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Maxel
Maxel's solo podcast where he discusses what's going on in the world of technology... mostly in the world of Apple
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Apple Unleashed Event
- Apple Music
- New Voice Plan
- New HomePod mini Colors
- New AirPods
- Apple Silicon
- M1 Pro
- M1 Max
- Thoughts on Gaming on Mac
- MacBook Pros
- Specs
- Ports
- What's missing
- More thoughts on Gaming on Mac
- Apple Music
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- iOS 15
- FaceTime
- Messages
- Notifications
- Focus
- Photos
- Spotlight
- Memories
- Wallet
- Weather
- Apple Maps
- AirPods
- Conversation Boost
- Announce Messages and Notifications
- Find My
- Spatial Audio on tvOS and macOS
- iPadOS 15
- Widgets on Home Screen
- App Library
- Multi-tasking
- Split View
- Shelf
- Notes
- Translate
- Swift Playgrounds
- No Pro Apps
- Privacy
- Safari
- Privacy Report
- Siri
- iCloud
- Account Recovery
- Legacy contact
- iCloud+
- Private Relay
- Hide my Email
- HomeKit Video
- Health
- Health Initiatives
- Mobility
- Trends
- Data Sharing
- Family Sharing
- Vaccination Records
- watchOS 8
- mindful app
- More Workouts
- Portrait Watch Face
- Photos
- Scribble
- App Shelf
- Home
- Keys
- SharePlay
- For All of You
- HomePod mini imrpovements
- Matter
- macOS Monterey
- FaceTime
- Focus
- Quicknotes
- Universal Control
- AirPlay
- Shortcuts (Short cats)
- Safari
- Dev Features
- APIs
- Swift
- App Store
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- LG C1 OLED TV Review
- OLED
- Setup
- Screen
- Dolby Audio and Video
- 2021 iPad Pro 12.9inch Review
- Pretty and Fast
- HDR
- miniLED
- Blooming issue
- The Magic Keyboard
- The M1 Chip
- The problem everyone is aware of
- WWDC 2021 Wishes and Expectations
- macOS
- iPadOS
- iOS
- watchOS
- tvOS
- and of course... f#@king Siri
- Expected vs non expected Hardware
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- Smart Canvas
- Google Work improvements
- Interactive work
- Google Search / AI
- Making search smarter
- Helping Google understand natural language
- LaMDA
- Conversing with Pluto... The planet...
- AI conversations
- TPUv4
- Machine Learning Chips
- Large Quantum Computers
- Google Privacy
- no really
- How much they block malware, privacy attacks etc.
- A password free future
- Products that are private by design
- Locked photos
- MUM
- Adding context to search results and language learning
- AR in search
- Google sources and accuracy initiatives
- Google Maps
- AR improvments
- Detailed and dynamic objects
- Google Shop
- Shopping Graph
- Google Lens for shopping
- Google Photos
- Little Patterns
- Control over hurtful photos
- Android 12
- Material Design
- Personal and secure
- Optimization
- WearOS
- Longer battery
- Partnering with Samsung
- FitBit integreation
- Better camera tech for people of color
- Accurate color and white balance representation
- Fixing stray light and hair patterns
- Google health Initiatives
- Northwestern Medicine
- Improving Mammography
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- Small Announcements
- Apple Card Family
- Apple Podcast Subscriptions and Channels
- Apple Airtags
- Find My
- Privacy
- Customization
- Pricing
- Apple TV
- New CPU
- High Frame Rate HDR
- Color Balance with iPhone
- New Apple TV Remote
- Aluminum
- New Click Pad
- Outer ring like iPod ring
- A little expensive...?
- New 24inch iMac
- Colors
- Big chin and bezels still!??? WHY!?
- M1 performance
- Ports and features
- Audio and microphone
- iPad Pros
- M1 is coming to the pad
- Thunderbolt and USB 4
- 5G
- Ultra wide camera with Center Stage
- Liquid Retina XDR on the big one
- Pricing
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- Apple announces WWDC21
- What to expect
- April event vs WWDC
- All the OS’
- Apple Watch Explorer Edition
- Hiking and rock climbing
- The problem with owning multiple watches
- New Find My Certification
- Where are my Airtags apple!?
