

Connected
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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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Feb 24, 2015 • 1h 27min
28: The Color of Myke's Eyes
This week, the boys discuss the iOS setup process and the possibly-confusing nature of the Apple Watch’s multiple variations before Stephen and Federico share their thoughts on the iPhone 6 Plus.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Dr. Drang's Tweet Peeking Snowman Jony Ive Redesigns Corners IFTTT Launches New ‘Do’ iPhone Apps for Personalized iOS Shortcuts – MacStories JPG Podcast : 29 - A Reading of 'The Shape of Things To Come'. (SPECIAL) Meet hue | en-US From an Idea to the App Store in 16 Days — iOS & OS X Development — Medium Stephen's Broken iPhone Daring Fireball: On the Pricing of Apple Watch Apple Watch Compatability Chart Apple - Apple Watch - Gallery The Apple Watch Edition's upgrade dilemma | iMore Pebble Time - Awesome Smartwatch, No Compromises by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology — Kickstarter Pebble – Keep the Momentum Going: Pebble’s got new Android superpowers (Release Notes) Making Time: how Pebble built its next smartwatch | The Verge

Feb 18, 2015 • 1h 18min
27: Jony Magic Table
This week, Myke, Federico and Stephen cover Jony Ive, Project Titan and iOS extensions.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Inquisitive #27: Behind the App #1: History - Relay FM Office for iOS picks up support for iCloud Drive, all other cloud services | Ars Technica Microsoft Updates Outlook For iOS App With Support For IMAP And Pin Enforcement Policies PEC Registration (Easy File) - Registro Imprese Connected #8: Squidges - Relay FM Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple - The New Yorker Apple Designer Jonathan (Jony) Ive on BBC Blue Peter - *Full Version* - 7 Mins - YouTube Jony's Poster Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars - WSJ Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says | Reuters Thoughts on Project Titan — 512 Pixels Dropbox for iOS Gets Action Extension to Save Files from Share Sheets – MacStories Workflow 1.1: Deeper iOS Automation – MacStories

Feb 11, 2015 • 1h 40min
26: I Disagree with Myself
This week, the guys talk about Sunrise, ChromeOS, Photos.app and Tim Cook’s remarks at the Goldman Sachs Conference.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Upgrade - Relay FM MacBreak Weekly 441 | TWiT.TV Microsoft acquires Sunrise, creator of an innovative calendar app for mobile devices - The Official Microsoft Blog Sunrise Microsoft Acquires Sunrise – MacStories Acer C720 Chromebook Using 1PasswordAnywhere - 1Password for Mac - version 4 Acer C720 C720P · dnschneid/crouton Wiki · GitHub How to Easily Install Ubuntu on Chromebook with Crouton | Linux.com CastThe Chrome-based podcasting thing.
Photos for OS X isn't going to be a pro app — and that's okay | iMore Apple - OS X - Photos Preview Apple is finally killing iPhoto — and this is the replacement | The Verge Upgrade #22: I Didn't Hate This Movie - Relay FM Photos for OS X isn't going to be a pro app — and that's okay | iMore iCloud storage pricing - Apple Support Velocity • iOS Speed Reading App Apple Continues to Climb After Market Value Tops $700 Billion - Bloomberg Business Apple will invest $850M in California solar farm - CNET GS Elevator Gossip (@GSElevator) | Twitter The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 109, With Guest MG Siegler

