Follow up on the Apple Watch and Apple Pay announcements. What we got right and wrong, and whether we'll be getting watches, which watches, and trusting mobile payments. Also, what fashion and commerce mean for Apple as a company, the fallout from free U2 albums, and stunned reactions to what happened at Macworld and IDG. With Dave Wiskus, Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie, and guest Ryan Nielsen, formerly of OS X at Apple, now of Tumult and Hype. Support Vector : Visit GoToAssist.com and use promo code...
Sep 18, 2014•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Follow up on iCloud and security, hacking accounts, increasing your personal security, stolen nudity vs. gender-based censorship, mobile payments and trust issues. With Georgia Dow, Dave Wiksus, Rene Ritchie, and guest Nick Arnott. (Recorded before the Apple Event.) Show notes Every Man Is Responsible For His Own Soul How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, for Just $200 Tim Cook Says Apple to Add Security Alerts for iCloud Users iCloud security and personal responsibility The future of personal sec...
Sep 14, 2014•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nude celebrity photos stolen and illegally distributed, the blame game, privacy awareness and the interface design challenge, private camera mode, the lack of facial and body language cues in Internet communications, Twitter fights, and Apple, Motorola, and making smart watches usable. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie. Show notes Editor's desk: Massive celebrity nude photo theft and how you can protect yourself Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft NSFW: Can we try not to...
Sep 03, 2014•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Apple university and the state of management training, Microsoft's stack ranking and how it affected the company, Samsung and Xiaomi and the idea of legal vs. ethical vs. smart copying, the success and failures of innovation vs. imitation for companies and the economy, app design copying and what it means for designers, John Gruber's iPhone 6 math and the importance of touch target size, and native advertising in the context of podcast and RSS sponsorships. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wi...
Aug 26, 2014•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ferguson, social media and streaming video, diversity and opportunity in tech, expansion vs. corporate culture, and native advertising with Guy, Georgia, Rene, and special guest Serenity Caldwell. Thing 1: Ferguson The Night Social Media Exploded Over Ferguson Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization (HBO) Thing 2: Diversity Diversity of Various Tech Companies By the Numbers Apple Diversity Thing 3: Retention Apple should open an office in Seattle Thing 4: Nativ...
Aug 19, 2014•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rene is joined by Georgia Dow, Guy English, and Dave Wiskus, to announce the end of the current season of Vector and the launch of the next. Also: Google scanning email for child porn, tinkering to learn, Apple University, fear and reinvention, yelling on Twitter. Support Vector : Go to www.drobostore.com and use offer code Vector50 to save $50 on any Drobo. Show notes Google scans everyone's email for child porn, and it just got a man arrested Tinkering Mantia on Tinkering Simplifying the Bull:...
Aug 12, 2014•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, talks to Rene about team building, what characteristics are most and least important, and how to get monumental tasks accomplished.
Aug 08, 2014•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Serenity Caldwell of Macworld joins Rene to talk about ebooks, how the creation and publication process has evolved, current features and limitations, tools, workflows, and formats, iBooks vs. Amazon, and where ebooks can go from here.
Jul 31, 2014•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rene and Georgia Dow of ZEN&TECH talk about the CEOs of the major tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, BlackBerry, and more. Their differences in styles, approaches, and the companies they run.
Jul 23, 2014•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Dalrymple of The Loop join Rene to briefly discuss Apple + IBM and then dive into making music in the digital age, including amp modelers like Line 6 and Guitar Rig, editing software like Logic Pro X and Pro Tools, and apps like djay and Capo. Note: Jim was traveling so we had some noise and disconnection problems on the line. We did everything we could to fix as much as we could but there are a few drops, clicks, and pops. Sorry folks! Support Vector : Go to hired.com/vectorpodcast and get ...
Jul 17, 2014•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anand Shimpi of AnandTech joins Rene to talk about 64-bit processors, mobile GPUs, ART, Extension Pack, Swift, Metal, camera and battery technology, and more!
Jul 08, 2014•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Phil Nickinson and Jerry Hildenbrand of Android Central join Rene to talk all about Google I/O 2014 — Android One, L Preview, Materials, Polymer, ART, Android Extension Pack, Volta, Universal Data Controls, Android Wear, Android Auto, Android TV, and more!
Jul 01, 2014•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Bajarin of Techpinions joins Rene to talk about the Amazon Fire Phone, why it was made and who it was made for, and what it means for Google's Android and Apple's iPhone. Show notes Amazon Fire Phone Mobile Opportunities and Challenges In the Android Ecosystem Answering the 64-Bit Question Amazon announces perplexing Fire Phone, matters nothing for Apple and iPhone Guests Ben Bajarin of Techpinions Hosts Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something ...
