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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Episodes
MacNN Podcast Episode 46
January 12, 2016 14:50 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIt's the first MacNN Podcast of 2016, and we're just back from CES with all the latest stuff that is going to make up your glorious future! We talk about HomeKit, CarPlay, and Intel's plans for USB-C and Thunderbolt 3, plus we rank our best and worst Apple things for 2015, plus we plug our new book and reveal some surprising polling data.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 20 - Strangely Compelling
January 07, 2016 11:49 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBFor the first One More Thing podcast of the year, we look forward a bit but unexpectedly look back an awful lot more. This week is 39 years Apple was incorporated and the philosophy it still sticks to was laid out in a memo. Also news has just come out of floppy disks from the 1980s being found in the archives of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and all these things occupy William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele much more than the news that Samsung is going to make slightly less money this year.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 19: Talking Turkey
December 31, 2015 12:47 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBWe keep saying that you're joining us in the kitchen: finally we're going to make you a mug of tea. There's some cans in the fridge, too, we won't judge. Just get yourself something, do not under any circumstances take even one pixel of that chocolate cake we're saving, and let's have a natter. The kettle's boiled. Come have a chat about what we'll be seeing, hearing and doing in the next twelve months. Speaking of which, happy new year from MacNN and One More Thing.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 18 - Christmas Eve LaGrange Point
December 24, 2015 13:01 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBGet your coat, it's cold out there. But while regular co-host Malcolm Owen is off working, you and I are going to take a little drive. It's a very British drive so expect a lot of roundabouts – what is it with the UK and roundabouts? – plus some slightly distracted driving, possibly a few near misses, and also, well, not exactly news.
MacNN Podcast Episode 45
December 22, 2015 07:25 - 55 minutes - 51 MBThis week, we start off with a bit of a departure ... to a galaxy far, far away ... but don't worry, we don't spoil anything. Then, back in the Apple news world, we discuss the topics of the week, including encryption, Apple Pay, taxes, China, great tech gift ideas, and much more. A great chat to end the podcast year on. Enjoy the show, and happy holidays!
MacNN Off Topic Episode 06 - Spoil Everything
December 20, 2015 17:58 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBLook, here's the deal. This episode is full to the brim with spoilers for the end of the Doctor Who season as well as The Force Awakens, so if you want to remain unspoiled for either, just don't bother listening right now. It'll still be here when you want to chat. Don't worry, Star Wars fans, only 22 minutes of Doctor Who, with the balance of the hour talking about Star Wars nitty gritty!
MacNN One More Thing Episode 17 - The Hard Tinsel
December 17, 2015 11:41 - 26 minutes - 37 MBSometimes when you want something new, you just have to take inspiration from wherever you can. Ask Samsung. In this penultimate One More Thing of the year, Malcolm Owen and William Gallagher fess up to the Christmas Thingies of the Week that they would buy for themselves. They're not kidding around, either: one of them has already caved and bought his. It's the most expensive thingie he's bought and this week it was briefly the most embarrassing.
MacNN Podcast Episode 44
December 15, 2015 01:47 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBThis week, we talked a bit about Mystery Science Theatre 3000's comeback, the new Apple Smart Battery Case, the slew of system updates, how Apple Watch prices have dropped, the newly-announced "Walmart Pay" (um, sure) and how it compares to Apple Pay, our latest Gift Guide for the Mac Switcher, the best apps of 2015, and of course our App of the Week pick.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 16 - Held Together By Duct Tape
December 10, 2015 12:21 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBListen very carefully. Hopefully you won't spot this because William Gallagher and Malcolm Owen are professionals, but there is a moment when Malcolm has to keep talking longer than he intended. It's followed by a moment in which William tries to disguise that he's out of breath. Plus William has strong opinions about the new iPhone 6S Smart Battery Case – so strong that it was nearly his Thingy of the Week but failed. So nearly Thingy of the Week, the decision so close, that though he finall...
