Space Javelin
472 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsInsight and analysis of Apple-centric topics of the week from the previous MacNN team, published weekly. Space Javelin's team has well over a century of Mac and Apple experience divided between them.
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SJ233: WWDC kicks off, AirTags get updates, tech corps get taxes, and Intel can't handle the truth!
June 07, 2021 07:09 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBGet out your double-rainbows-all-the-way gear, cadets ... it's Pride Month *and* a top-secret WWDC, so the sky is going to look like Skittles for a while yet! We'll see what comes out of the keynote, but there's plenty more tech news to talk about! Uncage the colors, unfurl the flag ... luck just kissed you hello when you're a Space Javelin cadet! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/01/what-to-expect-from-wwdc-2021---and-what-not-to https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/03/microsoft-de...
SJ232: "Ive" got a secret! Facebook buys a like, LeBron leaks new Beats, lawsuits, MGM, & much more!
May 31, 2021 08:22 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBOur Should-Have-Taken-Our-Holiday-Edition, cadets! https://gizmodo.com/whatsapp-wont-limit-functionality-if-you-dont-accept-it-1846996975 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/27/facebook-sponsored-research-paper-lambasts-apples-ios-145-privacy https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/27/apple-now-tells-users-to-unpair-apple-watch-series-3-before-updating https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/28/apple-pushes-launch-of-podcast-subscriptions-and-channels-to-june https://appleinsider.com/art...
SJ231: Epic trial winds down, HomePods & new Apple TVs level up, privacy is the new hotness, & more!
May 24, 2021 08:25 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBCongress gets back on anti-track, cadets, and while the Epic trial winds down, HomePods and the new Apple TV level up! Plus: the Canadian Prime Minister makes fake news! All this and more, cadets, so modulate your gravity settings to "funtime!" https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/21/judge-in-epic-v-apple-trial-grills-tim-cook-on-app-store-model-competition https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/21/snapchat-say-its-happy-to-pay-apple-30-wouldnt-exist-without-iphone https://appleinsider....
SJ230: Scandals at Apple, Wired, and Tesla; Epic trial drags on; rumors, good news, & magnetic sand!
May 17, 2021 06:49 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBIt's been a week of slip-ups and triumphs, cadets, with Apple (and Tesla) falling into both categories! The Mothership smacks down Congress and gains in user loyalty, but nagging issues remain. And really, shouldn't the trial of Epic not be allowed to go on over a fortnight? All this and much, including a Cadet Spotlight, so tune in to see if it's ... YOU! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/14/epic-games-expert-says-ios-could-be-like-macos-without-security-drawbacks https://appleinsider...
SJ229: Epic vs Apple, AirTags vs Tile, Roku vs Google, Google, anti-tracking, and a baby on board!
May 10, 2021 07:07 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBCoverage of the Epic vs Apple trial, AirTags beat Tile nine ways to Sunday, the Roku-Google fight is getting ugly, but app tracking transparency has scored a huge win in its first week! AOL looks to be dead, an analyst actually admits he was wrong, and that's not the half of it! Don't miss this one, cadets, especially if you love happy endings! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/05/epic-games-admits-its-own-developer-agreements-ban-rule-breakers https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/0...
SJ228: Lickety-Zoom! APPL's fiscal Q2, Signal hacks back, Symphonisk RIP, Roku vs Google, & ninjas!
May 03, 2021 09:14 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBChi-chow, cadets! Apple ninjas made an extortion attempt disappear! In more shocking news, Apple made all the monies, and pundits were surprised by this! Rumors of lossless Apple Music, a spat over YouTube, and Sigfried & Roy ... and we're not lion about that! Buckle down, cadets, we're trying out the new Infinite Improbability Drive and that means we'll be all over the techsphere ... all at once! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/29/examining-apples-record-breaking-896b-quarter-by-the...
SJ227: More new-gear secrets, AirTags a hit, Signal hacks crackers, AppleCare4ever, & FLoC Google!
April 26, 2021 04:34 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBAppleInsider's William Gallagher joins Cap’n Charles for another spelunk into what they didn't tell us at the Spring Loaded event, the egg on the face of Discord and Parler, gaming news from xCloud and EA, Brydge & Logitech help fix the Magic Keyboard 12.9" problem, and Wisconsin falls for Foxconn's fibs ... yet again! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/23/airtag-and-purple-iphone-12-now-available-to-preorder https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/23/initial-engraved-airtag-preorders-s...
