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Send us a text!This week: a curiously equipped mystery van has us wondering if Apple’s working on self-driving autos.  Plus, we review all that  Apple Watch apps can’t do; Sorkin’s Jobs’ biopic gets a cast, and not everyone is thrilled; Apple’s plans for a global “data command center”; and Macho Man Randy Savage helps us answer listeners questions in an all-new Get to Know Your Cultist. Thanks to lynda.com for supporting this episode. Learn to run your business better, become a photoshop ninja, learn how to create music with your iPad, and so much more.  Lynda now has over 3000 courses for you to choose from, and now they’re offering our listeners a 10 day free trial.  Learn all you want for free for 10 days, head on over to lynda.com/cultcast And Varidesk! With models starting at just $275, Varidesk is the highest quality, least expensive way that we know of to get started with a standing desk.  And you should absolutely check them out, because moving to a standing desk will change your life. We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show. On the show this weekErfon Elijah - @ErfonBuster the luster Hein - @bst3rLeander KaHaney - @lkahneyAlex "Not Kip" Heath - @AlexEHeath This week’s linksMr T wants you to treat your mother righthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo&spfreload=10 Leander wants to you go to the Spandau Ballet with him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8D2yqgQ1U&spfreload=10 Macho Man Randy Savage is the cream of the crop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4lK41SX-Q&spfreload=10 And he wants you to SNAP IT TO A SLIM JIM!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxp_3000h_U&spfreload=10 Tesla should

Send us a text!This week: Apple has their best quarter ever; Apple Watch is coming in April; the best parts of the new iOS and Yosemite updates; Disney considers rebooting Indiana Jones; and then catch El Kahn’s TMI moment in Facts of Life, a new game where we mix real facts with fake ones then guess which is which! Our thanks to Varidesk for supporting this episode.  With models starting at just $275, Varidesk is the highest quality, least expensive way that we know of to get started with a standing desk.  And you should absolutely check them out, because moving to a standing desk will change your life. Your buns will thank you. And Automatic!  Plug Automatic into your car's data port, and with their beatiful iOS app, you'll be able to find your parked car, learn how to save fuel with tips based on your actual driving, and even diagnose and turn off your car's check engine light.  Save 20% off your new Automatic plus get free shipping at Automatic.com/cult. We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for the great music you hear in today's show. On the show this weekErfon Elijah - @ErfonBuster the luster Hein - @bst3rLeander KaHaney - @lkahney This weeks  linksSteve Ballmer isn’t so sure about the iPhonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U&spfreload=10 Ahhhh, Venice...http://youtu.be/nXuvzsIf1oE?t=19s The Facts of Life!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd6wEeKjbqg&spfreload=10 Apple reduces amount of free storage needed for updates with iOS 8.1.3Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/#q1jVfM4tvolRisHW.99 Apple releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 with Wi-Fi and Spotlight fixesRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/#q1jVfM4tvolRisHW.99 

Send us a text!This week: why Apple Watch will win the wrist war; we snap a pic with Patrick Stewart and he’s NOT amused; the good and bad of a Lucas-free Star Wars 7; Microsoft’s new Hololens look incredible; and we reveal some of our favorite apps and gear on an all-new Under Review. PSA: Come hang out with Erfon live and bring your podcasting questions on Sunday the 25th at 1pm Pacific.  Just head over to live.thecultcast.com On the show this weekErfon Elijah - @ErfonBuster the luster Hein - @bst3rLeander KaHaney - @lkahneyAlex "Not Kip" Heath - @AlexEHeath  It’s a Circle of Life! Please support our sponsors! Squarespace Seven has a completely redesigned interface, integrations with Getty Images and Google Apps, new templates, and an incredible feature called Cover Pages. Try the new Squarespace, at Squarespace.com, and enter offer code [show’s offer code] at checkout to get 10% off. Plug Automatic into your car's data port, and with their beatiful app, you'll be able to find your parked car, learn how to save fuel with tips based on your actual driving, and even diagnose and turn off your car's check engine light.  See it out in action and save 20% off your new Automatic now at Automatic.com/cultcast. We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for the great music you hear in today's show.  This weeks story links How George Lucas Star Wars 7 Ideas Were Used By Disneyhttp://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-George-Lucas-Star-Wars-7-Ideas-Were-Used-By-Disney-69271.html Steve Jobs rolls over in his grave: the iPad Pro could have a stylushttp://www.cultofmac.com/309293/steve-jobs-rolls-grave-ipad-pro-stylus/#Mjv5cZO8waMXO4VZ.99 Goodbye Glass This is your last chance to get your hands on Google’s head up displayhttp://www.cultofandroid.com/71320/goodbye-glass-last-chance-get-hands-googles-head-display/ Apple Watch wins the wrist war before it startshttp://www.cultofmac.com/308806/apple-watch-wins-battle-for-your-wrist/#5cKhIRBSPvy6MmzS.99  Also, watch these The Knowledge Navigator is Apple’s computer of the futurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjve67p33E&spfreload=10 Famous pals Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan do great impressions… of each other!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSwn0nl3yms&spfreload=10 

