The Rebound

The recent spate of Back To My Mac-related ransomware: http://mashable.com/2017/09/22/icloud-hack-find-my-mac/#nEFuvc71Imqp Mat Honan's 2012 horror story of being hacked: https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking The Amazon Fire 4K: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375134/new-amazon-fire-tv-announced-4k-hdr-price-date-2017 The Batman 1966 Shakespeare bust bank: http://www.th...

Nilay Patel makes the case for Apple to make a TV: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16359798/apple-television-justification Apple is reportedly in the bidding for the James Bond franchise: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/06/apple-james-bond-film-distribution-rights/ High Sierra is out: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/09/macos-high-sierra-a-subtle-under-the-hood-update/ Problems with the 3D sen...

Federico Viticci's massive iOS 11 review is out: https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-11-the-macstories-review/ The Apple Watch's LTE bug is caused by public WiFi networks with interstitial captive login: https://www.imore.com/how-your-apple-watch-connects-wi-fi-networks-when-away-your-iphone Rob Griffiths is not a fan of removing iOS apps from iTunes: https://robservatory.com/on-the-removal-of-...

Apple held an event this week, if you didn't hear, and here are Jason Snell's impressions of the iPhone X: https://www.macworld.com/article/3224526/apple-phone/iphone-x-hands-on-and-first-impressions-with-apples-new-iphone.html Michael Gartenberg has some overall thoughts: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/09/gartenberg-apple-raises-the-bar/ Dan digs into some details: https://sixcolors.com/post/201...

The Red Sox use Apple Watches to steal signs against the Yankees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/sports/baseball/boston-red-sox-stealing-signs-yankees.html?_r=0 Microsoft tells the government they have to go through them for DREAMers (we incorrectly attribute a statement to Satya Nadella that was actually from Microsoft President Brad Smith): https://twitter.com/aarti411/status/905149737573113...

Lex is trying out Robokiller: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robokiller-block-spam-calls-identify-callers/id1022831885?mt=8 Hiya is another: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hiya-caller-id-and-block/id986999874?mt=8 The Echo has added multi-room audio: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2297100 Sonos is holding an October event: https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/...

Mark Gurman's latest at Bloomberg has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-apple-iphone8/ See this thread: https://twitter.com/rjonesy/status/899990609079009280 Adios, CrashPlan for consumers: http://tidbits.com/article/17412 Moltz and Lex use Arq but Moltz may switch after Amazon changed their storage prices: https://www.arqbackup.com You can temporarily d...

On a recent episode of Upgrade (https://www.relay.fm/upgrade), Jason Snell speculated that Face ID would silence notifications while you're looking at the phone. This may have been corroborated: https://twitter.com/_inside/status/894998023373303809 Glow is a new device that can monitor your electrical usage: http://meetglow.com/share/ Sense is another such device: https://sense.com The No-GPS road...

Apple HomePod firmware release appears to reveal some iPhone plans: https://sixcolors.com/link/2017/07/apple-firmware-release-may-reveal-iphone-plans/ Allen Pike has some thoughts on possible iOS 11 usability improvements: http://www.allenpike.com/2017/developing-for-iphone-pro/ Vic Gundotra's thoughts on the iPhone camera: https://www.facebook.com/vicgundotra/posts/10154573133695706 Apple's quart...

Adobe to end Flash support by 2020: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/with-html5-webgl-javascript-ascendant-adobe-to-cease-flash-dev-at-end-of-2020/ John Gruber on force quitting apps: https://daringfireball.net/2017/07/you_should_not_force_quit_apps Dave Hamilton says you still need to force quit some apps: https://www.macobserver.com/tips/deep-dive/force-quit-ios-apps/ Our t...

Jason Snell on the iPhone 8: http://www.macworld.com/article/3207552/iphone-ipad/apples-risky-balancing-act-with-the-next-iphone.html John Gruber discusses possible iPhone 8 pricing: https://daringfireball.net/2017/07/speculation_on_new_iphone_pricing Emojipedia shows us Apple's upcoming emoji: http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-reveals-new-emojis-for-world-emoji-day/ Has Microsoft ever seen a glass...

Joyous Prime Day to our readers. We hope you availed yourself of the sweet deals, such as this 18-pack of flashlights: https://www.amazon.ca/EverBrite-Aluminum-Flashlight-Batteries-Included/dp/B01CTX742M/ Or maybe some cat-eared headphones: https://www.amazon.com/iClever-BoostCare-Headphones-Cat-inspired-Headsets/dp/B01MXXPA93/ Or a tasty treat for, uh, dogs, I think: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01...

