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Connected is a weekly panel discussion on Apple and the impact of technology on our lives. With each co-host having a unique background — and accent — Connected provides a perspective that no other show can. Hosted by Federico Viticci, Stephen Hackett, and Myke Hurley.
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May 5, 2015 • 1h 27min
38: June is the New Christmas
This week, the Europeans and Stephen are joined by Christina Warren to discuss Microsoft’s move in the mobile space and how it relates to iOS. Then, they talk about third-party Apple Watch bands and what Apple could do with Beats Audio.
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Guest Starring: Christina Warren
Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership "#mykewasright" - Twitter Search Accidental Tech Podcast: 115: Empathy for the Machine Reddit - Watch users: have you used your nose to operate it when your hands are full? 245: Incomparable, Assemble! — The Incomparable (plus bonus material) — OvercastThis link jumps right to the nose-tapping moment.
Upgrade #35: Where The Fluoroelastomer Meets the Road - Relay FM Apple Australia - iTunes Radio Moving averages and the iPad - All this Sport Watch unboxing - Business Insider Stephen's Apple Watch unboxing - an album on Flickr Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter Christina Warren's Articles on Mashable Rocket - Relay FM Microsoft will allow developers to bring Android, iOS apps to Windows 10 devices - Mashable Rocket #16: Burnt Out from Microsoft - Relay FM How developers really feel about Microsoft welcoming iOS and Android - Mashable Quip Overtired Creating Bands for Apple Watch - Apple Developer Band Design Guidelines for Apple Watch - Apple Developer No, Apple doesn't want you to wear an Apple Watch charging band, and that's a good thing | iMore Beats revamp still debuting at WWDC, global release late-June, iOS 9 details revealed | 9to5Mac Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch | The Verge Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch | The Verge Musixmatch - The world's largest lyrics catalog MusiXmatch - Spotify Showcase

Apr 28, 2015 • 1h 46min
37: Artisanal Emoji
This week, the boys break down Apple’s Q2 results and walk with Myke as he spends a day with Apple Watch.
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Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Welcome, Mac Power Users! — Relay FM Mac Power Users - Relay FM Mac Power Users Joins Relay FM – MacStories Apple - Press Info - Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results Apple Q2 2015 Results: $58 Billion Revenue, 61.2 Million iPhones, 12.6 Million iPads Sold – MacStories Six Colors: Apple quarterly results: More iPhones, more profits Six Colors: This is Tim: Apple's CEO in his own words Best Buy will accept Apple Pay despite allegiance to CurrentC and MCX | Ars Technica Horrified Red Face Emoji Highball | Share and Collect Cocktail Recipes on iPhone – Studio Neat AOL Help: Settings Myke's Current Watchface

Apr 21, 2015 • 1h 33min
36: My Technique, but in France
This week, Federico, Stephen and Myke discuss Apple Watch shipments, search on Android, Chrome on iOS and music on the go.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership The Pen Addict #150: Live from the Atlanta Pen Show - Relay FM The Pen Addict Podcast: Live at the 2015 Atlanta Pen Show by NockCo — Kickstarter Upgrade #33: Personal Electronic Notebooks - Relay FM Introducing the Relay FM app, powered by Glide — Relay FM Glide - Beautifully Simple, Professional App Creation by Chris Harris — Kickstarter Apple offering developers expedited Apple Watch deliveries by random selection | 9to5Mac Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Drive app installs through App Indexing Chrome for iOS Gets Widget, New Gestures, 1Password Support – MacStories Myke's 'Dot' Problem