Special Report: Apple's "Spring Loaded" Event, 20-April-2021
April 21, 2021 17:02 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBThe main portion of this extra-length Special Report covers yesterday's event, cadets, but we also sneak in some bonus Malcolm alongside special guest Aitan Roubini, plus details from beyond the public event, and a few laughs, even! https://www.apple.com/apple-events/april-2021/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/12/tim-cook-praises-canadian-app-store-growth-talks-upcoming-epic-trial https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/12/apple-highlights-app-store-economy-in-canada-during-the-pande...
SJ226: Apple event speculation, Windows on M1 (sorta), Google's Waterloo, RCS RIP, & BONUS ODDNESS!
April 19, 2021 06:02 - 1 hour - 89 MBMalcolm Owen from the AppleInsider colony joins us this week, cadets, just ahead of the April 20th Apple Event! He and Charles go over the latest rumors, a major news leak involving Google, good news for mobile gamers, and a surprising amount of truly bizarre side stories! Make sure you've had your anti-reality vaccine, cadets ... it's gonna get weird in here! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/16/215-inch-imac-stock-in-short-supply-from-apple https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/16/...
SJ225: Tim talks, LG quits, iPhones rule, Google wins, LinkedIn leaks, & one more Steve Jobs thing!
April 12, 2021 09:19 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBIt's another hectic pass through the Kessel Run, cadets, but we'll cut past the Maw and shave some parsecs off if we don't die! iPhones are still a hit with teens, Tim says he'll retire someday, Find My gets some third-party love, and old fogeys can't imagine that "elites" will just "come up" with a secure way to vote someday! What balderdash! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/05/tim-cook-is-still-keen-to-bring-parler-back-to-the-app-store https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/05/tim...
SJ224: 45 years of Apple, WWDC 2021 goes free, a really bad Facebook breach, AT&T being AT&T, more!
April 05, 2021 07:26 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBBuckle up, cadets, this week is going to be a bumpy ride! There's all kinds of good news, from the upcoming iOS 14.5, new Siri voices and the Apple Arcade game-splosion, but there's also some notable bad news: Facebook, Google, AT&T, and (unsurprisingly) Congress! Crash helmets at the ready, cadets, it's like a game of asteroids out here! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/30/apple-will-hold-wwdc-2021-on-june-7-through-june-11 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/04/03/over-500m-faceboo...
SJ223: OS X turns 20, ships cause slips, rumors abound, Facebook faces the music, & hackers hacked!
March 29, 2021 07:27 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBThe big tech CEOs testified before Congress, cadets, but Congress didn't seem to actually want to hear from them! They should have talked to Intel -- their CEO can talk out of both sides of his mouth, apparently! All this, much more, and yet another Canadia retrieving their iPhone from frozen waters! Stay tuned, cadets -- your mental exercise period starts NOW! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/24/apple-launched-its-revolutionary-os-x-20-years-ago https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/...
SJ222: Pundits miss the mark, Facebook sees the light, Intel panics, Acer hacked, M1 iMac, and more!
March 22, 2021 10:06 - 1 hour - 83 MBA week of epic fails, cadets, and we're not just talking about the makers of Fortnite! Intel reeks of fear, the pundit gallery got played by Apple, some big devs are being lazy about M1 compatibility, and Zuckerberg learns to backtrack! Stay sharp, cadets ... things are getting weird! https://www.imore.com/homepod-camera-gaze-control-revealed-new-apple-patent https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/19/intel-takes-aim-at-apple-instead-shoots-itself-in-the-dongle https://appleinsider.com/artic...
SJ221: OG HomePod RIP, new iPhone scams, FB lies, Octane arrives, T-Mob earns its nickname, & more!
March 15, 2021 09:17 - 1 hour - 88 MBMike had to run outside for a spacewalk of the ship's K9 unit, cadets, so Alan Perry has stepped in to help handle plenty of news, from the original HomePod being discontinued (boo) to what to do if you fall through the ice, and so much more! Lively discussion ahead, cadets, so fire up the Atmos for the full sensurround-around-around! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/13/apple-discontinues-full-size-homepod-to-focus-on-homepod-mini https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/08/apple-rele...
