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Stephen is away on an important mission. He left Myke and Federico behind to discuss the financial decline of Fitbit, and what's missing from iOS 10.3. Myke also has some follow up about sleeping and lightbulbs, and Federico has been observing people. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code CONNECTED. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Connected listeners get one month free. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three free meals with free shipping. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Hello Sense Club MacStories Philips Hue The Battle to Control Home Automation – MacStories People are paying for Super Mario Run in surprising numbers - The Verge Fire Emblem Heroes: hands-on with Nintendo’s next mobile game - Polygon Linea: An Elegant Sketching App for the iPad from The Iconfactory – MacStories Fitbit will lay off 110 employees amid challenges in wearable market - The Verge Fitbit acquires the Vector smartwatch startup, as the wearable giant continues its roll-up | TechCrunch Instagram Stories is stealing Snapchat’s users | TechCrunch Find My AirPods: Apple Now Helps You Locate Your Little Lost Earphone - WSJ Upcoming watchOS 3.2 Includes New Theater Mode and Siri Improvements – MacStories Apple rolling out first watchOS 3.2 beta for Apple Watch with new Theater Mode | 9to5Mac Accidental Tech Podcast: 206: All You Need Is Five Nerds Under the Radar #64: App Store Reviews, Redux - Relay FM iOS 10.3 to Standardize In-App Review Prompts, Developers to Gain Ability to Respond to Customer Reviews – MacStories Additional Details on the New App Reviews API – MacStories Steve T-S on Twitter: iPad Floating Keyboard Steve T-S on Twitter: iPad Gestural Keyboard Rumored March 2017 iPad Update in Question Due to Poor Chip Yield Rates - Mac Rumors

Federico’s back, Stephen is the Mac mini Spokesperson and Myke needs to buy some stuff. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Smile: The PDFpen Family of apps lets you take control of PDFs on all you devices. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three free meals with free shipping. Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code WORLD at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Thoughts on a Theoretical Future Mac mini – 512 Pixels You can finally say ‘Computer’ to your Echo to command it - The Verge Sprint buys a 33 percent stake in Tidal's music service - Engadget App Extensions Are Not a Replacement for User Automation – MacStories KGI: Apple developing new biometric sensors to replace existing Touch ID tech, including face recognition | 9to5Mac Apple Exploring Two-Step Touch ID and Facial Recognition System for iPhone 8 - Mac Rumors The Unicorn iPhone – 512 Pixels Daring Fireball: Don’t Hold Your Breath for an iPhone Edition The problem with OLED and Touch ID on iPhone 8... | iMore Philips Hue Stephen Hackett on Instagram: “Lit” Wink | A Simpler, Smarter Home WEMO That - Home Automation Made Easy Canary - A complete security system in a single device. Eve | elgato.com Logi POP Sleep++ on the App Store AutoSleep. Track Sleep from Watch Automatically on the App Store AutoSleep Turns the Apple Watch Into an Automatic Sleep Tracker – MacStories The Gyroscope App · your health tracking dashboard Inevitable Sherlocking - David Smith

Dan Moren joins Stephen and Myke to follow-up on microblogging, then talk about home assistants, Apple’s television dreams and the Mac mini. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Eero: Blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi. Use code CONNECTED for free overnight shipping. Incapsula: Secure and accelerate your website. Connected listeners get one month free. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three free meals with free shipping. Guest Starring: Dan Moren Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Dan Moren (@dmoren) | Twitter dmoren.com Six Colors: Apple, technology, and other stuff from Jason Snell and Friends Clockwise - Relay FM App.net is shutting down | App.net Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter More about the Micro.blog iPhone App - Kickstarter Imzy: Experience community and find where you belong Why would Apple release a 10.5" iPad? - Dan Provost, Studio Neat Apple Hikes U.K. App Store Prices By At Least 25 Percent Due to Weak Pound - Mac Rumors Apple Sets Its Sights on Hollywood With Plans for Original Content - WSJ Apple Plans to Launch Original TV Shows Comparable to 'Westworld' and 'Stranger Things' By End of 2017 - Mac Rumors Iovine Comments Suggest Apple Music’s Video Strategy Has Broadened – MacStories Jimmy Iovine on Apple Music Expansion Reports | Hollywood Reporter Drake's WWDC Instagrams are really good - The Verge Google Home: Early impressions of an Echo competitor - Six Colors These products and services work with Google Home | Android Central The Mac mini Family Tree – MacStories The Mac Mini-based DeLorean drivable drive-in - Engadget Relay FM and MacStadium

