The Rebound

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227: Replaced by Slackbot Feb 27, 2019

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Behold the Samsung Galaxy Fold: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18233917/samsung-galaxy-fold-price-features-consumer-worth-buying-editorial And the Huawei Mate X: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18239374/huawei-mate-x-foldable-phone-samsung-galaxy-fold-design-mwc-2019 Lex enjoys the Endless Jeopardy Twitter account: https://twitter.com/endlessjeopardy Here's your big battery phone now buy it you cowards: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/26/18241117/energizer-power-max-p18k-pop-huge-battery-phone-mwc-2019 Our thanks also to Postmates, your personal food delivery, grocery delivery, whatever-you-can-think-of delivery service. Get the Postmates app on iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/postmates-food-delivery/id512393983?mt=8) or Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.postmates.android) and use the code REBOUND for one hundred dollars of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days! And our thanks to Robinhood, an investing app that lets you buy and sell stocks, ETFS, options, and cryptos, all commission-free. Robinhood is giving listeners of the Rebound a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help build your portfolio! Sign up at REBOUND .robinhood.com (http://rebound.robinhood.com).

226: The Rerebound Feb 20, 2019

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Ming-Chi Kuo says there's a lot of stuff coming this year: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/17/2019-iphones-bilateral-charging-frosted-glass-kuo/ Huawei is accused of doing some sketchy stuff: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/18/huaweis-efforts-to-steal-apple/ Please go to http://podsurvey.com/rebound to take a 5-minute survey. When you're finished you can enter a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card! Our thanks to Oregon State University E-campus. Want to take the fast track to your career in technology? Earn your computer science degree online from Oregon State University E-campus and tap into unlimited career possibilities in any field. Learn more at ecampus.oregonstate.edu/rebound. Our thanks as well to Joybird (http://joybird.com/rebound). Joybird offers one-of-a-kind furniture made to your unique taste. Choose from hundreds of styles and options to create the furniture that brings you Joy today at joybird.com/REBOUND. Go to joybird.com/REBOUND and receive an exclusive offer for 25% off your first order by using the code REBOUND. And our thanks to LightStream (http://lightstream.com/rebound). Consolidate your credit card debt with a LightStream loan featuring great interest rates and no fees. You could save thousands of dollars in interest! Get an additional rate discount by going to LightStream.com/REBOUND.

225: Now We Play Putt-Putt For Real Money! Feb 13, 2019

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Amazon buys Eero: https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/11/amazon-buys-eero/ Kashmir Hill on cutting the big five tech companies out of her life for a week: https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194 Apple names Frank Casanova to head its product marketing of AR: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/11/apple-marketing-head-augmented-reality/ Rumor indicates the second-generation AirPods will have a grippy coating: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/11/airpods-2-grip-coating-airpower-this-spring/ Angela Ahrendts will be leaving Apple: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/angela-ahrendts-is-leaving-apple/ Moltz bought this Anker charger for his wife and she loves it: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerWave-Qi-Certified-Compatible-Qi-Enabled/dp/B07DBXNV58/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=B07DBXNV58&qid=1549999991&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Moltz likes his Keychron keyboard: https://www.keychron.com Dan recommends "Bodyguard" on Netflix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7493974/?ref_=nv_sr_4 Moltz picked up "Cowboy Bebop" for just ten damn dollars on Amazon Video: https://www.amazon.com/Session-1-Asteroid-Blues/dp/B00R2LVJIC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cowboy+bebop&qid=1549999542&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Lex is still playing Pocket Run Pool which we think is not a euphemism: http://www.pocketrunpool.com Our thanks to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com) where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.

224: I’m Voting for Number 9 Feb 06, 2019

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Lex is enjoying "Russian Doll": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7520794/?ref_=nv_sr_2 "Travelers", a show the three of us enjoyed, has been canceled, but it did get sort of a finale: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/travelers-canceled-netflix-1203126314/ Avi Bar-Zeev, head of Apple's AR/VR effort, has left the company: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/02/04/hololens-inventor-departs-apple/ Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet: https://www.recode.net/2019/2/1/18207198/spotify-gimlet-podcast-acquisition Moltz bought a Keychron keyboard, but it hasn't arrived yet: https://www.keychron.com Our thanks to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com) where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359. Our thanks also to Legacybox (http://legacybox.com/rebound) the world's largest, most trusted, digitizer of home movies and photos. There’s never been a better time to digitally preserve your old home movies, film reels, and photos. Go to Legacybox.com/REBOUND to get 40% off your first order!