MacNN Podcast Episode 43
December 08, 2015 02:52 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBThis week, Mike and Charles discuss several of the new rumors that are starting to swirl around, the coming of CarPlay (finally) to actual cars you can buy, Consumer Reports' recommendation of the MacBook line (more reliable, more fun!), the possibility of iOS on the desktop, the holiday buying season and our own Gift Guides, Samsung finally paying up, and more.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 15 - Five Pints Please
December 03, 2015 12:22 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBWhile you were eating turkey, holidaying with family or simply not looking, there was news. Malcolm Owen was here and this week fills in William Gallagher on everything he missed. That includes the new Apple holiday advert, the potential new Apple moves with Lightning cables and OLED displays plus Christmas Thingies of the Week.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 14 - Except In Nebraska
November 25, 2015 14:02 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBWe've been checking our lists twice, chiefly because of syncing issues, and you know how it is. Christmas expands to fill the space you have and nature abhors a news vacuum so in what continues to be a quiet week, One More Thing decks some halls. Wait, is that Christmas or American Thanksgiving? It's some holiday or other and we're after celebrating all of them because it's a Grade A excuse to discuss some of the finest technology around. Malcolm Owen and William Gallagher both have recommend...
MacNN Podcast Episode 42
November 24, 2015 03:31 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBCharles and Mike wander through the various features MacNN has run this week, ranging from the "Five Reasons to Switch to Windows" and the corresponding "Five Reasons to Switch to Mac" as well as some analysis on the future of OS X-iOS convergence, the latest rumors, the repairability of the Apple Pencil, what's happening at MacUpdate.com and more, plus App of the Week.
MacNN Off Topic Episode 05 - Burning Ewoks
November 23, 2015 03:16 - 32 minutes - 45 MBWhere else in a half an hour can you get a discussion about Jessica Jones, ecological holocaust on Endor, and an editorial by a gaming site, amongst other topics? Join MacNN's Mike and Jordan as they discuss the nerdy topics of the week.
One More Thing Episode 13 - Chew Your Food
November 19, 2015 12:26 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBWhat Christmas, Black Friday or Thanksgiving presents do you get for your family? We don't care. Partly because William Gallagher and Malcolm Owen are in the UK where for some bizarre reason Thanksgiving isn't a big deal. Also, speaking of big deals, Black Friday has come to Britain but this year one big retailer has said they're not doing it. So it's just Christmas left and frankly we can shop for the family later.
MacNN Podcast Episode 41
November 16, 2015 20:41 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBJoin William and Mike in this special "man down" episode of the MacNN podcast. After a spirited discussion about the possible slipping of attention to detail by programmers in Cupertino, the pair discussed Apple's release of the iPad Pro, iOS Firefox, Tim Cook's recent remarks about the future of Cash, and much more!
MacNN Off Topic Episode 04 - Old Guy Sci - Fi
November 15, 2015 21:39 - 36 minutes - 50 MBJoin Mike, Charles, and Jordan for a half an hour, jamming on topics that grabbed our attention outside of work this week. We talk about Fallout 4, hit on the Nintendo live event (and who thought of Linkle?). Charles and Mike discuss this season of Doctor Who, with a possible look at the future of the show.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 12 - Total, Total Steveness
November 12, 2015 12:04 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBIt's the week of the iPad Pro so of course One More Thing has to look at 1997. There's plenty to say about 2015's iPad Pro but a new story has emerged about what it was like at Apple when Steve Jobs returned. Plus there's the news that an excited Malcolm Owen has been waiting for and William Gallagher hasn't: the release of an Android app for Apple Music. That difference aside, this might be the Most Agreeable Episode Ever. Last time Malcolm and William couldn't even agree on how to pronounce...
MacNN Podcast Episode 40
November 10, 2015 04:09 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBJoin Charles and Malcolm this week as they explore the new Disk Utility in OS X 10.11 El Capitan (and find a shocking omission), comment on the forthcoming new Star Trek series, sing the praises of apps Malcolm relies on to get the job done, lament the lack of an Android version of Apple Music (still!), and discuss the question of when to repair -- or replace -- an older Mac. All this plus App of the Week on milestone episode 40.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 11 - Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa
November 05, 2015 12:13 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBOf course there's a Santa Claus: how else are we going to get our iPad Pro and Apple Pencil for Christmas? Do find out in this One More Thing why there's even a question about this clear and obvious truth but then also tune in for contention. William Gallagher and Malcolm Owen can barely agree on the time in this one, though they have since had a mug of tea and a hot Ribera, talked it through, and agreed to disagree about Microsoft, Apple, Android, Larry Page, PayPal and product placement in ...