This week, the aging hosts of Connected remember their first reactions to the iPhone and talk about the value of independent blogging. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer CONNECTED to get 20% off. Ministry of Supply: Dress smarter. Work smarter. Get a free pair of Smarter Dress Socks with your first purchase. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get three free meals with free shipping. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Size of Apple's New 'High End' iPad Pro Model Said to be Between 10 and 10.5-Inches - Mac Rumors Amazon’s Alexa Is Everywhere at CES 2017 – MacStories Apple’s HomeKit is still working on the basics - The Verge On HomeKit vs. Alexa – 512 Pixels Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years - Backchannel Apple Allegedly Partnering With Carl Zeiss for Augmented Reality Glasses - Mac Rumors elago Watch Stand - Vintage Apple Monitor - Amazon A Look at That ADORABLE TINY MACINTOSH Apple Watch Stand – 512 Pixels Material Dock | Studio Neat Valet™ Charge Dock for Apple Watch + iPhone - Belkin iPhone: A Decade’s Worth of Impact – 512 Pixels 10 Years Ago, the iPhone Redefined Mobile Computing – MacStories Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at Macworld SF (2007) - YouTube The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket - Relay FM The Original iPhone Product Page iOS jailbreaking - Wikipedia Renewing Medium’s focus - Medium Medium’s “Renewed Focus” Left Some Publishers In The Dark - BuzzFeed News Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure - The New York Times Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter

Myke, Federico and Stephen draft their predictions for Apple’s 2017 before talking a little bit about some resolutions for the new year, tech-related and otherwise. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘CONNECTED’ Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code WORLD at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership The Prompt #10: X - Relay FM The Prompt 10: X — Overcast timestamped link A Magic Moment — Liss is More Apple’s AirPods are so easy to wear you’ll forget you have them on - Recode Finder for Airpods - find your lost Airpods on the App Store Apple Rumored to Begin Seeding iOS 10.3 With New 'Theatre' Mode on January 10 - Mac Rumors On iPad Features (Or Lack Thereof) at WWDC 2016 – MacStories New Year's Resolutions With Old Tech - YouTube Stephen Hackett (@stephenmhackett) • Instagram photos and videos Stephen Hackett (ismh) Photos / 500px Quitter, my first Mac app – Marco.org Toggl - Time Tracker & Employee Timesheet Software

With 2016 (finally) drawing to a close, the Connected trio hop in their time machine and revisit the biggest tech stories of the last 12 months. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Smile: Give the gift of Smile, and you’ll be giving the gift of time. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Music Memos - Apple Apple Previews iOS 9.3 with Night Shift, Health and News Improvements, New Education Features – MacStories Apple ordered to help FBI hack San Bernardino shooter's iPhone - Mashable Daring Fireball: Apple to Restore UI Navigation With Pencil in Next iOS 9.3 Beta f.lux for iOS (f.lux forum) Transmission Infected with KeRanger Ransomware – MacStories The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking is available today | The Verge Apple Q2 2016 Results: $50.6 Billion Revenue, 51.2 Million iPhones, 10.3 Million iPads Sold – MacStories iOS 10: Wishes and Concept Video – MacStories All 13 Colors of iMac – 512 Pixels Connected #86: A Tangerine in my Trunk - Relay FM The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2016 | The Verge APP STORE 2.0 | The Verge Connected #95: RelayCon WWDC 2016 - Relay FM Evernote announces new pricing – 512 Pixels Building My $1,200 Hackintosh – The Startup – Medium Connected Show Art | grafiksyndikat Salesforce buys word processing app Quip for $750M | TechCrunch Apple adds more gender diverse emoji in iOS 10 - Apple Instagram Stories - Instagram Blog Photo-storage service Picturelife shuts down 18 months after being acquired - The Verge Apple Ordered to Pay Up to 13 Billion Euros in EU Tax Crackdown – MacStories Apple appeals against EU tax ruling, Brussels says no cause for low tax bill | Reuters iOS 10: The MacStories Review – MacStories My iPhone 7 Plus is Emitting Noise From Logic Board (Updated) – 512 Pixels Apple Starts Selling App Store Search Ads, Launching October 5th – MacStories Your Note7 has been recalled. What should you do now? - Mashable Snapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc. - The Verge We finally moved! - Myke Hurley - YouTubeMyke's Video about Snapchat Spectacles Pixel ‘phone by Google’ announced - The Verge Twitter is killing Vine - Mashable Remaster #20: The PlayStation VR Review - Relay FM AirPods Might Not Launch Until January 2017 - Mac Rumors “Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design - Apple Video: ‘Designed by Apple in California’ Book With Actual Products – 512 Pixels CNN to start a new media brand with YouTube star Casey Neistat - The Verge Super Mario Run on the App Store

