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    The Talk Show

    The Talk Show features discussion about technology, Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, movies, directors, and the Web. It’s America’s favorite podcast. Hosted by John Gruber & Dan Benjamin.

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    Latest Episodes:
    50: Buttering Both Sides Jul 06, 2011
    Show notes

    John and Dan discuss the persistent rumors of fall iPhones and iPads, the awesome (but broken) glass on Dan's phone, managing John's email, Microsoft's Android profits, Google+, 115054901319079500672, and the next film in #5byBond: Goldeneye.

    Links for this episode:

    • Technolog from msnbc.com - Apple passes RIM in U.S. to be No. 2 in smartphone market share
    • EXCLUSIVE: Google To Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push
    • Is Google's Hangouts Its Killer App? - NYTimes.com
    • Steve Jobs' bio gets a new title - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
    • Verizon confirms it will ditch unlimited smartphone data plans starting July 7 - FierceWireless
    • Apple Preparing For New iPhone in Third Quarter - WSJ.com
    • AppleInsider | WSJ: Apple plans to build 25M thinner, lighter next-gen iPhones this year
    • Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license: report | Reuters
    • Dan Benjamin - Google+
    • JailbreakMe highlights just how vulnerable iOS users are | ExtremeTech
    • 00 Agents
    • Dan's iPhone 4 Case [Speck PixelSkin HD iPhone 4 Black]

    Sponsored by MailChimp, Prototypes, and Sound Studio 4.


    49: We Gave Her a Nice Honeymoon Jun 29, 2011
    Show notes

    Filmmaker and Timothy Dalton-lookalike Adam Lisagor joins the show to discuss Apple's tumultuous introduction of Final Cut Pro X and License to Kill.

    Links for this episode:

    • Apple’s Challenges – Larry’s Blog
    • Report: Apple is building two (!) iPhones for September release - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
    • Licence to Kill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • lonelysandwich - “Final Cut Pro: The New Class”
    • Apple - Final Cut Pro X - Answers to common questions.
    • iMovie '08 Was Originally Called 'First Cut', Ubillos on Final Cut Pro X - Mac Rumors

    Sponsored by Field Notes and iStockphoto.


    48: Hard Stop Jun 22, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon Tablets, the next iPhone, the Nokia N9, Stanley Kubrick's letter to projectionists, the FBI seizure of web servers, and the Dropbox security issue.

    Links for this episode:

    • New York Post Blocks iPad Access Via Safari To Sell Subscriptions | paidContent
    • AppleInsider | Amazon tablets coming in September, suppliers say
    • Bloomberg confirms September release for the next iPhone - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
    • YouTube - Nokia N9 UI hands-on demo
    • Some Came Running: Stanley Kubrick's letter to projectionists on "Barry Lyndon" (with update)
    • F.B.I. Seizes Web Servers, Knocking Sites Offline - NYTimes.com
    • The Dropbox Blog » Blog Archive » Yesterday’s Authentication Bug
    • Apple Preparing Faster IPhone for September - Bloomberg

    Sponsored by OmniGroup: OmniFocus and Worthwhile.


    47: Nice Shirt, Handsome Jun 16, 2011
    Show notes

    Dan and John discuss the latest post-WWDC Apple news, Project Spartan, Mobile Me's transition to iCloud, The Living Daylights, and more.

    Links for this episode:

    • How Steve Jobs' Pixar experience helped lead to Apple's iCloud - CNN.com
    • Apple's Retail Secret: Full Service Stores - WSJ.com
    • Amazon.com: Licence To Kill [DVD]
    • Amazon.com: Licence to Kill [Blu-ray]
    • The Living Daylights - Wikipedia
    • Project Spartan: Facebook’s Hush-Hush Plan To Take On Apple On Their Own Turf: iOS
    • Apple Sued by New York Publisher Over Use of ‘iBooks’ - Bloomberg
    • One case for Apple bringing the cloud to average users at the right time | One FPS
    • iCloud and Apple’s truth: can you win if you don’t play? | This is my next...
    • JCP Stock Price Today - J.C. Penney Co. Inc. Stock Quote - WSJ.com
    • Apple patent wants to give you James Bond's Find my iPhone features - Apple
    • Apple's MacBook Air A $3 Billion Revenue Opportunity - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD
    • Daring Fireball: It's All Software

    Sponsored by FreshBooks and Sound Studio 4.


    46: I Float Above It Jun 09, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber reports in from WWDC as he and Dan Benjamin discuss OS X Lion, iOS 5, Twitter integration, and perhaps the most significant announcement from Apple, iCloud.

