161: ‘Mumbles and Grunts’ With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
07/17/16
•126m
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John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include parenting thoughts on controlling the amount of time our kids spend playing games and watching YouTube and Netflix, why Google's apps for iOS are better than their apps for Android, Chromebooks in schools, Windows Phone's bright future, Pokemon Go, and more. We also insult the driving abilities of people from Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Canada.
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Links:
- Ingress -- Niantec's augmented-reality mobile game that preceded Pokemon Go.
- Tim Bray on Ingress.
- Dieter Bohn: "Google Is Making Better Apps for the iPhone Than for Android"
- Yours truly on Peter Kafka's Recode Media podcast.
- Samantha Bee's appearance on Recode Media.
- Spark — excellent third-party email client for iOS.
- Analyst in 2011 predicts Windows Phone will eclipse Android by 2013.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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160: ‘Fresh Out of Prison’ With Nilay Patel
July 1, 2016
•107m
Special guest Nilay Patel joins the show. Topics include The Verge and Recode (and the state of the media industry at large), what’s going on with the lack of updates to professional Mac hardware, and, of course, Apple’s purported removal of the headphone jack on the upcoming new iPhones.
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Links:
- Nilay Patel: “Taking the Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid”.
- Cory Doctorow: “Phones Without Headphone Jacks Are Phones With DRM for Audio”.
- Yours truly: “Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives”.
- Jason Snell: “Searching for a Good Reason to Remove the Headphone Jack”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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162: ‘Special Bullying Venue’ With Glenn Fleishman
July 23, 2016
•158m
Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include security vulnerabilities on MacOS and iOS, ransomware, counterfeit products and outright fraud on Amazon, and online harassment and “free speech”.
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Links:
- Glenn Fleishman, writing for Macworld on recent image processing bugs in MacOS and iOS.
- Motherboard: “How Sony, Microsoft, and Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law”.
- New Ransomware Takes Your Money, Deletes Files Anyway.
- John Norstad, developer of the fantastic early-1990s Mac anti-virus utility Disinfectant.
- F-Secure tests the customer service of ransomware pirates.
- isbn.nu: Glenn’s long-standing book search and price comparison site.
- Glenn’s two new books on Slack: Take Control of Slack Basics and Take Control of Slack Admin.
- Randi Harper’s Good Game Auto Blocker utility for Twitter.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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