315: ‘I Don’t Know How to Read’, With Joanna Stern
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/29/21
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Special guest: the one and only Joanna Stern. Topics: new iMacs, Touch ID vs. Face ID, remote controls, surveillance advertising, and people who want to make everything a video call when a good old-fashioned voice call would do.
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Links:
- Function101 Remote Control for Apple TV.
- Robert G. Reeves's tweet thread about getting Twitter ads for the brand of toothpaste his mother uses after spending a week at her house.
- "Apple declined to comment on if this is just an elaborate troll at this point.".
- Joanna's latest: "Stop With the Video Chats Already. Just Make a Voice Call.".
- Joanna Stern Interviews Craig Federighi About ATT and 'Superman'.
- Joanna on AirTags vs. Tile.
- Nicole Nguyen for the WSJ: "Apple’s New iPad Pro vs. MacBook Air".
- Apple Platform Security Guide: "Secure Intent and Connections to the Secure Enclave".
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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May 25, 2021
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Marco Arment returns to the show to talk about the new Apple TV remote control. (Also, the new M1 iMacs and iPad Pros.)
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- Accidental Tech Podcast.
- Casey Liss, who really does do a good job as de facto host of ATP, and to whom I probably owe a beer now.
- Overcast — the app you’re probably using to listen to this show.
- My reviews of the new 24-inch M1 iMac, M1 iPad Pro, and Apple TV remote and the hardware set-top box it optionally comes with.
- Marco’s Ratio coffee maker.
- “Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire” — excellent 1996 video game for Nintendo 64.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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316: Remote From WWDC 2021 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
June 11, 2021
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Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2021: the all-new multitasking interface in iPadOS 15, on-device Siri, new privacy controls in Safari and Mail, MacOS 12 Monterey, and more.
This episode of The Talk Show is available to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-SzbucgATjA.
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- Previous episodes of The Talk Show Live (or Remote) From WWDC: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.
- Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote and Platforms State of the Union.
- iOS 15
- iPadOS 15
- MacOS 12 Monterey
- WatchOS 8
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- Privacy
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The audio for this episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton. The video was produced and edited by Sandwich.
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