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With WWDC two weeks away, Myke and Jason share their wishes for iPadOS updates. They also analyze why they love certain kinds of games but are repelled by others and discuss Apple's inevitable move into streaming live sports. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Bombas: Super comfortable socks for you and someone in need. Use this link for 20% off. Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Use the code UPGRADE for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds - Six Colors SoundMaster - Macintosh Repository SoundMaster 1.8.5 - Macintosh Garden Speaking up on racism - Apple Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas | HBO - YouTube Italy and Latvia Launch Apps That Use Apple's Exposure Notification API - MacRumors Apple Offering Covid-19 Testing to Staff Returning to Offices - Bloomberg Peter Kafka on Twitter: "Tweetscoop: Apple has hired Amazon exec Jim DeLorenzo to head up sports for its Apple TV unit." Apple Releases 'Dear...' Documentary Series Inspired by Apple Watch Ad - MacRumors Netflix Closes Deal to Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre – Variety iPadOS 14 wish list: Plenty of room for improvement | Macworld Episode 164: Our iPadOS WWDC Wishes – AppStories Guilherme Rambo's Emoji Picker iSH App ‎Roundguard on the App Store Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch 1Password for Families NetNewsWire Reeder Apple reveals lineup for its biggest-ever Worldwide Developers Conference - Apple

It's episode 300! This week we look to the future by drafting stories we'll be talking about over the next hundred episodes of Upgrade, and then we answer all of your questions about how the podcast got started, how we put it together, and where we're going from here. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. Cotton Bureau: Shop Graphic Tees, Hoodies, and More Links and Show Notes: Support this show and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ways To Help – Black Lives Matter Fraggle Rock Reboot Headed to Apple TV+ Apple, Paramount To Team On Scorsese-DiCaprio-De Niro Drama ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ – Deadline Gal Gadot, Sarah Treem’s Hedy Lamarr Series Moves to Apple (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety Apple Music's Zane Lowe brings interviews with iconic artists to new podcast - 9to5Mac Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Netflix Official Site Liftoff - Relay FM Streamlabs Upgrade Episode 400 Keynote Draft Scorecard Report: Apple to partially make AirPods Studio in Vietnam as looks to shift away from China - 9to5Mac Clockwise - Relay FM Upgradies Hall of Fame Departures #1: Relay FM Family Feud - Relay FM Posterous - Wikipedia Inquisitive #41: Favourite Album: Jason Snell and 'Crowded House' - Relay FM Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft - Relay FM Daring Fireball: Upgrade Episode 56: The Migration Experience Upgrade #216: The 2018 October Event Draft - LIVE in Chicago - Relay FM Upgrade #249: A Bridge to the Future - Relay FM Backstage - Relay FM

There's a raft of media news this week, as Spotify removes a popular podcast from the ecosystem and Apple TV+ makes more content deals. We've got questions about the future of podcasting and whether Apple is committed to a video subscription service for the long haul. And when that's done, Myke at the Movies skips school and steals your dad's car to watch "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Save Ferris! This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring the world’s best pizza to your own backyard. Use the code UPGRADE for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Upgrade #199: Puppet Series - Relay FM Upgrade #99: Disciplined Cash Machine - Relay FM Apple releases iOS 13.5, here are the new features - 9to5Mac Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, and Estonia said to have adopted Apple/Google API - 9to5Mac TV Talk Machine | Nature is Healing (Episode 250) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge - Bloomberg Tom Hanks WWII Film 'Greyhound' to Premiere on Apple TV+ [Updated] - MacRumors Apple TV+ to debut 'Dads' documentary film on June 19, ahead of Father's Day - 9to5Mac Apple Inks Deal for 4-Part Docuseries From 'McMillion$' Directors - MacRumors The ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021 - The Verge Spotify is hiring Joe Rogan, one of the world’s most popular podcasters - Vox Apple Ramps Up Original Podcasts, in Part to Help Promote TV+ - Bloomberg The PosCast - Podcasts - The Athletic Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - IMDb Ferris Bueller (TV series) - Wikipedia

