116: ‘Browser Pooped on the Wee-Wee Pad’ With Guest Joanna Stern
The Talk Show With John Gruber
04/15/15
•154m
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Special guest Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal joins the show to talk about Apple Watch and the new MacBook (and her reviews thereof).
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- Joanna’s Apple Watch review and video.
- Joanna’s review of the new MacBook.
- Apple’s battery life page for Apple Watch, which states that the 42 mm models get longer battery life.
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115: ‘Turd on the Front Porch’ With Guest Ben Thompson
April 3, 2015
•154m
Special guest Ben Thompson returns, with the intention of not talking about Apple Watch — and so of course we spend two hours talking about Apple Watch. Other topics include the launch of Jay Z’s streaming music service Tidal, audience ceilings faced by different types of dedicated TV devices, and Meerkat-vs.-Periscope and the nascent revolution of ubiquitous live-streaming video. We make some NCAA men’s basketball Final Four picks, too.
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- Ben’s website: Stratechery.
- David Pierce, writing for Wired: “iPhone Killer: The Secret History of the Apple Watch”.
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117: ‘I Touched Ron Johnson’ With Guest John Moltz
April 30, 2015
•152m
John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Gruber’s retina, Apple Watch backorders and the watch itself, news from Microsoft’s Build conference, how to introduce yourself to people you’ve publicly branded a “jackass”, and more.
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- Sony makes $20 per iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 from image sensors.
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- Ben Bajarin on Xiaomi slump in phone sales in China. (And Apple’s rise.)
- Microsoft’s impressive HoloLens demo at Build this week.
- Windows 10 to Run Recompiled Android and iOS Apps.
- VentureBeat and Recode both fall for iSuppli’s claim that Apple Watch Sport costs only $83 to manufacture.
- Tim Cook, earlier this week, on these speculative cost breakdowns: “I’ve never seen one that is anywhere close to being accurate.”
- Mike Rundle argues Apple Watch is too small.
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