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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

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11: Drifting Shower Schedule Nov 24, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke are joined by Greg Knauss. They talk about whether web comments are a good thing and what it's really like to work for yourself. Greg and Jason also quiz Myke on Thanksgiving.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Drafts: where text starts on iPhone and iPad. Now easier and more powerful than ever.
Studio Neat: Get 10% off anything in their store using the code UPGRADE.
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Greg Knauss (@gknauss) | Twitter

An Entirely Other Day

Six Colors: Podcasts swirling, whirling, and moving

Super Stickman Golf 2 on the App Store on iTunes

Romantimatic on the App Store on iTunes

Inquisitive #14: Building Monument Valley, with Daniel Gray - Relay FM

PCalc - The Best Calculator on the App Store on iTunes

Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper on the App Store on iTunes

A Note to Re/code Readers | Re/code

Re/code kills comments: I have something to say | Macworld

If your website's full of a**holes, it's your fault - Anil Dash

Analog(ue) #14: Totally Out Of Control - Relay FM

The Incomparable - Smart, funny pop culture podcasts

Virtual - Relay FM

Podcast Intervention - Dave Wiskus - YouTube

Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable

10: Podcasting, It’s Great! Nov 17, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke address more important Taylor Swift follow-up, discuss why podcasting is back (again), and take on App Store pricing in the wake of Monument Valley and Space Age.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'VERTICALS' for 10% off your first purchase.
TextExpander Touch, from Smile

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TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable

Spotify says it paid Taylor Swift millions. Her label disagrees. Here's the truth | The Verge

TMBGs Dial-A-Song 2015 project

They Might Be Giants' Instant Fan Club 2015

iTunes - Music - Sonic Highways by Foo Fighters

Six Colors: What's on my desk

Nick and Nerf Brain Football Brain Ball Very RARE 1995 Kenner | eBay

The Incomparable - a podcast from The Incomparable

Why podcasts are suddenly “back” – Marco.org

Spotify to add podcast support? — 512 Pixels

Six Colors: Putting podcasting over the top

HOW TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST with Ira and Mary - YouTube

Monument Valley on the App Store on iTunes

Space Age: A Cosmic Adventure on the App Store on iTunes

Six Colors: The Forgotten Shores of App Store pricing

Ustwo: Monument Valley "left money on the table" with premium pricing | GamesIndustry.biz

Virtual #13: Space Age, with Matt Comi - Relay FM

9: A Brain and a Drill Nov 10, 2014

Show notes

This time Jason and Myke discuss their current working environments and how they feel about the suggestion that we're in a new 'podcasting revolution'.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

The Converted: A unique unit converter for iOS.
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

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BONANZA! - Relay FM

Taylor Swift’s Label Head Explains Spotify Removal | Rolling Stone

For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story - WSJ

Ahoy Telephone (@ahoy_telephone) | Twitter

Myke's Manchego (@_manchegofm) | Twitter

014 Star Trek was always there and print happens later with Jason Snell

Six Colors: Kindle Voyage review

calibre - About

PowerMax - New Macs, Used Macs & Accessories

Jason's Home Office

Amazon.com: Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch K811 Keyboard for Mac, iPad, iPhone - Silver/Black: Electronics

Amazon.com : Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens, Fine Point, Black, Box of 12 (31020) : Rollerball Pens : Office Products

Zapruder film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Myke's Home Office

Clockwise #61: Chancellor of Burberry - Relay FM

Amazon.com: Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard for Business (5KV-00001): Computers & Accessories

Serial

What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance? -- NYMag

StartUp Podcast

Less Than Or Equal

Incomparable Radio Theater - a podcast from The Incomparable

Sound Siphon – Mac OS X Audio Capture | Static Z Software

8: With Special Offers Nov 04, 2014

Show notes

Special guest Scott McNulty joins Jason and Myke to talk about the new Kindle Voyage and why we use Kindles. Plus follow-up about TestFlight, annoying things people do in the Apple Store, and the introduction of our new cheese vertical.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Clubhouse: making it easy for anyone to create and manage communities on iOS, Android, and the web.
Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'AHOYTELEPHONE' for 10% off your first purchase.
Please take a moment to help us out by filling out our listener survey, and you could win a $100 Amazon gift card.

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Scott McNulty (@blankbaby) | Twitter

Marco Arment on Twitter: "My TestFlight beta was approved for external testing in 1 day."

Martin Hering on Twitter: "Instacast 5.0.3 beta rejected during Testflight review because iCloud hangs the app in iOS 8.1. See this tweet: https://t.co/6NkAoBR7gD"

Food in Jars - A blog dedicated to canning, preserving, and pantry staples made from scratch.