- Avoiding regulation
- Third party trackers
- Apple seeds 7th beta of 14.5
- The seventh beta
- Like come on already
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- The HomePod has been discontinued
- I'm sad 😞
- Less Mac Pro. More iPod HiFi
- I loved this thing
- The iMac Pro and 21inch iMacs have discontinued
- Where does the M1 iMacs fit in this
- Why remove the iMac Pro
- They're coming...
- Missing my iPad Pro
- Waiting for the new one
- Potential April Event
- 10 vs 12 inches 😉
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- Apple LOVES the Mac
- Video transitions
- Celebrities using the Mac
- The next generation of Macs
- M1 Chips
- Every chip is on an SoC
- 16 Billion Transistors
- 8 Core Chips
- 4 Core CPU
- 4 Core GPU
- "I misspoke here and called them both 8 core but it's 4 and 4"
- Best CPU performance per watt
- Integrated graphics at 25 thousand threads at a time
- 16 Core Neural Engine for Machine Learning
- Best in class secure enclave
- Big Sur!
- Coming November 12th
- Craig is hilarious
- twice as responsive
- Snappier!
- Advanced power management
- Better graphical performance
- Super secure
- All their apps are optimized and ready
- Universal apps and creator showcase
- Among Us!
- Baldur's Gate 3!
- Subnautica!
- M1 MacBook Air
- No fan!
- Much better performance and efficiency
- Battery life
- Twice as fast SSD
- No better hardware camera
- No FaceID
- $999
- M1 Mac mini
- Their DTK
- Better CPU
- Faster Graphical performance
- Same I/O
- $699
- M1 MacBook Pro 13inch
- Performance
- Graphics
- Longest battery in a Mac ever
- "Studio Quality" microphone
- No better hardware camera
- No FaceID
- $1299
- You can order all this today!
- What wasn't announced
- I'm a PC
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- Apple announces an Event for Tuesday, Nov. 10th
- Apple Silicon Macs are coming
- "One More Thing"
- Let's get into it
- Big Sur incoming
- Feature parity between iOS and macOS
- Big Sur Design philosophy
- Apple's Silicon future
- Huge hardware redesign
- The effects
- Power
- Battery
- Coolness
- Efficiency
- The comparison point between Intel and Apple SoC
- Other announcements?
- AirPods Studio
- Airtags
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- Please go vote
- Do it
- I Will Vote
- Check out Immersion Breaking
- Topics include: Among us, Halo Infinite, and next gen controllers
- we do curse though...
- Topics include: Among us, Halo Infinite, and next gen controllers
- Tim Cook Earning Call
- Apple One Launching today
- "More exciting things" this year still to come
- My iPhone review
- Virtually Happy
- Check out my thoughts there
- Conflicted Feelings on MagSafe
- The strength of the magnets
- MagSafe vs. USBC
- Are we going portliness?
- Accessories
- Apple Watch Sleeping and comfort
- Battery worries
- Solo Loop Band
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- HomePod mini!
- It's so cute
- Features
- Price
- Siri
- 5G incoming
- They're saying it's here
- We'll see
- Partnership with Verizon is icky
- They're saying it's here
- iPhone 12 and 12 mini
- Design
- Screen
- Durability
- 5G
- A14 Bionic
- Gaming
- Camera Features
- Low light improvements
- Lens
- Machine Learning
- Night mode on all cameras
- MagSafe Charging
- Accessories
- Sleeves
- Car Mounts
- No charging brick in the box
- No earbuds in the box!!??
- iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max
- Design
- XDR Screen
- Water resistance
- Sizes
- Cameras
- Pro Max has better cameras
- Better Zoom
- Wide cameras
- Low light improvements
- Better OIS
- Pro Max has better cameras
- Apple ProRaw format
- Apple Pro Video Format
- 5G
- No 120hz
- No Touch ID
- What wasn't announced
- Closing thoughts
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- Apple Announces iPhone Event for next week
- What's coming!?