SJ220: iMac Pro RIP, Google says stuff, MLB.tv is out, Tidal's ship comes in, and a few good deals!
March 08, 2021 08:32 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBIt's been a weird week, cadets, with a lot of storm clouds on the horizon. But the Google updates are finally rolling in, some bipartisan proposals from the US Congress, and a few fun stories to round things out, plus ... our number one cadet revealed! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/apple-discontinues-imac-pro-available-while-supplies-last https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/06/microsoft-exchange-server-hack-affects-over-30000-us-organizations https://appleinsider.com/article...
SJ219: Rumor roundup, Target, Paramount+, Facebook shenanigans, the return of the "dumb" TV, & more!
March 01, 2021 10:21 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBToo much news and tight on time, cadets, so we'll bust out the Improbability Drive and cover everything noteworthy, everywhere, all at once (maybe)! Keep a tight grip on your mind -- here we go! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/23/questions-raised-about-m1-mac-ssd-longevity-based-on-incomplete-data https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/26/apple-kia-partnership-not-dead-yet-report-claims https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/24/apple-partner-foxconn-to-work-with-fisker-to-produce-e...
SJ218: Australia fights back, Epic plays dirty, Maryland gets greedy, and Victoria Man saves iPhone!
February 22, 2021 10:03 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBThis week, cadets, your co-Cap'ns reversed the polarity of the neutron flow because we've got excess shenanigans, new gadgets, and much more! Sit tight, cadets, bluffs are getting called left and right! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/19/apple-to-support-winter-storm-relief-efforts-in-texas-other-us-states https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/15/bloomberg-spy-chip-2/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/18/facebook-blocks-news-sites-charities-and-government-pages-in-australia https://apple...
SJ217: Bloomberg blows it, Hyundai toots its horn, Epic throws its own case, Prepear to settle, more
February 15, 2021 08:39 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBWe're in orbit around an ice world this week, cadets, so stay close to the ... wait for it ... space-heater! Hyundai and Kia blow their chance to build a car with Apple, Bloomberg steps back into their own fiasco, Zuckerberg wants your medical data, and a surprising number of allegedly smart people said some really dumb things this week! Stay warm and safe, cadets, it's really not a good week to be an overly-entitled tech CEO! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/09/hyundai-burned-by-appl...
SJ216: "Apple Car" vindication, Facebook lies, Dev Kit-gate, "nutrition" fables, Airway Pods, & more
February 08, 2021 07:34 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBCap’n Mike is on the bridge, cadets, so heave ho! We were right about the “Apple Car,” Homebrew and Homepod get upgrades, Bezos gives up being Amazon's CEO, Microsoft is copying Apple again, and we're writing the latest bug report using a "sudo" nym! Keep those AirPods firmly in your ears, cadets ... do not confuse them for artificial tonsils! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/03/first-apple-car-model-designed-to-operate-without-driver-could-be-candidate-for-food-delivery-and-robotaxi ...
SJ215: Apple's fiscal Q1, Zuckerberg's hissy fit, Chrome gets Keychain, Time to Walk, Flash, & more
February 01, 2021 09:31 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBCap'n Mike's away, cadets, and you know what that means ... financial talk galore! Not really, but we do touch on Apple's amazeballs Q1, how wrong the pundits were (us included), Facebook's hissy fit, some interesting rumors, and the folly of Flash -- among other things! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/24/apple-updates-magsafe-support-with-medical-device-warning https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/27/apples-1114b-q1-shatters-all-time-quarterly-record https://appleinsider.com/arti...
SJ214: Amazon goofs up, LG gets out, Google throws a fit, M1 Ubuntu, Apple TV+, smart perfume, more!
January 25, 2021 07:45 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWith CES behind us, it's time to start getting back to whatever passes for normal around the ship, cadets! William Gallagher from AppleInsider joins us to talk about LG, the AirPods Max, TV+, Paramount+, Ring and Amazon, and much more! Look sharp, cadets -- the Admiral is on the bridge! https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/lg-smartphone/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/21/apple-seeds-release-candidate-beta-build-of-macos-big-sur-112 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/21/apple-issu...
SJ213: CES roundup, rules are rules, rumors, Samsung stuff, Belkin recall, Magsafe, and reader mail!