Six Colors: Thirty days of creative abandon

National Novel Writing Month

Amazon's flagship Kindle Voyage e-reader now available in the UK for £169

calibre - E-book management

Random Trek - a podcast from The Incomparable

Scott McNulty's stack of Kindles

7: Hot Dog Allergy Oct 27, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke tackle a host of Apple Pay follow up, before addressing Gamergate and the Retina iMac.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Backblaze: Online backup made easy, for just $5/month.
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.
Please take a moment to help us out by filling out our listener survey, and you could win a $100 Amazon gift card.

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You Only Move Twice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Retailers are disabling NFC readers to shut out Apple Pay | The Verge

Six Colors: A day at the ballpark

On CVS and Rite-Aid Rejecting Apple Pay

Leon Aves on Twitter: "@_upgradefm The best way I've encountered to activate Siri: the song "We Built This City" by Starship"

Conor on Twitter: "Ahoy Telephone at Apple Store for @jsnell @imyke @_upgradefm http://t.co/Ku2dhiVYlr"

Accidental Tech Podcast: 88: Standing on Opposite Sides of the Gym

Virtual #9: The Video Game Room - Relay FM

Six Colors: Woman who thinks critically threatened with death

Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable

Six Colors: Review: 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display

Nerf Brainball

6: The Enemy Discount Oct 20, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason tells Myke about his experiences at an Apple event as an independent writer, before going on to discuss the new products announced and day-one impressions of Apple Pay.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'IPADMEGA' for 10% off your first purchase.
TextExpander touch, from Smile. Type more with less effort.

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Sponsor - Relay FM

England Tour: The Best of England in 14 Days | Rick Steves 2015 Tours | ricksteves.com

Is 2014 the year the platinum album dies? | Music | theguardian.com

Living with Spoilers | Netflix Spoilers

Six Colors: Apple Event - Live Blog/Tweet Stream

Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter

Six Colors: Images from the Apple event

Six Colors: Apple releases iOS 8.1

Six Colors: Local man uses Apple Pay to buy grocieries

Dan Moren on Twitter: "Bah, Apple Pay says none of my card issuers support it yet, despite the fact that they’re all on Apple’s list."

Paul Haddad on Twitter: "Get an authentication code for Apple Pay, enter it in, get a too many attempts error and now card is locked out. Pretty much as expected."

My Fountain Pen Education: The Pilot M90 Limited Edition — The Pen Addict

5: Macworld Cosplay Oct 14, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke talk about Çingleton and the rise and fall of Mac conferences, the Mac App Store and the pains of App Review, the upcoming Apple event, the disappointment of long-running TV and Movie series and a new name for summoning your digital assistant.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Dash: Create beautiful dashboards with a few clicks. Sign up now to get one free private dashboard.
Pilot: They help clients build remarkable digital products.

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Chris Breen's Music

ÇINGLETON 4 - OCTOBER 10-12, 2014 - MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC

The Incomparable - a podcast from The Incomparable

5by5 | 5by5 at the Movies #1: Goodfellas

Úll 2014

XOXO · XOXO 2014

Six Colors: Macworld Expo is over

Sponsor - Relay FM

Six Colors: BBEdit at Max Q

BBEdit Leaving the Mac App Store – MacStories

Paul Haddad on Twitter: "I wonder how many iOS devs would leave the AppStore if it was a practical choice."

Russell Ivanovic on Twitter: "@tapbot_paul we'd all like to, but none of us would. Android allows you to distribute apps on your own, pretty much nobody does"

5by5 | The Prompt #55: Sherlocked

Six Colors - Stories about Apple's Oct. 16, 2014 event

Code/red: No Retina MacBook Air at Thursday Apple Event | Re/code

4: I Regret My Endorsement of You Oct 06, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke start off the show with a discussion about terrible social networks, before attacking follow-up on Dropbox replacements, data security and streaming services. Other topics this week include Apple Pay and the Pebble.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'HEYSIRI' for 10% off your first purchase.

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Path will pay $800,000 in FTC settlement over privacy controversy | The Verge

Ello

Andy Baio's Post About Ello | waxpancake

Stephen Hackett on Twitter: "@imyke @jsnell I believe Google Now supports voice training for activation."

Russell Ivanovic on Twitter: "@ismh @imyke @jsnell Moto X even allows a custom phrase. Never had it activate by accident and its on 24/7 ;)"

Christoph Backöfer on Twitter: "@jsnell @imyke iPlayer shows are super time-limited. Netflix UK has a lot of BBC content that iPlayer does not."