- Speakers and Headphones!
- 5G!
- We'll see!
- Xbox App Update let's you stream games to iOS devices
- And Apple TV app is coming to Xbox
- Signs of a potential partnership?
- Google's Night In Event
- Google TV
- New Chromecast
- Home Max
- Nest Audio Sessions
- Pixel 4a
- Pixel 5
- Software Stuff
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- Apple Updates Game Streaming Guidelines
- These rules are asinine
- Might as well have done nothing
- Microsoft: This remains a bad experience
- Facebook is trying to make Messenger Default on iOS (lol)
- Shut up facebook
- The Amazon Event
- The Echo Sphere (It's Spherical)
- Echo Show 10
- Amazon Ring
- Ring Drone...
- Ring Car tech
- Fire TV Stick
- Amazon Luna Game Streaming
- iOS 14 Impressions and Customization
- Shout out to TikTok and YouTube
- Customizing your home screen
- Widget Impressions
- iPadOS needs work baby
- Excited for Big Sur
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- Apple Watch Series 6
- watchOS 7 features
- New blue and Product Red cases
- New bands
- Blood oxygen measurement
- S6 Chip
- Better Always On display
- Always on Altimeter
- New Watch Faces
- Family Setup
- Apple Watch SE
- Series 5 face
- Not Always on
- S5 Chip
- Cellular models
- Series 3 still available
- Apple Fitness+
- Video and Apple Watch syncs up
- Activity Rings, Heart rate, time, calories all on screen
- Private
- Apple One
- Different plans
- Storage tiers
- iPads
- iPad 8th Gen
- A12 Bionic
- Same design
- Same price
- iPad Air
- A14 Bionic
- 5 nm
- Faster performance
- USB-C
- 1080p camera in the front
- Redesign
- A14 Bionic
- Why get an iPad Pro??
- iPad 8th Gen
- iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, watchOS 7 coming tomorrow!
- No fun extra stuff 😠
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- You can now support the show!
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- Become a Patron
- Apple announces September event
- The rumors of a press release vs. an event
- Mark Gurman vs. Jon Prosser
- Apple's press release
- How the Bloomberg Report might tie into this event
- Four new iPhone models incoming
- Rumored designs and featurs
- New iPad Air
- Two Apple Watch models
- Over ear AirPods
- Smaller HomePod
- New Apple TV
- Fresh AirTags rumors
- Four new iPhone models incoming
- iOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur Potential release dates
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Jason Snell is here everybody! Everybody say hi to Jason Snell!
- Fortnite vs. Apple
- Is Apple now the Big Bad Wolf?
- Jason's on Apple's inner culture of competition
- The tightrope of control
- Jason's predictions on the outcome
- The Jason Snell Perspective
- Covering Apple for 60% of their existence
- What I've learned from Jason's work
- 20 Macs for 2020
- The Power Mac G5
- PowerBook Duo
- Xserve
- Jason's perspective since publishing
- These Macs reflecting Apple history
- My favorite parts of the project
- The John Siracusa fan club
- The Wonderful World of Wishcasting
- Where does Jason want to see Apple go?
- The future evolution of the Mac
- The future world of wearables
- Folding phones and 5G
- I cry to Jason about the iMac not being redesigned 😠
- Where does Jason want to see Apple go?
Show Notes- 20 Macs for 2020
- Macworld Article
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Apple readies Apple One
- Bundling all their services
- Adding a fitness subscription
- Rumored Podcast service
- Slim savings?
- Apple taking legal action against app 'Prepear' due to their logo
- This is dumb right?
- Apple doesn't own fruit imagery
- The difference between understandable sues and straight up bullying
- Fortnite vs. Apple (and Google)
-
FreeFortnite
- Epic Games masterful PR move against Apple's App Store policies
- Fortnite in game event
- Microsoft, Stadia, Facebook, Steam, and the others
- Fortnite has been removed from both stores
- Fortnite has served Apple legal papers
- Taking this fight up a notch
- Apple's awful statement
- The more than possible understandable compromise
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- Jason Snell will be coming on the show!