Send us a text!This week: optical zoom and Force Touch rumored for the iPhone 6s; autonomous future-cars chauffeur us about; we’re back from Vegas with a full report on the best gadgets, technology, and trends from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show; and for small fee, we cover your enemies in a layer of spectacular glitter.  Yes... seriously. Our thanks to Harry’s for supporting this episode. Harry’s super-sharp, German-made razors ship free right to your door and for way less than the drugstore razors.  Learn more at Harrys.com and save $5 off your first order with code CultCast. We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show. Ask Erfon anything you want about podcasting on Sunday, January 25th at 1pm Pacific time!  Bring your questions or just come hang out for an hour at live.thecultcast.com BlackBerry gets caught tweeting from an iPhoneRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/308946/blackberry-gets-caught-tweeting-iphone/#PQ6o Obama wants US internet speeds to go way up and prices to go downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbol8oMNggs&spfreload=10 Apple eyes big improvements for iPhone 6s cameraRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/308894/apple-eyes-big-improvements-iphone-6s-camera/#UhhTfbEFIUWs45lB.99 Musings on CES 2014 (discussion)The coolest and most useful gadgets Technology trends this yearBest we did at the showTrends in new car tech ENRAGE YOUR ENEMIES BY SENDING THEM AN ENVELOPE FULL OF GLITTERhttp://dangerousminds.net/comments/enrage_your_enemies_by_sending_them_an_envelope_full_of_glitter   

Send us a text!This week: someone tried to burn down the Mrs. Doubtfire house—time for a drive-by fruiting; prepare thy wrists, the  Watch cometh in March; details on a radically new Macbook Air; and… as promised!  With over 430,000 Instagram followers, @withhearts joins us to talk mobile photography, his favorite photo apps and gear, and his tips for capturing beautiful images with your favorite iDevice. And guess what??  This episode is brought to you by Squarespace! Squarespace recently launched the latest version of their platform, Squarespace Seven, which has a completely redesigned interface, integrations with Getty Images and Google Apps, new templates, and an incredible feature called Cover Pages. Try the new Squarespace, at Squarespace.com, and enter offer code [show’s offer code] at checkout to get 10% off. And thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for all the great music you hear in today's show.  The sexy dudes on this episode Erfon “the-perfect-six-pack-abs” Elijahhttp://twitter.com/erfon // http://instagram.com/erfon Cory Staudacher aka @withheartshttp://twitter.com/withhearts // http://instagram.com/withhearts Buster/Alex/Leander are drunk in Las Vegas.  They’ll prob. be back next week.  This week’s links Intro - Don’t you f#cking call it an iWatch! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cux9T9wvERs&spfreload=10 Someone tried to set the Mrs. Doubtfire house on fire!http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/01/06/mrs-doubtfire-house-san-francisco-fire/21332495/ Apple transforms retail stores into art galleries for ‘Start Something New’ campaignhttp://9to5mac.com/2015/01/02/apple-store-art-galleries-for-start-something-new/ Apple Watch launch expected in March, retail training set for mid-Februaryhttp://9to5mac.com/2015/01/06/apple-watch-launch/ Apple’s next major Mac revealed: the radically new 12-inch MacBook Airhttp://9to5mac.com/2015/01/06/macbook-air-12-inch-redesign/ Cory uses this stuff An iPhone 6 Plus and a Canon 5D Mark III Joby Gorilla Podhttp://joby.com/gorillapod Vsco Cam (he likes the M5, P5, and A5 presets)https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vsco-cam/id588013838?mt=8 Manual Custom Exposure Camera give you fine-tuned control

