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Dow, English, Ritchie, Wiskus
Vector is at the crossroads of technology and humanity. Every week Rene Ritchie, Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and friends talk about the latest stories, the biggest issues, and how the affect all of us.
Georgia’s colleague Sandra Reich joins us to talk about the importance of sleep in a world where technology, culture, and stress conspire to keep us from it.
Georgia and Rene talk to AnnMaria De Mars—Wold Judo Championships gold medalist, PhD in Educational Psychology, CEO of 7 Generation Games, and mother of four phenomenal children, including UFC champion Ronda Rousey—about courage, motivation, education, and more!
Casey Liss joins Georgia, Guy, and Rene to talk about Apple TV, the developer lottery, making games, improving the App Store, 16 GB iPhones, and so much more!
Ashley Madison and content blocker follow up, Apple TV gaming and programming, round vs. square wearable displays, watch usage, and more! With Georgia, Guy, and Rene.
Ad blocker redux, the Creative Apocalypse, Don't be Apple, Samsung fridge hack, with James Thomson of PCalc, Georgia Dow, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie
Diving with sharks, Alphabet, NSA + AT&T, Amazon and startup culture, ad blocking ethics, Apple diversity, personal projects. With Georgia, Guy, Dave, Rene, and special guest Ashley Nelson-Hornstein.
Show notes * Alphabet * The Alphabet of Google A and Google B * Do you trust Larry Page? * NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’ * Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace * Jeff Bezos response * Ad blocking ethics * Apple diversity report * Airplane Mode
Hosts * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Airplane Mode * Rene Ritchie of iMore
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (trust us!), Ronda Rousey, keynotes, driving really fast, hacking cars, screen time for kids, and what makes Georgia Dow so lethal. Also with Rene Ritchie and special guest Matt Drance.
Show notes * Smash Gyms BJJ * Ronda Rousey * Rickson Gracie * Matt Drance: What The Race Track Taught Me About Software Development * Stay there, I just lost my starboard engine * Car hacking risk may be broader than Fiat Chrysler: U.S. regulator * In-Car Entertainment - Chevrolet Malibu 4G LTE WiFi TV Commercial * Overcoming video game addiction in children * Airplane Mode podcast
Hosts * Matt Drance * Georgia Dow * Rene Ritchie
MPAA vs. Google, what went wrong with Google+, hacking our cars and homes, Prison Architects, Pluto, and Batman vs. Superman vs. Suicide Squad. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Tiffany Arment.
Show notes * ReplayKit * MPAA Emails Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ * Google dropping Google+ login requirements * Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It * Pluto and New Horizons * Prison Architect * Batman vs. Superman * Suicide Squad
Panel * Tiffany Arment * Georgia Dow * Guy English * Rene Ritchie
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Nintendo going mobile, Google Glass goofs no goofs, Android without Google, don't drink and Meerkat, Becoming Steve Jobs, and Facebook owning your news. With Georgia, Guy, and Rene.
Superfish follow up, ResearchKit, Facebook's new community standards, HBO Now, Creepy Barbie, and some TV talk! With Anthony, Georgia, Guy, and Rene.
Leonard Nimoy, Cindy Crawford photo redux, fraudulent Apple Pay fraud, Sony fallout and what it means for Spider-Man. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, and Rene Ritchie.
Listicles in school and education in the digital age, Apple car rumors, battery technology, and what Apple does, Cindy Crawford sans Photoshop, and reviews in verse. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and Dave Wiskus
Guy destroys Georgia’s dreams of a Holodeck, are you still using our iPads, would a stylus pen make a difference, Rene talks the realities of running an Apple blog (which are all doomed, apparently), and Dave goes to Hogwarts, leaving the Candians.
Microsoft has HoloLens, Google has Glass, Facebook has Oculus — what does Apple have or need? Also, AR/VR ads, YouTube alternatives, and the search for Guy. With Dave Wiskus, Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie.
Dave reads 1-star reviews, Georgia reads 5-star reviews, Guy serenades, we talk Google Glass, Amazon and Woody Allen, and iTunes as an indie publisher or studio. Then Rene stops recording.
(Note: Audio turned out weird this week. We're investigating. Sorry folks!)
Guy mutes us. Dave reads our reviews. Charlie Hebdo. Golden Globes. Tribalism. Comedy. David Cameron vs. Snapchat and WhatsApp. Selfie and belfie sticks. Georgia and Rene talk CES 2015. And then it gets weird.
