Special guest Jason Snell returns for the penultimate episode of 2017. Topics include the iPhone battery performance-throttling saga, Google Maps vs. Apple Maps, new versions of iOS running slow on older iPhones, the new iMac Pro, iOS file management, and more. Sponsored by: Fracture : Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 15% off your first order with code talk15 . Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works....
Dec 30, 2017•2 hr 24 min
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple's new iMac Pro lineup: gaming, VR, medical use, software development video, and more. Also: a spoiler-free preamble on Star Wars Ep. 8: The Last Jedi . Sponsors: Away : Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with code talkshow . Warby Parker : Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Casper : You can be sure of your purchase with Casper’s 100...
Dec 19, 2017•2 hr 7 min
John “With an H” Moltz returns to the show. Topics include the ongoing deluge of sexual harassment scandals, our beloved SodaStreams, the Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra root login fiasco, App: The Human Story , and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Audible : Get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial. Casper : You can be sure of your purchase with Casper’s 100 night risk-free, sleep-on-it trial. Save $50 with coupon thetalkshow . Links...
Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Merlin Mann returns to the show for a Thanksgiving-week holiday spectacular. Topics include the history of Markdown, nerding out with Keyboard Maestro, kids today and the computers they want to use, caring about idiomatic native UI design, a look back at last year's election, and more. Sponsored by: Away : Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with code TALKSHOW . Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free shipping in the U.S. and Canada. Frac...
Nov 18, 2017•2 hr 24 min
Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about the iPhone X. Sponsored by: Casper : You can be sure of your purchase with Casper’s 100 night risk-free, sleep-on-it trial. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture : Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Save 15% off your first Fracture order with code TALK15 . Links: My photo of Bernie Sanders and Bill de Blasio on the A train . New York Post video of Sanders and de Blasio on the train ...
Nov 10, 2017•2 hr 13 min
Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to talk about the iPhone X, which is now in the hands of reviewers and just days away from the hands of customers. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture : Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Casper : You can be sure of your purchase with Casper’s 100 night risk-free, sleep-on-it trial. Links: Matthew Panzarino’s iPHone X review for TechCrunch . Nicole N...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 40 min
Rene Ritchie returns to the show on the eve of iPhone X pre-orders opening. Topics include iPhone X (duh), Google’s Pixel 2 and the goofy OLED display on the “XL” version, Face ID FUD, and more. Sponsored by: Fracture : Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Hullo Pillow : Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Flow : Beautiful project management for teams everywhere. Links: Jeff Williams : “You can not double plan the kind volumes that we do. We want leading e...
Oct 27, 2017•1 hr 44 min
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include watches, the problems with the current MacBook keyboards, iOS 11 battery life, my massive windfall from the iBooks antitrust settlement, and more. Sponsored by: Audible : Get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Backblaze : Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Links: Serenity on the 38mm Apple Watch and the lack of smaller...
Oct 21, 2017•2 hr 2 min
Special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple Watch Series 3, our mutual fear of heights, Velcro, and more. Sponsored by: Away : Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with code talkshow . Squarespace : Build it beautiful. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free overnight shipping in the US and Canada. Links: 3-way cabl...
Sep 30, 2017•1 hr 38 min
Matthew Panzarino joins the show for an in-depth look at last week’s Apple event in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park. We talk about iPhone X, iPhone 8, Apple Watch Series 3, Apple TV 4K, and the new Apple Park campus and Steve Jobs Theater. Sponsored by: Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free overnight shipping. Audible : With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Backblaze : Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled....
Sep 19, 2017•3 hr 2 min
Very special guest Craig Federighi returns to the show to talk about Face ID, the perils of live demos, Apple’s approach to designing the iPhone X, privacy, security, and more. Sponsored exclusively by: DuckDuckGo : The search engine that doesn’t track you. Learn more about search privacy and “private/incognito” mode in DuckDuckGo’s report . Links: This week’s keynote address . More on the Face ID demo glitch . The previous Roman numerals gag in an episode title . This episode of The Talk Show w...