MacNN Podcast Episode 39
November 02, 2015 18:00 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBEpisode 39 is ready for your listening pleasure! Join an acoustically challenged Charles, and Malcolm, as they chat for a bit over an hour about Apple's fight against extracting data from a suspect's phone, the new Apple TV, and Amazon's purge of the Chromecast and Apple TV from its shelves.
MacNN Off Topic Episode 03 - I Want To Like It!
November 01, 2015 18:24 - 37 minutes - 52.3 MBMike and Jordan are at it again! Join the pair on MacNN's Off Topic podcast, and listen to the pair talk about Nintendo and the new Mii chat app for mobile, Sony's decision to not make any more first party games, Halo 5 and Mike's dislike of the direction the franchise has taken, and much more.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 10 - The Na No NaNoWriMo Edition
October 29, 2015 11:19 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBYes, yes, Apple made billions of dollars –– and for the first time you'll be able to hear Tim Cook talking hard cash right here in One More Thing – but far more important than that is you. Specifically the you who is going to write a book in November. We have advice, we have software recommendations.
MacNN Podcast Episode 38
October 26, 2015 16:18 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBGot an hour to kill and nothing to fill it with? Good -- because its tilme for this week's episode of The MacNN Podcast! We toss it up a bit as one of our staff is out gallivanting, so instead of Charles doing hosting duties, Mike takes the center chair this week, with Charles as his trusty sidekick. That's not all though! The pair are joined by William from One More Thing to round out the jovial cast of characters. If you didn't just see a '70s sitcom opening sequence in your head, you're do...
MacNN Off Topic Episode 02 - Game Development Is Hard
October 25, 2015 12:24 - 34 minutes - 16.3 MBMike and Jordan are back, with their normal patter. Join us for 30 minutes as we talk about the new Star Wars trailer, and the very quiet X-Files one, a God of War lawsuit, Destiny King's Fall raid, and more!
MacNN One More Thing Episode 09 - PC Does Whatever
October 22, 2015 10:58 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBThis is a world premiere: One More Thing becomes the first-ever MacNN podcast to do a live link-up via satellite to another podcast. Oh, yes. It's possibly not worth all the effort and the transatlantic cost but we've done it now. We're joking, obviously. Otherwise, we have about a pixel's worth of information to say about the PC Does What? adverts, we have a lot to say about Apple TV and we bluff about how expert we are on fashion. It's relevant!
MacNN Podcast Episode 37
October 20, 2015 04:53 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThis week we start off about the new iMacs, and how they are replacing -- for most users -- the Mac Pro. Which leads us to wonder about the future of the Mac Pro, and where all those Mac Pro users went. We take time to make fun of the new PC ad campaign, and sniff the smell of Microsoft's bribery desperation. We remember Gary Allen, review the App of the Week, and plug our newest podcast, Off Topic.
MacNN Off Topic Episode 01 - Harebrained Schemes
October 18, 2015 12:39 - 47 minutes - 66.3 MBApple technology is fascinating, but has its ups and downs. There's a big, wide world out there, that we barely touch on -- until now. Enclosed within, is the first episode of MacNN: Off Topic, our newest weekly podcast where the staffers talk about their passions, their interests, and the things that get them up in the morning. This week, Mike and Jordan talk to Mitch Gitelman, co-founder of Harebrained Schemes, and one of the main drivers behind the insanely successful Battletech Kickstarter.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 08 - Who Was That Masked Man
October 15, 2015 11:24 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBWe call him the Black Rider, though he isn't actually riding anything. Nonetheless, he is the Stranger of Reason, he is the Masked Man of Information and he's come along for this week's installment of the MacNN One More Thing podcast just as Malcolm Owen and William Gallagher are getting far too deep into the topic of keyboards.
MacNN Podcast Episode 36
October 13, 2015 05:42 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBFinally a special guest! In addition to weighing in on some of the big tech topics of the week, we talk to Macphun about the company's great line of photo-editing apps and their new abilities in Photos. Also on the block are recent gaffes by Aaron Sorkin and Elon Musk, Apple's reversal on removing access to purchased items, Apple Pay at Starbucks, and new Harry Potter e-books. A jam-packed hour!
MacNN One More Thing Episode 07 - The Name's Thing
October 08, 2015 12:15 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBNobody has ever thought this before when they typed a filename ending in 007. Nobody. Please join the roguishly handsome William Gallagher –– oh, you're never going to check –– and suave Malcolm Owen as they get down into OS X El Capitan in earnest. Then there is the sheer sea of news from Adobe that Malcolm's going to explain and Tim Cook's visibility award that he, William and you are going to applaud. Plus, keep in mind that this is the Other Podcast. It's not meant to be planned, it's a k...
