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It’s the official start of Rumo(u)r season, as Jason and Myke discuss the first suggestions of what Apple might release this spring and in the fall. How full does an Apple Event need to be in order for it to be worth calling? And there’s also some clicky keyboard and English muffin follow-up. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Mailroute: a secure, hosted email service for protection from viruses and spam. Go to mailroute.net/upgrade for a free trial and 10% off, for the lifetime of your account. Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Enter the clicky keyboard - Six Colors Chapters — The best way to add MP3 chapter markers to your podcast. Apple readies ’iPhone 5se’, not ‘6c’, for March/April with curved edges & Live Photos | 9to5Mac ‘iPhone 5se’ likely to have faster A9/M9 chips & always-on Siri, come in 16/64GB capacities | 9to5Mac Apple to update Apple Watch in mid-March with new bands, OS + full redesign in fall | 9to5Mac Top Four - Relay FM Phil and Lisa Ruin the Movies - a podcast from The Incomparable How I Became an Independent Podcaster - Events at the Apple Store on iTunes Planet Nine? Evidence Grows for Big Addition to Solar System - Yahoo Tech

Jason and Myke discuss what iOS 9.3 might mean for the future of Apple’s OS update strategy, Jason buys a clicky keyboard, new Mac audio tools arrive, and we close the books on Muffingate. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: PDFpen, from Smile: The Swiss Army Knife for working with PDFs. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code ‘UPGRADE’ for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Jason Biscuit Recipe Chapters.app Loopback Loopback extends Mac audio flexibility - Six Colors Matias Mini Tactile Pro Keyboard for Mac Matias Tactile Pro & Mini Tactile Pro Matias Mini Quiet Pro Keyboard for PC 66key Tactile Click "Mini" Keyboard - elitekeyboards.com - Products New Leopold FC660M Mechanical Keyboard Cherry MX Blue PBT Black English | eBay Jason's Modified Keyboard iOS 9.3 Preview - Apple Accidental Tech Podcast: 152: Daddy Didn't Want the Good Graphics Card Does iOS 9.3 herald a new release strategy? | Macworld Connected #73: Capital D for the Big Smile - Relay FM imyke.co — iOS 9.3 and the Apple Pencil CloudMagic, Email app for Mac OSX, iPhone, Android, iOS Microsoft Outlook - email and calendar on the App Store Airmail - Lightning Fast Mail Client for Mac and iPhone Mailplane - Gmail for Mac

Will Apple remove the headphone jack when it releases the iPhone 7? Myke thinks it’s inevitable, while Jason is skeptical. Your hosts also revisit baked goods in the British Empire, discuss Twitter’s possible expansion to 10,000 characters, and answer your #askupgrade questions. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Mailroute: a secure, hosted email service for protection from viruses and spam. Go to mailroute.net/upgrade for a free trial and 10% off, for the lifetime of your account. Fizzle: Honest online business training. Links and Show Notes: Jason seems to have given Lightning too much credit. The 30-pin iPod connector supported analog out directly, but Lightning (at least in its current iteration) does not. Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership @samnichol: Muffins, muffins everywhere.Muffins, muffins everywhere. @miche eats muffins Australian Toaster Biscuits, We Hardly Knew Ye… Twitter 140-Character Limit About to Change | Re/code Notes.app: Everyone's favorite Twitter extender - Six Colors Jack Dorsey's Notes.app Tweet It's True: Apple Will Drop Headphone Jack To Make The iPhone 7 Slimmer, Says Source Apple developing revamped, cord-free Beats with charging case ahead of iPhone 7 | 9to5Mac Nuzzel Introducing Remaster and Canvas — Relay FM

Myke and Jason ring in the new year with discussions about CES, Twitter, awards, mailbags, and last year. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’ Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code 'UPGRADE' for 10% off. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Myke's Mailbag AgileBits Blog | Introducing 1Password for Teams Steve's Pigment Work Myke's Pigment Work The Incomparable | I Love a Lot of Awful People - The Best of 2015 (Episode 281) A first look at the new Twitter for Mac - Six Colors Twitter for Mac 4.0 – MacStories Hello, world | Twitter Blogstoken Here's what to expect at CES 2016 this week | The Verge Why Google and Ford could be teaming up | The Verge GM is investing $500 million in Lyft to develop self-driving cars | The Verge TiVo demos Apple Watch remote - Six Colors Ford is finally adding CarPlay and Android Auto to its cars | The Verge Night Stand for Apple Watch | ElevationLab 'English Muffins'