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- The Google Pixel 4a
- Remember when the SE was the best budget phone?
- Good times
- Display
- Camera quality
- Battery
- Performance
- Comparing the two phones
- My choice
- Remember when the SE was the best budget phone?
- Samsung Galaxy Event
- The Samsung Note 20 and 20 Ultra
- S Pens
- USB C
- 25% Brighter screens
- Snapdragon 865+
- 5G
- Matte finish
- Fast charging
- The Ultra
- 120hz
- WQHD+S Display
- Slightly bigger
- Camera quality
- Video Quality
- The Note 20s weirdness
- Galaxy Tab S7
- Galaxy Buds
- Galaxy Watch 3
- Galaxy Z Fold 2
- Samsung's future
- The Samsung Note 20 and 20 Ultra
- Apple's refreshed iMac
- SSDs (finally)
- Memory upgrades
- Display
- Nano texture
- 1080p camera
- High quality microphone and speakers
- The same damn old big bezel ugly chin design
- sigh
- xCloud will not be coming to the App Store
- I thought Tim Cook wanted all apps not he App Store?
- Apple's PR statement
- Hurting gamers
- The developer POV
- That sweet sweet 30% cut
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- News and Housekeeping 🎙🏡
- Jason Snell will be coming on the show!
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- Thanks for all your support
- The 2019 16inch MacBook Pro
- What they say about the magic keyboard is in fact true
- Hey dingus on the Mac is nice
- The quality of the speakers
- The big screen
- She do be thicc
- Apple Photos problem
- The volatile rumor mill
- Last week Apple announced a new iMac, HomePod mini, and AirPods Studios
- Oh wait no they didn't
- Taking rumors seriously but calling out the wrong ones
- Leakers live and die on their credibility
- Last week Apple announced a new iMac, HomePod mini, and AirPods Studios
- Streaming News
- Tom Hanks singlehandedly saved Apple TV+
- Shift in strategy to new movies monthly
- A new streaming deal with Universal
- The Morning Show is being rewritten thanks to the pandemic
- For All Mankind Season 2 trailer
- Apple TV+ Emmy Noms
- Tom Hanks singlehandedly saved Apple TV+
- Apple in the world of accessibility and assistive devices
- Sarah Herrlinger: 'iPhone has become the most powerful popular assistive device ever'
- Apple accessibility options
- How Kristy Viers uses her iPhone
- The impact within the community and leveling the playing field
- House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Anti-Trust
- Opening Statements
- Questioning
- Staying on issue
- Republican conspiracy theories
- Pressing big tech
- Bezos's ignorance
- Cook's misinformation
- Zuckerberg being Zuckerberg
- General thoughts on anti-competitive behavior
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- The 2019 MacBook Air
- The Last Butterfly Keyboard
- Missing the touchbar(?)
- Fan noise
- Apple News+ Audio and Local Channels
- Apple competing with NPR
- Hosted by Shumita Basu and Duarte Geraldino
- Local city channels
- Clean UI
- Subscription Value
- Notifications
- The Whole Working From Home Thing Apple Ad
- My hate for advertisements
- Writing and cinematography
- Shoving products down your throat
- Using Apple devices realistically
- How effective ads are written
- No Charger in iPhone 12 Box
- Pros vs. Cons
- Environmental impact
- Money saving
- How do you charge the phone out of the box
- PR disasters
- MKBHD Video
- Twitter Bitcoin Hack
- Apple, Kanye, Elon Musk, Obama, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden all wanna give you free bitcoin!
- Security flaws within Twitter
- People fell for this
- The added importance of security and encryption
- Hope Bezos sends me some bitcoin!