Feb 4, 2015 • 1h 17min
25: The Microsoft of Ourselves
To celebrate the show’s silver anniversary, the boys talk about Stephen’s shownote museum, Myke’s Mac Pro and Federico’s iPad Air 2.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Cloud photo service Picturelife is being acquired, but insists this isn't the end | The Verge Why every photo storage startup dies or gets acquired | The Verge Out of the picture: why the world's best photo startup is going out of business | The Verge Storm Garelli: After the shelves were removed Powersliding Shownotes in iCab 5.5 Shownotes in IE6 Shownotes in Konqueror iMic | The original USB audio adapter by Griffin Technology | Griffin Technology Microsoft Outlook on the App Store on iTunes Macdrifter: Outlook for iOS and Email Security CloudMagic Email on the App Store on iTunes The best iPhone email app for power users - The Sweet Setup The best calendar App for iPhone - The Sweet Setup The Next Episode: Apple’s plans for Beats-based music service revealed | 9to5Mac iPad Air 2 Review: Why the iPad Became My Main Computer – MacStories Tablet Keyboard for iPad - Logitech Type+ –Keyboard–Case–iPad Air 2–Logitech Editorial on the App Store on iTunes Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple on the App Store on iTunes Google on the App Store on iTunes Can an iPad really replace your PC? Yes, and one Apple blogger set out to prove it - Yahoo News Connected Podcast Comic Part 2 — NoisyBot

Jan 27, 2015 • 2h 56min
24: A Whole Website in the Palm of Your Hand
Five years later, Federico, Myke and Stephen re-visit Steve Jobs’ announcement of the original iPad.
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Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple Announces iPad - iTunes - Podcasts Steve Jobs introduces Original iPad - Apple Special Event (2010) - YouTube 5by5 | The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket Apple CEO Steve Jobs Live at D8 - John Paczkowski - D8 - AllThingsD The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry FingerWorks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ROKR E1 — 512 Pixels Motorola Slvr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apple's iPad: the next big thing? - Fury.com Newton (platform) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Of iPhones and Apple Tablets - Mac RumorsQuote from International Herald Tribune
Technovia - Ian Betteridge's Rumor Inkwell (Macintosh) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Evidence for the Mac Tablet - Mac Rumors Steve Jobs introduces the "Digital Hub" strategy at Macworld 2001 - YouTube Connected #1: Mindset of 2001 - Relay FM Euro filing reveals Apple 'handheld computer' • The Register iBook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Modbook Pro, the One and Only Mac Tablet Computer | Modbook Inc. Apple's patented the Tablet Mac Apple Multipoint Touchscreen at hrmpf.com New Apple Patents tablet at hrmpf.com Sapiens Mac App: mouse-gesture activated launcher Apple Tablet Concept: the iPad Touch - FactoryCity Messina's iPad Touch Mockups - an album on Flickr Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus - CNET Apple's Jobs probed over Newton reincarnation - The 'Safari Pad' Jobs Maintains Grip at Apple - WSJ Munster - $500-$700 Apple Tablet put off until 2010? | Computerworld On the Mythical Apple Tablet — 512 Pixels Ten New Details on the Apple Tablet | iLounge Backstage The Quest Continues for a Tablet PC - NYTimes.com Apple tablet definitely coming in 7" size? | BGR Apple Purchased iSlate.com in 2007. Apple's New Tablet Called iSlate? - Mac Rumors HP's Windows 7 Slate Device Revealed by Steve Ballmer Apple's iSlate Tablet: MSNBC - YouTube Daring Fireball: The Tablet Daring Fireball: Tablet Musings A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing - NYTimes.com It's on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation' CBS - Apple Tablet Rumors Swirl - YouTube Is this the Apple tablet? (update: new images) - Engadget ThinkPad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pointing stick (Trackpoint) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stephen's iPad Gallery Apple iPad review - Engadget The original iPad: Macworld's complete review | Macworld Aluminum and Glass: My Review of the iPad — 512 Pixels Daring Fireball: The iPad Big Picture In the iPad, Apple Is Betting on Its Own Microchip - NYTimes.com Six Colors: Battery life: Apple's solving for x Introducing Facebook for iPad Facebook’s iPad App Is Hidden Inside Of Their iPhone App | TechCrunch The Contacts App Daring Fireball: The iPad Think iBooks Looks Familiar? You're Not The Only One. | TechCrunch The Brown iBooks Popover Apple - Press Info - Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad Rocket - Relay FM

