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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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Mar 9, 2022 • 1h 9min
388: I'm a Creative Fountain
Apple has announced updates to the iPad Air and several iPhones, then launched an entirely new desktop Mac with an accompanying display. As a result, a new Keynote Chairman must be named.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Connected Intro Scoreboard Keynote Rickies, March 2022 Scorecard • Rickies.co Steve Troughton-Smith's Tweet Peek Performance Event - MacStories Lightning to 3.5 mm Audio Cable (1.2m) - Apple

Mar 2, 2022 • 1h 21min
387: The Rickies (March 2022)
Apple is holding an event on March 8, so the guys have scrambled to put together a list of top-tier picks for this edition of the Keynote Rickies.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Federico's Resources for Ukraine Donations Apple on Russian invasion of Ukraine: all product sales paused, RT and Sputnik News apps pulled - 9to5Mac Apple's Statement on Ukraine – John Paczkowski on Twitter Ukraine asks Apple to halt App Store and sales in Russia - 9to5Mac Read Tim Cook’s email to employees on Ukraine - The Verge Keynote Rickies, March 2022 • Interactive scorecard – Rickies.co Rickipedia - Rickies.net Leaked Photos Show New Spring Colors for iPhone 13 Cases - MacRumors We made the Mac mini ACTUALLY mini! - Snazzy Labs - YouTube About lossless audio in Apple Music – Apple Support

Feb 23, 2022 • 1h 21min
386: Laptops? Too Complicated!
After blindly obeying a website written by someone else, Myke, Federico and Stephen dream up a new vision for the iPod touch, discuss Safari’s fading marketshare and wonder what foldable devices Apple could be working on.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Who's Connected Intro Is It Today? Spotify's Dash-Mounted 'Car Thing' Now Available for $89.99 - MacRumors Spotify Car Thing Current iPod Touch Now 1,000 Days Old With No Sign of New Model - MacRumors iPod touch - Apple Stephen's iPhone Case CASETiFY Microsoft Edge Looks Set to Overtake Safari as World's Second Most Popular Desktop Browser - MacRumors Microsoft Edge has nearly toppled a major rival in the desktop browser war | TechRadar The Browser Company Mighty Report: Apple Exploring 20-Inch All-Screen Foldable MacBook, But Foldable iPhone Delayed Until 2025 - MacRumors Apple foldable iPhone delayed, foldable Mac in the works - 9to5Mac How Would a MacBook With a Foldable Display Work? - MacRumors

Feb 16, 2022 • 1h 43min
385: Federico Viticci and the Multiverse of Madness
Like, what even is an episode description?
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Tsareena | Pokédex RAB Indoor Two Rickies The Lake House (film) - Wikipedia Apple Music 'Replay 2022' Playlist Now Available - MacRumors Spotify Wrapped, Unwrapped - Vox Apple Music for Android gets better widgets, 'Apple Classical' - 9to5Google Mastered for iTunes: how audio engineers tweak music for the iPod age | Ars Technica What 'Mastered For iTunes' Really Means : The Record : NPR Apple to Unveil 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro With Unchanged Design Next Month, Claims Original MacBook Pro 'Notch' Leaker - MacRumors Why the 2012 non-Retina MacBook Pro still sells – Marco.org SoundSticks III | 2.1-channel multimedia sound system Intel® NUC Products Myke's PC Parts List Stephen's PC Parts List ayaneo Steam Deck Playdate SixtyFive – Mode Designs J-01 Rev 1 Prices and Dates Announced (Isolation Gasket 65% with Macrokeys) U80-A – RAMA WORKS® Eighty - Mechanical Keyboard – Mode Designs Review: HP Mini 1000 | WIRED OS X on an HP Mini 1000 – 512 Pixels Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics 980 PRO SSD M.2 SSD Installation for PS5 Console - YouTube SainSmart ToolPAC TS80P Mini Smart Soldering Iron Tool Set – Amazon Hakko FR301-22 Vacuum DeSoldering Tool Portable with Carry Case 230V & BS Plug : Amazon Remaster #106: Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Relay FM

