Topics include Apple's quarterly results, how much Apple's cable and peripheral prices contribute to the popular conception that their products are "expensive", presbyopia and large-screen phones, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace lynda.com Backblaze
Topics include the design and development of Marco’s new iOS podcast player, Overcast, custom UI fonts, the difficulty of low-level audio programming, and pricing strategy — with digressions on U.S. politics and other non-controversial subjects. Sponsored by: Harry’s: Quality men’s shaving products (promo code: “talk show”) Hover: The world’s best domain name registrar (promo code: “IBM”) Links: Overcast Marco’s Overcast announcement Matthew Butterick’s Concourse typeface IPNetRouter Pacific Hel...
Topics include the design and development of Marco’s new iOS podcast player, Overcast, custom UI fonts, the difficulty of low-level audio programming, and pricing strategy — with digressions on U.S. politics and other non-controversial subjects. Sponsored by: File Transporter lynda.com Links: Overcast Marco’s Overcast announcement Matthew Butterick’s Concourse typeface IPNetRouter Pacific Helm...
Topics include Samsung getting pinched from Apple on the high end and Xiaomi (at least in China) on the low end, Android and the importance of software differentiation, wearable devices, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace Igloo Backblaze Links: Xiaomi M3 phone Ron Amadeo's review of Android Wear for Ars Technica Khosla interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin Ben Thompson on Samsung's demise...
Topics include the new look and feel in OS X Yosemite (10.10), Google’s new “Material Design” look and feel for Android, smartwatches (including the new ones Google showed at I/O last week), and Dave’s new behind-the-scenes role at The Talk Show. Sponsored by: File Transporter (coupon codes TTS10 and TTS20) Warby Parker Backblaze Links: Tobias Frere-Jones on Helvetica Neue as the new system font in Yosemite . " Google Design " — Google shows and describes its new design language. The LG G and Sa...
Topics include the ongoing World Cup and the sport of soccer, Google Glass, mockups of devices in rumor reports, Amazon's Fire Phone, the New York Times's profile of Tim Cook last week, Apple's growth, and the agonizingly slow death of Blackberry. Lastly, Paul brings up a devilishly tricky question regarding whether Apple will support a particular new addition to the Emoji specification. Sponsored by: Igloo Squarespace Backblaze Links: Paul Kafasis: ‘ The Rise of Emoji ’ FIFA anti-“match manipul...
Special guest Guy English. Topics center on WWDC 2014, particularly how XPC — interapplication communication — is playing a fundamental but largely behind-the-scenes role in many of the new features for iOS and OS X. The new much-improved WebKit API (which brings third-party apps the faster Nitro JavaScript engine), third-party keyboards, Sharing menu extensions, and Notification Center widgets — all these things are built on XPC. Other topics include Apple TV, Swift, and the apparent happiness ...
Recorded in front of a live audience of 500 people on Tuesday, 2 June 2014 at Mezzanine in San Francisco. John Gruber is joined by the ATP trio — Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa — to discuss the news from WWDC: OS X 10.10 Yosemite, iOS 8, Swift, and more. Then, Scott Simpson joins the show to discuss theme songs and the future of higher education. No nudity or violence, but the second half of the show does have some explicit language. Sponsored by: Azure Mobile Services Marketcircle ...
Special guest Dan Frommer. Topics include Dan’s new gig as senior tech editor at Quartz, tablets as a form factor for full-featured PCs (and the now-aging design of the MacBook Air), WWDC rumors, the rumored iOS-style redesign of Mac OS X, previous Mac OS visual designs, and more — including ticket information for next week’s live WWDC show in San Francisco. Sponsored by: Harry’s : Quality men’s shaving products at fair prices. lynda.com : Online video training and tutorials. Karma : Bring wi-fi...
Special guest John Moltz joins the show for a discussion regarding Apple's still-only-rumored acquisition of Beats, WWDC rumors, the ringer switch on the iPhone, the ZTE Open C Firefox OS phone (spoiler: it's a turd), and the transition of The Talk Show from Mule Radio to its new home here at Daring Fireball. Sponsored by: Igloo : The intranet you'll actually like. Squarespace : Use offer code "JG" and save 10 percent for life. Backblaze : Unlimited, unthrottled, uncomplicated backup for just $5...
