

Connected
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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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Feb 6, 2019 • 1h 22min
229: The Year of Stephen
Stephen was right, Angela is gone, Myke has a theory and Federico is automating his TV.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge Apple restores Facebook’s ability to run internal iOS apps - The Verge Gmail, Google Docs and Google Sheets Gain Support for 2018 iPad Pro Models - MacRumors Months later, Facebook has updated its apps for the iPhone XS Max, XR, and new iPad Pros - The Verge 230 New Emojis in Final List for 2019 – Emojipedia Avalanche of New Emojis Arrive on Windows – Emojipedia Apple Taps First Insider to Remake Retail for Post-IPhone Era - Bloomberg Retail is broken. Angela Ahrendts has a plan – Vogue Business My Today at Apple Experience – MacStories Apple Cafes – 512 Pixels Apple SVPs - All this Hands On with iOS 12.2’s HomeKit Support for Smart TVs – MacStories Images show Apple preparing News app in iOS 12.2 for new magazine subscription service - 9to5Mac Apple Introduces New Giraffe, Shark, Owl and Boar Animoji in iOS 12.2 Beta - MacRumors Exclusive: iOS 12.2 includes 'Hey Siri' setup interface for rumored AirPods 2 - 9to5Mac For AirPods Early Adopters, Apple’s Hit Wireless Earbuds Are Showing Their Age – MacStories Sony WH1000XM3 Review: A New ANC King! - MKBHD - YouTube

Jan 30, 2019 • 1h 37min
228: Oh No, Ovo!
Apple and Facebook try to outdo each other in who can have the more terrible week, and Stephen test drives the iPhone XR.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Steve Troughton-Smith finds iPad evidence! Apple registers new iPad models in Eurasian database ahead of rumored 10-inch iPad and iPad mini 5 - 9to5Mac iPod touch - Apple Buy iPod touch - Apple Upgrade #230: The General Drift of Sentiment - Relay FM Johny Srouji Reportedly Staying at Apple, Not in the Running for Intel CEO - MacRumors Red Rising – Amazon Pierce Brown – Amazon Connected #24: A Whole Website in the Palm of Your Hand - Relay FM Nilay's iPad Images Apple Music takes flight on American Airlines - Apple Our 'airplane guy' meme tweets Major FaceTime Bug Allows Any Caller Access to Your iPhone’s Microphone Feed, Potentially Your Camera – MacStories Apple Was Apparently Notified About Major FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug Over a Week Ago [Updated] - MacRumors Major macOS High Sierra Bug Allows Full Admin Access Without Password - How to Fix [Updated] - MacRumors Apple Hit With Lawsuit Over FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug - MacRumors Apple was warned about alarming FaceTime eavesdropping bug last week - The Verge Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge Apple says it’s banning Facebook’s research app that collects users’ personal information - Recode Facebook employees 'angry' after Apple blocks its internal iOS apps - Business Insider Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door | TechCrunch Apple Revokes Development Credentials for Facebook Apps - Bloomberg Download - Relay FM A Review of the iPhone XR: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake – 512 Pixels The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 241, With Special Guest Joanna Stern Shop – RhinoShield by Evolutive Labs

Jan 23, 2019 • 1h 12min
227: Caveats Ruin People
After Stephen ruins the intro, Federico finally gets around to talking about his second iPad Pro and Myke shares a secret.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Meet Joan - The number one Meeting Room Booking System PodCon 2 Myke Hurley (@imyke) • Instagram photos and videos @icedaq's 2019 Prediction Chunky Comic Reader for iPad The Death of Expertise – Amazon Upgradies Hall of Fame – Favorite Book Klearlook Tablet Stand – Amazon PaperLike Accidental Tech Podcast: 306: My Watch Has Ended iPhone XS Max Smart Battery Case - Apple

