The Rebound

ZOMG NEW MAC PROS ARE COMING! http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives Matthew Panzarino also has some thoughts: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/ The whole Mac Pro chat basically went down exactly like the movie *The Interview*: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710/ Additional information after we recorded: Based on what's currently on Apple...

Why you might want to consider getting a VPN: http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521831393/congress-overturns-internet-privacy-regulation Apple filed a trademark for the PowerBook name: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4359876/Apple-drops-hint-return-retro-laptop-Powerbook.html Apple switched iOS devices to APFS and no one even noticed: https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/03/a-tour-of-ios-...

Mark Gurman says Apple's getting into AR: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/apple-s-next-big-thing Will Samsung's upcoming virtual assistant make you Hulk out? https://consumerist.com/2017/03/20/samsung-launches-bixby-its-answer-to-siri-alexa/ Seems to be based on Viv, which Samsung acquired last year: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/samsung-buys-viv-labs-in-pursuit-of-its...

Lex recommends Alarm Relay instead of other home security companies: https://www.alarmrelay.com They use an app from Alarm.com: https://www.alarm.com Dan is a negative Nelly on the idea of new Mac Pros: http://www.macworld.com/article/3179356/macs/why-the-new-mac-pro-might-never-come.html Jonathan Zdziarski is joining Apple: https://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=7016 An ode to the clamshell iBook: htt...

Moltz is considering tricking out his 2006 MacBook: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP31?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Dan has some cheap Bluetooth headphones from Kinivo: https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-BTH240-Bluetooth-Stereo-Headphone/dp/B00AWIPITS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489084446&sr=8-1&keywords=kinivo Apple's response to the Wikileaks claim about CIA hacking: https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenke...

OMG DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE OSCARS, oh, you did: http://variety.com/2017/film/in-contention/moonlight-best-picture-oscars-la-la-land-analysis-1201997362/ Apple should buy Netflix: https://om.co/2017/02/22/why-apple-should-buy-netflix-again/ No, Apple does not need to buy Netflix: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/2/21/apple-doesnt-need-to-buy-netflix Our thanks to Blue Apron (http://blueapron....

Get psyched for Alto's Odyssey: http://www.altosodyssey.com Rumors of new iPads in March and an iPhone SE with more storage: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/20/ipad-pro-march-event-128gb-iphone-se/ Lex has LIFX light bulbs. Look at this guy in this light: http://www.lifx.com/products/lifx-z?variant=28898043587 Uber gets former Attorney General Eric Holder to look into its sexist culture: http://...

Get Stagehand: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stagehand-reverse-platformer/id977536934?mt=8 Planet of the Apps is a show that Apple is making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RInsFIWl-Q Carpool Karaoke is another one that's coming to Apple Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fipKCrV3I Apple joins wireless power consortium: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/13/apple-joins-wireless-power-cons...

Dan's $500 red alert is great when it works: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/02/automate-this-red-alert-shields-up/ Vizio smart TVs have been too nosy: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio-pay-22-million-ftc-state-new-jersey-settle-charges-it Apple's quarterly results weren't perfect but they were better: http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-records-f...

The Iconfactory has a new drawing app out called Linea: http://blog.iconfactory.com/2017/01/introducing-linea/ Apple's quarterly results are coming, but we don't have them yet: http://investor.apple.com/ Super Mario Run has some new features: http://www.macworld.com/article/3163468/ios/super-mario-run-gets-an-easy-mode-pulls-in-the-big-bucks-for-nintendo.html The LG monitors Apple sells have some,...

A fair number of Apple people are going to Tesla: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/01/23/ording-tesla Probably nothing to worry about but the mega-rich are buying up bunkers in New Zealand: http://gizmodo.com/peter-thiel-gains-new-zealand-citizenship-as-tech-elite-1791550567 Your Echo will now respond to "Computer" instead of "Alexa": http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/1/23/14365338/amazon-ech...

We might be interested in the Nintendo Switch: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/nintendo-switch-future-analysis/ Lex has his Raspberry Pi working but Dan might go with using a Mac mini and OpenEmu: http://openemu.org Complex's interview with Apple's people working on Music: http://www.complex.com/music/2017/01/zane-lowe-bozoma-saint-john-and-larry-jackson-talk-the-future-of-apple-music Dan Pr...