Ken Segall recounts the story of the Intel Inside stickers: http://kensegall.com/2017/06/steve-jobs-and-the-missing-intel-inside-sticker/ The Loop has the video of the guy who asked Steve Jobs why Macs don't have the Intel Inside sticker: http://www.loopinsight.com/2017/07/06/steve-jobs-and-the-missing-intel-inside-sticker/ They still make the STOP Theft stickers if you're interested: https://www....

The iOS 11 public beta has started: https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ MacRumors says Apple has acquired German firm SensoMotoric Instruments: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/26/apple-acquires-sensomotoric-instruments/ On the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, John Markoff interviews those who worked on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDRdWFdsoQ Echo Show might be a little creepy: https://...

Leaked information about Apple's leaked information: https://theoutline.com/post/1766/leaked-recording-inside-apple-s-global-war-on-leakers Tech leaders super happy to visit the White House: https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/877158391419994112 Apple does sell something that holds both your iPad and your Pencil and it's only $149: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQ0U2ZM/A/leather-sleeve-for-129...

Dan has a keyboard he's been holding out about: https://twitter.com/dmoren/status/875367583654039556 It's for sale on Amazon for $33: https://www.amazon.com/iClever-Bluetooth-Rechargeable-Universal-Smartphone/dp/B01JA6HG88 Submitted for your approval (or not), the Apple Pocket Watch: https://twitter.com/MatthewSchneier/status/610396428444131328 Tim Cook spills small beans about Apple's car project...

Jason Snell got to try out the HomePod: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/06/ears-on-with-the-homepod/ He's also got a wrap-up of Apple's announcements: http://www.macworld.com/article/3199787/wwdc/wwdc-2017-keynote-taking-it-all-in.html Bozoma Saint John is reportedly leaving Apple for Uber: http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/apple-music-bozoma-saint-john-leaving/ Our thanks to Omaha Steaks. Go to...

ALL HAIL THE ESSENTIAL PHONE: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15711170/essential-phone-announcement-price-android-andy-rubin LIKEWISE HAIL THEIR HOME THINGY: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/30/15711162/ambient-os-essential-home-andy-rubin TechCrunch's coverage is a little more staid: https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/nice-phone-essential-but-why-is-there-a-hole-in-the-screen/ The...

Are new laptops coming at WWDC? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-16/apple-said-to-plan-laptop-upgrades-as-microsoft-enters-market Jason Snell has some thoughts on a Siri speaker: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/05/imagining-the-introduction-of-a-siri-speaker/ Apple acquired VocalIQ back in October of 2015: https://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/02/apple-acquires-speech-technology-startup...

Alexa now makes phone calls and Dan thinks there's nothing wrong with any of it at all (can you tell Dan doesn't write the show notes?): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/21/amazon-echo-alexa-home-robot-privacy-cloud The U.S. may ban laptops on flights from Europe: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/business/us-may-ban-laptops-on-all-flights-from-europe.html Apple bought Lattice, a d...

It appears that reports of an Amazon Echo with a screen were true. Enter the Echo Show: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/05/echo-show-ships-on-june-28-for-230/ You can also get Cortana on a speaker thing later this year: http://www.harmankardon.com/invoke.html There was a spot of trouble with the Wirecutter's pick for a NAS that we mentioned on a previous episode: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/b...

Want to kill hours on end? Blizzard made its classic game StarCraft available for free: https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/starcraft Lex now owns a Harmony Hub on Dan's recommendation: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-hub When purchasing the Anchor to hold your headphones, always get the installation: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P31BMHG?m=A28Q38CRNPX1WD&ref_=v_sp_widget_detail_pag...

John Gruber on the Apple Watch's success: https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/apple_watch_success Stephen King's pseudonym: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bachman Did you know that Dan has a scifi book coming out soon? Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Caledonian-Gambit-Novel-Dan-Moren/dp/1940456843/ Are you sitting down? Like, maybe in a car? Because Apple has delayed Carpool Karaoke: htt...

The iPhone 8 might be having fingerprint reader troubles: https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/18/bloomberg-new-iphone-8-glass-steel-fingerprint-sensor/ AirPods are still 6 weeks out for shipping: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/18/airpods-shipping-delay Want them painted black for $100? You can at http://blackpods.store (Not a sponsor!) Bose should not be doing this: http://www.theverge.com/2017...

Lex is away so Dan and I start out by talking about the trailer for the next Thor movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7MGUNV8MxU&feature=youtu.be Apple is ditching graphics chips from Imagination in favor of its own: https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/apple-ditches-imagination-technologies-shares-collapse/ This makes some think they'll do the same with other chips like power management:...