Show notes * British Prime Minister suggests banning some online messaging apps * Beyond NSA, FBI is assuming a larger surveillance role * Charlie Hebdo shooting * Golden Globes intro * Tina Fey and Bill Cosby * Belfie stick (Sorry!) * A brief history of user interface * Avengers: Age of Ultron
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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It's a Vector New Year's spectacular — Guy English has gone missing, Rene Ritchie's off at a fundraiser, and so Georgia Dow and Dave Wiskus call in Joe Cieplinski to help them discuss all the controversial social technology stories of 2014.
Tech is screwing with our sleep cycles, so how do we stop it? What happens when your Facebook friend says something racist or sexist? Muting vs. unfollowing on Twitter. And Secret… why?! With Georgia Dow, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and Manoush Zomorodi of New Tech City.
The Sony Studios hack: Can they survive and how will employees handle personal information leaks? Apple and eBooks: Was it anti-trust or a kangaroo court? Extension rejections: What's going on with the App Store? With Anthony Casella, Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie, Christina Warren
Voices in our heads, who owns our stuff, conference compensation, the right to be forgotten, and assault during art. With Joe Cieplinsk, Georgia Dow, Guy English, and Dave Wiskus
Art vs. artist follow up in light of Bill Cosby, Uber and Sarah Lacey, should Google be split up?, and the App Store goes (RED). With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie.
(This version fixes audio issues.) Dave wants to stage a podcast intervention, Guy wants nothing to do with Snapcash, and Rene wonders if Taylor Swift would worry about the devaluation of apps. Georgia rolls with it.
Tim Cook is proud to be gay, Obama wants Net Neutrality, the next great divide, the importance of role-models, diversity vs. inclusivity, and looking back 100 years from now. With Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Dave Wiskus, and Soroush Khanlou.
Show notes * Tim Cook speaks up * Thank you, Tim Cook * Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet * Do you want net neutrality or not, John Legere? * Gamergate and the politicization of absolutely everything * The Colbert Report: Gamergate - Anita Sarkeesian * Humans Interacting
Panel * Soroush Khanlou of khanlou.com * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Are reviews valuable? CurrentC gets hacked. Turning notifications off. Checking into hotels with your iPhone. Can you like art even if you don’t like the artist? With Georgia Dow, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Marco Arment.
Show notes * In-depth look at CurrentC privacy * CurrentC email address breach * Starwood iPhone key cards * Cops can force you to unlock your phone with fingerprint ruling
Panel * Marco Arment of Marco.org * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Making more debt than money, Apple Pay vs. CurrentC, software as art, #GamerGate, and paintball mishaps. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie.
Georgia talks Satya Nadella's videos, Guy talks 5K iMac vs. new Mac Pro, and Dave and Rene come to the defense of iPad photographers.
Live from Çingleton, Rene talks Satya Nadella and the pay gap, Georgia talks online bullying, Guy talks iOS 8 adoption rates, Dave talks conference conversation. With special guest Vicki Murley, former Safari evangelist at Apple.
Show notes * Çingleton * Microsoft CEO Suggests Women Not Ask for Raises, Trust in 'Karma' * @satyanadella on Twitter * Satya Nadella email to employees: RE: Grace Hopper Conference * 47% of devices are using iOS 8. * iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch * Note to Self: It's the Storage Space, Stupid
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Vicki Murley of Sprightly Books * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Guy’s big iPhone is too big, Christina’s clutch is too small, Georgia explains the psychology of kids and gaming, the Kardashian game is inclusively, nudely, bananas, someone shot JR, Rene’s smart TV interface sucks, and Dave’s still away. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Christina Warren of Mashable.
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Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations * Christina Warren of Mashable
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Jessie Char couldn't get an iPhone 6, but she did join us to talk about Bendgate, iOS 8.0.1 and the coverage thereof, the realities of running an indie dev company, and more! With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie
Vector is a news and analysis show focusing on the biggest stories, hottest trends, and most important issues in technology and popular culture. On this week's show, we talk about how we chose our new iPhones — except for Guy who just downloaded iOS 8 — and what we think of them, iPhone scalpers and questions of racism, U2's supposed plans to bring back albums and fight piracy, Apple's new security and privacy policies and possible government backlash, and which of us secretly wants a gold Retina MacBook Air...
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Thing 1 * iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (and iOS 8) * Scalping in New York * Gruber on the scalping video * The lost art of software testing
Thing 2 * Marco's thoughts on music
Thing 3 * Tim Cook's thought on privacy
Thing 4 * Gold Retina MacBook Air rumor
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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.