Apr 14, 2015 • 1h 37min
35: The Popsicle Rumor
This week, the boys are joined by Jason Snell to talk about Photos.app, then wrap up “Becoming Steve Jobs.”
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Guest Starring: Jason Snell
Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple Collects 15% of Revenue Generated From HBO NOW and Other Apple TV Apps - Mac Rumors WWDC 2015 - Apple Developer Apple - OS X - Photos Photos for Mac: A Take Control Crash Course. Everything you need to know about Apple's new Photos app!Jason's Photos Book
Six Colors: Photos for Mac: Quick answers to simplified questions Workflow for Apple Watch Workflow Coming to Apple Watch – MacStories Agile Blog | 1Password 5.4 for iOS: The “Go Go Gadget Watch!” Edition 1Password for Apple Watch Released – MacStories Apple previews revamped Music app with iOS 8.4 beta ahead of WWDC streaming service launch | 9to5Mac Apple Releases First iOS 8.4 Beta with Revamped Music App – MacStories Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader: Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli, George Newbern A Day In The Life of John Lasseter - YouTube Connected #1: Mindset of 2001 - Relay FM Amazon.com: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs eBook: Alan Deutschman: Kindle Store Infinite Loop: Michael Malone: 9780385486842: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (9780812993011): Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace: Books iPhone 6 Plus Review – MacStories

Apr 9, 2015 • 1h 45min
34: Crazy Uncle Figure
With Myke back from vacation, the trio returns to action to discuss MacBook and Apple Watch reviews before tackling “Becoming Steve Jobs."
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Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Analog(ue) #34: Worth the Weirdness - Relay FM Connected, from Relay FM | Teespring Teleguide – Wikipedia An iPhone 6 owner lives with the iPhone 6 Plus – Marco.org Well, I switched to the iPhone 6 Plus — 512 Pixels H.I. #34: Line in the Sand — Hello Internet Six Colors: Two weeks with the iPhone 6 Plus Review: The new 12-inch MacBook is a laptop without an ecosystem | Macworld Six Colors: The new MacBook: A reviewer's notebook Upgrade #31: MacBook Review Special - Relay FM 12-inch MacBook review | The Verge Review: Apple MacBook | WIRED Apple Watch: the definitive review - The Verge Daring Fireball: The Apple Watch Road Tested: The Apple Watch - SELF The Invisible Design Behind the Apple Watch's Many Faces | WIRED Casio Men's DBC30-1 Databank Digital Watch — Tools and Toys Seiko Men's SNK809 Seiko 5 Automatic Stainless Steel Watch Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Daring Fireball: My Interview With 'Becoming Steve Jobs' Authors Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli 5by5 | Hypercritical #42: The Wrong Guy 5by5 | Hypercritical #43: The Scorpion and the Frog Upgrade #30: Boarding a Sinking Ship - Relay FM Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 - YouTube

Apr 1, 2015 • 1h 6min
33: The RoboCop of Apple Watches
This week, Stephen and Federico are joined by David Smith to talk about Tim Cook and WatchKit apps.
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Mar 24, 2015 • 1h 28min
32: I Misplaced That Civil War
This week, Stephen, Myke and Federico talk about some Italian history, TeleText’s current state in Sweden and then answer listener questions.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Italian Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stephen's Sweatshirt SVT Text - 100 Text TV in the Charts TextTV on the App Store on iTunes NOS Teletekst Bamboozle (quiz) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia iTunes - Books - Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader: Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli: 9780385347402: Amazon.com: Books Apple Praises 'Becoming Steve Jobs' as 'Better Than Anything Else We've Seen' - Mac Rumors Daring Fireball: 'Becoming Steve Jobs' — New Book by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Audiobook | Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli | Audible.com | Audible.com.au Myke's Home Screen Stephen's Home screen Federico's Home Screen Dust Stephen's Wallpaper Support CGP Grey creating Youtube videos Politics in the Animal Kingdom — CGP Grey Selvaggi (film 1995) - Wikipedia Virtual #30: Entertainment Lessons - Relay FM Sophomore — 512 Pixels 5by5 | CMD+Space #34: A Man of the Internet, with John Siracusa You Should Use DuckDuckGo — Liss is More

