The Talk Show With John Gruber

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. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated, passive, low-cost investment solution. Ministry of Supply: Dress smarter. Work smarter. Audible.com: With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. 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.

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. Sponsored by: Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free overnight shipping. Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code TALKSHOW for $5 off your first purchase. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code THETALKSHOW for $50 toward your mattress. 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.

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include WWDC 2016, Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi's appearance on the live episode of this show during WWDC, the purported removal of the standard headphone jack from the upcoming new iPhones, and more. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Ministry of Supply: Dress smarter. Work smarter. Audible.com: With Audible, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Links: The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2016. Diagram comparing USB-C to Lightning. Apple Insider: "Apple Pulls Legacy Non-Retina MacBook Pro From Retail Store Displays". Apple discontinues the Thunderbolt display. Lil Wayne pours two bottles of champagne on his Samsung Galaxy S7. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, John Gruber is joined by Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi to discuss the news from WWDC: WatchOS 3, MacOS 10.12 Sierra, iOS 10, and more. Video of the show, and a complete transcript, is available here. Sponsored by: MailChimp: Send better email. Microsoft: Tools and services for any developer, any app, any OS. Really. Meh.com: A new deal every day at midnight Eastern. Links: Yours truly: "Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s WWDC 2016 Keynote". Apple Previews iOS 10. Apple Previews MacOS Sierra. Apple Previews WatchOS 3. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include Jeff Bezos’s and Elon Musk’s appearances at last week’s Code 2016 conference, Apple’s changes to the App Store (subscriptions for all app categories, search ads, and huge improvements to app review approval times), and, of course, our expectations for WWDC 2016 next week. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi, that works. Use code thetalkshow for free overnight shipping. Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code talkshow for $5 off your first purchase. Links: Full video of Walt Mossberg’s interview with Jeff Bezos at Recode’s Code 2016 last week. Full video of Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s interview with Elon Musk. MacDailyNews: “Apple to Deliver iMessage to Android at WWDC”. Motion Stills: new iPhone app from Google that makes Live Photos way better. Mark Bergen’s report for Recode on Mercedes-Benz’s advanced self-driving car initiative. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about artificial intelligence and Eddy Cue’s flip-flops. Sponsored by: Meh: The daily deal site from the crew that created Woot. Meh: Funny content and videos, too — every day. Meh: Not sure what else to say. Links: Eddy Cue celebrating on court with Stephen Curry after the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Western Conference finals. Apple’s purported upcoming standalone Siri device might have a camera. The Talk Show in iTunes. Reviews are much appreciated. The AI Effect: “It’s part of the history of the field of artificial intelligence that every time somebody figured out how to make a computer do something — play good checkers, solve simple but relatively informal problems — there was chorus of critics to say, ‘That’s not thinking’.” System 7 Macintosh Basics Demo. Canary: Real-time streaming video camera for your home. Merlin’s got one and likes it.

Special guest MG Siegler returns to the show. (Finally.) Topics include rumors of an upcoming Siri SDK and an Amazon Echo-like device from Apple, the future of the MacBook lineup, Peter Thiel's secretive role as the financial backer of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, and my hatred of Roman numerals. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Audible.com: With over 250,000 audiobooks, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Links: 500ish Words -- the new home for MG's writing. Why do movie studios use Roman numerals for the copyright year in end credits? Felix Salmon on the strategy behind Peter Thiel's heretofore secret campaign to bankrupt Gawker. 9to5Mac on purported upcoming MacBook Pros that replace the function keys with an LED touchscreen. The Optimus Popularis -- a humongous $1500 keyboard where each key cap is a small LED. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new flagship retail store in San Francisco, recent improvements to App Store approval times, and Google’s announcements at I/O this week — Google Home and Google Assistant, Allo and Duo, and Android “N” and Android Instant Apps. Sponsored by: Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code thetalkshow for $50 toward your mattress. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Links: Rene’s preview of the new SF Apple Store. Apple Talk — iMore’s new podcast, with yours truly as their first guest. App Store review times. Privacy advocate Christopher Soghoian on Twitter. Google I/O 2016 Keynote on YouTube. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Apple’s recent quarterly results, what we think is going on with iPhone sales, Tim Cook’s misleading guidance, Apple Music, and a lot more. Sponsored by: Wealthfront: An automated investment service with over $3 billion in client assets under management. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Audible.com: With over 250,000 audiobooks, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Links: Yours truly, last week: “Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Drop in iPhone Sales”. Ben, two weeks ago: “Apple’s Organizational Crossroads”. Neil Cybart: “iPhone Warning Signs”. Due, an iPhone reminder app that I’ve been using daily for years. Gary Allen, now-deceased writer behind IFO Apple Store. Mini Microsoft. Dodger Trayce Thompson, brother of Golden State Warrior star Klay Thompson, hit a run in Tampa that never came down from the rafters. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Guy English returns to the show. Topics include Ben Thompson’s argument that Apple’s functional organizational structure is hindering their efforts in online services, recalling our first Apple computers and the elegance of the classic Mac OS’s conceptual design, Prince (and his early use of Macs for creating music), emoji and exclamation marks, WWDC 2016, and yours truly’s youthful foray into on-the-job vandalism. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code GRUBER for 10% off your first order. Audible.com: With over 250,000 audiobooks, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code TALKSHOW10 for 10% off your first order. Links: Great article by Ben Thompson: “Apple’s Organizational Crossroads” BeOS developers tossing CRT monitors off the roof of their office building, circa 2000. Interesting study on differing interpretations of emoji across platforms. Napkin — a terrific Mac image annotation app from Guy and Chris Parrish. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.