Jun 24, 2014•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Kawano of Storehouse joins Rene to talk about translating visual storytelling to the digital and mobile worlds, creativity vs. constraint, public vs. private, and where we're going next. Show notes Download Storehouse for iPad Iterate 44: Mark Kawano and evangelizing experience Coffee O'Clock Guests Mark Kawano of Storehouse Hosts Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vect&#...
Jun 17, 2014•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Five years after the launch of the Palm Pre, Derek Kessler of Mobile Nations talks to Rene about webOS, its rise, its fall, and how its interface and features still influence everything from Android to BlackBerry to iOS.
Jun 10, 2014•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christina Warren, senior tech analyst of Mashable, joins Rene to talk about Apple's just-completed WWDC 2014, including iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, developer features, Sherlocking, how they compare to Android, and what we want to see from Google IO.
Jun 07, 2014•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Rubino, editor-in-chief of Windows Phone Central, joins Rene to talk about the evolution of Windows Phone, the Surface 3, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella, Office for iPad, the Nokia acquisition, and the road ahead.
May 27, 2014•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks with Rene about mergers, including the just-completed Microsoft and Nokia, the ongoing Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the just announced AT&T and DirectTV, and the rumored YouTube and Twitch and Apple and Beats deals. Show notes Expect More Tech Acquisitions in 2014 Consumer Choice Is the New Tech Industry Theme Microsoft buys Nokia Comcast plans merger with Time Warner Cable AT&T acquiring DirectTV Google's YouTube rumored to be buying video game streamer Tw...
May 20, 2014•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marc Edwards of Bjango talks to Rene about screen sizes and display densities, the different implementations choices made by Google, Apple, and Microsoft, the road to 1080p and @2x, the advent of 2K, the possibility of @4x, and the question of how big and dense phones can get.
May 13, 2014•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rene talks to Neal Gomba about net neutrality, common carriers, cable vs. DSL, 700 MHz and Band 12, Qualcomm’s royalty rate, and more!
May 05, 2014•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anthony Casella of Mobile Nations joins Rene to talk about cutting the cable and satellite cord, setting up an antenna, using a home media center, and streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.
Apr 29, 2014•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Snell, of Macworld, PCWorld, TechHive, Greenbot, and The Incomparable joins Rene to talk about Apple — and other tech companies — as entertainment, Amazon's comiXology acquisition, Marvel Unlimited, and digital comics in general.
Apr 21, 2014•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rene and industry analyst Ben Bajarin talk about the realities of the wearable and smartwatch market, the phablet space in North America, and why it's hard to see a next-big-thing any time soon.
Apr 13, 2014•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Live from Macworld|iWorld 2014 Rene talks to Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, and Matt Drance, former Apple evangelist, about web apps, native apps, hybrid apps, CarPlay, Oculus rift, and what comes next!
Mar 31, 2014•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dave Wiskus of Vesper and Unprofessional joins Rene to talk about the important of design in technology and culture, strong opinions loosely held, handling criticism, providing support, and figuring out tough problems.
Mar 18, 2014•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Phil Nickinson of Android Central joins Rene to talk Galaxy S5 malaise, HTC's new One, Nokia X, Android as a platform, and how he handles 300+ phones on his desk. Seriously.
Mar 10, 2014•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Don Melton and Guy English join Rene to talk about 4K TV (aka UHD or 2160p) and HEVC (aka H.265), the state of the televisions, physical and digital media, transcoding, and technology.
Feb 24, 2014•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Michaluk of Mobile Nations joins Rene to talk about Facebook’s $16 billion WhatsApp acquisition, not mistaking products for businesses, the value of user-base, the mobile hierarchy of needs, BBM’s missed opportunity, LINE, WeChat, Kik, and more.
Feb 21, 2014•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew Panzarino, co-editor of TechCrunch joins Rene to talk about why mobile is going wearable, how contextual information and sensors are evolving, and how Apple, Google, Samsung, and everyone else will try and sell them to us.
Feb 13, 2014•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Thompson of Stratechery joins Rene to talk about Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella and the challenges he faces making money in mobile, why Motorola was so important to Lenovo, what it means for Samsung and Apple, and why good products aren't enough. (Note: This version corrects a few missing minutes from the original upload.)
Feb 07, 2014•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