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Show notes * Apple Watch * A Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal * Apple Pay * Apple, U2, and looking a gift horse in the mouth * Apple's free U2 album is an exercise in tone-deaf music spam * A Personal Announcement * Letter of recommendation
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Ryan Nielsen of Tumult * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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 security * Apparently it’s okay to post naked photos to Facebook, as long as you’re not a woman * Wearables, Payments, Chickens, and Eggs * An Ancient Love Story: Apple & Payment Systems * Standard Markdown is now common Markdown
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations * Nick Arnott of Neglected Potential
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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 be dicks to each other for a while? * Are you proud of yourself, @savedyouaclick? * LG G Watch R * Moto 360 * Adaptive UI in iOS 8: Explained
Panel * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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 Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Ben Thompson.
Show notes * Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS * Scriptnotes 157: Threshers, Mergers and the Top Two Boxes * Xiaomi Mi4 review: China's iPhone killer is unoriginal but amazing * Where's the Samsung shaped dent in the universe? * Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays * Is Buzzfeed a tech company?
Panel * Ben Thompson of Stratechery * Georgia Dow of Isometric * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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: Native advertising * Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Native Advertising * Bezos-owned Washington Post now inserting gross Amazon affiliate links into news articles
Thing 5: Groot * Funko POP Marvel: Guardians of The Galaxy - Groot Vinyl Bobble-Head Figure{.nofollow} * Film Crit Hulk Smash: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AND THE ART OF CONSTRUCTING JOKES
Panel * Serenity Caldwell * Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH * Guy English of Kickingbear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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.
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Show notes * Google scans everyone's email for child porn, and it just got a man arrested * Tinkering * Mantia on Tinkering * Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style * Better Elevation video podcast * Regeneration) * The TV Show 9: Boiling my Doctor Who Frog (Why Guy is angry, so very angry).
Panel * Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH * Guy English of Kickingbear * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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Show notes * Apple and IBM * Line 6 * IK Multimedia * Guitar Rig * GarageBand * Logic Pro X * Pro Tools * djay * Capo
Guests * Jim Dalrymple of The Loop
Hosts * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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!
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!
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
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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 Twitch for over $1 billion * http://www.imore.com/beats-and-apple-does-such-marriage-make-sense
Guests * Ben Bajarin of Techpinions
Hosts * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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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.
Rene talks to Neal Gomba about net neutrality, common carriers, cable vs. DSL, 700 MHz and Band 12, Qualcomm’s royalty rate, and more!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Chris Harris of Glide joins Rene to talk about the future of digital publishing, whether old media companies can adapt, if music, video, and text will become one and the same, and meeting the needs of mobile immigrants and mobile native.
Ben Bajarin of Techpinions joins Rene to talk about the biggest tech trends of 2014, including 4K televisions, wearables and watches, embedded Android in everything, Xbox One, and more.
Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry joins Rene to talk about BlackBerry's new direction, what went wrong with the new phone launches — and Alicia Keys! — and how they hope to turn devices, BBM, enterprise, and QNX into a bold new future.
Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH joins Rene to talk about the top technology stories of 2013, including revelations about government surveillance, social networks and the mob mentality, boredom vs. change aversion, and the internet of things.
Telecom analyst Benedict Evans talks to Rene about what really cheap Android handsets mean for the mobile market, Nokia’s quest for the next billion customers, and who’s buying the iPhone 5c.
Matt Drance, former Apple evangelist and current Apple Outsider talks to Rene about how Apple’s approach to outbound and product marketing differs from other consumer electronics companies.
Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, talks about his non-browser-based passions - Blu-Ray, transcoding, H.264, and managing massive amounts of media. Warning: Contains extreme nerdery.
Show notes
* transcode-video.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to transcode a video file (works best with Blu-ray or DVD rip) into MP4 (or optionally Matroska) format, with configuration and at bitrate similar to popluar online downloads. Requires HandBrakeCLI and mediainfo executables.
* detect-crop.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to detect crop values for a video file to use with mplayer and transcode-video.sh. Requires mplayer and mediainfo executables.
* convert-mp4-to-mkv.sh: Don Melton's shell script for OS X to convert an MP4 video file into Matroska format with a single audio track. Requires mkvmerge executable.
* HandBrake and HandBrakeCLI: Convert video from nearly any format.