MacNN Podcast Episode 35
October 05, 2015 22:34 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHosts Charles and Mike talk more about El Capitan, and the reasons why you should -- or should not -- upgrade right now. Also discussed is the new iPhone 6s Plus and its differences to the 6s, why a 16GB iOS device can be okay, the recent Patreon and Experian/T-Mobile data thefts, Amazon's refusal to carry streaming video boxes that don't support Prime Video, a bad actor who is ripping off developers in the bundle business, and William stops by with his App of the Week.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 06 - El Capitan, My Capitan
October 01, 2015 11:21 - 26 minutes - 36 MBHand on heart, we started with the episode title and tried to work backwards but failed. This week's episode does indeed feature the new OS X with the daft name but it also features some Android thing with a sillier one. Unless Google has named its next Android operating system Marshmallow as a nod to Veronica Mars: we'd respect that.
MacNN Podcast Episode 34
September 28, 2015 22:44 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBThis week, Mike, Charles, and guest reviewer William cover a wide range of topics, from big things like "what is the future of Apple's ARM-based A-series of processors? Will they someday be used to run Macs?" to "is iTunes done screwing around with my music library yet?" and many others. Other topics include guesstimating how many iPhones got sold last weekend, the sudden withdrawal (but eventual return) of Bioshock for iOS, the various carrier plans and options for a new iPhone, and how an A...
MacNN One More Thing Episode 05 - Apple Space Station
September 23, 2015 12:14 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBSources have told MacNN that Apple is going to build a space station. Okay, no sources have told us this, other than the voices in our head, but we're thinking to the future! Not to the future of Apple, but to the future of journalists who at some point will do a Google search on the first news of this space station and that's when we win. We're playing the long game.
MacNN Podcast Episode 33
September 21, 2015 18:53 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBThis week, Managing Editor Mike and your host, Editor Charles take a look at the release of iOS 9, the Amazon Fire TV revamp, two of Apple's biggest court cases, the Move to iOS app on Google Play and the uselessness of user reviews, new iCloud pricing and storage tiers, and of course our App of the Week.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 04 - How Do You Pronounce That?
September 16, 2015 11:23 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBMacNN's other podcast continues with the return of Malcolm Owen. He's the one who knows things while William Gallagher just pretends he does. This week they are knowing and pretending to know about iOS 9 and the various ways of mispronouncing technology terms. Find out about the future of gaming on Apple TV, the approaching judgement day for whether to stay on Apple Music after the trial, and coverage of both Tim Cook's trip to New York and William's equally landmark visit to London.
MacNN Podcast Episode 32
September 14, 2015 18:40 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBThis week on the MacNN podcast we have nearly a full complement of regulars, and its nice -- Charles brought the energy, Malcolm brought the energy drinks, Mike brought the funk, and William is making us all hors d'oeuvres thanks to his App of the Week selection. We talk about last week's Apple Event predictions, and also discuss Apple TV gaming, the best installment plans for iPhones, our latest new column, and much more.
MacNN One More Thing Episode 03 - The Secret of My 6S
September 10, 2015 11:34 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBYou heard it here first... or possibly second... maybe third... How many articles has MacNN written about this week's Apple announcements? This isn't another one. MacNN's extra, other, second news podcast One More Thing fully accepts that you've heard the news and seen the keynote so instead this week you and we just have a chat about what we liked and what we want. Also what we didn't like and don't want, but chiefly like and want.
MacNN Podcast Episode 31
September 08, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThis week on the show, Charles and Mike (with a cameo from William) talk about, yes, the latest predictions for the Wednesday event (which is handy, since Labor Day knocked the show's debut into Tuesday!). We also discuss our recent articles "Bad Apples" and "Good Apples," which respectively talk about the so-called "failures" of Apple hardware and how the critical "fails" often turn out to be the biggest sellers; defend the iPhone 5c on every level; the latest court cases for Apple; a recent...
