185: ‘Warmest Regards’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
The Talk Show With John Gruber
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Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the end of The Deck ad network, my weird story about getting kicked out of Amazon’s affiliate program, Apple’s new products announced last week (Red iPhone 7 models, larger-capacity iPhone SEs, the new 9.7-inch just-plain iPad, and Apple’s excellent new Clips app), Samsung’s new Galaxy S8, Twitter’s new reply system, CarPlay getting its ass kicked in a head-to-head comparison with Android Auto, ISPs and Privacy, and more.
Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the end of The Deck ad network, my weird story about getting kicked out of Amazon’s affiliate program, Apple’s new products announced last week (Red iPhone 7 models, larger-capacity iPhone SEs, the new 9.7-inch just-plain iPad, and Apple’s excellent new Clips app), Samsung’s new Galaxy S8, Twitter’s new reply system, CarPlay getting its ass kicked in a head-to-head comparison with Android Auto, ISPs and Privacy, and more.
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Links:
Jim Coudal announces the end of The Deck.
My farewell to The Deck.
Clips.
Dan Frommer on the Galaxy S8 taking a bit of the piss out Apple's purported edge-to-edge iPhone coming later this year.
Dan Seifert’s report on the Galaxy S8, from Samsung’s headquarters in South Korea.
Viv, the Samsung-acquired voice-AI system from the creators of Siri.
The 12-year old Daring Fireball post that apparently got me kicked out of Amazon's affiliate program.
Andy Rubin's teaser tweet.
Eric Schmidt's tweet promoting Rubin's teaser, on the day of Samsung's S8 announcement.
Android Auto vs. CarPlay head-to-head.
Sam Biddle tries to get a telecom PR rep to make sense of their official position on “protecting user privacy”.
The iPhone Math, Dan’s favorite busted-ass rumor.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.