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This week Jason and Myke talk about Çingleton and the rise and fall of Mac conferences, the Mac App Store and the pains of App Review, the upcoming Apple event, the disappointment of long-running TV and Movie series and a new name for summoning your digital assistant. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Dash: Create beautiful dashboards with a few clicks. Sign up now to get one free private dashboard. Pilot: They help clients build remarkable digital products. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Chris Breen's Music ÇINGLETON 4 - OCTOBER 10-12, 2014 - MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC The Incomparable - a podcast from The Incomparable 5by5 | 5by5 at the Movies #1: Goodfellas Úll 2014 XOXO · XOXO 2014 Six Colors: Macworld Expo is over Sponsor - Relay FM Six Colors: BBEdit at Max Q BBEdit Leaving the Mac App Store – MacStories Paul Haddad on Twitter: "I wonder how many iOS devs would leave the AppStore if it was a practical choice." Russell Ivanovic on Twitter: "@tapbot_paul we'd all like to, but none of us would. Android allows you to distribute apps on your own, pretty much nobody does" 5by5 | The Prompt #55: Sherlocked Six Colors - Stories about Apple's Oct. 16, 2014 event Code/red: No Retina MacBook Air at Thursday Apple Event | Re/code

This week Jason and Myke start off the show with a discussion about terrible social networks, before attacking follow-up on Dropbox replacements, data security and streaming services. Other topics this week include Apple Pay and the Pebble. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code 'HEYSIRI' for 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Path will pay $800,000 in FTC settlement over privacy controversy | The Verge Ello Andy Baio's Post About Ello | waxpancake Stephen Hackett on Twitter: "@imyke @jsnell I believe Google Now supports voice training for activation." Russell Ivanovic on Twitter: "@ismh @imyke @jsnell Moto X even allows a custom phrase. Never had it activate by accident and its on 24/7 ;)" Christoph Backöfer on Twitter: "@jsnell @imyke iPlayer shows are super time-limited. Netflix UK has a lot of BBC content that iPlayer does not." BBC iPlayer now gives you a month to catch up on programmes 5by5 | The Prompt #20: TAKE ACTION Online-only files and files available offline - Windows Help Space Monkey | Beyond the Cloud Monkeys and apes in space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unbound—A Dropbox Photos App for iPad and iPhone WiFi SD Cards: Eyefi Memory Cards: Wireless Photo and Video Uploads from your Camera to your Computer & the Web | Eyefi Four new Adam Sandler movies are coming exclusively to Netflix | The Verge Happy Gilmore (1996) - IMDb A New 'Star Trek' Series Might Be In The Works At Netflix Marvel Bringing Four Shows to Netflix Starting With Daredevil; Building to ‘The Defenders’ Event - /Film Your Daily Lex » October 1, 2014: Your Daily Jason Snell Six Colors: In an Uber all graphite and glitter What Amazon, iTunes, and Uber teach us about Apple Pay - O'Reilly Radar Square pulls unsuccessful Square Wallet, tries again with new mobile payments app | The Verge Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff Pebble Smartwatch | Smartwatch for iPhone & Android Pebble drops prices by $50 and adds continuous fitness tracking Connected - Relay FM

This week Jason and Myke discuss the perils of online streaming services and the uniquely modern problem of having 1TB of Dropbox storage. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity: They're awesome. Pilot: They help clients build remarkable digital products. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Xbox One Sign Out Trolling - YouTube Aaron Paul Xbox One Advert Accidentally Turning Consoles On - IGN Sneakers (1992) Six Colors: NBC developing 'Real Genius' sitcom Sneakers (1992) - IMDb Weird Science (1985) - IMDb Real Genius (1985) - IMDb Six Colors: NBC developing 'Real Genius' sitcom NetNewsWire Free realtime RSS and Atom feed to email service. Get your favourite blogs, feeds, and news delivered to your inbox. Flipboard Nuzzel - News From Your Friends Feedbin BazQux Reader CGP Grey on Twitter: "@jsnell Just heard you talking about proofreading on Upgrade. Pro-tip: use the OS X ‘speak text’ feature to give an article one last check." The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 96, With Ben Thompson Accidental Tech Podcast: 84: The Load-Bearing Finger Apple - Apple Watch - Edition Clockwise - Relay FM Six Colors: And they have a plan... to remove your shows Music | Brave Wave Welcome – JoCo Live Bob's Burgers (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb Some Disney and Pixar movies pulled from iTunes Store, report of deletions from Apple TV (Update: Partial glitch) | 9to5Mac Can I Stream.It?: Search Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, iTunes, and more, for movies to stream instantly, rent, and buy. Six Colors: The Dropbox terabyte conundrum Plans - Dropbox My Photo Management Workflow, Early 2014 – MacStories 5by5 | The Prompt prompt.photos Expandrive Transporter Space Monkey | Beyond the Cloud

This week Jason gets to address a bunch of iPhone follow-up (which he is super excited about) and Myke quizzes him about his first week of writing at Six Colors. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander Touch, from Smile Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Myke Hurley on Twitter: "Working hard guys http://t.co/wG0xr94UTQ" Goodbye, Macworld | The Verge United States Patent Application: 0130076612 As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back at Previous iPhone Launches – MacStories Daring Fireball: The iPhones 6My understanding, talking to people at the event last week, is that Apple’s industrial design team mocked up prototypes of every single size between 4.0 and 6.0 inches, in tenths-of-an-inch increments, and from those 20 sizes selected the two that best hit the sweet spots for “regular iPhone” and “ginormous iPhone”. We might never see new iPhone sizes again — or at least not bigger ones. Six Colors: The luxury of the Apple Watch Edition Accidental Tech Podcast: 83: Entering the iTouch Phase of My Life David Sparks on Twitter: "I thank I angered the entire Internet by repeatedly saying “Hey Siri” on the podcast. Think we’ll need a codeword for future reference." Six Colors: Hey, Siri... no, the other Siri Spigen iPhone 6 plus (5.5") Case Capsule Series Crystal Clear (PET) SGP10886: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics Connected - Relay FM Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff About Six Colors - Six Colors The Incomparable - Geeky podcasts you'll love Six Colors: U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad – MacStories Daring Fireball: Six Colors Chris Pepper (reppep) | TwitterThe Internet's Copy Editor™ TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable

Jason and Myke dive into what everyone wants to hear about--the new iPhones! Jason has been using the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus for the last week, and he's got a full report. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. TextExpander, from Smile Links and Show Notes: Theme music by the incomparable Chris Breen! Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Six Colors - Jason Snell's new website Jason's iPhone 6 review for Macworld Jason Snell - A Personal Announcement The Incomparable - Geeky podcasts you'll love The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 94, With Jason Snell Fing-Longer - Futurama Wiki, the Futurama databaseWho needs reachability when you have a Fing-Longer? Urban Dictionary: fly casual