Apple Stores are reopening in many parts of the world, but should you go? (Not unless you must.) Also, Taiwan Semiconductor plans to build a factory in the U.S., TV shows are being produced remotely during the lockdown, and Apple News+ turns to audio in an attempt to improve its service. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Links and Show Notes: Support this show with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Members Discord. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Wikipedia A Song for a New Day - Amazon Dave Grohl: The Irreplaceable Thrill of the Rock Show - The Atlantic Apple Acquires Startup NextVR to Gain Virtual-Reality Content - Bloomberg Logic Pro X gets significant update - Six Colors Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter: "It’s only a matter of time... Our Hamilton film. THIS July 3rd. On Disney+" The Blacklist Season 7 Finale Looks Like A PS2 Game – Kotaku Scoring a TV series remotely - Six Colors Apple Sets First-Look TV Deal With Ridley Scott’s Scott Free – Variety Apple TV+ Show 'Mythic Quest' Airing Special Episode Shot on iPhones - MacRumors Apple’s approach to reopening stores Apple chip maker TSMC officially announces plans for $12 billion fab in Arizona - 9to5Mac Taiwan and Tech’s Geopolitical Realities, ARM on Mac?, TSMC’s Choice – Stratechery by Ben Thompson LaunchBar Alfred Apple plans to add audio versions of publisher articles to Apple News+ - Digiday

This week Jason and Myke ponder the mysteries of the 13-inch MacBook Pro(s), including why the Touch Bar is frozen in time and whether there's a bigger change coming to Apple's laptop line. Also Jason makes another IKEA order, Myke shares some knowledge about unusual BBC job titles, Jason's iPhone X battery fails at an inopportune time, and WWDC gets a new date and format. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile: The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership and join the Relay FM Discord! Needs repair: A 5K iMac with spider retention issues - Six Colors Moving Forward - Relay FM Episode 162: iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi – AppStories Upgrade #213: The California Environment - Relay FM Liftoff - Relay FM Apple Inks Deal With 'Desperate Housewives' Veteran Annie Weisman for Apple TV+ Content - MacRumors ‘Morning Show’ Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Extends Apple Overall Deal – Variety Apple TV Plus Hires BBC Factual Boss Alison Kirkham – Variety The Fat Controller - Wikipedia B-Sides #13: Sir Topham Hatt - Relay FM New Oscar Rules: Films That Didn’t Play in Theaters to Be Considered – Variety Apple awards $10 million from Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics - Apple Daring Fireball: Apple to Aid COPAN Diagnostics in Production of COVID-19 Testing Kits Apple-style contact tracing agreed by seven European countries - 9to5Mac France issues misleading statement about Apple contact tracing - 9to5Mac Report: UK NHS asks developers to 'investigate' switching its contact tracing app to Apple's API - 9to5Mac Apple/Google contact tracing now winning out over rival method- 9to5Mac Apple to host virtual Worldwide Developers Conference beginning June 22 - Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) review: Two laptops, one keyboard - Six Colors Dithering If your AirPods Pro make crackling or static sounds - Apple Support 3rd Gen iPod Classic - Wikipedia Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman joins Myke and Jason to discuss how Apple's responding to the pandemic, the current state of iPhone development, and how he handles breaking major Apple news. Then Myke and Jason discuss the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Jason finally gets to tell his tale of Drobo devastation. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. KiwiCo: STEM, STEAM & Science Kits for Kids. Get your first month free. Guest Starring: Mark Gurman Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple releases iOS 13.5 beta with first version of its COVID-19 exposure notification API [U] - 9to5Mac iOS 13.5 beta makes it easier to skip Face ID if you're wearing a mask - 9to5Mac iPhone and iPad: How to stop moving faces in Group FaceTime - 9to5Mac Backstage - Relay FM B-Sides #41: Backstage 01: The Idea - Relay FM Apple Q2 2020 results: $58B revenue, but no guidance - Six Colors Apple’s Q2 2020 fiscal results: The Mac, iPad, and its big pile of cash are the company’s pandemic stars | Macworld Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, double the storage, and faster performance - Apple 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) vs 13-inch MacBook Pro (2019): What's the difference (and should you upgrade)? | iMore Accidental Tech Podcast: 372: Things Are Degraded Drobo Arq OWC ThunderBay 4 RAID 4-Bay Storage Enclosure Beyond Compare is the file-comparison tool you need - Six Colors Music | Louie Zong NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan - BBC News Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboard for Advanced Creativity & Productivity Keychron