January 18, 2021 06:57 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBCES had a lot of products to flog as usual, cadets, but being on video only and in linear order, plus you had to BYOB? Not the same. We round up our best and worst and mention a few Apple-specific things, Cook talks Parler (et al), Samsung ditches included stuff while bringing out separate new stuff, and we dig into a little bit of reader mail! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/13/tim-cook-says-parler-can-return-after-complying-with-terms-of-service https://appleinsider.com/articles/21...
SJ212: Parler games, Apple "Car," iPad rumors, Galaxy S21, TSMC, TB4 gear, KFC WTF, Doctor Who, more
January 11, 2021 12:44 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBWe're having to kick off our first episode of 2021 with a 16-minute divergence from our usual agenda, cadets, but after that beep-riddled loserpalooza, we get right back into the things we love: Apple stuff, other tech news, new toys, and geeking out on sci-fi! Open a new page in your stardate journals, cadets: the Space Javelin is on another mission to keep you immersed in the tech universe! https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/09/apple-threatens-to-remove-social-media-app-parler-from-ap...
SJ211: S888 cellphone self-own, Facebook vs Apple, lawsuits abounding, Stadia, Ecosia, & g'bye 2020!
December 21, 2020 09:33 - 48 minutes - 66 MBOur last episode of the year features a special surprise: our (mercifully brief) podcast karaoke debut! Of course there's some nice things in the news, but this wouldn't be the last of our podcasts for the year without shenanigans under the tree, so Mike and Charles hope for a happier, brighter 2021 for everyone -- especially our faithful cadets! See you soon! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/12/17/facebook-continues-newspaper-attack-over-apple-ad-tracking-privacy-program https://applein...
SJ210: AirPods Max, Fitness+, lawsuita-palooza, Samsung goes full hypocrite, Disney+ plus, & more!
December 14, 2020 08:13 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBIt's starting to get to be a real mixed bag as we head into the Holiday Neutral Zone, cadets, but Santa Tim is still delivering! You'd have to have been awfully good to find some new AirPods Max in your astro-stocking, hung by the holofire with care, but there's still more! We'll keep you up to date on all the lawsuits, hypocrisy, and folderol that powers this ship, and we'll be back for our last episode of 2020 next week! Spread the word and stay tuned, cadets ... this horrible stardate is a...
SJ209: M1 rules (everyone else drools), Warner takes it to the max, Apple drops some balls, & more
December 07, 2020 08:16 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWe're back from our Turkey Day marathon, cadets, and ready to tackle the big news! Oh wait, it's mostly Black Friday sales! Oh wait, here's some teething issues with some M1 Macs and Big Sur, a possible December surprise, a bold move in the movie biz, a new show to binge, and a bit of merger mania! Secure your space headphones to your aural interface, cadets -- Whamaggedon can only be avoided by listening to us! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/12/03/ftc-warns-of-new-apple-support-call-...
SJ208: M1 Mac, HomePod mini & more thoughts, millionaires are mad, Peanuts & PBS, crime sprees, mor
November 23, 2020 07:14 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBAs promised, cadets, we've got new Apple gear for Mike to play with and he's got some thoughts! All this and big developer news, a rare two Steves artifact, and much more! Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving, but today we feast on TECH NEWS! Nomnomnomnomnom! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/18/spending-time-with-homepod-mini-and-why-were-already-hooked https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/17/apple-silicon-m1-13-inch-macbook-pro-review---unprecedented-power-and-battery-for-the-money...
SJ207: M1 benchmarks & apps, iPhone 12 Max, TikTok off the clock, PS5, 6G, & assorted SF TV nerdery!
November 16, 2020 06:44 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBThe ship is hurtling headlong into the holiday buying season, cadets, and Mike's already started getting his presents -- beginning with the iPhone 12 Pro Max, and more to come next week! There's also a lot of new M1 chip benchmarks, third-party apps, and caveats to take into account, along with some new moves by other companies, and Disney+ shattering spreadsheets! An info-dense briefing that still packs in some fun, cadets, so kick back take in the latest and greatest the tech universe has t...
Special Report: Apple's "One More Thing" Event, 10-Nov-2020
November 11, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBJust like Lord of the Rings, cadets, this trilogy of special events is concluded with the last piece of the puzzle: not one, not two, but THREE new Apple Silicon Macs up for pre-order now and shipping soon, plus the release of macOS Big Sur on Thursday! Mike and Charles sum up the highs and lows of jumping on first-gen hardware, and tease the pundits on how much they got wrong (as usual). Buckle up, cadets, we're firing up the warp speed engine! https://www.apple.com/apple-events/november-2020/
SJ206: Apple's fiscal Q4, streaming game services galore, November 10 event, Xbox X vs PS5, & more!
