241: ‘More Smarter’ With Joanna Stern
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/23/19
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Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the iPhone XR (and the argument that it might be the best phone in Apple’s current lineup), Apple’s new Smart Battery Cases, Apple Watch, and, of course, the new MacBook Air.
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Links:
- New York Magazine in 2016: “Is ‘Friends’ Still the Most Popular Show on TV?”.
- Last Month: “Netflix Will Keep ‘Friends’ Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement”.
- Joanna’s iPhone XR review.
- Joanna’s MacBook Air review — from a hot air balloon.
- “Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested by a Hollywood Stunt Double” .
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240: ‘Drastically Shakier’ With Ben Thompson
January 14, 2019
•167m
Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Apple's horrible no good very bad earnings warning, the Chinese market, Apple's push toward services for revenue growth, antitrust issues regarding the App Store, and more.
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Links:
- “Apple’s Errors” — Ben’s take on Apple’s earnings warning.
- “Apple’s Terrible No Good Very Bad Earnings Warning” — my take.
- “Antitrust, the App Store, and Apple”.
- Exponent — Ben’s podcast cohosted by James Allworth — is back.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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242: ‘The Butts Incident’ With John Moltz
January 31, 2019
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John Moltz makes his long-awaited return to the show. Three big topics this week: the Facebook VPN app fiasco (and the company’s pattern of ethical violations), the Group FaceTime bug that allowed callers to listen to audio before the call was answered, and Apple’s quarterly results.
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Links:
- Bugs in Group FaceTime Allow Callers to See and Hear Recipients’ End Without Them Answering.
- TechCrunch: Facebook Pays Teenagers to Install VPN That Spies on Them.
- Google Was Doing Something Similar.
- Apple’s Q1 2019 Financial Results.
- Lisa Brennan-Jobs on Craig Mod’s “On Margins” podcast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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