Jan 16, 2019 • 1h 37min
226: The Instagram Secret Society
The boys discuss a bunch of Apple products that may be receiving refreshes after years of neglect, including the iPad mini and iPod touch, then are taught how to edit photos like pros by Tyler Stalman.
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Guest Starring: Tyler Stalman
Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple's Chipmaking Chief Johny Srouji Reportedly on Intel's List of Potential CEOs - MacRumors “This Is Not a Product”: The Apple Developer Transition Kit – MacStories Report: AirPower Has Entered Production and Coming Soon - MacRumors AirPower Referenced in iPhone XS Smart Battery Case Description in Malaysia - MacRumors Apple Will Reportedly Launch iPad Mini 5 and Entry-Level 10-inch iPad Next Year - MacRumors Unreleased iPad Mini With Redesigned Cellular Antenna Appears in Photos - MacRumors Apple May Be Working on 7th-Generation iPod Touch, 2019 iPhones Could Adopt USB-C - MacRumors Apple Launches Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR – MacStories iPhone 7: Computer from the Future – MacStories Benjamin Mayo on Twitter: Battery Case Stats PodCon 2 Tyler Stalman (@stalman) / Twitter The Stalman Podcast Tyler Stalman - YouTube Tyler Stalman (@stalman) • Instagram photos and videos Tyler’s Smart HDR example Halide The Stalman Podcast Episode 34: Understanding the iPhone XS Camera, with Sebastiaan de With Moment - Pro Camera App Filmic Pro Mobile Video Obscura 2 The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2018! - MKBHD - YouTube VSCO Darkroom Lightroom Snapseed TouchRetouch Filmborn This is What You Need to Make Cinematic Instagram Stories - Tyler Stalman - YouTube Spark Camera Unfold

Jan 9, 2019 • 1h 41min
225: The Bear Will Charge You
Stephen, Myke and Federico kick off 2019 with annual predictions, a look at Apple's recent TV moves and the most amazing Shortcut of all time.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Tarah pro – Jaybird Favourite Tech Podcast – Upgradies Hall of Fame Upgrade #227: Twenty Nine TeeVee - Relay FM Mac Power Users #464: Stephen... Who? - Relay FM Tickets for MPU Live: Chicago The Stalman Podcast Episode 44: The Business of Internetting, with Stephen Hackett Upgrade #224: A Bearded Man Is The Hero - Relay FM Apple Leadership - Apple CES AirPlay, HomeKit, and Accessory Roundup, Part 1 – MacStories The ROKR E1 – 512 Pixels Apple Music Wrapped: A Shortcut to Visualize Your Most Listened Songs, Artists, and Genres of the Year – MacStories How AirPlay 2 works on Vizio TVs - The Verge Apple Music Wrapped: A Shortcut to Visualize Your Most Listened Songs, Artists, and Genres of the Year – MacStories