Mar 17, 2015 • 1h 30min
31: They're My Clapping Phones
This week, the boys talk about Apple Watch apps, Force Touch Trackpads, the Apple Store and Apple’s past (and possible future) moves in television. Oh, and Teletext.
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Links and Show Notes:
Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Nicolas' Art Rocket #9: Channing Tatum Saves Feminism - Relay FM Upgrade #27: The Batman of Cheese - Relay FM Life After Cancer: How the iPhone Helped Me Achieve a Healthier Lifestyle – MacStories Apple - Apple Watch - App Store Apps Buzzfeed - People Try The Apple Watch For The First Time - YouTube 'Bumpy' pixels: iMovie Apple Force Touch trackpad haptic feedback - Alex4D Get Ready for QuickTime TV | Macworld CNN - Apple tackles Net TV - July 22, 1999 QuickTime TV - Wayback Machine Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces Second Annual QuickTime Live! Conference Apple Vintage Quicktime Live sweat Shirt LG Conference Faculty Speaker White L | eBay Apple Plans Web TV Service in Fall - WSJ Apple offers to share TV data to entice programming partners | New York Post Daring Fireball: Streaming TV Service From Apple Rumored Apple plans 25 channels for streaming TV service - The Loop You won't be able to buy HBO Now directly from HBO | The Verge Google confirms plans to launch its own mobile service in the 'coming months' | The Verge Teletext - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BBC News - Ceefax service closes down after 38 years on BBC

Mar 11, 2015 • 1h 43min
30: To America and Back
On the heels of Apple’s Spring Forward event, the boys talk about Federico’s trip to San Francisco, the new MacBook, the Apple Watch and more.
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Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Connected Podcast Comic Part 1 — NoisyBot Connected Podcast Comic Part 2 — NoisyBot Connected Podcast Comic Part 3 (The final) — NoisyBot Michael's Artwork One Bid - The Price Is Right Wiki Would You Buy A ‘Smart Band’ For An Apple Watch? | TechCrunch Apple Watch has a Lightning port for development, but won’t when it ships | 9to5Mac Andrew's Solution for Federico's Problem Amazon.com: The Clapper Sound Activated On/Off Switch, 1 Each: Health & Personal Care Apple donates over $50 million to improve diversity in tech | The Verge Apple Institutes New Charitable Matching Program for Employees - Mac Rumors App Store and iTunes Among Apple Services Experiencing Downtime [Fixed] - Mac Rumors Apple's Statement Panzer and Teech Upgrade #26: Ambushed on a Podcast - Relay FM Thoughts on Apple's new MacBook with Retina display — 512 Pixels Anki DRIVE Official Site | USA Apple - MacBook Accidental Tech Podcast: 107: We Get the Most Boring Tips USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Apple Store (U.S.) Apple Watch is Coming - Apple Store (U.S.) Bands and Accessories - Apple Store (U.S.) Teech Rocking the Apple Watch The picture of the Space Black Apple Watch that Federico mentionedThis is probably the Sport version actually
Hands-on with a (working) Apple Watch | The Verge The Watch and the Store — 512 Pixels #TicciTravels Detective Work iTunes - Podcasts - How I Became an Independent Podcaster by Events at the Apple StoreMyke's talk at the Apple Store

Mar 3, 2015 • 1h 34min
29: I Do Love a Good Launch Partner
This week, Federico, Myke and Stephen revisit their thoughts on the iPhone 6 Plus and many other things before moving onto March’s Apple Watch event and Federico’s recent health article.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple Brings Web-Based Pages, Numbers And Keynote Beyond The iCloud Beta | TechCrunch 5by5 | The Prompt #20: TAKE ACTIONIn which we tried to use iWork in the Cloud.
The iPhone 6 Versus the iPhone 6 Plus — The Brooks Review Tiny Cartridge Podcast Pebble Time - Awesome Smartwatch, No Compromises by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter The Huawei Watch is the most watch-like Android smartwatch yet | The Verge Pebble Time Steel is a dressed-up version of Pebble's latest watch | The Verge Samsung's new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge put design first | The Verge Virtual #28: Alto's Adventure, with Ryan Cash - Relay FM Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apple invites developers to Cupertino to finish Apple Watch apps, test out device | 9to5Mac Tim Cook: Apple Watch Launch in April Won't Be Exclusive to United States - Mac Rumors Life After Cancer: How the iPhone Helped Me Achieve a Healthier Lifestyle – MacStoriesYou need to read this.
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