S02E034: Pundits wrong, Apple prints money; more Pixel XL issues; iMac Pros; a special guest + more

To the surprise of only the highly-paid "analysts" on Wall Street, Apple beat expectations again, had no problems selling lots and lots of iPhone 8s, and even the iPhone X appears to be more plentiful than last year's highly constrained iPhone 7. Mike and Charles go over the company's frankly stupendous fiscal Q4 numbers, but also remind users that all of Apple's platforms have now reached that mature "point-one" stage and it is time to upgrade if you can (for no other reason than to ensure you are no longer vulnerable to the KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability, because you can't wait for a router fix -- it's probably not coming). Qualcomm stumbles, Google's Pixel XL 2 fumbles (again), Amazon doesn't do its homework, and Best Buy got their rear end handed to them -- all in a string of stories about being dumb.

This week, Charles welcomes D. Proni of Econ Technologies on to talk about super-syncing and backup utility Chronosync; Mike gives the Internet a stern talking-to about the freakout over a native (and not hidden) Photos auto-cataloging feature; both drool over the latest spotting of iMacs Pros in the wild; Apple makes a great change for iCloud users, and next month you'll be able to bid on Steve Jobs' old car. All this and much more covering a big week in tech, cadets, so get in line early and bring your sleep pods -- you're going to be out there a couple of Rels early to secure your very own copy of Space Javelin X -- er, Season 2 Episode 34!