Dec 26, 2018 • 1h 37min
224: 2018 in Review: The Wonder of Everything
A look back at 2018: our predictions and a review of the news that mattered, as well as some that didn't.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Apple’s $29 iPhone battery replacements are available starting today | TechCrunch Apple announces new iPhone battery repair prices after $29 offer ends at end of year - 9to5Mac Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS Apple Announces iOS 11.3 with ARKit 1.5, New Animoji, Health Records, Music Videos, and More – MacStories BlaBlaCar is optimizing its service for small cities and has a new visual identity | TechCrunch KGI: 6.1-Inch iPhone to Have Single-Lens Rear Camera, Aluminum Frame, 3GB RAM, and No 3D Touch, Cost $700-$800 - MacRumors Scoop: Apple delays iOS features to focus on reliability, performance - Axios Apple's Emoji Crackdown – Emojipedia AirPlay 2 Features Removed From iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 - MacRumors KGI: Apple Developing High-End Over-Ear Headphones, Launching Late 2018 at the Earliest - MacRumors iPad Pro With Face ID Will 'Likely' Debut at WWDC 2018 in Early June - MacRumors KGI: Apple to Launch Cheaper MacBook Air in 2Q 2018 - MacRumors Apple to acquire digital magazine service Texture - Apple Apple’s ‘Netflix for Magazines’ Is Said to Rankle Publishers - Bloomberg Logitech Crayon: Everything you need to know! | iMore Foxconn Acquires Popular Accessory Maker Belkin Along With Linksys and Wemo - MacRumors Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel - Bloomberg Product RED iPhone 8 Unboxing! - MKBHD - YouTube Apple Proposes New Accessibility Emojis - Emojipedia SmugMug Buying Flickr – 512 Pixels Flickr will end 1TB of free storage and limit free users to 1,000 photos - The Verge Twenty Years Ago, Steve Jobs Introduced the iMac G3 – 512 Pixels Twitter’s API Change Has a Date Again: August 16 – 512 Pixels Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over 'Defective' Keyboards in Recent MacBook, MacBook Pro Models - MacRumors Second Life: Rethinking Myself Through Exercise, Mindfulness, and Gratitude – MacStories 10 Years of App Store: A Timeline of Changes – MacStories App Store at 10 – Tag Archive - MacStories Mac Mini Refresh, New Low-Cost Notebook, Apple Watches With Larger Displays and More Coming This Fall - MacRumors Instapaper is going independent Apple releases software fix for MacBook Pro slowdown - Six Colors Apple Announces Apps and In-App Purchases Will Be Removed from its Affiliate Program October 1st – MacStories Connected #205: I Would Suffer Some Injury For Podcasting - Relay FM Third-Party Twitter Clients Remove Features as API Changes Loom – MacStories Barclays: All 2019 iPhones May Lack 3D Touch, New AirPods and Lower-Priced HomePod to Launch Next Year - MacRumors Exclusive: This is 'iPhone XS' — design, larger version, and gold colors confirmed - 9to5Mac Exclusive: Apple Watch Series 4 revealed — massive display, dense watch face, more - 9to5Mac 'iPhone Xs Max' likely name for 6.5-inch OLED flagship, sources say - 9to5Mac 10 Years of 512 Pixels – 512 Pixels Three Years of Club MacStories – MacStories iOS 12: The MacStories Review – MacStories AirPower referenced in iPhone XS packaging, iOS 12.1 code shows continuing development - 9to5Mac Connected #212: NanoHippo - Relay FM The 5 biggest announcements from the Google Pixel 3 event - The Verge How Adobe is bringing “real Photoshop” to the iPad - The Verge Connected #215: Live from NYC: A Nightmare Level of Itching - Relay FM Kuo predicts new iPad mini 5, AirPower launch in late 2018 or early 2019, more - 9to5Mac Apple Music Coming to Amazon Echo Devices – MacStories

Dec 19, 2018 • 1h 24min
223: Damaged Beyond Delivery
Stephen priced out a MacBook Air, Myke almost got a new iPad stand and Federico reviewed Launch Center Pro 3.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership ZMI USB PD Backup Battery & Hub: Amazon US ZMI USB PD Backup Battery & Hub: Amazon UK Apple Store now selling special edition Catalyst protective waterproof cases for AirPods - 9to5Mac Happy Birthday, Mac Pro – 512 Pixels Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad tablet is $100 off - The Verge A Tour of Some Weird iPad Stands – 512 Pixels Playing for Fun #11: Half-Life - Relay FM Worldwell Wall Mounted Self Adhesive Bathroom Paper Breathing New Life Into an Aging iMac – 512 Pixels Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 855 processor for 5G phones - The Verge Apple Heavily Promotes the Amazon Echo’s Apple Music Integration – MacStories Amazon Confirms More Alexa-Enabled Speakers Will Eventually Support Apple Music - MacRumors Launch Center Pro 3.0 Review: Universal Version, New Business Model, NFC Triggers, and More – MacStories Automating iOS: A Comprehensive and Updated Guide to Launch Center Pro – MacStories