    Links for this episode:

    • I, Cringely » Blog Archive » iCloud’s real purpose: kill Windows - Cringely on technology
    • What’s Twitter’s Identity Now That It’s Apple’s Identity Provider? – AllThingsD
    • Jobs To Cupertino: We Want A Spaceship-Shaped, 12K Capacity Building As Our New Apple Campus
    • Jeff Bezos on innovation: Amazon ‘willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time’ - GeekWire
    • Jobs stumps for new 'spaceship'-like Apple campus | Apple - CNET News
    • Apple - iOS 5 - See new features included in iOS 5.
    • Apple iOS 5 hands-on preview -- Engadget
    • Apple iOS 5 iPhone / iPad 2 hands-on!
    • AppleInsider | Inside Apple's iOS 5: Safari Reader, private browsing, tabs on iPad
    • FT.com - The new FT app
    • Apple now world's largest semiconductor buyer | The Digital Home - CNET News
    • Flipboard's Traffic Just Quadrupled: Now At 400 Million "Flips" Per Month
    • Apple becomes largest OEM chip buyer in 2010 - MarketWatch
    • Samsung preparing a bid for Nokia?
    • Does my app have legal issues? : Scotch and Code
    • Siracusa said so. - Actual quotes, complaints, and wise sayings from John Siracusa as heard on 5by5's entertaining Hypercritical broadcast.
    • WWDC: Apple goes to the mattresses | Phones | Mac Word | Macworld
    • Twitter / @jsnell: @gruber @danbenjamin http: ...
    • Red Pop by Beep Industries — Kickstarter

    Sponsored by Rackspace and Shopify.


    45: Secret Horse-Doping Lab Jun 01, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon's music downloads, Bill Gates and Microsoft, Eric Schmidt, the ASUS Padfone, Logical Punctuation, Apple's cash, their WWDC predictions, iOS Twitter integration, and a View to a Kill.

    Links for this episode:

    • ASUS announces the Padfone (update: eyes-on!) -- Engadget
    • Apple - Press Info - Apple iWork Now Available For iPhone & iPod touch Users
    • Lodsys Responds to Apple, Files Lawsuits Against App Developers, Promises $1000 If Wrong - Mac Rumors
    • Bullish Cross: Apple's Cash to Exceed $300 billion by 2015
    • Twitter Getting Photos In Order Ahead Of iOS 5 Integration
    • Daring Fireball Linked List: Twitter Photo Storage and Account Integration in iOS 5
    • Schmidt Says Google’s Social Networking Problem Is His Fault – AllThingsD
    • The Top 10 Things Eric Schmidt Revealed At D9
    • Google’s Eric Schmidt: If you care about security, get a Mac, not a PC. - Google
    • Apple's new data center is visible (at last!) from space - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
    • A View to a Kill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Why I’m (still) not worried about my cell phone hurting my brain | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
    • How Many Millions Did Amazon Lose on Two Days of 99 Cent Lady Gaga Sales? | Billboard.biz
    • Amazon.com: Now Available: Mac Downloads
    • It's time for Bill Gates to come back to Microsoft. - gdgt
    • Google Wallet - make your phone your wallet
    • iPhone 4S to be revealed at WWDC? Invites appear to confirm it… | Electricpig
    • HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi
    • Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Yagoda - Slate Magazine
    • Luna’s Café: Typography is about reading – and so are ebooks
    • Apple - Press Info - Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6
    • YouTube - COMPUTEX: Asus unveils Padfone smartphone-tablet combo
    • YouTube - Never Say Never Again - Official 007-Style Opening
    • iOS 5 To Feature Direct Twitter Integration?
    • Bond Mixology iOS App
    • The Living Daylights - Download The Living Daylights on iTunes
    • Futura PT on Typekit

    Sponsored by iStockphoto and MailChimp.


    44: I Only Eat Apples May 25, 2011
    Show notes

    Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss Mac Defender, the new Nook, fonts, and latest Apple and tech news.

    Links for this episode:

    • Dear Apple: Welcome to team anti-malware | Naked Security
    • Merlin's Font

    Sponsored by Harvest and Sound Studio 4.


    43: Free Radicals May 18, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber and Dan Benjamin ask whether Microsoft should have bought Sprint instead of Skype, talk about the value of a physical store, review the HP Veer, discuss the potential of WebOS and the next #5byBond, Never Say Never Again.

