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71: Muffingate Jan 11, 2016

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Will Apple remove the headphone jack when it releases the iPhone 7? Myke thinks it’s inevitable, while Jason is skeptical. Your hosts also revisit baked goods in the British Empire, discuss Twitter’s possible expansion to 10,000 characters, and answer your #askupgrade questions.

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Jason seems to have given Lightning too much credit. The 30-pin iPod connector supported analog out directly, but Lightning (at least in its current iteration) does not.

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@samnichol: Muffins, muffins everywhere.

Muffins, muffins everywhere.

@miche eats muffins

Australian Toaster Biscuits, We Hardly Knew Ye…

Twitter 140-Character Limit About to Change | Re/code

Notes.app: Everyone's favorite Twitter extender - Six Colors

Jack Dorsey's Notes.app Tweet

It's True: Apple Will Drop Headphone Jack To Make The iPhone 7 Slimmer, Says Source

Apple developing revamped, cord-free Beats with charging case ahead of iPhone 7 | 9to5Mac

Nuzzel

Introducing Remaster and Canvas — Relay FM

70: I Could Call My iPhone a Muffin Jan 04, 2016

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Myke and Jason ring in the new year with discussions about CES, Twitter, awards, mailbags, and last year.

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Myke's Mailbag

AgileBits Blog | Introducing 1Password for Teams

Steve's Pigment Work

Myke's Pigment Work

The Incomparable | I Love a Lot of Awful People - The Best of 2015 (Episode 281)

A first look at the new Twitter for Mac - Six Colors

Twitter for Mac 4.0 – MacStories

Hello, world | Twitter Blogs

token

Here's what to expect at CES 2016 this week | The Verge

Why Google and Ford could be teaming up | The Verge

GM is investing $500 million in Lyft to develop self-driving cars | The Verge

TiVo demos Apple Watch remote - Six Colors

Ford is finally adding CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars | The Verge

Night Stand for Apple Watch | ElevationLab

'English Muffins'

69: The 2015 Upgradies Dec 28, 2015

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With a little help from their Relay FM co-hosts, Myke and Jason present awards to the best (and worst) of the year in the second annual Upgradies. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'UPGRADIES' for 10% off your first purchase. TextExpander, from Smile: Improve your communication with TextExpander. Links and Show Notes: Nominees for Best iOS App: Slack Notes.app Outlook Graphic, by Autodesk Procreate Tweetbot 4 2Do Nominees for Best Newcomer iOS App: Pigment Ferrite You Must Build a Boat Copied Carrot Weather 2Do Dragon Anywhere Nominees for Best Mac App: 1Password Logic Pro X Ulysses Day One Fantastical 2 Nominees for Best Newcomer Mac App: Fantastical 2 Audio Hijack 3 Visual Studio Code Tweetbot Photos.app Nominees for Best Game: Rocket League Splatoon Runbow Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront Destiny Nominees for Best iOS Game: Alto's Adventure Pac-Man 256 Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Kingdom Rush Badland 2 Oceanhorn Nominees for Favo(u)rite Movie: Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Martian Inside Out Entourage Nominees for Favo(u)rite Myke at the Movies: Say Anything Raiders of the Lost Ark Nominees for Favo(u)rite Book: Becoming Steve Jobs The Goblin Emperor Station Eleven Fear the Sky The Golem and the Jinni The Scott Harvath Series The Expanse Series Nominees for Favo(u)rite Gadget: Apple Pencil Apple Watch Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter iPhone 6S Plus DXO One iPad Pro Nominees for Best Non-Apple Gadget of the Year: Sphero BB-8 Breville Tea Maker New Nintendo 3DS Sugr Cube Amazon Fire TV Stick Raspberry Pie Zero Nominees for Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech: Logitech MX Master Macbook (One) Keyboard Apple Music Apple Watch Tile Coin Withings Home Camera Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Story Jack Dorsey's Return to Twitter Federico Viticci's iPad Pro Review The Ashley Madison Hack Taylor Swift and Apple Music Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos compete for Space Swift goes Open Source Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Screw Up: Blackberry CEO attempting to demo the Priv Aaron Rodgers Throwing a Surface Apple Music Jimmy Iovine Thinking Women Need Help Finding Music Mac App Store Certificates The Time Magazine VR Cover Nominees for Favo(u)rite Non-Tech Podcast: The Flop House Reconcilable Differences Roderick on the Line Rebel Force Radio Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Podcast: ATP Upgrade The Talk Show The Incomparable Cortex Nominees for Favo(u)rite Podcast Newcomer: Reconcilable Differences The Flash Flashcast Design Life Built in Motion Defocused Cortex Nominees for Best Holiday Gift: Cocktail Making Tools Sphero BB-8 Marvel Unlimited iPad Mini 4 Foot Cardigan Mahabis Slippers Beats Headphones Nominees for Most Life-Changing Hardware: iPad Pro Apple Watch Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership My Must-Have iOS Apps, 2015 Edition – MacStories Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | The Incomparable Liftoff #5: The Martian - Relay FM Tickle - Visual Programming of Robots, Drones, Arduino, and Scratch Games on the App Store Clockwise #117: Sunset My Brain - Relay FM

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68: The Cryogenic Chamber of Topics Dec 21, 2015

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This week Myke and Jason talk about Amazon drones, Christmas traditions, and Apple’s product-release strategy. And at the end of the episode, we fire off the Spoiler Horn and discuss “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in a special Myke at the Movies installment.

