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CultCast #140 - His Verse Aug 14, 2014

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This week: Robin Williams. We remember the incredible passion, talent, comedy and heartbreak of one life’s great artists. Then, stay tuned for this week’s best iPhone 6 and iPad rumors; Oculus Rift coming to OS X; the good, bad, and ugly of iTunes Family sharing; and we pitch our favorite tech and apps in an all-new Faves N’Raves.
Join us and Youtube gadget-reviewer extroidinaire, Lewis Hilsenteger (aka UnboxTherapy), for this very fun and heart-filled CultCast.

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CultCast #139 - Ready To Pool Party Aug 07, 2014

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This week: iThieves, beware! Find My iPhone is now a tool of vigilante justice; iPhone 6’s release date gets leaked; we reveal our favorite must-have apps for Mac and iOS; why the next iPhone could ship with 32GB standard; and we wrap’er up with all-new Get To Know Your Cultist: movie edition!

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CultCast #138 - Buster’s Beard Kits Jul 31, 2014

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This week: with over 300,000 followers, we welcome back professional (and paid!) Instagram’er Cory @WithHearts Staudacher to share his iPhone photo editing tips and reveal which camera apps he relies on daily. Plus, why our cities deserve municipal internet; unlocking your iPhone gets legal… again; great changes on the horizon for Apple's Podcasts app; and our musings on the freshly-updated 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros.

Cheerio, guvs!

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CultCast #137 - Trusty Steeds Jul 24, 2014

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This week: William Shatner is the coolest grandpa ever; to take on Apple, Microsoft doubles down on design; Apple inches closer to a digital wallet; why the Apple on your iPhone 6 could glow; iBeacons are a marketer’s best friend; and then… if you could ride any animal into battle, what would it be? We’ll answer that question and more on an all-new Get To Know Your Cultist.

And a big thanks to Kevin MacLeod for all the great music you hear on this week's episode.

Links to todays stories:

OS X Yosemite beta goes public — here’s how to get it

http://www.cultofmac.com/288717/apples-os-x-yosemite-public-beta-live/#5TqpPA3ODgazIybP.99

William Shatner reviews Facebook apps… on his Tumblr

http://williamshatner.tumblr.com/
Microsoft makes design central to its future

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-makes-design-central-to-its-future/

Apple’s mobile payments solution could arrive in the iPhone 6 this fall

http://www.cultofmac.com/288607/apples-mobile-payments-solution-finally-arrive-iphone-6-fall/#YtuFpUY3cdZYeBkJ.99
Apple orders insane number of new iPhones, but 5.5-inch model faces setbacks

http://www.cultofmac.com/288316/apple-orders-insane-number-new-iphones-5-5-inch-model-faces-setbacks/#FTtKB7oWcfRavQKE.99

Glowing Apple logo could serve up alerts on iPhone 6

http://www.cultofmac.com/288148/glowing-apple-logo-serve-alerts-iphone-6/#XvLprk5SVvBdgi0p.99

All the little tweaks Apple added to iOS 8 beta 4

CultCast #136 - The Shirt-free Zone Jul 17, 2014

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This week: Chicks on tech! Plus, rumored Apple tech could give weeklong battery life to your iPhone; why your grandma will love the new iTunes; Apple and IBM kiss and make up; Kim Kardashian’s iOS app makes way more than it should; Beats brings the marketing magic back to Apple; and we pitch our favorite apps and tech then vote on which one’s best—it’s an all new Faves N Raves!

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CultCast #135 - Tears of the Children Jul 10, 2014

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This time on The CultCast: thirsty Germans drink the tears of Brazilian children! Ohhh, sorry. Too soon? Also on the docket: the secret Apple eBay store is back at it and selling iPhones at absurdly low prices; we pitch insanely great feature we hope Apple bakes in to Siri soon; a Youtuber gets his hands on the iPhone 6’s sapphire screen and its durability is hard to believe; and… GEEKN, the new segment where we divulge whatever gadget or activity we’re currently obsessing over. Stay tuned till the end for that.
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This week's stories:

Secret Apple factory outlet is the cheapest place to get an iPhone 5

http://www.cultofmac.com/286607/apple-launches-new-secret-ebay-store-refurbished-iphone-5/#FdbhHhv6po5xSfuU.99
How Siri’s ultimate killer feature could be remembering

http://www.cultofmac.com/286521/siris-ultimate-killer-feature-remembering/#MEVH0hVBoZ7qG2lC.99

Steve Jobs was right: Tablet sales set to topple the PC market

http://www.cultofmac.com/286533/steve-jobs-right-tablet-sales-set-topple-pc-2015/#IGbC7kXHvhRmEFEK.99

Total iBeacon shipments will blow past 60 million units by 2019

http://www.cultofmac.com/286670/ibeacons-shipments-will-pass-60-million-2019/#Jg1D8XxZ1xPo3QAW.99

iPhone 6 Sapphire display emerges unscathed from brutal scratch test

http://www.cultofmac.com/286467/iphone-6-sapphire-display-comes-scratch-test-completely-unscathed/#U4ojRrsVz8WrxhwQ.99

Battery life will still suck on ultra-slim iPhone 6

http://www.cultofmac.com/286352/thinnification-iphone-will-suck-battery-life/#qXpG6jbAE8OxdRqe.99

CultCast #134 - Protect Your Appendages Jul 03, 2014

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USA! USA! On this festive new episode, we reveal our favorite 4th activities and it’s clear Alex E Heath will be in jail by the 5th.
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A weird breakthrough app has us texting hodor to all our friends; Apple kills off Aperture and iPhoto; Siri might finally understand us after a rumored update; Apple maps is poised to finally get a whole lot better; and did you know Steve Jobs always ate lunch alone like a sad Keanu? It’s true. Well, maybe. Alex doesn’t believe a word of it. We’ll tell you story coming up.

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CultCast #133 - Sexy Pixels Jun 26, 2014

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This week on the CultCast: Leander’s Big Adventure! Leander’s back to tell us about his top secret mission to Apple HQ. CoM reviews editor Charlie Sorrell tells us about some cool gear he’s reviewing. We also run through a list of all the great hardware we’re expecting Apple to dump on us in just a few short months… And we wrap up with an all new Get to Know Your Cultist, and this round has us diving into some of our favorite movies ever made. Guess who has the weird choice? You’re right it’s Leander…

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Links to today's topics:

Microsoft will pay you $650 to ditch your MacBook Air for a Surface
http://www.cultofmac.com/284788/microsoft-will-pay-650-ditch-macbook-air-surface/#SkXYvSdB74oSgYcE.99

12 Inch MacBook Air to Begin Production in 3rd Quarter 2014
http://www.cultofmac.com/284866/apples-12-inch-macbook-air-enter-production-next-quarter/

iPhone 6 Said to Launch on Friday September 19 in 32 GB and 64 GB Variants
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/25/iphone-6-friday-september19-32gb-64gb/

Bloomberg: Apple’s Big IPhones Said to Start Production Next Month
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014

CultCast #132 - The Hottest Chocolate Jun 19, 2014

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There’s a fire in the Amazon! Ok, but bad jokes aside, we’ll tell you what we love and don’t about Amazon's much-buzzed debut mobile phone. Plus: the iMac just got a lot cheaper… and slower; another Weibo leak reportedly shows a huge 5.5-inch iPhone 6; the cool additions to iOS 8 and Yosemite's 2nd betas; this summer’s hottest mens’ bathing suit attire; plus, you asked, we answer—it’s an all-new CultCast Q&A!
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CultCast #131 - May the Schwartz Be With You... Jun 12, 2014

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OMG YAA'AALL, it’s CultCast time. This week we bring to thee some more cool iOS 8 features you didn’t hear about at WWDC, plus we'll tell you all about the new time-lapse video feature we've been playing with. Then, with the rumors swirling that fall will bring us iWatch, we have to wonder what features and price point it will need to make want one adoring our wrists. All that plus Apple’s marketing arm gets major renovations, and in honor of this weeks’ E3, we say why Nintendo absolutely needs to bring Mario to iOS to survive!

And our thanks to Slingbox for their support!
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We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show.

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