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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Relay FM

Latest Episodes:

101: It Works Great in California Aug 08, 2016

Show notes

This week we discuss Fast Company’s visit to the Apple cafeteria, Mark Gurman’s reappearance as an Apple rumor expert, and Recode’s Apple TV guide rumors, plus Myke reviews the new version of Pocket Casts.

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Man who accused Dr. Dre of gun threat told inconsistent story: DA - NY Daily News

Ryan's Terminal Commands

iExplorer - iPhone, iPad Music & File Transfer App for Mac & PC

Playing The Long Game Inside Tim Cook's Apple | Fast Company

Apple Music’s Bozoma Saint John: It’s About Passion, Not Algorithms | Fast Company

Relay FM Memphis Meetup

Pocket Casts 6 | Shifty Jelly's blog of mystery

Pocket Casts 6 – MacStories

Castro 2 — Play and Share Podcasts

Daring Fireball: Twitter Clients Are a UI Design Playground

Mark Gurman stories - Bloomberg

Apple Hires BlackBerry Talent With Car Project Turning to Self-Driving Software - Bloomberg

New iPhone to Have Dual Camera but No Headphone Jack - Bloomberg

Photos Show First Functional, Powered On iPhone 7 - Mac Rumors

Apple’s new TV plan is a TV guide - Recode

Apple's new plan: a TV guide - Six Colors

Interactive Programming Guide - Joe Steel

Apple’s Hard-Charging Tactics Hurt TV Expansion - WSJ

Canvas - Relay FM

100: The Least Less Aug 01, 2016

Show notes

In our hundredth episode, Jason and Myke break down Apple’s quarterly results, ponder its TV strategy, and Myke reluctantly views one of Jason’s favorite movies for an all-new Myke at the Movies.

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Free Agents - Relay FM

DrawnStrips Reader - The Best Comic Reader - Mac App Store

'Carpool Karaoke' Series Coming Exclusively to Apple Music - Hollywood Reporter

Gavin & Stacey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apple’s Hard-Charging Tactics Hurt TV Expansion - WSJ

Dr. Dre Won't Be Charged Over Malibu Gun Case - Hollywood Reporter

Apple Q3 2016 financial results - Six Colors

Apple's Q3 in charts and commentary - Six Colors

Apple remains optimistic after a tough Q3 2016 | Macworld

Apple celebrates one billion iPhones - Apple

Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable

1Writer - Note taking, writing app on the App Store

PhoneView - Export and Save iPhone SMS, iMessages, WhatsApp, Voicemail, Call History, Music, Photos, Notes - Ecamm Network

Space Seed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - IMDb

99: Disciplined Cash Machine Jul 25, 2016

Show notes

Scrivener for iOS and a new mechanical keyboard for iPad arrived at Jason’s house this week. We discuss using a specialized writing tool for longform work and the challenges of building an iPad keyboard that doesn’t turn the iPad into a laptop. Plus we recap the latest trailers from Comic-Con.

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Comic Book Resources

Newsarama

Heat Vision - Hollywood Reporter

TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable

ComicBookLover

Simple Comic

Apple to sell limited-edition Apple Watch bands w/ country flags for Olympics | 9to5Mac

On sale now: The Six Colors t-shirt - Six Colors

Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project - WSJ

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - IMDb

Scrivener for iOS Review - Six Colors

Connected #100: Tepid Takes - Relay FM

Scrivener on the App Store

Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case: The quest for the perfect iPad Pro keyboard continues - Six Colors

Logitech Create - Amazon

WONDER WOMAN Comic-Con Trailer - YouTube

Justice League Special Comic-Con Footage - YouTube

Doctor Strange Official Trailer 2 - YouTube

Captain Marvel Casts Brie Larson [Comic-Con 2016]

98: Accidental Comics Podcast 🤓 Jul 18, 2016

Show notes

In celebration of World Emoji Day and Comic-Con, Jason and Myke discuss how we use emojis and why they’re a valuable addition to online dialogue, and then break down the best options for digital comic-book reading. Plus there’s a whole lot of follow-up and plenty of #askupgrade.

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Textexpander, from Smile: Simply indispensable.