MacNN One More Thing Episode 02 - Downton Apple
September 02, 2015 15:15 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBAll the news that's fit to say plus a lot that really isn't because it's just speculation. We'd say this has been the worst week for people guessing what Apple is up to and Apple dropping hints about what it isn't doing yet, except that most weeks are the worst week for that. In this second edition of the Other MacNN Podcast, One More Thing, William Gallagher and Malcolm Owen join some dots, right some wrongs and generally put the world to rights. It's the MacNN guarantee: we'll put the wor...
MacNN Podcast Episode 30
August 31, 2015 18:21 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBDriving across 770 miles of breathtaking Canadian landscape, Editor Charles returns from the Edmonton Fringe Festival with accolades and a shiny new Apple Watch for his trouble just in time to bring you the big 3-0 episode of the MacNN Podcast along with Managing Editor Mike, writer William Gallagher, and special guest Matt Boyd of the excellent webcomic "Three Panel Soul." This week we talk about our MacNN feature pieces: the Rumor Roundup, the Back to School Guide, the "What drove you to th...
MacNN One More Thing Episode 01 - Formerly Known As
August 26, 2015 23:55 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBBless Swatch for giving us the idea for the title and bless Apple for creating enough news that we need a second podcast. MacNN: One More thing is your generally bite-sized midweek podcast with William Gallagher and Malcolm Owen, let loose from Monday's main show and allowed to talk in their natural British accents all they like.
MacNN Podcast Episode 29
August 24, 2015 00:12 - 1 hour - 59 MBThe regular crew is off having fun without us, so Jordan and Mike hit the air for their own brand of mayhem! Join the seasoned pair as they discuss iPhone rumors, the possibility of a new Apple TV and why they don't think its coming at this event, Destiny's pending changes, Windows 10 as a service, and so much more, shotgun-style.
MacNN Podcast Episode 28
August 17, 2015 16:28 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThis week, Charles, Malcolm, and Bradley discuss our fearless (translation = safe) predictions for the alleged September iPhone event while spilling over into a few flights of fancy, tell more horrible/amusing tales of My Stupid Fault, and check in on the full review of Windows 10. William joins us to highlight his App of the Week as well.
MacNN Podcast Episode 27
August 10, 2015 11:30 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThis week, the usual suspects -- MacNN Editor Charles Martin, Managing Editor Mike Wuerthele, and staff writer Malcolm Owen -- deliver a lighter, shorter, 47-minute summer episode that tries to accentuate the positive, and make lemonade out of lemons. Having spent last episode complaining about iTunes 12.2, the iOS Music app, and (as required by law) Microsoft's Windows 10, this episode focuses on the new Back to School promo from Apple, what can be done to make iTunes better, the start of a ...
MacNN Podcast Episode 26
August 04, 2015 09:21 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBIf it wasn't for our new books (have we mentioned them?), this would be a strangely all-Microsoft episode of The MacNN Podcast, but luckily the Redmond giant turns out software for both Macs and Windows (who knew?), so we've set up this episode to be fun to listen to while you wait for your approval notice from Microsoft that you may obtain your copy of WindOwS X -- sorry, Windows 10. We also talk cool software, including (yes) Microsoft Excel.
MacNN Podcast Episode 25
July 27, 2015 16:21 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBAnother week, more tech headlines to dissect. Join host Charles Martin, along with Managing Editor Mike and staffers William, Malcolm and Sanjiv as they take a look at the AT&T/DirecTV merger, Apple's fiscal Q3 performance, AAPL versus AMZN, a new column called My Stupid Fault, wistfully reminisce about the Apple/Microsoft wars, report on SSD testing using the new version of Trim in OS X 10.10.4, and check out the new 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
MacNN Podcast Episode 24
July 19, 2015 00:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week, MacNN Editor Charles Martin, along with Managing Editor Mike, and staffers Malcolm, William, and Sanjiv celebrate a decade of the Podcast, and the latest iPod touch, while making a point of NOT celebrating the latest version of iTunes, and Neil Young's crazy course. We also look at the mostly-brutal tech quarterly reports, Word 2016, and the Retina 5K 27-inch iMac.
MacNN Podcast Episode 23
July 13, 2015 21:13 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThis week, as usual, we cover a range of topics from around the Apple and general tech world, and we throw in a cruel experiment in Apple Watch deprivation, mercilessly conducted on one of our staffers. Editor and host Charles Martin, with writers Michelle Elbert and William Gallagher, also mourn the passing of Electronista, discuss the release of Microsoft Office 2016, the release of OS X and iOS public betas, and hand out some App of the Week awards, among other topics.