223: A Whole Cajoodle of SKUs Jan 30, 2019

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There's a bad bug in FaceTime Group Calls but Apple has taken down the service since our recording pending a bug fix: https://www.imore.com/facetime-bug-allows-instant-audio-potential-video-access-fix-way John Gruber on Apple's potential plans for a subscription service for games: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/01/28/apple-game-subscription Apple had trouble with the Mac Pro because it couldn't get the screws it wanted: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/technology/iphones-apple-china-made.html Year-end report card from Six Colors: https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/01/apple-in-2018-the-six-colors-report-card/ Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound) an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship! Our thanks also to Postmates, your personal food delivery, grocery delivery, whatever-you-can-think-of delivery service. Get the Postmates app on iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/postmates-food-delivery/id512393983?mt=8) or Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.postmates.android) and use the code REBOUND for one hundred dollars of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days! And our thanks to Robinhood, an investing app that lets you buy and sell stocks, ETFS, options, and cryptos, all commission-free. Robinhood is giving listeners of the Rebound a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help build your portfolio! Sign up at REBOUND.robinhood.com (http://rebound.robinhood.com).

222: This Is What You Get When You Have My Full Attention Jan 24, 2019

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Lex has a bunch of stuff from Control4 installed in his home theater setup: https://www.control4.com We discuss the Black Mirror choose your own adventure-style episode "Bandersnatch"": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9495224/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Apple was selling refurbished iPhone SEs for $249 but they're all gone: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/19/iphone-se-clearance-special-249/ John Gruber on a report that Apple is slowing its hiring: https://daringfireball.net/2019/01/the_r_word Who wants a foldable Motorola RAZR? https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/motorola-razr-foldable-phone/ Marie Kondo isn't screwing around anymore: https://twitter.com/williamhanson/status/1087106064858972160 Microsoft is going to stop releasing patches for Windows Phone so you have to get something else: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-to-end-so-use-android-or-ios-instead/ Our thanks to Joybird (http://joybird.com/rebound). Joybird offers one-of-a-kind furniture made to your unique taste. Choose from hundreds of styles and options to create the furniture that brings you Joy today at joybird.com/REBOUND. Go to joybird.com/REBOUND and receive an exclusive offer for 25% off your first order by using the code REBOUND. Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound) an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship! And our thanks to LightStream (http://lightstream.com/rebound). Consolidate your credit card debt with a LightStream loan featuring great interest rates and no fees. You could save thousands of dollars in interest! Get an additional rate discount by going to LightStream.com/REBOUND.

221: It Not You, It Wi-Fi Jan 17, 2019

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John Gruber on Apple's battery replacement program and its effect on Apple's earnings miss: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/01/14/iphone-batteries-and-apples-quarterly-miss Apple may ship a new iPod touch with a USB-C port: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/14/apple-7th-generation-ipod-touch/ United's relationship with Apple: https://onemileatatime.com/united-nice-to-apple-employees/ China sentences a Canadian citizen to death: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-canadian-death-20190114-story.html NBC will launch its own streaming service in 2020: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/nbc-to-launch-free-streaming-service-in-2020.html Netflix is raising its prices: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/15/netflix-raises-prices-pay-original-content/?utm_term=.d9d99f9acf1d Lex recommends the documentary "Too Funny To Fail": https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/too_funny_to_fail Alex Jones was briefly on Roku but is gone already: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/alex-jones-infowars-roku.html AirPower may have actually entered into production: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/12/report-airpower-has-entered-production-coming-soon/ Dan likes Samsung's wireless charger for his iPhone: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/15/16655928/iphone-x-favorite-wireless-charger-angle-notifications-samsung Elago's Game Boy charging stand for the Apple Watch: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/07/elago-w5-stand-game-boy/ Apple's Johny Srouji is in Intel's short list for a new CEO: https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/15/intel-apple-johnny-srouji-ceo/ A Bluetooth chip that gets power from the air: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183456/wiliot-bluetooth-chip-paper-thin-battery-free-low-cost DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/15/duckduckgo-apple-maps/ John and Dan discuss the "Spider-Man: Far From Home" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYtuKyMtY8&feature=youtu.be Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound), an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship! Our thanks as well to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com), where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.