Send us a text!This week, on our maiden episode of 2015: The story of an iOS developer who gave a gift so generous, it went totally viral; Discovering new apps and podcasts on iTunes is an awful experience, but we know how to fix it; plus, how Steve Jobs contributions helped build the new Disney... And stay tuned for an all-new CultCast 2nd Hour!  Pro photographer David Hobby shares his favorite gear for travel pics, his tips and tactics for taking great travel photos, plus his street photography advice will help you not get punched... Thanks to lynda.com for supporting this episode. Learn to run your business better, become a photoshop ninja, learn how to create music with your iPad, and so much more.  lynda now has over 4500 courses for you to choose from, and now they’re offering our listeners a 10 day free trial.  Learn all you want for free for 10 days, head on over to lynda.com/cultcast We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show. This week’s links Erfon on twitter/instagram - @erfonhttp://twitter.com/erfon // http://instagram.com/erfon Leander on twitter/instagram - @lkahneyhttp://twitter.com/lkahney // http://instagram.com/lkahney Buster on twitter/instagram - @bst3rhttp://twitter.com/bst3r // http://instagram.com/bst3r This week's introhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULifDary70E&spfreload=10 iOS dev pays off his parents’ mortgage for Christmashttp://www.cultofmac.com/307244/ios-dev-pays-off-parents-mortgage-christmas/#7LJyIJzj0Pouk60F.99 iPhone 6 drives App Store to new download recordhttp://www.cultofmac.com/307449/iphone-6-drives-app-store-new-download-record/#sLkaHAmEeWjOL61b.99 Apple Pay comes to gas pumps in 2015http://www.cultofmac.com/307349/apple-pay-comes-gas-pumps-2015/#ExhEu8foakt4AFpE.99 How Jobs helped shape the new Disneyhttp://fortune.com/2014/12/29/disney-ceo-bob-iger-empire-of-tech/ 2nd Hour Links David Hobby on twitter: twitter.com/strobist Learn how to light on his Strobist site: http://www.strobist.blogspot.com His favorite travel cam

Send us a text!With 2015 nearly upon us, we pick our favorite tech, iOS apps, Mac apps, movies, and tv shows—everything that delighted us in 2014, on this very special, far too long, last-episode-of-the-2014 CultCast. Thanks to lynda.com for supporting this episode. Learn to run your business better, become a photoshop ninja, learn how to create music with your iPad, and so much more.  Lynda now has over 4500 courses for you to choose from, and now they’re offering our listeners a 10 day free trial.  Learn all you want for free for 10 days, head on over to lynda.com/cultcast We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for much of the great music you hear in today's show. On This EpisodeBoostier Hhhheine - @bst3rErfon Elijah - @erfonAdam Christianson - @maccast Intro clipGirls get iPhone for Xmas, appropriately freak out  And def. check outWill Ferrell Lego Movie outtakes This scene from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation... John Oliver explains net neutrality perfectly  Our fave Tech ProductsiPhone 6 PlusiFixit Pro Tech ToolsetOru Foldable Kayak Our fave Mac AppsCalcbot 5Git TowerGif brewery Our fave iOS AppsSlack (team communication tool)Acorn (invest your spare change automatically)1Password (safely store and access your passwords)Alien Blue (Reddit App) Our fave iOS GamesVain GloryMonument ValleyLeo’s FortuneSailor’s Dream Our fave MoviesThe Lego Movie - Everything is Awesome!Guardians of the GalaxyWhiplash Our fave Christmas MoviesRise of the Guardians