November 09, 2020 08:32 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBApple has proven once again that record-breaking quarters are possible even without a new iPhone in the mix, but wait! Apple's got yet another Special Event (and our subsequent Special Report) in the wings! the HomePod mini is proving to be a big hit, streaming game services are coming to iOS in droves (maybe including Fortnite), and Walmart cries uncle ... in Canada! All this and much more, cadets, so make sure your info-overload vaccines are up to date, because here comes episode 206! http...
SJ205: O Canada! A brand-new guest host, iPhone 12 news, a Jony quest, MTV redux, Quibi RIP, & more!
October 26, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 86 MBMike's away, cadets, but we welcome an all-new guest to the command deck -- Apple expert Aitan Roubini of MacZen.ca -- as we go over new discoveries about the iPhone 12, streaming gaming services, a fix for the Apple Watch Series 3, Charlie Brown, Samsung, and a surprising amount of stories from Canada! Stay tuned, cadets, and get ready to ... take off, eh! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/19/iphone-12-repair-costs-rise-compared-to-iphone-11 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/24...
SJ204: iPad Air 4 & iPhones ship, Beats goes cheap, the FCC and DOJ go rogue, power options, & more!
October 19, 2020 06:22 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBVive la révolution, cadets! Cap'ns Mike and Charles fly the skull and crossbones on the FCC, the DOJ, the US carriers, Samsung, Mark Zuckerberg, Foxconn, and everyone who said dumb things when emotions are running high. November spawns a monster (quarter) with the strong possibility of yet another Apple event, the first Apple Silicon Mac is looming, Apple TV+ is getting second season stuff, we answer your HomePod mini questions, and Foxconn fails in Wisconsin ... yes, some more! Get some nec...
Special Report: Apple's "Hi, Speed" Event, 13-Oct-2020
October 14, 2020 08:03 - 14 minutes - 6.57 MBApple brought out the very expected iPhone 12 family, the somewhat unexpected (at least by us) HomePod mini (get three, they're smol!), and a few new features and promises for "later this year" that bear lots of future investigation, cadets! In the meantime, co-Cap'ns Mike and Charles give you the lowdown on what's new and what to do about it ... in just 14 minutes! Info compression warp engine ACTIVATED! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/13/apple-releases-lower-cost-homepod-mini-smart...
SJ203: Rumor roundup, DC doings, free TV+, game streaming, CarPlay, Quibi, new stuff, TuneIn, & more
October 12, 2020 09:27 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBHappy Canadian Thanksgiving, cadets! We'll have another special report on the Apple Event arriving early Wednesday! Get comfy and strap in, cadets -- it's double-duty week for the Space Javelin crew! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/06/apples-hi-speed-iphone-12-event-is-on-october-13 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/09/apple-now-using-retail-stores-as-distribution-centers-in-north-america https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/09/leaker-claims-homepod-mini-will-cost-99-launch-...
SJ202: A14 leaks, iPhone 12 chatter, rumors run rampant, Google gets gear, & Thunderbolt goes forth!
October 05, 2020 06:46 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIt's been a wild week back on planet earth as well as out here in the newsphere, cadets, with loads of rumors, possible leaks, and sneak peeks for the geeks! While Mike is outside the ship adjusting the solar panels, Alan Perry stops by to help go over all the interesting, weird, new, and possibly disturbing tech news that's fit to post! We fixed up a spare Time Manipulator we had lying around, cadets, and captured a very confused and confusing World War II flying ace ... https://appleinside...
SJ201: iPhone 12 & gaming news, court shenanigans, quibi, girl power, & the secret word is Microsoft
September 28, 2020 09:15 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBThe ByteDance/TikTok/WeChat maelstrom continues, cadets, but with some new folds in the (waste of) space/time continuum! There's also some speculation on iPhone 12, mini-LEDs, braided cables, a path forward for streaming game servces, and the future -- if there is one -- for Quibi. All this and Microsoft news and mischief galore, so break out your comfort food sticks, cadets ... in this topsy turvy universe, at least Apple is still the gold standard for customer service! https://appleinsider...