With a little help from their Relay FM co-hosts, Myke and Jason present awards to the best (and worst) of the year in the second annual Upgradies. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'UPGRADIES' for 10% off your first purchase. TextExpander, from Smile: Improve your communication with TextExpander. Links and Show Notes: Nominees for Best iOS App: Slack Notes.app Outlook Graphic, by Autodesk Procreate Tweetbot 4 2Do Nominees for Best Newcomer iOS App: Pigment Ferrite You Must Build a Boat Copied Carrot Weather 2Do Dragon Anywhere Nominees for Best Mac App: 1Password Logic Pro X Ulysses Day One Fantastical 2 Nominees for Best Newcomer Mac App: Fantastical 2 Audio Hijack 3 Visual Studio Code Tweetbot Photos.app Nominees for Best Game: Rocket League Splatoon Runbow Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront Destiny Nominees for Best iOS Game: Alto's Adventure Pac-Man 256 Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Kingdom Rush Badland 2 Oceanhorn Nominees for Favo(u)rite Movie: Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Martian Inside Out Entourage Nominees for Favo(u)rite Myke at the Movies: Say Anything Raiders of the Lost Ark Nominees for Favo(u)rite Book: Becoming Steve Jobs The Goblin Emperor Station Eleven Fear the Sky The Golem and the Jinni The Scott Harvath Series The Expanse Series Nominees for Favo(u)rite Gadget: Apple Pencil Apple Watch Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter iPhone 6S Plus DXO One iPad Pro Nominees for Best Non-Apple Gadget of the Year: Sphero BB-8 Breville Tea Maker New Nintendo 3DS Sugr Cube Amazon Fire TV Stick Raspberry Pie Zero Nominees for Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech: Logitech MX Master Macbook (One) Keyboard Apple Music Apple Watch Tile Coin Withings Home Camera Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Story Jack Dorsey's Return to Twitter Federico Viticci's iPad Pro Review The Ashley Madison Hack Taylor Swift and Apple Music Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos compete for Space Swift goes Open Source Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Screw Up: Blackberry CEO attempting to demo the Priv Aaron Rodgers Throwing a Surface Apple Music Jimmy Iovine Thinking Women Need Help Finding Music Mac App Store Certificates The Time Magazine VR Cover Nominees for Favo(u)rite Non-Tech Podcast: The Flop House Reconcilable Differences Roderick on the Line Rebel Force Radio Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Podcast: ATP Upgrade The Talk Show The Incomparable Cortex Nominees for Favo(u)rite Podcast Newcomer: Reconcilable Differences The Flash Flashcast Design Life Built in Motion Defocused Cortex Nominees for Best Holiday Gift: Cocktail Making Tools Sphero BB-8 Marvel Unlimited iPad Mini 4 Foot Cardigan Mahabis Slippers Beats Headphones Nominees for Most Life-Changing Hardware: iPad Pro Apple Watch Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership My Must-Have iOS Apps, 2015 Edition – MacStories Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | The Incomparable Liftoff #5: The Martian - Relay FM Tickle - Visual Programming of Robots, Drones, Arduino, and Scratch Games on the App Store Clockwise #117: Sunset My Brain - Relay FM

This week Myke and Jason talk about Amazon drones, Christmas traditions, and Apple’s product-release strategy. And at the end of the episode, we fire off the Spoiler Horn and discuss “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in a special Myke at the Movies installment. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Braintree: Code for easy, online payments. Get your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. TextExpander, from Smile: Improve Your Communication with TextExpander. Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'UPGRADIES' for 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Joe's Dashboard BB-8 by Sphero | App-enabled Droid The New Screen Savers 21 iPhone 6s | TWiT Top Four #9: Christmas Music - Relay FM Michael Buble Spiderman Theme - YouTube Ep 17 Jason Snell Sings “Don't Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House - YouTube B-Sides #16: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Myke at the Movies - Relay FM Myke at the Movies | "Christmas Vacation" (Episode 11) Analog(ue) - Relay FM Christmas cracker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amazon Prime Air Flights of Fantasy - MythBusters (2015 season) - Wikipedia The Incomparable | Stormtroopers Are People (Episode 277)