    Links for this episode:

    • I, Cringely » Blog Archive » Why Microsoft bought Skype - Cringely on technology
    • Nuance and Apple partnership is all but confirmed: Lion uses Nuance speech technology | 9 to 5 Mac Nuance and Apple partnership is all but confirmed: Lion uses Nuance speech technology | Apple Intelligence
    • The Ad-Supported Kindle Is Amazon's Best Seller
    • iPhone 5 front and rear-facing camera parts appear, point to relocated camera flash? | 9 to 5 Mac iPhone 5 front and rear-facing camera parts appear, point to relocated camera flash? | Apple Intelligence
    • iPhone '5G' case shows edge-to-edge screen, moved flash | Electronista
    • RIM recalls at least 900 faulty BlackBerry PlayBooks, here are the serial numbers -- Engadget
    • How good is Google’s Instant Mix? « Music Machinery
    • Ballmer’s latest acquisition | Monday Note
    • The Future of Skype - NYTimes.com
    • Apple Retail: Quotes | On the Road: Apple's Retail Anniversary
    • Veer 4G review | This is my next...
    • Never Say Never Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Dances with Wolves (soundtrack) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Netflix: A View to a Kill

    Sponsored by Rackspace and Shopify.


    42: Palming the Egg May 11, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss phone contracts, the iOS book and subscription market even though John isn't interested in it, the Skype bungle, Google I/O announcements and some #5byBond "FU" before turning their attention to Octopussy.

    Links for this episode:

    • Google I/O Congerence 2011 Highlights | NowPublic News Coverage
    • Free eBooks on the #1 Rated eBook Reader for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
    • Gee, I wonder why Apple is suing Samsung. This is the USB con... on Twitpic
    • email.png
    • iOS 4.3.3 - Source
    • Microsoft Buys Skype // ben's blog
    • Google Music: An Island in the Cloud - Gizmodo
    • iPhone 3GS, iPad 1 Still Selling Well | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
    • Android Market gets movie rentals | VentureBeat
    • Skype Said to Have Demanded More Than $7 Billion in Microsoft Buyout Talks - Bloomberg
    • Confirmed: Qik will become part of Microsoft, too - GeekWire
    • Microsoft Skype Deal May Strain Relations With AT&T, Verizon - Businessweek
    • Google To Announce Chrome Laptops-$20/Month
    • Google’s Music Beta first look: it’s miserable | VentureBeat
    • Apple, Google Privacy Hearing Marked By Confusion, Distractions | paidContent
    • AppleInsider | Photo shows alleged 7th-gen Apple iPod nano with 1.3MP camera, no clip
    • Apple Wins Patents for the iOS Virtual Keyboard, Cover Flow and a Never Released iPad Design and More - Patently Apple
    • Measuring iPhone progress | asymco
    • Editorial: Android@Home is the best worst thing that could happen to home automation -- Engadget
    • Android And Chrome: Anywhere And Everywhere
    • Google Chromebooks coming this June from Samsung and Acer | This is my next...
    • Chrome OS gets a big update, adds improved file management and new media player | This is my next...
    • Google adding Chromebox mini-desktop to the Chrome OS mix | This is my next...
    • Inside Apple -- From Steve Jobs down to the janitor [Amazon Kindle Link]
    • For Your Eyes Only (1981) - FAQ
    • “Inside Apple” Reveals Steve Jobs Anecdotes, Apple’s Little Known Facts
    • Apple Brand Value at $153 Billion Overtakes Google for Top Spot - Bloomberg
    • MythBusters Episode 94: Air Plane Hour
    • Octopussy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • 006 Bond Girls - Maud Adams - Andrea Anders and Octopussy
    • James Bond Mystery SOLVED: Maud Adams Found in ‘A View To A Kill’ · CommanderBond.net
    • Never Say Never Again - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Netflix: Never Say Never Again

    Sponsored by FreshBooks and OmniGroup: OmniFocus.


    41: Frigate May 04, 2011
    Show notes

    John Gruber and Dan Benjamin have some followup from last week before they discuss curse words, the situation room, the thickness of the white iPhone, why John prefers doing audio shows, syncing via iCloud (maybe), and the next installment of #5byBond, For Your Eyes Only.

    Links for this episode:

    • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • File:Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 separation.ogg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Star Wars Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Star Wars: The Complete Saga || May The 4th Be With You
    • Star Wars Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • Apple - iMac - The ultimate all-in-one desktop computer.
    • iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 Teardown - iFixit
    • AT&T Rep: Apple Has Told Us No New iPhone in June or July - Mac Rumors
    • P050111PS-0210 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    • Apple's White iPhone is not thicker than black version
    • Apple buys iCloud domain name | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
    • Obama's Leadership In A Photo - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

    Sponsored by Webtrends and MailChimp.


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