SJ200: Pundit prognostications probed, beta-blocking botherations, & our retro recollections, rated!
September 21, 2020 07:05 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBCongrats, cadets, 200 missions accomplished! That's a whole lot of brave new (tech) worlds, and we couldn't have done it without you! In addition to the usual news and shenanigans, we also dig into the archive for some remarkably on-target (or wildly wrong) predictions from us ... and a report card on which Apple Event psychics actually hit the mark (spoiler: almost nobody was completely wrong, but neither was anyone completely on target). Here's to the next 200, or we die horribly in the vac...
Space Javelin Special Report: Sept 2020 Apple Event
September 16, 2020 09:12 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBThe first half of what would have otherwise been an unwieldy reveal-fest is behind us, cadets, and there's enough there to brief you on that co-Capn's Mike and Charles enlisted special guest Peter Cohen to help us break down the new Apple Watch family, the updated iPads, and the new service and bundle options! We share some unannounced info about the new stuff, bring you up to speed on all the major bullet points, and caution you about the OS updates out later today! Enjoy this short(ish) ext...
SJ199: Time flies, Epic sued, Bytedances as fast as it can, expansive new phones, WinDOHs, and more!
September 14, 2020 06:50 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBIt's gonna be a week full of Space Javelin, cadets! Mike, Charles, and holographic Alan (preserved from episode 198) cover a ton of recent news, and if that weren't enough ... a special report is coming for your Wednesday morning all about Apple's "Time Flies!" Brace yourselves, cadets -- this could be the weirdest spinoff of "Doctor Who" yet! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/07/lg-renews-promise-to-support-airplay-2-and-homekit-on-selected-2018-tvs https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...
SJ198: A boatload of fails, Epic complains about self-harm, LG reneges, Canada moves on, and more!
September 07, 2020 09:37 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBSurprise Labor/Labour Day Weekend episode, cadets! We thought things would quiet down a bit for the holiday, but to borrow some CB slang, "negatory, good buddies!" A big space scow of lawsuits and mischief pulled up right along Rocket #9, so Mike wisely booked it to the holodeck, leaving Cap'n Charles and his special guest -- CFAX 1070 Tech Talk host Alan Perry -- to sift through the fails, wins, and WTFs of the week. Wear sensible space-shoes, cadets: the Fail Pail is overflowing! https://w...
SJ197: Here come de judge, TikTok, WeChat, Galaxy Fold 2, Final Cut, Tesla, iPods, and ... CompUSA?!
August 31, 2020 07:59 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBThe theory that we have slipped into an alternate dimensions is the only explanation our Science Officer can come up with to explain this bizarro world of weird news, cadets. We've got court dates, bad actors, failing factories, social network revolts, idiots with self-driving cars, and the sure sign of a pocket universe ... computer store chains reappearing that died off centuries ago, kinda like Brigadoon! If you see any crewmembers with goatees or eyepatches when they normally don't sport ...
SJ196: The Empire Strikes Back, WeChat, TikTok, TV+ news, Beats Out, secret iPods, & Fortnite phones
August 24, 2020 06:42 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBThe manufactured crisis of Epic proportions continues, cadets, with Fortnite-equipped iPhones selling for thousands on Ebay (with a treasure trove of the previous owner's data thrown in free!), while TikTok finds another buyer, WeChat gets a reprieve, Lightroom loses photos, more lawsuits (of course) and iPhone silly season is just around the corner! Get your hip-waders on, cadets ... we're knee-high in the waste products this week! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/17/apple-threatens-...
SJ195: TikTok gains time, Epic fails, Apple returns fire (in stereo!) at Koss, SetApp goes iOS, more
August 17, 2020 07:41 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBKanye loses time, TikTok gets some extra, Koss stirred a hornet's nest, Apple angers publishers, bundle rumors are in the air, the Apple-Google COVID-19 API gets adopted, and there's a new set of Hot Wheels ... for your Mac Pro! All this and much weirdness with special guest William Gallagher -- so dress uniforms all round, cadets, we gotta class the ship up a bit! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/14/google-follows-apples-lead-boots-fortnite-from-play-store https://appleinsider.com/ar...