AirPods are shipping, Mario needs the Internet and Myke has a story. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Foot Cardigan: Fantastic socks delivered to your mailbox every month. Get 10% off any subscription plan with the code WORLD Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Radetzky March - Wikipedia Following AirPods launch, BeatsX wireless earphones now delayed until February | 9to5Mac BeatsX Earphones - White - Apple Apple delays Leopard until October because of iPhone | Macworld Apple Releases iOS 10.2 with new Emoji, TV App, and More – MacStories iOS 10.2 Emoji Changelog TV App Review – MacStories Why I’m Considering Bear as a Notes App Replacement – MacStories The Third Annual Upgradies Voting Form Super Mario Run Requires a Constant Internet Connection – MacStories Rene's Tweet Myke Hurley on Instagram: “Big Mario is big” Update the software on your Apple Watch - Apple Support Pebble – Pebble’s Next Step Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter The Inside Story Behind Pebble’s Demise - Backchannel Fitbit CEO says buying Pebble could help it crack the code on smartwatches - The Verge Sandwich Video | One Card Android Wear The best Samsung Gear S3 - Wareable Fitbit Charge 2™ Heart Rate + Fitness Wristband

Federico is back with some new purchases in tow. Stephen published a book. Myke wants more from his Echo. Everyone has wishes for iOS 10. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Braintree: Code for easy online payments. Boom 2: The Best Volume Booster & Equalizer For Mac. Foot Cardigan: Fantastic socks delivered to your mailbox every month. Get 10% off any subscription plan with the code WORLD. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar™ Transferring audio files from an SD card to an iOS device with FlashAir - Six Colors Aqua and Bondi Aqua and Bondi by Stephen Hackett on iBooks Launcher with Notification Center Widgets on the App Store Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple on the App Store Copied – Copy and Paste Everywhere on the App Store Timepage – Calendar by Moleskine on the App Store CARROT Weather - Talking Forecast Robot on the App Store Fantastical 2 for iPhone - Calendar and Reminders on the App Store Happy Toast Stickers on the App Store Amazon Plans Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen - Bloomberg Amazon's Alexa now works on tablets, but the best new feature involves an Echo speaker - The Verge Why I’m Considering Bear as a Notes App Replacement – MacStories

This week, Stephen and Myke talk about CNN’s acquisition of Beme before answering questions about Relay FM, self employment and Casey Liss. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Foot Cardigan: Fantastic socks delivered to your mailbox every month. Get 10% off any subscription plan with the code WORLD Mailroute: a secure, hosted email service for protection from viruses and spam. Get a free trial and 10% off, for the lifetime of your account. Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with the code ‘connected’. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple Planning Thicker Bezel-Free 10.9" iPad Pro With 9.7" Footprint and No Home Button - Mac Rumors Canopy – Studio Neat Myke Hurley - YouTube 512 Pixels - YouTube CNN to start a new media brand with YouTube star Casey Neistat - The Verge CNN Brings In the Social App Beme to Cultivate a Millennial Audience - The New York Times Great Big Story beme CNN iReport - CNN.com Ungeniused - Relay FM Cortex - Relay FM Relay FM's first episodes Free Agents - Relay FM Top Four #14: Pizza Toppings 🍕 - Relay FM Store — Relay FM Staedtler Wopex Pencils | Cult Pens

This week Federico and Myke discuss the Google Daydream VR headset, how Instagram is becoming even more like Snapchat, Apple's Holiday ad, the advancement of the iPad Pro, and iA Writer. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: PDFpenPro 8, from Smile: The Swiss Army Knife for PDFs. Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code CONNECTED. Hover: Simplified domain management. Use code QUALITY to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership "Designed by Apple in California" Book With Actual Products - YouTube Google Daydream Google Earth VR Instagram is Rolling Out Live Video and Enhanced Direct Messages – MacStories Apple - Frankie’s Holiday - YouTube Apple - Holiday - TV Ad - Misunderstood - YouTube John Lewis Christmas Advert 2016 - #BusterTheBoxer - YouTube iA Writer "Patent Pending?" iA's Militant Stance on Syntax Control in Writer Pro [UPDATED] | The Verge Canvas #2: Document Providers - Relay FM