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Joe's Dashboard

BB-8 by Sphero | App-enabled Droid

The New Screen Savers 21 iPhone 6s | TWiT

Top Four #9: Christmas Music - Relay FM

Michael Buble Spiderman Theme - YouTube

Ep 17 Jason Snell Sings “Don't Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House - YouTube

B-Sides #16: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Myke at the Movies - Relay FM

Myke at the Movies | "Christmas Vacation" (Episode 11)

Analog(ue) - Relay FM

Christmas cracker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon Prime Air

Flights of Fantasy - MythBusters (2015 season) - Wikipedia

The Incomparable | Stormtroopers Are People (Episode 277)

67: Part Spite, Part Strategy Dec 14, 2015

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This week Jason and Myke discover who’s using LaunchPad, dissect Jason’s purchase of an iPad Pro, discuss a new podcast-recording service that works in a browser, and answer your questions.

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Alfred - Productivity App for Mac OS X

LaunchBar 6

Live Wallpapers - Custom Backgrounds and Themes on the App Store

Macintosh Programmer's Workshop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ferrite Recording Studio on the App Store

Pixelmator, djay Pro updated for iPad Pro - Six Colors

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved on the App Store

The Apple TV remote strategy - Six Colors

Apple TV - BBC iPlayer - Apple (UK)

Podcasting from inside a browser with Cast - Six Colors

Subscribe to Six Colors - Six Colors

Cast

The Incomparable | Don't Drink the Bacta Tea (Episode 276)

66: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good Apps? Dec 07, 2015

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Myke returns from his trip to New York to the bad news that Dropbox has killed Mailbox and that Sketch has abandoned the Mac App Store. But he’s cheered up by Jason’s news that he might be keeping the iPad Pro after all.

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The Dalrymple Report

Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM

The Follow Chart

Mailbox FAQ

Sketch Blog - Leaving the Mac App Store

Michael Tsai - Blog - Sketch Leaving the Mac App Store

Daring Fireball: Bohemian Coding Pulls Hit App Sketch From Mac App Store

Too late to save the MAS? | Manton Reece

The Second Coming of Steve Jobs Audiobook | Alan Deutschman | Audible.com

Leviathan Wakes Audiobook | James S. A. Corey | Audible.com

An iPad Pro wish list | Macworld

Leuchtturm1917 Pen Loop | Cult Pens

Skinny Fit iPad Pro Sleeve / Field – Hard Graft

Mobile Colloquy: Stay Connected

Upthere emerges from the cloud - Six Colors

Ctrl-Walt-Delete | The Verge

Hello Internet

Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky

Two-minute Time Lord | Concentrated Commentary on the Worlds of Doctor Who

VerityPodcast.com | Six Smart Women Discussing Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

The Audio Guide to Babylon 5 | Conversations about the five-year saga

The Poscast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur

The Flop House

Neumann KMS 105 MT Condenser Microphone - Amazon

Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review – Marco.org

Neumann KMS 105

65: Holiday Firewall Nov 30, 2015

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Special guest host Merlin Mann joins Jason to talk about the holidays, Apple TV, iPad Pro, and how to recommend Apple products.

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Ford sends out 15,000,000th press release | Autoblopnik

Prompt 2

Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely - Edovia

The Dalrymple Report

The Prestige (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the pledge, the turn, and the prestige.

5by5 | The Ihnatko Almanac #152: Project Runway

64: The Law of the Large Nov 23, 2015

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This week Serenity Caldwell re-joins Myke so that they can talk about their first Apple Pencil experiences. Then Myke quizzes Jason about his iPad Pro review and the new Six Colors subscription drive. Finally, we return to Myke at the Movies with 1985’s “The Sure Thing."

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The iPad Pro Experiment: The Pencil arrives, and it's going to change my life | iMore

Apple Pencil Review — The Pen Addict

Astropad brings the Cintiq experience to your iPad | iMore

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 136, With Special Guest Jason Snell

Apple - Press Releases - 2008

Shawn Blanc

Club MacStories

Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The Great T-Shirt Sale of 2015 — Relay FM

iPad Pro Review: No Country for Old Macs - Six Colors

iPad Pro: New tricks for old dogs - Six Colors

Yet — 512 Pixels

Jason contacts Lex

Libsyn - Podcast Hosting Services

Simplecast - Podcast Hosting Made Incredibly Easy.

SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds

The Sure Thing (1985) - IMDb

Henry Winkler - IMDb

63: Crying about the Peripherals Nov 16, 2015

Show notes

The iPad Pro has arrived, and Myke and Jason are joined by special guest Serenity Caldwell to discuss our first impressions of the new product, our iPad workflows, and the frustrating lack of availability of the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard.

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Guest Starring:

Serenity Caldwell

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Serenity Caldwell (@settern) | Twitter

All Articles by Serenity-Caldwell | iMore

Clockwise #112: I'm Leaving the Internet Now - Relay FM

The Sure Thing (1985) - IMDb

Jot Dash - Fine Point Stylus for iPad, iPhone, and Android Devices

Logitech CREATE Backlit Keyboard Case for iPad Pro

Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely - Edovia

Serenity's set up with Screens on her iPad

Microsoft Word on the App Store

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

Accidental Tech Podcast: 143: Capital F, Capital C

This.

Editing podcasts on iOS with Ferrite - Six Colors

Ferrite Recording Studio on the App Store

Vox Product designer reviews the iPad Pro - YouTube

Jason's Pencil Notes

Serenity's Drawing Example with the Adonit Jot Dash

More of Jason's Episode Notes

62: I Am Nerd Face Guy Nov 09, 2015

Show notes

This week we extoll the virtues of emoji and how it could be better, and Myke finds his perfect emoji at last 🤓. We also preview the iPad Pro, talk about how we’re using our iPads today, revisit Myke’s external storage needs, and follow up on week two of the new Apple TV.

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