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Stop audio pauses in iOS 10 Public Beta - Six Colors

iOS 10: A place for Ethernet - Six Colors

Apple's idea for music royalties could stick it to Spotify

World Emoji Day / July 17

📙 Emojipedia — 😃 Home of Emoji Meanings 💁👌🎍😍

Why is the desktop icon for Apple's iCal set to July 17? - Quora

Myke celebrating World Emoji Day

“Number 1 Draft Pick” by The Incomparable Podcast. | Cotton Bureau

Rocket—fast, Slack-style emoji everywhere on your Mac

Emoji Dictionary 🤓 📖 — F.A.T.E. — Medium

World Emoji Awards on Twitter: "The winner of Best New Emoji for 2016 is 🙄 Face With Rolling Eyes"

The next Iron Man will be black teenager Riri Williams | The Verge

Spider-Man (2016-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man (2014-2015) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Comixology on the App Store

Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Marvel Comics on the App Store

DC Comics on the App Store

Marvel Unlimited | Comics | Marvel.com

ComiXology Unlimited

Comixology Unlimited: More about discovery than binging - Six Colors

Hawkeye (2012 - Present) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com

Ms. Marvel (2014 - 2015) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com

Immortal Iron Fist by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker & David Aja (Hardcover) | Marvel Heroes | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com

X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever (2016) #1 | Comics | Marvel.com

Vision (2015) #1 | Comics | Marvel.com

Darth Vader (2015 - Present) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com

Astro City (2013-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

The Fuse Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Morning Glories Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Invincible Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Amazing Spider-Man (2015-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Spider-Man (2016-) Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology: Web UK

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology: Web UK

The Wicked + The Divine Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Saga Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology

Love and Capes

Vantage Pro2 | Davis Instruments

97: We Used Our Power For Pizza Jul 11, 2016

Show notes

Listeners suggest naming schemes for Myke’s devices, Jason and Myke adapt to Apple’s new public betas, we discuss the future of iPad software updates, and Jason gets frustrated by the lack of updates to iCloud Family Sharing.

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Myke at the Movies | "WarGames" (Episode 8)

Pokémon GO’s Spectacular Launch – MacStories

Pokémon GO on the App Store

Pokémon Go is reportedly launching in Europe and Asia 'within a few days' | The Verge

Pokemon Go Has Added $7.5 Billion to Nintendo's Market Value - Fortune

Pokémon Shuffle Mobile on the App Store

Myke's Device Names

The Ring Post - a podcast from The Incomparable

Top Four #14: Pizza Toppings 🍕 - Relay FM

Jame discovers a Domino's ad

Frank's Pizza

Pizza in Wisconsin

On iPad Features (Or Lack Thereof) at WWDC 2016 – MacStories

Where should I install my iOS and macOS betas? A guide. - Six Colors

Hands on with macOS Sierra - Six Colors

Photos for Mac: A Take Control Crash Course | Take Control Books

Samsung T3 Portable SSD - 250GB - Amazon

Inside the Actors Studio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kanban board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

CARROT Weather - Talking Forecast Robot on the App Store

Weather Underground: Forecasts, Interactive Radar, and Weather Alerts on the App Store

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

96: Two Ports is One More Port than One Port Jul 04, 2016

Show notes

In this episode there’s a bunch of headphone-jack followup, then we discuss Apple’s relationships with Spotify and Tidal, before Myke asks Jason about his own independence on Independence Day.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer UPGRADE for 20% off.
Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’
Igloo: An intranet you’ll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

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Mackenzie, 'The Upgrade Baby'

Reconcilable Differences #18: It's Devastating - Relay FM

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 159, With Marco Arment

Sennheiser MM 400 Stereo Bluetooth Headset - Amazon

Searching for a good reason to remove the headphone jack - Six Colors

Apple reportedly in talks to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service | The Verge

TIDAL · Lossless Explained

Pono (digital music service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daring Fireball: Apple Supplier Cirrus Logic Releases Kit for Creating Lightning-Based Headphones

Spotify says Apple won’t approve a new version of its app because it doesn’t want competition for Apple Music - Recode

Apple Slams Spotify For Asking For "Preferential Treatment" - BuzzFeed News

The Incomparable | Summer Superhero Spectacular (Episode 255)

Six Colors Subscriptions

The joy of Slack - Six Colors

Procreate – Sketch, paint, create. on the App Store

Paper by FiftyThree - Sketch, Draw, Take Notes, Make Lists, Diagram and Wireframe on the App Store

Notability on the App Store

GoodNotes 4 - Notes & PDF on the App Store

PDFpen 2 - Highlight, Markup, Edit, Fill & Sign PDF docs on the App Store

Canary - A complete security system in a single device.