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast
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- My Apple buying conundrum
- The iMac limbo
- Selling my MacBook Pro
- Using a (gold) MacBook Air for editing
- The plan
- Rene's video
- iOS 14 and Big Sur impressions
- Apple Music redesign
- The Widget redundancy
- TV app is still bad
- The pasting privacy problem (I love alliteration)
- The app library organization problem
- Big Sur stuff
- The iMessage clicking issue
- Launch pad bugs
- New Sounds
- New design
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- iOS 14
- Redesigned Home Screen
- App Library
- Widgets
- PIP
- Siri
- Meggases
- Apple Maps
- CarPlay
- App Store
- iPadOS 14
- macOS enhancements
- Photos
- Music
- Siri
- Universal Search
- Apple Pencil Improvements
- AirPods
- Automatic Switching
- Spatial Audio
- watchOS 7
- Multiple complications support
- Shareable Watch Faces
- Dance workouts!
- Sleep tracking!
- Home
- Partnership with Amazon and Google
- Redesigned
- Adaptive Lighting
- Camera upgrades
- tvOS 14
- multi user support for games
- Xbox Elite 2 and Adaptive controller support
- PIP in apps
- Airplay 4K support
- New Show: Foundation
- macOS Big Sur
- Design language change
- Cleaner interface
- Widgets and notifications
- Redifined sounds
- iOS app icons
- Finder redesign
- Mail has color!
- Messages and Maps are now catalyst!
- Safari updates
- The Apple Mac transition from Intel to Apple Silicone
- 'Apple Silicone' is a bad name
- Version 11!?
- Big Sur built in transition code
- Xcode and Universal 2 and Rosetta 2
- Microsoft and Adobe already on it
- Virtualization tech
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Mac mini transition hardware
- First Macs with Apple Silicone coming this year
- Intel Macs in the pipeline
- No new iMac
- No new iMac
- No new iMac 😔
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast
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- BLM Follow Up
- Tim Cook's Open Letter
- Apple pledging $100 Million towards fighting racial injustice
- Apple doing something right here
- Changing policy
- Android 11 Beta
- Neat features
- Overhauled notifications
- Power menu home settings
- Dock suggestions
- Location permissions
- iOS 13.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5 Beta
- Hints to an Apple Bundle
- The worth of certain Apple services
- iOS 14 rumored features
- Same design language
- Home screen List View
- Wallpaper API
- Improved Accessibility features
- The Gobi App
- HomeKit updates
- Carkey
- Apple Maps enhancements
- Clips API
- Apple Pencil tools
- Find My
- A year for stability
- Apple switching to ARM
- Bloomberg report
- Confidence in their own chips
- Not Apple's first rodeo
- RUMORS OF A REDESIGNED IMAC
- I DONT WANNA GET TOO EXCITED
- OH SWEET BABY JESUS
- T2 CHIP, AMD NAVI GPU, SSDS
- OH SWEET BABY JESUS
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- The Apple TV+ mess
- Apple buying more shows and movies
- Upgrade Ep. 299: My Gut Says Yes and No
- The user experience mess
- Apple TV box
- Apple TV App
- Apple TV Plus
- Getting the TV experienced refocused
- Apple buying Beats 6 year anniversary
- The monumental deal
- The Beats Brand
- New Powerbeats Pro colors
- In Defense of the Tech
- Being optimistic in a pessimistic world
- Technology coming in clutch
- Incoming article on Tap and Swipe
- The war between Twitter and Trump
- Trump's mail in voting tweet
- Free Speech vs. terms of service
- Policing the President's tweet's
- New York Time's piece
- Executive Order on Social Media Censorship
- The tight rope on whether or not to defend the truth on your platform
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- iOS 13.5
- Exposure Notification API
- What is it?
- The impact it may or may not have
- Face ID with a mask on
- Missing Touch ID
- The future of unlocking your phone
- Group FaceTime automatic prominence
- Concept vs. reality
- Sharing your medical ID with emergency dispatchers
- Showing medical ID on lock screen
- Sharing your Apple Music listening on Instagram
Stories
- Exposure Notification API
- iOS 14 "Gobi" AR app
- Apple QR codes
- Real world implementations
- Joe Rogan moving to Spotify
- Spotify's big push into Podcasting
- Ashley Carman's video on The Verge
- Why Spotify did this ($$$)
- Why Joe did this ($$$)
- Apple's potential response
- Podcasts behind a paywall aren't podcasts
- Where do the smaller creators belong?
- Who's excited for this?