Dec 12, 2018 • 1h 24min
222: Green Monday, Yellow Wednesday, Purple Thursday
Myke struggles to use Amazon's website, Stephen checks his heartbeat and Federico tinkers with keyboards for the iPad Pro.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Ungeniused #13: Flat Earth Societies - Relay FM Set up and use Back to My Mac - Apple Support Screens Connect - Make your computer reachable from anywhere - Edovia Apple offering discounts on HomePod to Apple Music subscribers as holiday promotion - 9to5Mac Tyler Stalman's XS Example Tyler Stalman (@stalman) • Instagram photos and videos ania boniecka (@aniab) • Instagram photos and videos The Stalman Podcast Episode 39: Real Computers, with Myke Hurley Belkin Launches Wireless Charging Dock for iPhone and Apple Watch, USB-C to HDMI Adapter for Mac and iPad Pro – MacStories Buy 18W USB-C Power Adapter - Apple (UK) Upgrade #223: Impressive and Stupid - Relay FM Exclusive: First look at unreleased Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, three models and 2018 release possible - 9to5Mac ZMI USB PD Backup Battery & Hub: Amazon US ZMI USB PD Backup Battery & Hub: Amazon UK ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification available today on Apple Watch - Apple Testing the new Apple Watch ECG! - YouTube The Apple Watch Can Take Your EKG Starting Today - Buzzfeed Federico Viticci on Twitter: "So @aylys has an American Watch..." Heading to a cardiologist..... : AppleWatch iPad Diaries: The Many Setups of the 2018 iPad Pro – MacStories Hands-On: Belkin’s USB-C to HDMI Adapter for the 2018 iPad Pro – MacStories Satechi's USB-C Hub for 2018 iPad Pro Now Available: 4K HDMI, Headphone Jack, USB-C With Power Delivery, and USB-A - MacRumors

Dec 5, 2018 • 1h 36min
221: Speak the Unspeakable Name
Myke, Federico and Stephen talk about their use of Shortcuts, Apple Music heading to the Amazon Echo and a bit of BREAKING NEWS.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership Amazon.com: CompuLab Display Emulator (fit-Headless) iPhone XR Case - Clear - Apple The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2018! - MKBHD - YouTube iOS 12.1.1 Coming Today With Expanded eSIM Support, FaceTime Live Photos, Face ID Bug Fix, and More - MacRumors Shortcuts app release notes - Apple Support Cleaning out old Reminders - All this RoutineHub • A community for Siri Shortcuts Apple Music Coming to Amazon Echo Devices – MacStories Apple Music for Android gaining tablet support three years after launch - 9to5Mac Apple Music - Features - Apple

Nov 28, 2018 • 1h 20min
220: Numeric Professional
Stephen and Federico walk through their new Mac mini setups, then Federico fights with iCloud in Radar #46282145. Please help.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Connected with a Relay FM Membership HomePod Colo The One Where I Announce I’m Joining Mac Power Users – 512 Pixels All Good Things - MPU Talk Material Dock | Studio Neat Amazon - Samsung Qi Wireless Charger Stand Amazon - Native Union Drop Wireless Charger BOOSTUP Wireless Charging Dock - Belkin Mac mini - Apple LG UltraFine 4K Display - Apple What Happened to 5K Displays? – MacStories Amazon - WD 512GB My Passport SSD Portable Storage How to set up a shared Time Machine backup drive in macOS High Sierra — NK j5create USB 3.1 Type-C to Type-C Coaxial Cable - Amazon OWC USB-C Travel Dock for Mac and PC - Space Gray Printopia - Print from your iPad or iPhone - Decisive Tactics, Inc. Drobo 5D FileBrowser iOS App osascript Man Page - macOS - SS64.com Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes » Airplay GitHub - JohnCoates - Aerial: Apple TV Aerial Screensaver for Mac How to run sysdiagnose on iOS · Jesse Squires Federico Viticci (@viticci) • Instagram photos and videos Myke Hurley (@imyke) • Instagram photos and videos Stephen Hackett (@stephenmhackett) • Instagram photos and videos