Sep 15, 2017•30 min
Jim Dalrymple returns to the show for a preview of next week's Apple event. We speculate on the naming of the new iPhones, facial recognition in lieu of Touch ID, third-generation Apple Watches, Apple TV, HomePod, and more. Sponsored by: Casper : An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Warby Parker : Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Squarespace : Bu...
Sep 10, 2017•2 hr 27 min
Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include Daring Fireball's 15th anniversary, fruit fly infestations, clicky keyboards, sandwich cookies, the birth of Markdown, iOS 11's new "cop mode", favicons in Safari, Apple's Project Titan, last week's total solar eclipse, and Jerry Lewis. Sponsored by: Casper : The Casper mattress was designed by a team of 20 engineers, and perfected by a community of nearly half a million sleepers. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Aft...
Aug 25, 2017•2 hr 40 min
Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include China forcing Apple to remove VPN apps from the Chinese App Store, Wi-Fi vs. LTE networking, the open workspaces in Apple Park, Glenn’s new letterpress project, the HomePod OS leak and iPhone D22, and more. Sponsored by: Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code thetalkshow for free overnight shipping. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code gruber for 10% off your first order. Fracture : Your photos printed directly on glass...
Aug 06, 2017•2 hr 39 min
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about the rumors and speculation regarding this year’s upcoming new iPhones. Sponsored by: Hullo Pillow : Sleep better with a new buckwheat pillow. It’ll be your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Casper : An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Audible.com : With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Links: Mexican Coke . Daring Fireball: “ Speculation Re...
Jul 21, 2017•2 hr 7 min
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include more follow-up from WWDC 2017, the iPad Pro models and ProMotion, Scott Forstall's interview with John Markoff regarding the 10-year anniversary of the original iPhone, the ongoing shitshow at Uber, quick thoughts on the Nintendo Switch, and more. Also: guess which John enjoys throwing babies into the air. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code GRUBER for 10% off your first order. Away : High-quality luggage with bui...
Jun 27, 2017•1 hr 54 min
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show to talk about WWDC 2017 — iOS 11, the new iPad Pro models, MacOS 10.13 “High Sierra”, updated Mac hardware and a tease at the upcoming iMac Pro, where Apple might go with VR and AR, San Jose as the venue for the event itself, and more. Sponsored by: Warby Parker : Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Squarespace : Make your next move. Make your next website. Use code gruber for 10% off yo...
Jun 20, 2017•2 hr 6 min
Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose, John Gruber is joined by Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi to discuss the news from WWDC: new Mac hardware, the new iPad Pro, Mac OS 10.13 “High Sierra”, iOS 11, the upcoming HomePod, and more. A full text transcript is available , by Serenity Caldwell. Sponsored by: Jamf : Great mobile device management for Apple products. MacStadium : Get your Mac build infrastructure out of the office closet and into the hands of the ...
Jun 08, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Manton Reece and whisky-soaked baritone Brent Simmons join the show to talk about JSON Feed, the new spec they co-authored for syndicating things like blog posts and podcasts. We talk about their longstanding mutual interest in [Userland Frontier][f] -- Dave Winer’s groundbreaking scripting environment from the early ’90s -- and how that background and their mutual love for publishing on the open web and the democratization of technology ultimately led to the creation of JSON Feed, as well as th...
Jun 01, 2017•1 hr 59 min
Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to speculate about what Apple might announce at the upcoming WWDC 2017: Apple Watch, iPad, iOS, updated MacBooks, Apple TV, and more. Also: a celebration of the great Roger Moore. Sponsored by: MailRoute : Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10 percent off for the life of your account. Squarespace : Make your next move with a beautiful website. Use code gruber for 10 percent off your first order. Fracture : Your photos pri...
May 28, 2017•2 hr 25 min
Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Microsoft's announcements from Build 2017, search engines, Amazon's new (confusingly-named) Look and Show devices, the need for HAL 9000, Apple's WeChat problem in China, and more. Sponsored by: Pingdom : Uptime and performance monitoring made easy. Use code THETALKSHOW for 20 percent off. Squarespace : Build it beautiful. Use code gruber for 10 percent off your first order. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Links: Microsoft's B...