220: Timsplaining Jan 10, 2019

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Ben Thompson on Apple's revised quarterly guidance: https://stratechery.com/2019/apples-errors/ An iTunes app is coming to Samsung TVs: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/06/apple-is-bring-itunes-content-to-samsungs-smart-tvs/ WHO WANTS LINUX ON THEIR IPHONE?! Well, you can get this: https://ish.app The triple camera iPhone render looks like crap: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/06/2019-iphone-triple-lens-rear-camera-renderings/ LG introduces a rollable TV: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171013/lg-rollable-tv-oled-4k-tv-features-photos-video-release-ces-2019 If you hate those things, you'll love the Alexa toilet: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/kohler-put-alexa-in-a-toilet-so-happy-new-year/ Our thanks to Thinkful (http://thinkful.com/rebound) an online education platform that offers fast-paced learning to take you from beginner to job-ready in 6 months or your tuition back. Go to thinkful.com/rebound for a $600 scholarship! Our thanks also to Legacybox (http://legacybox.com/rebound) the world's largest, most trusted, digitizer of home movies and photos. There’s never been a better time to digitally preserve your old home movies, film reels, and photos. Go to Legacybox.com/REBOUND to get 40% off your first order! Our thanks as well to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com) where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $359.

219: Gategate Dec 28, 2018

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Apple says bending iPad Pros are just fine: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/22/18152161/apple-dan-riccio-email-ipad-pro-2018-bending The iPhone XR accounted for 32 percent of iPhone sales in November: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/26/cirp-estimated-iphone-xr-sales-november/ Apple promoted the head of AI to senior vice president: https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/20/giannandrea-svp-of-ml-and-ai-strategy/ Dan opines at Macworld on Apple's expansion outside of Cupertino: https://www.macworld.com/article/3328476/techology-business/what-apples-new-job-additions-tell-us-about-its-product-plans.html Time travelers need to buy this tiny Space Invaders game: https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Arcade-Space-Invaders-Miniature/dp/B06Y4DR4HP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545970781&sr=8-1&keywords=B06Y4DR4HP Our thanks to Wizardpins (http://wizardpins.com) Create custom pins of any size or shape for any occasion with all types of designs. Head to Wizardpins.com and enter code REBOUND to get 20% off your first order!

218: Amazon Music in the Streets… Dec 20, 2018

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A 3D printed face fooled Android face detection: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/16/3d-printed-head-android-face-id/ The Apple Music account tweeted from an Android phone: https://9to5google.com/2018/12/18/apple-twitter-for-android/ Lex is a fan of the new Caavo: https://caavo.com Another device Moltz won't be getting is the Amazon Echo wall clock: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/14/amazon-echo-wall-clock-now-available/ An ex-NASA engineer created a glitter bomb package for people stealing packages from his porch: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/18/nasa-engineer-glitter-bomb-parcel-pirates/ Apple poaches a senior designer from Tesla: https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/17/apple-poaches-tesla-senior-designer/ Our thanks to Wizardpins (http://wizardpins.com) Create custom pins of any size or shape for any occasion with all types of designs. Head to Wizardpins.com and enter code REBOUND to get 20% off your first order! Our thanks also to Robinhood, an investing app that lets you buy and sell stocks, ETFS, options, and cryptos, all commission-free. Robinhood is giving listeners of the Rebound a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help build your portfolio! Sign up at REBOUND .robinhood.com (http://rebound.robinhood.com). And our thanks to LightStream (http://lightstream.com/rebound). Consolidate your credit card debt with a LightStream loan featuring great interest rates and no fees. You could save thousands of dollars in interest! Get an additional rate discount by going to LightStream.com/REBOUND.

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