BBC iPlayer now gives you a month to catch up on programmes

5by5 | The Prompt #20: TAKE ACTION

Online-only files and files available offline - Windows Help

Space Monkey | Beyond the Cloud

Monkeys and apes in space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unbound—A Dropbox Photos App for iPad and iPhone

WiFi SD Cards: Eyefi Memory Cards: Wireless Photo and Video Uploads from your Camera to your Computer & the Web | Eyefi

Four new Adam Sandler movies are coming exclusively to Netflix | The Verge

Happy Gilmore (1996) - IMDb

A New 'Star Trek' Series Might Be In The Works At Netflix

Marvel Bringing Four Shows to Netflix Starting With Daredevil; Building to ‘The Defenders’ Event - /Film

Your Daily Lex » October 1, 2014: Your Daily Jason Snell

Six Colors: In an Uber all graphite and glitter

What Amazon, iTunes, and Uber teach us about Apple Pay - O'Reilly Radar

Square pulls unsuccessful Square Wallet, tries again with new mobile payments app | The Verge

Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff

Pebble Smartwatch | Smartwatch for iPhone & Android

Pebble drops prices by $50 and adds continuous fitness tracking

Connected - Relay FM

3: I Think You'll Find It's Bazqux Sep 29, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason and Myke discuss the perils of online streaming services and the uniquely modern problem of having 1TB of Dropbox storage.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

Cards Against Humanity: They're awesome.
Pilot: They help clients build remarkable digital products.

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Xbox One Sign Out Trolling - YouTube

Aaron Paul Xbox One Advert Accidentally Turning Consoles On - IGN

Sneakers (1992)

Six Colors: NBC developing 'Real Genius' sitcom

Sneakers (1992) - IMDb

Weird Science (1985) - IMDb

Real Genius (1985) - IMDb

Six Colors: NBC developing 'Real Genius' sitcom

NetNewsWire

Free realtime RSS and Atom feed to email service. Get your favourite blogs, feeds, and news delivered to your inbox.

Flipboard

Nuzzel - News From Your Friends

Feedbin

BazQux Reader

CGP Grey on Twitter: "@jsnell Just heard you talking about proofreading on Upgrade. Pro-tip: use the OS X ‘speak text’ feature to give an article one last check."

The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 96, With Ben Thompson

Accidental Tech Podcast: 84: The Load-Bearing Finger

Apple - Apple Watch - Edition

Clockwise - Relay FM

Six Colors: And they have a plan... to remove your shows

Music | Brave Wave

Welcome – JoCo Live

Bob's Burgers (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb

Some Disney and Pixar movies pulled from iTunes Store, report of deletions from Apple TV (Update: Partial glitch) | 9to5Mac

Can I Stream.It?: Search Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, iTunes, and more, for movies to stream instantly, rent, and buy.

Six Colors: The Dropbox terabyte conundrum

Plans - Dropbox

My Photo Management Workflow, Early 2014 – MacStories

5by5 | The Prompt

prompt.photos

Expandrive

Transporter

Space Monkey | Beyond the Cloud

2: You Start From Zero Sep 22, 2014

Show notes

This week Jason gets to address a bunch of iPhone follow-up (which he is super excited about) and Myke quizzes him about his first week of writing at Six Colors.

This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:

TextExpander Touch, from Smile
Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

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Myke Hurley on Twitter: "Working hard guys http://t.co/wG0xr94UTQ"

Goodbye, Macworld | The Verge

United States Patent Application: 0130076612

As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back at Previous iPhone Launches – MacStories

Daring Fireball: The iPhones 6

My understanding, talking to people at the event last week, is that Apple’s industrial design team mocked up prototypes of every single size between 4.0 and 6.0 inches, in tenths-of-an-inch increments, and from those 20 sizes selected the two that best hit the sweet spots for “regular iPhone” and “ginormous iPhone”. We might never see new iPhone sizes again — or at least not bigger ones.

Six Colors: The luxury of the Apple Watch Edition

Accidental Tech Podcast: 83: Entering the iTouch Phase of My Life

David Sparks on Twitter: "I thank I angered the entire Internet by repeatedly saying “Hey Siri” on the podcast. Think we’ll need a codeword for future reference."

Six Colors: Hey, Siri... no, the other Siri

Spigen iPhone 6 plus (5.5") Case Capsule Series Crystal Clear (PET) SGP10886: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Connected - Relay FM

Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff

About Six Colors - Six Colors

The Incomparable - Geeky podcasts you'll love

Six Colors: U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop

iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad – MacStories

Daring Fireball: Six Colors

Chris Pepper (reppep) | Twitter

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