* HandBrake and HandBrakeCLI: nightly builds.
* MediaInfo: Display technical and tag data for video and audio files.
* MKVToolNix: Tools for Matroska, including mkvmerge.
* MPlayer: Media utilities and player.
* Homebrew: Package manager for OS X to install MPlayer, MediaInfo and MKVToolNix.
* MakeMKV: Convert/rip video that you own into the portable and open Matroska format.
* Plex
* XBMC
* OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center)
* X264 Settings
* Scene Rules: warez
Ben Bajarin of Techpinions talks to Rene about the growth of smartphones, the segments that are emerging, what marketshare really means, and what comes next with wearables, automotive, and more.
Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac talks to Rene about the unusual nature of the Retina iPad mini launch, the role of rumor sites, and where Apple might be going next.
Brian Klug of AnandTech returns to wrap up the Apple A7 talk and then dive into the new Google Nexus 5 and what the future holds for mobile chipsets, displays, cameras, and more.
Ben Thompson of Stratechery, formerly of Apple and Microsoft, talks about the tablet market, including the seeming loss of ‘magic’ in iPad marketing, the inability of PC-makers to see beyond the PC, and the opportunity for true revolution.
Brian Klug of Anandtech talks to Rene about Apple's iPad & Mac event, the beefiness of the A7 Cyclone CPU, Google's Nexus tablets, and desktop power in tiny packages.
Jessica Lessin, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, soon to be launching a new tech site, talks to Rene about Apple's new SVP of Apple Stores, Angela Ahrendts, iPhone 5c pricing, an Amazon phone, the Nest Protect, and the internet of things.
Guy English of Kickingbear.com and Dan Moren of Macworld join Rene to talk about the just-completed Cingleton 3, a symposium dedicated to the core values of Apple and technology developers, designers, and media.
Chris Umiastowski, former sell-side analyst, talks to Rene about the state of the mobile market, including what led BlackBerry to the brink of sale.
We interrupt our usual programing to get Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry.com back on the line so he can explain to us what the hell is happening with BlackBerry. The reaction to the iPhone, the detour of the PlayBook, and the launch of BB10. No. Holds. Barred.
Brian Klug of Anandtech talks to Rene about the new Apple A7 64-bit processor, M7 motion coprocessor, and camera in the new iPhone 5s and how it compares to the latest tech from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, and more.
Strategy analyst Benedict Evans joins Rene to talk about Apple's iPhone 5c pricing, how it compares to low-cost Android and Windows Phone devices, and the relative value of platforms.
Kevin Michaluk of Mobile Nations and CrackBerry.com joins Rene to talk about smart watches, what they mean for traditional watch enthusiasts, for geeks, for the mainstream, for the tech industry, and for Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, and Apple. Also: Samsung Galaxy Gear!
Ben Thompson of stratēchery joins Rene to talk about Microsoft in a post-Ballmer mobile market, the IBM analogy, whether they need to be more like Apple, and why Google and Samsung were so damn smart. Also: Nokia sale!
Sascha Segan, lead mobile analyst at PCMag, talks to Rene about the evolution of data connections, the annual Fastest Mobile Networks survey, the triumphs and tragedies of modern carriers, and why we can't always have nice phones.
Clayton Morris of Fox News talks to Rene about the popularization of computer technology, from phones to tablets to set top boxes, and the continued reluctance of old media companies to embrace it.
Ben Bajarin of Tech.pinions talks to Rene about Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung, their differences and similarities not only in business models but in philosophies, and their relative positions both in North America and internationally.
Tim Stevens, star of auto and gadget blogs, joins Rene to talk about the computerization of cars, including launch controls, self-driving vehicles, Sync, QNX, and iOS in the Car, and the explosive potential of hacking engines.
Brian Klug of Anandtech talks to Rene about the relative strengths and weaknesses of iOS and Android, including specs, battery life, interface, and more, including the new Nexus 7 and Moto X. With wood veneer!
Nick Arnott of Neglected Potential talks to Rene about the state of modern electronic security, from Apple's developer center and Android's master keys, to social network hacks and engineering attacks.
Guy English of Aged & Distilled and Kickingbear joins Rene to talk about the new Mac Pro, what all the graphical firepower means for Apple, for developers, and for end users, and the ongoing move from power to empowering.
John Siracusa of Hypercritical and Guy English of Kickingbear join Rene to talk about the Xbox One, how it compares to the PS4, the Wii U, and what's left for Google and Apple in the TV space.