Feb 9, 2022 • 1h 35min
384: A Very Well-Known Ophthalmologist
After talking about pen podcasts and the biting lip emoji, Federico, Myke and Stephen give each other a tour of their smart home setups.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. The Jeremies Gazette Proposal for Biting Lip emoji for Unicode 13.0 (PDF) Feet-First Impressions of the Elgato Stream Deck Pedal — Peer Reviewed Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone - Apple Apple debuts Tap to Pay feature for iPhone, here are the details - 9to5Mac Thijs Niks on Twitter: "One of my favorite TikTok genres is people discovering that American banks don’t let you transfer money to other people" Apple HomePod Mini Secret Sensor for Smart Home Thermostats - Bloomberg Everything New in iOS 15.4 Beta 2: Face ID Updates, Tap to Pay Code and More - MacRumors iOS 15.4 makes Shortcut automations way less annoying to use - The Verge Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Upgrade #393: Nothing Is So Perfect™ - Relay FM Logitech Circle 2 Home Security Camera - Support, App, FAQs Philips Hue DSH-C310 Omna 180 Cam HD | D-Link Eve Energy Eve Weather Security Cameras – Ring Intermatic ST01 Canary Intel® NUC Roon Echo Show (2nd Gen) – Stay in touch with the help of Alexa – Black : Amazon iHome ISP6X Wi-FI Smart Plug – Amazon LG CX 48 inch 4K Smart OLED TV | LG Sonos Beam meross Smart Power Strip – Amazon 55 LG OLED TV - B7 | LG Matrix Audio - X-SABRE 3 Milo — Wells Audio Now Playing: My Raspberry Pi Weekend Project • chorus.fm My NEW Podcast Studio (Full Tour!) - 512 Pixels - YouTube Serena Smart Shades | Lutron Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool purifying eero Security System – Ring Eve Thermo | evehome.com

Feb 3, 2022 • 1h 51min
383: The Jeremies (February 2022)
Before Federico guesses the names of this year's new emoji, the guys talk about Apple's recent betas and deal with some follow-up. Pour a glass of bean juice and enjoy!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Beats Fit Pro Launch Worldwide With Similar Features as AirPods Pro - MacRumors How Wordle Went From Viral Sensation to Part of The New York Times - The New York Times Gucci Releases $980 Case for $549 AirPods Max - MacRumors Smart Case for New Apple AirPods Max Supports Sleep Mode – Amazon Ticci Tries Universal Control – Twitter Synergy Apple copied us, and that's a good thing. Here's why… - Synergy & Symless Blog Keynote Rickies, October 2020 – Rickies.co Everything New in iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4: Face ID With a Mask, Emojis, Apple Card Widget, Universal Control and More - MacRumors First Look: New Emojis in iOS 15.4 – Emojipedia Emoji Version 14.0 List – Emojipedia Slack Emoji List — Emoji Codes to use on Slack [Updated: 2021] Emoji List Senzu Bean | Dragon Ball Wiki | Fandom Ungeniused #144: The Costa Concordia Disaster - Relay FM 🥤 Cup with Straw Emoji

Jan 26, 2022 • 1h 26min
382: It Does the Nib Nib
Federico was featured in the App Store, Federico shipped an Obsidian plugin and Federico has questions about Elgato's new foot pedal.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Alt Text Reader (@get_altText) / Twitter SHAKS Gamepad Really Useful Products Ltd MacStories Starter Pack: Frame Nintendo Switch Screenshots with SwitchFrame - MacStories Federico Viticci’s 7 Starter Shortcuts : App Store Story Elgato launches Stream Deck Pedal and official Discord plugin - The Verge In case of podcast problem, push button – Six Colors Podcast Note workflow, now with Shortcuts – Six Colors More podcast workflow tweaks – Six Colors Wave:3 | elgato.com Wave Mic Arm LP | elgato.com Multi Mount System | elgato.com This Tamagotchi-knockoff has a hole to stick your finger in | Boing Boing 【ぷにるんず】 ぺこぱがトリオに!? TVCM ぺこぱもぷにぷに編 - YouTube Green Screen Mouse Mat | elgato.com Dropbox support for macOS 12.3 | Dropbox Help Dropbox warns users about issues with macOS 12 update - 9to5Mac macOS 12.3 Will Include Cloud Storage Changes Affecting Dropbox and OneDrive - MacRumors The Curious Case of Dropbox and macOS 12.3 – 512 Pixels Inside the new Files On-Demand Experience on macOS - Microsoft Tech Community Sync files to the cloud with FileProvider on macOS - WWDC21 - Videos - Apple Developer MacStories Starter Pack: Introducing Obsidian Shortcut Launcher, A Free Plugin to Trigger Shortcuts from Obsidian - MacStories Getting Started with Obsidian Shortcut Launcher - YouTube

Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 46min
381: Roast my iPad Home Screen
This week, the guys offer up their iPad home screens for roasting after the unboxing of the year.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. The Tricky: Rickipedia — the comprehensive collection of picks and predictions WordleBot 1.1, Now Fully Accessible with Native Emoji-to-Image Conversion - MacStories Mophie Debuts $150 MagSafe-Compatible 3-in-1 Travel Charger - MacRumors Belkin Launches New MagSafe Charger With Kickstand - MacRumors Mophie Debuts $150 MagSafe-Compatible 3-in-1 Travel Charger - MacRumors Belkin Launches New MagSafe Charger With Kickstand - MacRumors Belkin BOOST↑CHARGE™ PRO 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Pad with MagSafe - Black - Apple Belkin Secure Holder with Wire Cable for AirTag - White - Apple Myke's iPad mini Home Screen (1/2) Myke's iPad mini Home Screen (2/2) Stephen's iPad mini Home Screen Federico's iPad Pro Home Screen FloatingPlayer: Music Player on the App Store Jason Tate's Dedicated Now Playing Mini-Computer - MacStories Apple ID Wallpaper

Jan 12, 2022 • 1h 35min
380: Light, Fog, Aroma
The iPhone was announced 15 years ago. After the hosts recover from that shocking news, they talk briefly about the 2007 keynote, then move on to discuss some CES news. iOS 15's Photos widget and shameless Wordle clones are also discussed.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Spotify HiFi delayed indefinitely as company says it has no 'timing details to share' - 9to5Mac Apple to allow alternative payment system for 1st time in S. Korea – Korea Herald The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store - The Verge Wordle Clones Appearing in iOS App Store – 512 Pixels WordleBot: A Shortcut to Annotate Your Wordle Results with Scores - MacStories On Apple’s Photos Memory Feature – 512 Pixels Jan. 6 memories: Apple made me a slideshow of the insurrection. – Slate I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget | Lauren Goode – WIRED Connected #340: Very Good at Being Computers; Very Bad at Being Humans - Relay FM Apple Reinvents the Phone with iPhone - Apple The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket - Relay FM Live from Macworld 2007: Steve Jobs keynote | Engadget Apple’s Macworld Keynote Is First Major MPEG-4 Streaming Event - Apple Because Of Steve Jobs’s First Public iPhone Call, Starbucks Still Gets Orders For 4,000 Lattes Original Apple iPhone Commercials - YouTube First iPhone. A Guided Tour by Apple - YouTube Sony announces the world’s first QD-OLED 4K TV, coming later this year - The Verge Asus will release a 17-inch foldable OLED laptop this year - The Verge LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse - The Verge Kohler’s PerfectFill tech can fill your tub for you - The Verge Razer’s Project Sophia concept turns your desk into a modular computer - The Verge Razer reneges on its claim the Zephyr mask uses 'N95-grade' filters | Engadget Chevy Silverado EV revealed: GM’s best-selling truck goes electric - The Verge Chevy Unveils Electric Silverado – 512 Pixels Take a look at LG's biggest (and smallest) OLED TVs ever: Yep, it's 97 inches - CNET LG's new 97" OLED TV is insane - YouTube Finger-nibbling cat soft toy was CES 2022's weirdest product – PocketLint AMAGAMI HAM HAM | GET PLAY BITTEN Samsung promises ‘groundbreaking’ new TV feature: NFT support - The Verge BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink - The Verge A Tour of the Weirdest iPod nano (6th-generation) - YouTube

Jan 6, 2022 • 1h 52min
379: The Rickies (January 2022)
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
There's a new Chairman
For us
And we're feeling good
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Keith Broni is Emojipedia's New Editor in Chief Rickies/Changelog.md at main · lexpostma/Rickies · GitHub Rickies.co Annual Rickies 2021 • Rickies.co Annual Rickies 2022 • Rickies.co Rickipedia — Rickies.net Apple's AirPods Team Wants 'More Bandwidth' Than Bluetooth Provides - MacRumors Google Nexus Q review - The Verge Apple Marina Bay Sands opens Thursday in Singapore - Apple