This week Jason and Myke discover who’s using LaunchPad, dissect Jason’s purchase of an iPad Pro, discuss a new podcast-recording service that works in a browser, and answer your questions. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial. Warby Parker: Glasses should not cost as much as an iPhone. GoToMeeting: Make it easy to meet with your team whenever you need to, wherever you are. Click the 'Try it Free' button for a 30-day free trial. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Alfred - Productivity App for Mac OS X LaunchBar 6 Live Wallpapers - Custom Backgrounds and Themes on the App Store Macintosh Programmer's Workshop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ferrite Recording Studio on the App Store Pixelmator, djay Pro updated for iPad Pro - Six Colors Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved on the App Store The Apple TV remote strategy - Six Colors Apple TV - BBC iPlayer - Apple (UK) Podcasting from inside a browser with Cast - Six Colors Subscribe to Six Colors - Six Colors Cast The Incomparable | Don't Drink the Bacta Tea (Episode 276)

Myke returns from his trip to New York to the bad news that Dropbox has killed Mailbox and that Sketch has abandoned the Mac App Store. But he’s cheered up by Jason’s news that he might be keeping the iPad Pro after all. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Braintree: Code for easy, online payments. Get your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. Audible: Get yourself a 30 day free trial by singing up at http://audible.com/upgrade Casper: Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code 'UPGRADE' Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The Dalrymple Report Upgrade #16: The 2014 Upgradies - Relay FM The Follow Chart Mailbox FAQ Sketch Blog - Leaving the Mac App Store Michael Tsai - Blog - Sketch Leaving the Mac App Store Daring Fireball: Bohemian Coding Pulls Hit App Sketch From Mac App Store Too late to save the MAS? | Manton Reece The Second Coming of Steve Jobs Audiobook | Alan Deutschman | Audible.com Leviathan Wakes Audiobook | James S. A. Corey | Audible.com An iPad Pro wish list | Macworld Leuchtturm1917 Pen Loop | Cult Pens Skinny Fit iPad Pro Sleeve / Field – Hard Graft Mobile Colloquy: Stay Connected Upthere emerges from the cloud - Six Colors Ctrl-Walt-Delete | The Verge Hello Internet Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky Two-minute Time Lord | Concentrated Commentary on the Worlds of Doctor Who VerityPodcast.com | Six Smart Women Discussing Doctor Who Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro The Audio Guide to Babylon 5 | Conversations about the five-year saga The Poscast with Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur The Flop House Neumann KMS 105 MT Condenser Microphone - Amazon Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review – Marco.orgNeumann KMS 105

Special guest host Merlin Mann joins Jason to talk about the holidays, Apple TV, iPad Pro, and how to recommend Apple products. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Lynda: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial. Mailroute: a secure, hosted email service for protection from viruses and spam. Go to mailroute.net/upgrade for a free trial and 10% off, for the lifetime of your account. Making Light: Craft a daily ritual to focus on what matters most. Get $5 off your first order with the code ‘UPGRADE’ Guest Starring: Merlin Mann Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Ford sends out 15,000,000th press release | Autoblopnik Prompt 2 Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely - Edovia The Dalrymple Report The Prestige (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediathe pledge, the turn, and the prestige. 5by5 | The Ihnatko Almanac #152: Project Runway

This week Serenity Caldwell re-joins Myke so that they can talk about their first Apple Pencil experiences. Then Myke quizzes Jason about his iPad Pro review and the new Six Colors subscription drive. Finally, we return to Myke at the Movies with 1985’s “The Sure Thing." This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Braintree: Code for easy, online payments. Get your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. TextExpander, from Smile: Improve Your Communication with TextExpander. Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'MAGIC' for 10% off your first purchase. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. Guest Starring: Serenity Caldwell Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership The iPad Pro Experiment: The Pencil arrives, and it's going to change my life | iMore Apple Pencil Review — The Pen Addict Astropad brings the Cintiq experience to your iPad | iMore The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 136, With Special Guest Jason Snell Apple - Press Releases - 2008 Shawn Blanc Club MacStories Stratechery by Ben Thompson The Great T-Shirt Sale of 2015 — Relay FM iPad Pro Review: No Country for Old Macs - Six Colors iPad Pro: New tricks for old dogs - Six Colors Yet — 512 Pixels Jason contacts Lex Libsyn - Podcast Hosting Services Simplecast - Podcast Hosting Made Incredibly Easy. SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds The Sure Thing (1985) - IMDb Henry Winkler - IMDb