feb 09, 2017•48 min•Ep. 123
The Iconfactory has a new drawing app out called Linea: http://blog.iconfactory.com/2017/01/introducing-linea/ Apple's quarterly results are coming, but we don't have them yet: http://investor.apple.com/ Super Mario Run has some new features: http://www.macworld.com/article/3163468/ios/super-mario-run-gets-an-easy-mode-pulls-in-the-big-bucks-for-nintendo.html The LG monitors Apple sells have some, uh, problems: https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/01/apple-lg-5k-display-issues/ You can't get A...
Feb 02, 2017•44 min•Ep. 122
A fair number of Apple people are going to Tesla: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/01/23/ording-tesla Probably nothing to worry about but the mega-rich are buying up bunkers in New Zealand: http://gizmodo.com/peter-thiel-gains-new-zealand-citizenship-as-tech-elite-1791550567 Your Echo will now respond to "Computer" instead of "Alexa": http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/1/23/14365338/amazon-echo-alexa-computer-wake-word-star-trek Lex wants to know if we use an uninterruptible power supply: ht...
Jan 26, 2017•41 min•Ep. 121
We might be interested in the Nintendo Switch: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/nintendo-switch-future-analysis/ Lex has his Raspberry Pi working but Dan might go with using a Mac mini and OpenEmu: http://openemu.org Complex's interview with Apple's people working on Music: http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/zane-lowe-bozoma-saint-john-and-larry-jackson-talk-the-future-of-apple-music Dan Provost does the math to figure out if the rumors of a 10.5-inch iPad might be true: https://blog.stud...
Jan 19, 2017•37 min•Ep. 120
Happy 10th anniversary, iPhone: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/01/the-iphones-first-10th-birthday/ Dan was at CES when the iPhone was announced: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/01/happy-10th-birthday-iphone/ Steven Levy interviewed Phil Schiller about it: https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.xxdmuqyr3 Consumer Reports figured out why they got weird results on their MacBook Pro battery test: http://www....
Jan 12, 2017•43 min•Ep. 119
Lenovo has announced an Alexa-powered Echo-type device: http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/03/ces-2017-lenovo-alexa-smart-speaker/ Mattel's Aristotle is an Alexa clone for kids: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/3/14152800/digital-assistant-children-mattel-aristotle Police have already tried to get an Echo's recordings to get information on a murder: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/police-ask-alexa-did-you-witness-a-murder/ Dan's look at the Google Home: https://sixcolors.co...
Jan 05, 2017•43 min•Ep. 118
The AirPods cometh: https://techpinions.com/apple-airpods-more-than-just-headphones/48310 The Mac hardware development process at Apple is in disarray: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple-alienated-mac-loyalists Tim Cook says new desktop Macs of some kind are coming: https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/19/apples-tim-cook-assures-employees-that-it-is-committed-to-the-mac-and-that-great-desktops-are-coming/ Uber's app is tracking you: http://daringfireball.net/2016/12/uber_loca...
Dec 23, 2016•39 min•Ep. 117
Lex and Dan are away this week so Moltz chats with guest host Jon Armstrong from Turning This Car Around. Naturally, we start by talking about Rogue One: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lucasfilm/rogueoneastarwarsstory/ Apple pulled watchOS 3.1.1 after it bricked some Watches: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/13/watchos-3-1-1-pulled-bricking-complaints/ macOS Sierra 10.12.2 brings kind of a lot: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207307 Jon brings up the documentary Game Over about the Atari E...
Dec 17, 2016•54 min•Ep. 116
Lex has a couple of new Watch bands. A leather one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016I7A8B4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3ANLZZAO5LRN&coliid=I35F7MTQQQKO0F&psc=1 And a knock-off Milanese loop: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AU66DSG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3ANLZZAO5LRN&coliid=IGAU2C49US2NW&psc=1 Apple VP Paul Deneve has been removed from the company's executive's page and now reports to Jeff Williams: https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/03/apple-v...
Dec 08, 2016•43 min•Ep. 115
Amazon is reportedly working on an Echo with a touch screen: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/amazon-said-to-plan-premium-alexa-speaker-with-large-screen India's currency issues seem to have worked out nicely for Apple: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/apple-sales-shoot-up-as-customers-rush-to-buy-iphones-with-demonetised-notes/articleshow/55674628.cms Apple let go Sal Soghoian: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/16/mac-automation-sal-soghoian-position-eliminated...
Dec 01, 2016•50 min•Ep. 114
Apple is reportedly getting out of the wireless router biz: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec Some steps to take to improve your security: https://medium.com/@mshelton/securing-your-digital-life-like-a-normal-person-a-hasty-and-incomplete-guide-56437f127425#.jys3lllhw And protect your WiFi: https://decentsecurity.com/#/routerwifi-configuration/ Getting Cloak isn't a bad idea, either: https://www.getcloak.com Why the ...
