221: ‘Slathered in Incompetence’ With Ben Thompson
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/08/18
•187m
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Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Apple's quarterly results, the discontinuation of Apple's AirPort product line, and more.
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- Ben Thompson on the race to a trillion-dollar market cap.
- Ivan Seidenberg’s claim that Bob Iger carried an iPhone in July 2006.
- Dr. Drang’s AirPort EOL tweet.
- Apple LaserWriter II industrial sales training video.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: “It’s a date, you eat ’em!”.
- Six Colors on Apple’s growing Services division.
- New York Times piece on Fortnite.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Moisés Chiullan.
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April 27, 2018
•118m
Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show. Topics include the litany of problems with MacBook keyboards, speculation regarding why Apple’s AirPower multi-device charging mat still isn’t shipping, Google’s proposal to replace SMS with a new protocol that isn’t encrypted, and more.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’ With Rene Ritchie
May 31, 2018
•92m
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.
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Links:
- My Twitter poll on whether people use the “Erase data after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature.
- Rene’s video on his MacBook Pro keyboard failure.
- AppleInsider on MacBook service problems.
- Google Duplex skepticism, one last time.
- The return of iPhone 6 Bendgate.
- Apple accepts, then rejects, Valve’s Steam Link app.
- Khoi Vinh: “Illustration in the App Store”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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