77: I Don't Know Why You'd Call Them Friends

02/22/16 • 89 min

Jason and Myke lightly cover Apple’s beef with the FBI, Myke gets excited by new phones at Mobile World Congress, Jason grapples with making his home smarter. And of course there’s follow-up about pizza and “Back to the Future”—that’s how it works.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Quartz • News in a whole new way on the App Store Kathy's Pizza Putting the paper in TaskPaper - All this Todd Vaziri's 'Back to the Future' Tweet Apple, FBI, and iPhone Security: A Roundup of News and Links – MacStories Daring Fireball: On the San Bernardino Suspect's Apple ID Password Reset Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge first look - YouTube Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge bring refinement to a proven design | The Verge Nextbit Robin review: a smartphone in the clouds | The Verge The G5 is LG's best ever phone and its Friends are the reason why | The Verge LG G5 preview at MWC 2016 - YouTube Project Ara Can Sony's Ear Assistant Save Us From Our Phones? - Tom's Guide Wink | A Simpler Way to a Smarter Home Getting Sonos to work with AirPlay (and Overcast) - Six Colors Best Smart Thermostat | The Sweethome The Best Wireless IP Camera | The Wirecutter Connected #75: Explosion of Glue and Colors - Relay FM Connected #78: The Nostalgia of the Underdog - Relay FM

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76: You're Part of My System

Myke probes Jason about his personal organization system, or lack of one. Then we speculate on Apple’s future as a TV producer, following the news that it’s creating a series starring Dr. Dre. Finally, we discuss favorite (and least favorite) words.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Gallifrey One Upgrade Brainball All-Stars T-Shirt Upgrade Your Wardrobe Hoodie Bernard's Watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cashback (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Things OmniFocus Todoist Cortex - Relay FM Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable 11.22.63 (TV Mini-Series 2016) - IMDb Cortex #22: Statistics Aren't Everything - Relay FM Inside the Actors Studio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Amazing Colossal Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Next Episode

78: Rename Everything

Rumors of a new size of iPad Pro lead Myke and Jason to discuss how Apple chooses to name its products, and whether iPads would benefit from being named more like MacBooks. They also tackle the rumors of Siri coming to the Mac and grapple with disappointment and cable management in #askupgrade.

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