Happy 10th anniversary, iPhone: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/01/the-iphones-first-10th-birthday/ Dan was at CES when the iPhone was announced: https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/01/happy-10th-birthday-iphone/ Steven Levy interviewed Phil Schiller about it: https://backchannel.com/phil-schiller-on-iphones-launch-how-it-changed-apple-and-why-it-will-keep-going-for-50-years-e4412ad2c8f5#.xxdmuqyr3 Co...

Lenovo has announced an Alexa-powered Echo-type device: http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/03/ces-2017-lenovo-alexa-smart-speaker/ Mattel's Aristotle is an Alexa clone for kids: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/1/3/14152800/digital-assistant-children-mattel-aristotle Police have already tried to get an Echo's recordings to get information on a murder: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20...

The AirPods cometh: https://techpinions.com/apple-airpods-more-than-just-headphones/48310 The Mac hardware development process at Apple is in disarray: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple-alienated-mac-loyalists Tim Cook says new desktop Macs of some kind are coming: https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/19/apples-tim-cook-assures-employees-that-it-is-committed-to-the-mac-and-tha...

Lex and Dan are away this week so Moltz chats with guest host Jon Armstrong from Turning This Car Around. Naturally, we start by talking about Rogue One: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lucasfilm/rogueoneastarwarsstory/ Apple pulled watchOS 3.1.1 after it bricked some Watches: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/12/13/watchos-3-1-1-pulled-bricking-complaints/ macOS Sierra 10.12.2 brings kind of a lot...

Lex has a couple of new Watch bands. A leather one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016I7A8B4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3ANLZZAO5LRN&coliid=I35F7MTQQQKO0F&psc=1 And a knock-off Milanese loop: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AU66DSG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3ANLZZAO5LRN&coliid=IGAU2C49US2NW&psc=1 Apple VP Paul Deneve has been removed from the company's executive's p...

Amazon is reportedly working on an Echo with a touch screen: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/amazon-said-to-plan-premium-alexa-speaker-with-large-screen India's currency issues seem to have worked out nicely for Apple: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/apple-sales-shoot-up-as-customers-rush-to-buy-iphones-with-demonetised-notes/articleshow/55674628.cms Apple let...

Apple is reportedly getting out of the wireless router biz: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec Some steps to take to improve your security: https://medium.com/@mshelton/securing-your-digital-life-like-a-normal-person-a-hasty-and-incomplete-guide-56437f127425#.jys3lllhw And protect your WiFi: https://decentsecurity.com/#...

Dan is away this week so we're joined by Jon Armstrong from Turning This Car Around: turningthiscararound.com Apple released a $200 book with pictures of its products which is only the second-worse thing that happened this week: http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/11/designed-by-apple-in-california-chronicles-20-years-of-apple-design.html Jason Snell's review of the new MacBook Pro: https://sixcolo...

Lex is away so we are joined by former Apple employee, former Apple cloner employee and current maker of shrubs (http://bonafidepotents.com/products), Albert McMurry. Apple cuts prices on adapters: http://www.imore.com/apple-usb-c-thunderbolt-3-price-cut Apple has dropped prices of the LG monitors it sells: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/04/apple-lg-display-major-price-cut/ Craig Hockenberry sug...

We discuss the new MacBook Pros: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/10/some-more-hands-on-experience-with-the-new-macbook-pros/ And a bit the Microsoft Surface Studio: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/10/26/13380462/microsoft-surface-studio-pc-computer-announced-features-price-release-date Joe Steel runs down the streaming boxes you can buy: http://joe-steel.com/2016-10-28-Apples-October-T...

Lex has switched from Napster to Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/163856011/ The Logitech Harmony Hub works with the Amazon Echo: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/10/logitech-brings-some-harmony-to-the-amazon-echo/ New MacBooks are coming with the now confirmed touch bar: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/images-of-new-macbook-pro-leaked/ Amazon's reviews problem: http...

Is Apple even making a car anymore? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/how-apple-scaled-back-its-titanic-plan-to-take-on-detroit Should Apple buy Sonder or just do it themselves? https://sonderdesign.com Not everyone is in love with the Pixel: http://gizmodo.com/the-google-pixel-is-too-dumb-and-ugly-to-replace-your-i-1787877249 Some disagree on the camera quality: https://twitter.c...

The Dash controversy is kind of a mess: http://daringfireball.net/2016/10/apple_dash_controversy Jason Snell uses Ferrite to edit podcasts on iOS: https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/11/editing-podcasts-on-ios-with-ferrite/ Samsung halts production of Galaxy Note: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/business/samsung-galaxy-note-fires.html Dan uses 1Writer on iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1writer-...