Jan 21, 2015 • 1h 31min
23: Total Dude, with His Surface Hub
This week Federico and Myke talk about Windows 10, Windows Holographic and unsubscribing from web services. The boys also consider the effect that old browsers are having on the show.
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Links and Show Notes:
Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Virtual - Relay FM 5by5 | Mac Power Users #235: Workflows with Stephen Hackett Tweet from Burstio Connected on WP8.1 Relay breaks Windows Phone - Gfycat Connected on a BlackBerry Bold Connected on BeOS 5, QNX Neutrino and NeXTSTEP 3.3 YotaPhone 2 Review: Two Screens Are Indeed Better Than One | TechCrunch Something Slightly Less Terrible - Interviews - objc.io issue #20 Evernote to end support for Hello, Peek, BlackBerry 7, and PlayBook - Evernote Blog This is Windows 10: all the news from Microsoft's event | The Verge Windows 10: A New Generation of Windows - YouTube Watch Microsoft annotate The Verge with the new Windows 10 web browser | The Verge WhatsApp launches a web client for Chrome and Android | The Verge Xbox on Windows 10 - YouTube Fable Legends played across Xbox One and Windows 10 - YouTube Windows 10 will let you stream Xbox One games to any Windows 10 PC or tablet (update) | Polygon Watch Microsoft's HoloLens in action | The Verge Project HoloLens: Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles | WIRED Tweet from Jens Bergensten, Minecraft Developer Help Us, Princess Leia: Inside The Quest To Make Holograms Mainstream | Fast Company | Business + Innovation Nintendo AR Cards

Jan 14, 2015 • 1h 23min
22: Mac Skills, iOS Skills, and Myke
This week, the Europeans and Stephen discuss some follow-up then move on to some fake Blackberry news, smartwatch companion apps and RSS.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Kraken Image Optimizer · Kraken.io Shownotes on 3DS browser Shownotes in AOL Explorer 1.1.4 Building a Hackintosh | Egg Freckles The Connected Comic - Ep. 1 Daring Fireball: Siri Improvements How to reset iTunes Match — 512 Pixels Apple Ramping Up Production of 12-Inch MacBook Air for Q1 2015 Delivery - Mac Rumors Burstio – Burst photos to video on the App Store on iTunes Samsung KNOX Knox for Mac - Agilebits Super Mario 64 Face Android Wear App Main Screen Android Wear Voice Actions 'Basic Daydreams' NewsBlur Falcon Pro 3 - Android Apps on Google Play Virtual #20: Skipping the Zombie Dinner - Relay FMListen to hear why Federico hates the spiders in Minecraft.
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Jan 7, 2015 • 1h 27min
21: 50% my Duty
To ring in 2015, the boys spend some time with weird old browsers, Hackintoshes, the rumored 12-inch MacBook Air and Federico’s attempts to reinvent his nerd life.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Getting Help with App Reviews and Rejections – Marco.org Panic Blog » The 2014 Panic Report Ticci Tweets was rejected Following Unexplained Removal, iCloud Photos App Working Again - The Mac Observer Photos on iCloud.com Did Google Really Lose on Its Original Motorola Deal? - NYTimes.com Shownotes in Will Richardson's Browser 3B - create your personalized 3D space in your own 3B room 3B Screenshot 1 3B Screenshot 2 3B Screenshot 3 Pixelfari Connected's shownotes on eww in Emacs 24.4.1 Sebastian Green's sweet setup - The Sweet Setup My Setup | Egg Freckles Hackintosh Instructions, Hackintosh How To Guides: Hackintosh.com The Always Up-to-Date Guide to Building a Hackintosh (OS X 10.10) Dell Mini 9: The Perfect Hackintosh — 512 Pixels OS X on an HP Mini 1000 — 512 Pixels Apple’s next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Air | 9to5Mac PowerBook Duo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Jobs, on optical media and the MacBook Air A History of Apple News and Rumors During CES – MacStories Pocket Newsify: Your News, Blog & RSS Feed Reader on the App Store on iTunes Nuzzel: News From Your Friends on the App Store on iTunes NewsBlur The best apps. Better together. - Zapier Pushover Notifications on the App Store on iTunes Twitter Adds New Favorite Animation, New Notifications

