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**The Rebound**

A technology-ish podcast from Apple geeks Dan Moren, John Moltz, and Lex Friedman.

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297: Eat It, Spielberg Jul 08, 2020

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This is a great time for sitting at home and watching things so let's talk about what's on the telly.

Apple is working on shows based on the works of Maurice Sendak.

Who's watching Quibi? Not many.

Dan enjoyed Hello America on YouTube but he's not signing up for Quibi because of it.

Moltz is agitated by the latest iPhone 12 mock-ups.

If you missed it, the Miracle Sudoku is great fun.

Speaking of Sudoku, Lex likes the Sudoku Simple+ app.

Moltz's family has been playing a lot of Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Tokaido and Lords of Waterdeep.

It's a weird name but Mmhmm might be useful.

John Gruber discusses how The Talk Show episode for WWDC was put together.

Apple has an updated privacy page.

For dumb fun, Moltz recommends Holey Moley.

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296: Miss Kerned Jul 01, 2020

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This week we have a fabulous deal for our listeners: more us! Have a listen for more information.

Apple won't be getting more New York Times, though, because it has left Apple News.

Apple is canceling some Apple Arcade games to refocus.

Developers have posted benchmarks for the Arm Mac development kits.

Tiktok will stop repeatedly accessing the clipboard after being caught in the act by iOS 14.

AnyList won't be supporting Sign in with Apple.

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295: That’s What I Learned From Jurassic Park Jun 23, 2020

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Apple announced many things! And we talk about them in this episode.

You can also get an overview on SixColors.

Sarah Cooper does hilarious lip-synchs of Trump.

Ming-chi Kuo says the first Arm Macs will be the iMac and MacBook Pro

Apple shared a teaser for Foundation.

294: It's For Horses Jun 17, 2020

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It's the week before WWDC so it's the perfect time for Apple to have a fight with developers.

Apple has rejected the Hey email app update, insisting they implement Apple's payment mechanism.

Lex was previously on an episode Rework with the people behind Hey.

The EU is taking a look at Apple's App Store policies and Apple's response is kinda something.

Apple’s App Store ecosystem facilitated over half a trillion dollars in commerce in 2019.

Apple has shared the WWDC schedule.

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293: John Gruber’s Footnote Jun 10, 2020

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Arm yourselves. There might be a few ARM puns in this episode.

But first, here are some ways to contribute and educate yourself.

You can donate to Black Lives Matter causes at M4BL.org.

Watch John Oliver's piece on police on Last Week Tonight.

Conan O’Brien talks to W. Kamau Bell.

Also check out Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversation with a Black Man.

Mark Gurman says Apple's going to announce at WWDC that it's transitioning Macs to its own chips.

Microsoft fired a lot of its human MSN editors and replaced them with an AI. It hasn't gone well.

Lex uses the C25k app and a push up app called Just Six Weeks.

IBM is abandoning its facial recognition business.

Apple has patched a bug in Sign In With Apple.

Benjamin Mayo makes some educated guesses about Apple services bundles.

292: Thanks, Apps Jun 03, 2020

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We'll be honest: things are not great. But we'll talk about things and technology and then get to our picks.

Apple supported Blackout Tuesday.

Google and Amazon tweet their support of Black Lives Matter and still give hundreds of thousands of dollars to racist politicians.

Civil rights leaders were not impressed by their conversation with Mark Zuckerberg.

Wired talks about how to prepare your phone if you're going to protest.

Tim Cook’s letter to Apple employees after the murder of George Floyd by police.

Moltz is enjoying Central Park.

Lex likes Crashing and Space Force.

Dan is enjoying his rewatch of Avatar.

He and Moltz both like Stargirl.

Dan also likes Black Lightning.

Lex is using the ReelGood app to track shows.

Dan uses Just Watch.

HBO Max won't hit AT&T data limits but other services will.

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291: Restart Your Damn Phone May 27, 2020

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Just a warning: this is now a podcast about British TV shows.

Rumors say that Messages on macOS is being replaced with a Catalyst app.

Even more rumors say Apple will no longer be including EarPods in the box with iPhones.

Is this leading to a portless iPhone?

The Verge explains. HBO Max.

Dan recommends the documentary on the making of the Mandalorian.

Moltz likes What We Do In The Shadows.

The Big Flower Fight is an actual show.

The Ringer hunts for the dirtiest thing on Disney+.

Dan enjoyed Onward.