SJ194: It's ranting men! Updated iMacs, Qualcomm flaws, TikTok socked, Joz moves up, Pixel 4a, more
August 10, 2020 10:59 - 45 minutes - 51.9 MBIt's BLEEPAPALOOZA on the good ship Space Javelin this week, cadets, as special guest Peter Cohen and Cap'n Mike double team to bleach the last bones of the Q3 financials, trash talk the TikTok shock, and (in the words of clickbait headlines) EVISCERATE Apple's nonsensical response to the blocking of streaming game services like xCloud and Stadia! Shield your ears, cadets, because the rants are too dang high! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/05/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-for-up-...
SJ193: AAPL's fiscal Q3 surprise, CES goes virtual, Big Tech meets Big Nothing, Emmys for TV+, more!
August 03, 2020 08:31 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MBBleepity-bleep, cadets! Cap'n Mike had to cover both Apple's fiscal Q3 financial results and the Big Tech congressional hearing, so the ol' beep button got a bleep of a workout, as you might imagine! There was a lot of other tech news, from Facebook crying foul to a new deal for movies, Emmy nominations for TV+, an Intel shakeout, and our review of the new Tom Hanks movie Greyhound! Just call us Siskel and Ebert, cadets, and take your seat for the latest episode of "Critics in Spaaaaaaaace!" ...
SJ192: VoLTE for the exits, Woz on the warpath, rumors, & a bunch of tech giants in legal trouble!
July 27, 2020 08:23 - 45 minutes - 52.4 MBThere wasn't a great deal of news this week, cadets, but what there was ... was mostly bad! Instacart, Twitter, AT&T, Verizon, Apple, Intel, Microsoft, and YouTube are all under the scope of scrutiny -- plus your old flip and early smartphones are headed to forced obsolescence land, and Bitcoin scammers are abusing Uncle Woz! Luckily there's a few bright spots, but put new batteries in your Super Lucky Kittens, cadets ... we're warping directly into the Silly Season Zone! https://appleinsid...
SJ191: An EU victory, a Google lawsuit, system updates, Apple News+ gets audio, & Greyhound's a hit
July 20, 2020 10:56 - 42 minutes - 48.4 MBThe mothership has scored a surprise rout over the forces of taxes, cadets, so we've reopened the Astro Arcade on deck six! We'll also be watching Tom Hanks in the Viewing Dome, listening to our audio news updates, and anxiously checking our recent Bitcoin investment ... uh oh ... er, half rations for a while, gang: our credit balance is gonna need a little maintenance! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/15/apple-and-ireland-win-appeal-in-144b-eu-tax-case https://appleinsider.com/articl...
SJ190: Public betas, iPhone 12 rumors, Warren Buffett, Tom Hanks, Wink blinks, Thunderbolt 4, & more
July 13, 2020 07:47 - 59 minutes - 67.7 MBWe're back, cadets, and we hope you missed us! Actually you can carry on missing Co-Cap'n Mike, as nobody's had the heart to jump into the Holo-sphere and let him know his shore leave is up! Luckily, William Gallagher of AppleInsider.com dropped by to help plow through two weeks worth of mischief and balderdash -- so get your astro-shovels out, cadets, the news really piled up during the break! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/09/apple-issues-first-public-beta-of-ios-14-ipados-14-watc...
SJ189: Dub-Dub deets, TikTok gets caught, Microsoft gives up, COVID closures, & Skylake is to blame!
June 29, 2020 08:21 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBThe big keynote we covered last week had a lot of big changes, cadets, but the devil is in the details ... so Cap'ns Mike and Charles go spelunking through the sessions to dig out little nuggets of future gold (or fool's gold) ahead of the public betas and our annual Canada Day/July 4th week holiday! We'll be back on July 13th, so have a blast and wear your astro-masks! https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/25/apples-federighi-and-joswiak-discuss-apple-silicon-ios-14-big-sur-and-more https...
SJ188: WWDC news & analysis, Hey gets a "ya," other news, Back to School, a special guest, and more!
June 23, 2020 11:38 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBWell, we made you wait an extra day, cadets, but the Mothership's second-biggest event of the year happened on Monday, and there was so much beyond the big announcements to talk about that not only did we have to pull in a guest commentator, but we ended up with a bumper edition of your trusty space-podcast! Mike and Charles start off with the lowdown on the virtual WWDC, and the good ship CFAX again loaned us Alan Perry to help Charles tackle the "regular" news! https://www.macrumors.com/20...