Myke and Jason are the target audience for Apple's new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, and they're here with their full reviews. (And Myke trolls the Internet with five space bars.) They also ponder the balance of power between governments and tech giants over COVID-19 Bluetooth tracking. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. Fully: Everything you need to find your work flow. Get $50 off the Jarvis standing desk. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Apple and Google Strengthen Privacy of COVID-19 Exposure Notification System, Targeting Next Week for Beta Release - MacRumors Bill Gates explains his plan to end the coronavirus pandemic - Vox Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing - Reuters Apple’s most important role: Keeping privacy at the forefront | Macworld HBO Max Sets Official Launch Date – Variety NBCUniversal officially enters the streaming wars with Peacock launch - The Verge Apple Music Is Now Streaming on Samsung Smart TVs – Variety Second report says Apple is in talks with the Pac-12 to bring live sports to Apple TV+ - 9to5Mac Conference expects digital giants to bid for media rights – Sports Business Daily Apple TV+ orders 'The Shrink Next Door' series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, based on podcast of the same name - 9to5Mac Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021 - Bloomberg Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review: Living the dream - Six Colors Myke's Current iPad Pro Set Up Roost Laptop Stand – Amazon Nulaxy Laptop Stand – Amazon Dygma Raise Logitech MX Ergo Wireless Trackball Designed for Comfort and Precision Overcast's Podcast Trends Info

Apple tweaks the Mac's battery settings, a new iPhone SE arrives, the first reviews of the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro are in, and Apple's over-ear AirPods seem to be creeping closer. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. DoorDash: Dinner from your favorite restaurant delivered to your door. Get $5 off your first order. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Jelle's Marble Runs - YouTube iPhone 12 Pro Max schematics show off thinner body design with smaller screen bezels, bigger antenna lines and rear cameras, Smart Connector? - 9to5Mac EXCLUSIVE iPhone 12 Pro Max Design Leaks! It's HUGE - EverythingApplePro – YouTube Apple Developing High-End Headphones With Interchangeable Parts - Bloomberg Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improve battery health - Six Colors Apple makes detailed design and production instructions available for its custom Face Shield - 9to5Mac COVID‑19 - Mobility Trends Reports - Apple Apple CEO Says He’s Optimistic About Post-Pandemic Prospects - Bloomberg iPhone SE gets redesigned with an A13 Bionic, adds Portrait Mode - Six Colors Fun With Charts: Today's iPhone price spread - Six Colors Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro review - The Verge - YouTube Magic Keyboard Review (12.9" iPad Pro) | Trackpad & Mouse Tips - Sara Dietschy - YouTube First Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro Hands-On Videos Appear Online - MacRumors 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard weighs more than a 13-inch MacBook Air - 9to5Mac Steve Troughton-Smith's Magic Keyboard microreview – Twitter Caséta by Lutron