Send us a text!Merry CultCast boys and girls!  This week: Santa gets a little “grabby”; Apple wins a major lawsuit; our iPhones deserve "rollover" data plans; the incredibly low payouts artists get from Spotify; and the high-end gifts we really want but will never get on an all-new Get To Know Your Cultist. Thanks to Audible for supporting this episode. Audible, the home of over 150,000 audio books from practically every genre in existence.  Grab Leander's book, Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products, for FREE with a 30-day Audible trial.  The book is yours to keep even if you decide not to keep your Audible subscription.  Get started now at audiblepodcast.com/cultcast We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show. Announcement! Join us for a live CultCast hangout on Saturday, December 20th, 1pm.  Just head to live.thecultcast.com Links to this week’s stories Apple wins at last: iTunes DRM was ‘genuine improvement,’ jury findsRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/306320/apple-just-won-1-billion-ipod-lawsuit/#UiLVQyJJBqkLYx8W.99 T-Mobile’s Un-carrier 8.0 plan is rollover minutes for your dataRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/306304/t-mobiles-un-carrier-8-0-plan-rollover-minutes-data/#LmLZQq3vYRJ4wmFJ.99 Bose plans to take on Beats with its own music streaming serviceRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/306275/bose-plans-take-beats-music-streaming-service/#By8zxRZ3eKmZI4Im.99 The expensive Christmas gifts we’ll never get Leander is drooling over this $16,000 road bike: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/emonda/ Alex and Erfon want to find this $1300 Fuji X100T camera under their tree: http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x100t/ Buster wants the new $2000 full-frame A7 II from Sony:  http://www.wired.com/2014/11/sony-alpha-a7-mark-2/ This $3000 electric bicycle Erfon wants will have you blasting up hills like rocketman: http://www.currietech.com/eflowebikes/eflow-e3-nitro-l-4 Leander wants a 4K tele but needs to convince his wife:  http://4k.com/news/lg-coming-out-with-quantum-dot-tv-8k-tv-4587/ Erfon drove the BMW i3 at CES this year, and if can muster $40,0000 he’s gonna buy it: http://www.caranddriver.com/bmw/i3

Send us a text!This week: the Sony hack reveals all sorts of juicy Jobs movie tidbits; HBO uses Game of Thrones to break big cable’s iron grip; iPod Classic prices skyrocket as fans scramble to buy them; we’ll tell you how to get some fantastic iOS games absolutely free; and then we pitch our favorite tech and vote on which is best… it’s an all new Faves ’N Raves. Thanks to lynda.com for support this episode. Learn to run your business better, become a photoshop ninja, learn how to create music with your iPad, and so much more.  Lynda now has over 4500 courses for you to choose from, and now they’re offering our listeners a 10 day free trial.  Learn all you want for free for 10 days, head on over to lynda.com/cultcast And a big thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the great music you hear in today's show. This week’s storiesHBO will use Game of Thrones to break cable’s iron gripRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/305620/hbo-launch-streaming-service-time-game-thrones-premiere/#bjlbpRmqtSOeofps.99 Fans scramble for iPod Classic, the music player Apple killed offhttp://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/06/ipod-classic-apple-fans-scramble-for-last-gadgets Sony hack reveals dirty secrets behind Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs moviehttp://www.cultofmac.com/305630/sony-hack-dirty-secretst-steve-jobs-biopic/#mx5pLpJL0LqiAwiV.99 Jeff Daniels slated to play ex-Apple CEO in Steve Jobs movieRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/305582/jeff-daniels-slated-role-former-apple-ceo-john-sculley/#YD3zXPvidU3zESBf.99 Pocket Gamer will give away a top-rated iOS game every day for two weekshttp://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Pocket+Gamer/feature.asp?c=62844 This week’s introhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12bojHojBKY&spfreload=10 

Send us a text!This week: how’s about that new Star Wars trailer! Plus, warm up the tele—Woz is getting a tech-filled reality TV show; we divulge our new favorite apps; we answer some ridiculous Qs in an all new get to know your Cultist; and finally, Steve Jobs denies Leander Kahney’s attempted handshake not once, but TWICE.  Leander recounts the tale.  We die laughing. Our thanks to Might Tees for support this episode.  Steve Jobs, Woz, the very vintage Apple Lisa, check out Might Tees for some of the best Apple-inspired tees in the land, and don’t miss indie designs features John Wayne and Captain Jean Luc Picard. MightTees.com ships worldwide and you can and save a whopping 50% off your order with code CultCast at checkout.  Erfon thanks you for your order. And thanks to Boom 2!  Ever needed to turn up your Mac’s volume farther than it could go?  Boom 2 can bolster your Mac’s puny volume levels righteous amounts your ears probably can’t handle.  Try it out free for 7 days at bit.ly/cultcastboom and save 20% off any order with code CultCast at checkout. This week’s links Stephen colbert explains the new light saber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jic__6mK7Ms&spfreload=10 Microsoft declares iPhone 6 most popular device of 2014Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/304919/microsoft-declares-iphone-6-popular-device-2014/#vJp4j5PCj2W Steve Wozniak is about to become a reality TV showRead more at http://www.cultofmac.com/304782/steve-wozniak-become-reality-tv-show/#8LUlqJ5RgcvT684J.99 Get to Know Your Cultist - ultra mega edition - tons of great Qs herehttps://www.facebook.com/TheCultCast/posts/869280556444921 Leander’s favorite band every is Blancmangehttps://www.youtu