- What Time is It in London, Canada?
- Nilay Patel asking Siri what time it is in London
- John Gruber's take
- Siri's inconsistency and faltering reliability
- Other AI's are simply better
- When will Siri be taken seriously
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- I got TWOO VERSIONSS of the 13inch MacBook Pro
- The butterfly keyboard is dead
- Long live the magic keyboard
- Comparing the two MacBook Pro 13inch models
- The negatives of the new MacBook Pros
- Where's that extra inch Apple?
- My very late very weird AirPod Pros Review
- Noise Isolation compared to Sony WG-1000XM3
- Transparency mode
- Fit and feel
- Running with the AirPods
- Jon Prosser giving us leaks
- An iMac and new AirPods ready to ship
- New Apple TV 4K ready to ship
- AirPods Studios incoming at $350
- iPhone 12 Spec report from EverythingApplePro
- 120hz incoming
- Thicker battery?
- New color!
- Face ID getting skinny and better
- Improved cameras with practical LIDAR capabilities
- Leaks are everywhere these days
- My opinion on leaks
- Apple's gotta be mad
- The balance between reporting and spoiling
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- Immersion Breaking
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The iPhone SE
- Value for Price
- A13 Bionic
- Camera Features
- Touch ID
- Wireless Charging
- That Thicc Battery
- Haptic Touch on the home screen notifications weirdness
Unbox Therapy Review of the iPhone SE
- My response to his pair of videos
- The point of the iPhone SE
- Comparing the SE to the iPhone 6 🤨
- The Apple Fanboy argument
- Did Apple not innovate in 2019...?
Bloomberg Apple 2020 Predictions
- iPhone going back to flat edges (yes please)
- Lidar Sensors added to iPhones
- Smaller Notch
- A baby HomePod
- Daddy HomePod wishes
- Apple AirTags incoming
- New Mac and iPad refreshments
- A new iMac finally? Please?? Hello??? Anyone!???
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Follow Up: tvOS 13.3 adds the ability to put Up Next back on the Top Shelf!
- Disney+ is pretty great
- Bugs
- Forced 16:9
- Interface
- Customization
- 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro vs. 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro
- Battle of the specs
- The three year upgrade
- 16-inch MacBook Pro Pros and Cons
- Specs galore / cheap upgrades
- Large battery
- Speaker/microphone system
- Same ports/webcam
- She Thicc
- Screen resolution
- Magic Keyboard is BACK 🚫🦋
- Mac Pro philosphy
- Listening to Pros
- 13-inch refresh imminent?
- Apple listening and owning up to their mistakes
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Apple Music is Frustrating Article
- Apple Music UI
- Spotify UI
- Lack of device control
- HomePod lacking features
- iPad Bugs
- Apple TV Interface
- Apple renews See, For All Mankind, Dickinson, and The Morning show for a second season
- tvOS 13 taking some steps backwards
- User organization
- TV interface messiness
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
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- Mac mini rant 2019 Edition
- Doesn't work with my screens man
- I'm buying an iMac Pro
- iOS13 and Catalina's feature's and bugs
- iOS13 multitasking failures
- Background download issues
- Developing for iOS 13
- Marco Arment tweet
- No October Event
- AirPods Pro features!
- Where is the MacBook Pro?
- Where is AirTags?
- Where is my dignity?
- Apple TV+
- The Morning Show Impressions
- Dickinson Impressions
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Microsoft Surface Event
- Surface Laptop 3
- Surface Pro 7
- Surface Ear Buds
- Surface Pro X
- Surface Neo
- Surface Duo
- Windows 10XTen
- Google Pixel Event
- Pandering videos !
- Stadia release date
- Pixel Buds
- User Privacy and Sustainability goals
- Pixelbook Go
- Google Nest
- Nest mini
- Nest Aware
- Nest Wifi
- Pixel 4!
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking
- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Happy iPhone release!
- My iOS 13 review is now on Tap and Swipe
- iPhone 11 Pro review coming to YouTube
- Apple Arcade is super fun
- Variety of games
- How well they fit in the ecosystem
- Favorite Games
- Apple TV+ deal
- Worthwhile service?