Apple and Google join up to start tracing COVID-19 contacts, Apple makes a bunch of TV shows available to watch for free, Disney faces strong headwinds, and Bloomberg adds a bit of normalcy with a report about the next generation of iPhones. Then Myke at the Movies is sent back in time by whales to watch "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile : The ultimate tool for editing PDFs on the Mac. Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Hullo: A simple, natural pillow designed for comfort. Try it for 60 days. SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba: A superior sound control. Get 20% off. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Review: Brydge Pro+ iPad keyboard with trackpad - Six Colors Martin Scorsese Courts Apple and Netflix to Rescue Costly DiCaprio Film - WSJ Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top. Now, He’s Fighting for Disney’s Life. - The New York Times Disney Plus Tops 50 Million Paid Subscribers Worldwide – Variety Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology - Apple Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android | TechCrunch Apple's 'Find My' Feature Uses Some Very Clever Cryptography | WIRED Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app - BBC News Apple Makes Several Apple TV+ Shows Available to Stream for Free for a Limited Time - MacRumors 'Assemble and adjust your Face Shield' - Six Colors Creativity goes on - YouTube Today at Apple at Home - Apple Apple Plans IPad-Like Design for Next IPhone, Smaller HomePod - Bloomberg #109 Is Facebook Spying on You? | Reply All A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan) – Amazon The Long Sunset (The Academy) – Amazon The Future of Another Timeline – Amazon This is How You Lose the Time War – Amazon To Be Taught, If Fortunate: A Novella – Amazon The Cruel Stars (The Cruel Stars Trilogy Book 1) – Amazon The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Amazon Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy Book 1) – Amazon Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World Book 1) – Amazon Dan Moren Zapier Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Wikipedia Vulcan Hello - a podcast from The Incomparable The Incomparable | Whale Logistics Movie (Episode 437) Apple Collection – 512 Pixels iPhone SE - Why Upgrade - Apple

How will COVID-19 change the future of consumer technology? Why is Zoom the videoconferencing tool of the moment, and why has it had so many security and privacy issues? We ask the big questions this week, and also discuss Amazon's ability to sell and rent movies on iOS, the mystifying launch of the Quibi video service, and how moving to a virtual workspace is affecting Apple. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code UPGRADE to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021. Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Linode: Cloud Hosting & Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit. eero: Get your WiFi fixed as soon as tomorrow! Free overnight shipping. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership How I vanquished my messy Desktop - Six Colors Downlink Apple Updates iMovie and iWork Apps for iOS With Trackpad and Mouse Support - MacRumors Fantastical for iPad now enhanced for new iPadOS 13.4 trackpad feature - 9to5Mac Screens for iOS - Control Any Computer Remotely from your iPhone or iPad - Edovia Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - IMDb Apple Tests Its Secrecy Somewhere New: Employee Homes - Bloomberg Foxconn tells investors that 5G iPhone production is still on track for a fall launch - 9to5Mac Apple Tells Staff U.S. Stores to Remain Closed Until Early May - Bloomberg Tim Cook on Twitter: "Apple is dedicated to supporting the worldwide response to COVID-19." Did Apple and Amazon just settle their in-app purchase dispute? - Six Colors Amazon Prime Video now lets users buy TV shows and movies in the app, seemingly struck special deal with Apple - 9to5Mac WarnerMedia Names Jason Kilar CEO | Hollywood Reporter Quibi app review: short-form streaming in a shifting landscape - The Verge Josh Constine on Twitter: "Quibi’s app is slick but the content feels slapdash." Benjamin Mayo on Twitter: Regarding Quibi Pricing TV Talk Machine | Skunks Are Terrible Beings (Episode 248) Zoom is showing how to respond to criticism the right way - The Verge Every Zoom Security and Privacy Flaw So Far, and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself - TidBITS Zoom Follow-Up, Twitter Unmasking Follow-up, TSMC and Huawei – Stratechery by Ben Thompson The Daily Update – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Thank god for the internet – Input Apple purchases hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky, ending API and killing Android apps - 9to5Mac Apple Acquires AI Startup to Better Understand Natural Language - Bloomberg Exclusive: Apple likely buyer of NextVR, a live event streaming AR/VR company being sold for ~$100M - 9to5Mac Mac Power Users #522: iCloud Family Sharing - Relay FM Modular Computer: iPad Pro as a Tablet, Laptop, and Desktop Workstation - MacStories Brydge Wireless Keyboard for iPad Pro