Nov 24, 2016•37 min•Ep. 113
Dan is away this week so we're joined by Jon Armstrong from Turning This Car Around: turningthiscararound.com Apple released a $200 book with pictures of its products which is only the second-worse thing that happened this week: http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/11/designed-by-apple-in-california-chronicles-20-years-of-apple-design.html Jason Snell's review of the new MacBook Pro: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/11/macbook-pro-touch-bar-review-keyboard-chameleon/ Steven Levy on the new MacBook ...
Nov 18, 2016•40 min•Ep. 112
Lex is away so we are joined by former Apple employee, former Apple cloner employee and current maker of shrubs (http://bonafidepotents.com/products), Albert McMurry. Apple cuts prices on adapters: http://www.imore.com/apple-usb-c-thunderbolt-3-price-cut Apple has dropped prices of the LG monitors it sells: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/04/apple-lg-display-major-price-cut/ Craig Hockenberry suggests Apple outsource making Pro machines if it doesn't want to do it: http://furbo.org/2016/11/05/a...
Nov 10, 2016•49 min•Ep. 111
We discuss the new MacBook Pros: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/10/some-more-hands-on-experience-with-the-new-macbook-pros/ And a bit the Microsoft Surface Studio: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/10/26/13380462/microsoft-surface-studio-pc-computer-announced-features-price-release-date Joe Steel runs down the streaming boxes you can buy: http://joe-steel.com/2016-10-28-Apples-October-TV-Surprise.html Moltz likes Plants vs Zombies Heroes, Lex does not: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/...
Nov 03, 2016•47 min•Ep. 110
Lex has switched from Napster to Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/163856011/ The Logitech Harmony Hub works with the Amazon Echo: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/10/logitech-brings-some-harmony-to-the-amazon-echo/ New MacBooks are coming with the now confirmed touch bar: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/images-of-new-macbook-pro-leaked/ Amazon's reviews problem: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-files-first-ever-suit-over-fake-reviews-alleging-calif-man-sold-frau...
Oct 27, 2016•42 min•Ep. 109
Is Apple even making a car anymore? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/how-apple-scaled-back-its-titanic-plan-to-take-on-detroit Should Apple buy Sonder or just do it themselves? https://sonderdesign.com Not everyone is in love with the Pixel: http://gizmodo.com/the-google-pixel-is-too-dumb-and-ugly-to-replace-your-i-1787877249 Some disagree on the camera quality: https://twitter.com/panzer/status/788396072603258880 That Samsung Note ban is causing confusion: http://daringfirebal...
Oct 20, 2016•44 min•Ep. 108
The Dash controversy is kind of a mess: http://daringfireball.net/2016/10/apple_dash_controversy Jason Snell uses Ferrite to edit podcasts on iOS: https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-with-ferrite/ Samsung halts production of Galaxy Note: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/business/samsung-galaxy-note-fires.html Dan uses 1Writer on iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1writer-note-taking-writing/id680469088?mt=8 As well as Scrivener for larger pieces: https://itunes.apple.co...
Oct 13, 2016•44 min•Ep. 107
iPhone 7 case brings back the headphone jack: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/09/iphone-7-case-brings-back-headphone-jack/ iPhone 7 battery life questioned, Tom's Guide questions the questions: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-7-battery-life-bust-185402336.html New iPad rumors include a small Pro: https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/03/2017-ipad-line-up-2017-ipad-pro/ Moltz's kid's current hobby is installing old operating systems on Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org Moltz still likes Hidden Game: ...
Oct 06, 2016•46 min•Ep. 106
Roku announced five new streaming devices: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/26/roku-five-new-streaming-devices/ New features, Photos has them: http://www.macworld.com/article/3122966/macs/6-photos-features-that-are-worth-the-upgrade-to-macos-sierra.html Firewatch is coming to theaters: http://www.gamesradar.com/firewatch-is-coming-to-theaters-courtesy-of-dont-breathe-production-company/ Apple now sells Sonos speakers: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/sonos-speakers-apple-store,news-23543.html Xiaomi'...
Sep 29, 2016•47 min•Ep. 105
Verizon apparently does use a SIM card for LTE phones: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080722202849AAT51WZ Apple has released iOS 10.0.2 which is supposed to fix problems with controls on Lightning headphones: https://9to5mac.com/2016/09/23/ios-10-0-2-lighting-headphone-bug-iphone-7/ How did Dan get a Sonos and Lex and Moltz didn't know about it? https://www.sonos.com/en-us/home You can get AirPlay working on a Sonos but it ain't pretty: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/02/getting-...
Sep 23, 2016•45 min•Ep. 104
iOS 10 is here: https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-10-the-macstories-review/ NOTE: There were some problems with over-the-air updates on release day, so using iTunes to update instead might be advisable. Soon, the iPhone 7: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/iphone-7-review Apple's trying to sort out problems with the iPhone Upgrade Program: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/09/iphone-upgrade-program-iphone-7-headaches/ Dan likes the Do widget in IFTTT: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/do-b...
Sep 15, 2016•40 min•Ep. 103