- Apple continues to make deals
- Bob Iger resigns
- What Wasn't Announced at the 2019 iPhone Event
- Sleep Tracking and school time mode for Apple Watch
- Bilateral Charging
- Apple Pencil support
- Always on display for the iPhone
- HomePod Mini
- Apple tracking tags
- AR Headset
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- Immersion Breaking
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- Apple Arcade
- Price and release date
- Frogger
- Capcom
- No micro-transactions
- Apple TV+
- New trailer for See
- Price and release date
- 1 year free with Apple product purchase
- iPad 10.2inch
- A10 Fusion
- Old Apple Pencil support
- Better display
- No brainer to upgrade this old reliable
- Apple Watch Series 5
- Health Studies
- Lives saved
- Always on display
- Compass...
- International Emergency Calling
- New finishes
- Pricing
- iPhone 11
- New colors!
- Dolby Atmos and speaker virtualizer
- Ultrawide camera baby
- A13 Bionic
- Slofies
- Use it, abuse it
- iPhone 11 Pro Beta Max Ultra XDR S+
- "Most sophisticated tech in a smartphone"
- 3 cameras
- Machine Learning and Low Power tech
- 18w Adapter in the box
- Deep Fusion photos
- Lots of pictures pictures pictures
- Just how "Pro" is this phone?
- What wasn't announced
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- @JoshuaTParrott
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- Apple launches Apple Music on Web
- Making services available everywhere
- This took some time
- Rumored new Apple TV with A12 chip
- Longhorn on Twitter leak
- Processor upgrade
- Price is key here
- Can we get a redesigned controller?
- Apple nixes 'Bastards' TV show starring Richard Gere
- Creative differences causes Apple to back out
- Violence heavy show
- The "next breaking bad" is no more
- Apple's Tile Competitor
- New Items tab in iOS 13s Find My app
- Hardware features
- AR implementation
- Lost mode
- Tile pricing
- Apple Watch rumors
- School Time feature
- Sleep tracking
- Charging routine
- 2019 iPhone Event Preview
- Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ release windows
- Apple Watch features
- Are we even getting a Series 5?
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- Camera features
- Will 3D Touch die?
- And... One more thing?
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- Disney+ Service Details
- Pricing
- Features
- Competition keeping up
- Netflix
- Human curated content
- iOS 13... .1!?
- Is this good or bad?
- Getting 13.0 ready for launch
- What's the ETA on the maps ETA
- John Gruber's outlook
- Apple Expands third party repair program
- Apple certification
- Third party programs can get genuine parts, tools, training, repair manuals, and diagnostics
- Jason Snell's outlook
- Apple invites media to iPhone Event
- Apple logo colors
- Three iPhones incoming
- Apple Watch
- Whats up with MacBook Pros and iPads
- By Innovation only
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- Tap and Swipe
- Immersion Breaking Podcast
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- An Amazon Story
- To return or not to return a monitor
- The hilarity of customer service
- Apple suspends Siri grading
- Making Siri better without compromises
- Standing by your stance on privacy
- Spotify and Apple burying the hatchet
- Using Siri to control Spotify
- Fighting against monopoly
- Spotify not blameless
- Apple Services
- Apple Arcade and TV+ Pricing
- Potential bundled service
- Galaxy Note 10 and 10+
- Hardware and Software features
- The advantage of the bigger one
- No more headphone jack
- Bokeh video(!)
- One UI
- iPhone 2019 Naming Rumors
- Guys drop the number come on you can do it
- iPhone Bloomberg Report
- 3 new phones
- Camera system
- Multi-angle Face ID
- AirPod charging
- New colors(!?)