95: Don't Bring the Pain without the Benefit Jun 27, 2016

Show notes

Apple ditches the Thunderbolt Display, Jason takes macOS Sierra for a spin, and we debate the merits of Apple removing old technology from its products.

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Apple is discontinuing the only monitor it makes, the Thunderbolt Display | The Verge

Hands on with macOS Sierra - Six Colors

Yosemite, by CocoaConf: The Apple Conference with a View

'macOS X Sierra'

Taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid | The Verge

Daring Fireball: Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives

John Gruber Misses the Point Completely About Lightning Headphones — Medium

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 159, With Marco Arment

We don't know jack about the next iPhone | iMore

Does a cellular Apple Watch make sense? That depends on watchOS | Macworld

Cortex #31: Later Comes Eventually - Relay FM

On iPad Features (Or Lack Thereof) at WWDC 2016 – MacStories

For Pride 2016, Apple gave its employees this rainbow watch band - Recode

94: Users Use Computers Jun 20, 2016

Show notes

Jason and Myke are back in their usual offices this week, and they discuss their feelings about watchOS 3, the lack of Apple hardware announcements, and what the buzz was during WWDC week.

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Connected #95: RelayCon WWDC 2016 - Relay FM

Robot or Not? | Filesystems and Flowerpot Robots (Episode 62b)

Clockwise #141: Not Even in the Rotator - Relay FM

The Talk Show ✪: Live From WWDC 2016, With Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi

Jason and Myke at the Talk Show

Our full transcript of the Talk Show at WWDC 2016 with Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi | iMore

Myke at 1 Infinite Loop

Kim's RelayCon Sticker Pack

Follow the users: Why Messages got the biggest upgrade in iOS 10 | Macworld

With watchOS 3, Apple Watch gets a do-over - Six Colors

Jason captured in a panorama

Big, bold, and beautiful: Apple's design language is changing in iOS 10 | iMore

Introducing Apple File System - WWDC 2016 - Videos - Apple Developer

93: The Emoji Judgers Jun 13, 2016

Show notes

Straight out of the WWDC keynote, Jason joins Myke live to talk about watchOS 3, tvOS 10, macOS Sierra, iOS 10, Apple Music and Messages.

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watchOS Preview - Apple

tvOS Preview - Apple

macOS Preview - Apple

iCloud Drive to offer “optimized storage,” desktop sharing | Macworld

Apple takes on PayPal with Apple Pay on the web | TechCrunch

iOS 10 Preview - Apple

Apple Unveils Multiple New 'Messages' App Features Coming in iOS 10 - Mac Rumors

Connected - Relay FM

92: WWDC 2016 Draft Jun 07, 2016

Show notes

Jason and Myke predict the contents of WWDC 2016 in the first annual Upgrade Keynote Draft. How many of our picks are based on deep knowledge of the industry, and how many are wish fulfillment? Next week will tell the tale.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’
Squarespace: Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
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Broadway Carpool Karaoke ft. Hamilton & More - YouTube

E.W. Scripps Buys Podcast Company Stitcher - WSJ

Large Podcast Advertising Company Buys Large Proprietary Podcast Player – Marco.org

Daring Fireball: E.W. Scripps Buys Podcast Company Stitcher

WWDC Wish List: The Mac - Six Colors

The trouble with 3D Touch | Macworld

Apple’s emoji are the best, but finding them is the worst | Macworld

Taking CarPlay for a spin - Six Colors

iOS 10: Wishes and Concept Video – MacStories

Connected - Relay FM

The Upgrade WWDC Draft Scorecard

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