Dec 30, 2014 • 1h 40min
20: The Illusion of Choice
At the end of 2014, Stephen and Myke reflect on what proved to be a wild year in technology.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Ticci Tweets on the App Store on iTunes (RE)CONNECTED Movie Poster Shownotes in the PS3 browser Pebble – CES 2014: Welcoming Pebble Steel, Pebble appstore, and new partners to the Family Google to Acquire Nest – Investor Relations – Google Satya Nadella - Microsoft's CEO Microsoft CEO Ballmer to "Retire Within 12 Months" - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD BBC News - Facebook to buy messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn Apple - Press Info - Apple Rolls Out CarPlay Giving Drivers a Smarter, Safer & More Fun Way to Use iPhone in the Car Microsoft Launches Office for iPad: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches | The Verge Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion | The Verge BBC News - Heartbleed Bug: Tech firms urge password reset Welcome To MacStories 4.0 – MacStories App.net State of the Union | App.net Myke's Post on App.net Stephen's Post on App.net WWDC 2014: A love letter from Apple | iMore Amazon's Fire Phone uses multiple front-facing cameras to offer dynamic 3D perspective | The Verge Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM Flow Powered by Amazon on the App Store on iTunes Apple (United Kingdom) - Apple Press Info - Apple and IBM Forge Global Partnership to Transform Enterprise Mobility Apple - Business - Mobile Enterprise Apps How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, for Just $200 - Christina Warren - Mashable How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | WIRED Amazon's Twitch Press Release How Twitch is crowd-sourcing an amazing Pokémon multiplayer game | Polygon Twitch: when watching beats playing | Polygon StephenHackett.com 512 Pixels Mojang - Yes, we’re being bought by Microsoft Minecraft creator Notch buys Beverly Hills mansion for record-setting $70M | Polygon Notch's picture of his mansion Minecraft: Pocket Edition now available for Windows Phone Virtual #19: No Time for Pig Punching - Relay FM Minecraft passes 100 million registered users, 14.3 million sales on PC - GameSpot Tim Cook: 'I'm Proud to Be Gay' - Businessweek Steve Jobs secretly gave millions to charity, publically criticised for not doing enough WatchKit - Apple Developer Net Neutrality is important — 512 Pixels

Dec 23, 2014 • 1h 43min
19: Click on the Blue E
This week, Stephen, Myke and Federico tackle a mountain of listener questions and are cast in ‘Connected: The Motion Picture.’
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Links and Show Notes:
Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Shownotes in IE 4.5 Shownotes in Omniweb on Rhapsody (whatever that is...) OmniWeb test builds Clockwise - Relay FM Goat Simulator on the App Store on iTunes British Boer Goat Society | Daring Fireball: On Attribution and Credit Macgasm: An Apple blog dedicated to Apple news, tips, and tricks for the everyday Apple user. Forge your own Path with an iPhone app | Macgasm Meet The Hacketts — mykehurley.net How to Setup Gmail Over IMAP to Play Nice Within Mac OS X Mail — 512 Pixels Federico Viticci’s Sweet Mac Setup — Shawn Blanc iPod Nano 3rd Gen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia iPod nano (3rd generation) - Technical Specifications Kraken Image Optimizer · Kraken.io Dropshare - your very own secure file sharing tool on the App Store on iTunes Serial comma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oxford Comma Comic (NSFW) YouTube To Huffduffer Workflow Send Repeated Text In A Message "Apparently" This Kid is Awesome, Steals the Show During Interview - YouTube PlayStation 20th Anniversary Console Joseph Gordon Levitt as Federico Benedict Cumberbatch as Myke Bradley Cooper as Stephen @ryamidon's rebranding for (Re)Connected