May 13, 2017•3 hr 22 min
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s Q2 2017 financial results, the iPhone’s decline in China over the past two years, Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick getting called to Tim Cook’s office regarding Uber’s surreptitious “fingerprinting” of iPhones, judging Apple Watch’s success, Hulu’s entry into the cord-cutting “live TV” subscription market (and Apple’s conspicuous absence from that same market), and more. Sponsored by: Casper : An ob...
May 07, 2017•2 hr 14 min
Special guest Lisa Jackson — Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives — joins the show for an Earth Day discussion of the state of Apple’s environmental efforts: climate change, renewable energy, responsible packaging, and Apple’s new goal to create a “closed-loop supply chain”, wherein the company’s products would be manufactured entirely from recycled materials. Full transcript of this episode . Sponsored exclusively by: Circle With Disney : Disney’s new way for fa...
Apr 21, 2017•56 min
MG Siegler returns to the show. Topics includes Virgin America's sad fate as a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pros, "doing work" on an iPad Pro, Walt Mossberg, the absurd bloat of iOS apps, Clips, Netflix and Amazon's spending on video, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code gruber for 10% off your first order. Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Fracture : Your photos, printed directly on glass. Great gift idea. Links: MG: The Great La...
Apr 19, 2017•2 hr 27 min
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show for an in-depth discussion of last week's "future of the Mac Pro" round table discussion between a handful of Apple executives and journalists who cover the company. We talk about what went wrong with the 2013 Mac Pro design, speculate on the timeline of when Apple made this decision, why touchscreen Macs are almost certainly a bad idea even though a lot of people think they want one, and more. Sponsored by: Circle With Disney : Disney’s new way for families...
Apr 13, 2017•2 hr 4 min
Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the end of The Deck ad network, my weird story about getting kicked out of Amazon’s affiliate program, Apple’s new products announced last week (Red iPhone 7 models, larger-capacity iPhone SEs, the new 9.7-inch just-plain iPad, and Apple’s excellent new Clips app), Samsung’s new Galaxy S8, Twitter’s new reply system, CarPlay getting its ass kicked in a head-to-head comparison with Android Auto, ISPs and Privacy, and more. Sponsored by...
Apr 01, 2017•2 hr 22 min
The one and only Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include modern plumbing technology and product marketing, the intricate ordeal of switching from iCloud’s old two-step authentication to the modern two-factor authentication, and the future of voice-driven UI/AI. Also, a wee bit of follow-up on our post-election November 9 Holiday Party. Sponsored by: Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi, that works. Away : High quality luggage with built-in USB chargers. Save $20 with promo code talkshow . Fracture : No...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include the Best Picture fiasco at last week’s Academy Awards, Tim Cook speaking vaguely of “the pro area” at Apple’s shareholders meeting, the conflict between Apple’s culture of secrecy and the glaring embarrassment that is the 1,100-day-old Mac Pro lineup, new iPad Pro rumors and our ruminations on tablet vs. notebook hardware form factors, The Wall Street Journal’s seemingly goofy report on new iPhones replacing Lightning with USB-C ports, and th...
Mar 05, 2017•2 hr 7 min
Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include WWDC moving back to San Jose, the latest rumors about this year’s new iPads and iPhones, and the thinking behind the design changes in the just-released Overcast 3.0. Sponsored by: Casper : An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi, that works. Use code thetalkshow for free expedited shipping. Audible : With Audible, you’ll find what you’re ...
Feb 23, 2017•2 hr 40 min
John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include: 🐩💨, iPad vs. Mac for productivity (and why the iPad isn’t a self-sufficient platform), nostalgia for System 7, speculation on this year’s upcoming new iPhones, and more. Alternative title for this episode: 🏢🍆. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Make your next website. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Setapp : An “Unstore” Alternative to the Mac App Store. Casper : An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly f...
Feb 10, 2017•1 hr 41 min
