69: The 2015 Upgradies

With a little help from their Relay FM co-hosts, Myke and Jason present awards to the best (and worst) of the year in the second annual Upgradies.

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Links and Show Notes: Nominees for Best iOS App:

• Slack
• Notes.app
• Outlook
• Graphic, by Autodesk
• Procreate
• Tweetbot 4
• 2Do

Nominees for Best Newcomer iOS App:

• Pigment
• Ferrite
• You Must Build a Boat
• Copied
• Carrot Weather
• 2Do
• Dragon Anywhere

Nominees for Best Mac App:

• 1Password
• Logic Pro X
• Ulysses
• Day One
• Fantastical 2

Nominees for Best Newcomer Mac App:

• Fantastical 2
• Audio Hijack 3
• Visual Studio Code
• Tweetbot
• Photos.app

Nominees for Best Game:

• Rocket League
• Splatoon
• Runbow
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Destiny

Nominees for Best iOS Game:

• Alto's Adventure
• Pac-Man 256
• Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
• Kingdom Rush
• Badland 2
• Oceanhorn

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Movie:

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Martian
• Inside Out
• Entourage

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Myke at the Movies:

• Say Anything
• Raiders of the Lost Ark

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Book:

• Becoming Steve Jobs
• The Goblin Emperor
• Station Eleven
• Fear the Sky
• The Golem and the Jinni
• The Scott Harvath Series
• The Expanse Series

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Gadget:

• Apple Pencil
• Apple Watch
• Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter
• iPhone 6S Plus
• DXO One
• iPad Pro

Nominees for Best Non-Apple Gadget of the Year:

• Sphero BB-8
• Breville Tea Maker
• New Nintendo 3DS
• Sugr Cube
• Amazon Fire TV Stick
• Raspberry Pie Zero

Nominees for Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech:

• Logitech MX Master
• Macbook (One) Keyboard
• Apple Music
• Apple Watch
• Tile
• Coin
• Withings Home Camera

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Story

• Jack Dorsey's Return to Twitter
• Federico Viticci's iPad Pro Review
• The Ashley Madison Hack
• Taylor Swift and Apple Music
• Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos compete for Space
• Swift goes Open Source

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Screw Up:

• Blackberry CEO attempting to demo the Priv
• Aaron Rodgers Throwing a Surface
• Apple Music
• Jimmy Iovine Thinking Women Need Help Finding Music
• Mac App Store Certificates
• The Time Magazine VR Cover

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Non-Tech Podcast:

• The Flop House
• Reconcilable Differences
• Roderick on the Line
• Rebel Force Radio

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Podcast:

• ATP
• Upgrade
• The Talk Show
• The Incomparable
• Cortex

Nominees for Favo(u)rite Podcast Newcomer:

• Reconcilable Differences
• The Flash Flashcast
• Design Life
• Built in Motion
• Defocused
• Cortex

Nominees for Best Holiday Gift:

• Cocktail Making Tools
• Sphero BB-8
• Marvel Unlimited
• iPad Mini 4
• Foot Cardigan
• Mahabis Slippers
• Beats Headphones

Nominees for Most Life-Changing Hardware:

• iPad Pro
• Apple Watch

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