- A13 Processor
- New iPads
- Apple Watch upgrades
- AirPods and HomePods
- 16 inch MacBook Pro
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- iOS 12.4
- Apple Card Incoming
- iOS 13 Beta
- New Tweaks
- iPadOS home screen
- Apple buys Intel's modem business
- Apple owning their "primary technology"
- Releasing 5G capable phones on time
- Apple employees listening to our Siri convos
- Personal information being at risk
- Apple's response and hypocrisy
- The problem with sub contracting
- Privacy but not really
- sirOS predicted for WWDC20
- The accuracy of this report
- Opening up Siri for developers
- Siri's shortcomings
- Google and Alexa
- The new and improved Apple Maps in iOS 13
- Look Around mode vs. StreetView
- Favorites and collections
- Transit improvements
- Intelligent and intuitive features
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast
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- Follow Up: Your App Doesn't Deserve a Subscription Cost
- The ballooning amount of app subscriptions
- Which apps handle constant revenue options best
- What makes an app worth having a monthly cost
- Clearing things up on my article
- An ode to 3D Touch
- Rumors 3D Touch will be gone from the newest iPhones
- New iOS 13 beta 3D Touch options
- Haptic touch vs. 3D Touch
- How I use 3D Touch and would I really miss it?
- Apple Podcast Exclusivity
- Competing with Spotify and Luminary
- Podcasts remaining open and free
- Wild speculation on what a perfect plan would look like for both consumers and authors
Show notes- Your App Doesn't Deserve a Subscription Cost
- Reddit Discussion Post
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- Tap and Swipe
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast- Honestly Though Podcast
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- Samsung Galaxy Note 10 leaked images
- Pretty colors
- 3 camera array single file line
- Hole punch front camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- Samsung marketing hypocrisy
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Finished their redesign
- Embarrassing review period
- Wanting foldable phones to succeed
- Apple revamps MacBook lineup
- MacBook Air gets true tone
- MacBook Pro 13 inch gets 4 cores
- Apple doubles down on the Touch Bar
- 12 inch Macbook is GONE
- What would be the perfect Apple Mac lineup?
Show Notes- Upgrade 253: Steal The Ball
- Jason Snell MacBook tweet
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- Immersion Breaking Podcast- Honestly Though Podcast
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- The Public Betas are out
- Traveling with a Public Beta on your device
- Report your bugs and feedback!
- PIP in the Apple TV Beta
- Doesn't work like it does on iPad
- Suggestions for how it could be better
- Jony Ive leaving Apple Inc.
- Apple is DOOMED!!!
- Ive's influence will always be a part of Apple
- Technology's plateau
- Gruber's piece on the departure
- To replace or not to replace Jony
- Using my Mac mini as a home computer and a server
- Help me be a better Mac Power user
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- Immersion Breaking- Honestly Though Podcast
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Google isn't making tablets anymore, Spotify users are jumping ship to Apple Music, Apple Card is coming soon, Apple is working towards making Catalyst apps better, Apple Watch can now update all on it's own (it's a big boy), new iOS 13 beta tidbits, and The Verge's editorial on the traumatic life of Facebook moderators.
Show Notes- Apple Card in the WILD
- iOS Beta 2 tidbits
- Inside The Traumatic Life of Facebook Moderators
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Topics
- I (try to) convince you to stay on iOS12 a little longer
- Google leaks Pixel 4 image and my bias against Google
- Spotify Redesign and how they need to put up or shut up
- Apple's Single Sign On awesomeness
- Multiple User Support on the iPad needs
Show Notes- Google Leaks the Pixel
- Mythic Quest Trailer
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I discuss Apple's 2019 WWDC and react to everything that was announced today. We dive into the new improvements to tvOS, iOS, watchOS, macOS, and now iPadOS(!) Including Dark mode, Xbox controller support, Audiobooks on Apple Watch, swipe keyboards, Memojis, iPad Multitasking, the death of iTunes, the new Mac Pro, and much much more! Did I mention the new Mac Pro!? I mean you can put wheels on it. YOU CAN PUT WHEELS ON IT.
Show notes- Everything Apple Announced at WWDC19
- Viticci's Health App argument
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I discuss what's rumored to be announced as part of iOS, watchOS, and macOS for Apple's WWDC19 and then tell you some of my personal wishes for the conference.
**Shownotes
-** Gruber's iOS 13 Wish
- Bloomberg WWDC19 Article
- Supreme Court Apple ruling
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