Vector
458 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 353 ratingsVECTOR is an (almost) daily podcast focused on Apple and personal technology.
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I Touched the iPhone 11 Pro and It Changed Everything!
September 11, 2019 17:38 - 9 minutes - 4.91 MBPhone has gone Pro — iPhone 11 Pro more specifically! — and I went hands-on with it to bring you back a first look and first impressions. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: Daniel Bader (@journeydan) | Twitter Android 10 | Android Central iOS 13 | iMore MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie ...
Android 10 vs. iOS 13 — From the Android Expert! [Android Q]
September 08, 2019 18:06 - 17 minutes - 8.37 MBAndroid 10 — alas, no more desert names need apply, has begun rolling out, starting first with Google’s own Pixel phones. iOS 13 should be rolling out in about two weeks, just before Apple launches its next batch of iPhones. And as much as they’re completely different operating systems from different companies with different philosophies behind them, they’re doing some similar things this time around. To talk about all of that, I’ve got Android Central’s managing editor, Daniel Bader on ...
Everyone is WRONG about Apple's iPhone 11 Event
September 05, 2019 13:16 - 10 minutes - 5.23 MBI know some people are doom and gloom cynical, and all pre-bored about the iPhone 11 and all, and I’ve already done a whole video about why I think they’re wrong and how the new camera features alone have me pretty excited. But, there’s another reason I’m kinda hyped as well. Apple’s got a whole new Find My app shipping with iOS 13 and macOS Catalina. And, rumor has it, a whole new Find My accessory to go with it, maybe as soon as Apple’s iPhone 11 Event this coming Tuesday in Cupertino, C...
How To Get iPhone 11 for CHEAP
September 03, 2019 19:26 - 7 minutes - 3.78 MBiPhone prices — hell, flagship phone prices in general — have never been higher. At the same time, the carrier subsidies that used to cover up the costs have gone away and so the amped up prices are all amped up in our faces. Still, I know some people online — not just YouTubers and bloggers — who each year, every year, still always get the new iPhone. Now, I have to do that for my job, but I was curious why and how they did it. So, I asked. Why was easy. They always wanted the latest an...
How iPhone Users Were Attacked — By Google's Project Zero
September 03, 2019 12:56 - 9 minutes - 4.61 MBWhen does a team dedicated to ferreting out bugs, exploits, and vulnerabilities turn into its own form of malware attack? For Google’s Project Zero, the answer just may have been this week. SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code: VECTOR LINKS: Project Zero: A very deep dive into iOS Exploit chains found in the wild Sources say China used iPhone hacks to target Uyghur ...
Apple TV+ vs. Disney+
August 30, 2019 14:38 - 9 minutes - 4.82 MBDisney just held their annual D23 event, jam-packed with new programming and information about their upcoming Disney+ streaming service and Apple has released more trailers for the shows set to debut on their upcoming TV+ streaming service. But… one of these things is not like the other. So, what does it all mean for Disney, for Apple, and for us? Let’s figure it out. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! MORE: Merch: https://...
Apple Makes Right on Indy iPhone Repair
August 29, 2019 12:33 - 5 minutes - 3.19 MBApple is expanding repair support for out-of-warranty iPhones beyond AppleCare, beyond Apple Stores, beyond even Apple Authorized Service Providers. Right now, today, they’re launching a brand new program for Independent Repair Providers and here’s what it covers. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: Independent Repair Provider Program - Official Apple Support MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://k...
Everyone is WRONG About the iPhone 11 Pro
August 28, 2019 15:00 - 14 minutes - 7.16 MBWe’ve had a ton of leaks, a ton of spoilers, a bunch of renders on twitter and grafs in business pubs. But Apple hasn’t announced the iPhone 11 yet. Tim Cook hasn’t shown it off on stage. Phil Schiller hasn’t gone over all its feature slides. Oh yeah, It’s that time of year again. Apple’s annual iPhone event is only a couple of weeks away and we already have some people tripping all over themselves to tell you how boring and must-skippable it’s just gotta to be. And, while I’m going to f...
Every iPhone Ranked — Best to Worst!
August 27, 2019 12:23 - 12 minutes - 5.96 MBWhat's the absolute best iPhone of all time? With the iPhone 11 on the horizon, I wanted to find out. So, I asked all of you. And you voted by the thousands. Here is your ultimate pick, and your complete iPhone rankings from worst to best — and best to worst! SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code: VECTOR MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/re...
Apple Card Review
August 23, 2019 20:16 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBApple has partnered with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard to roll out the Apple Card to iPhone owners in the U.S. It’s been available to Apple employees to test out for a few months, invitation-only to customers for a few weeks, and has now gone wide for everyone. So, should you get it? SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: Lory Gil (@Appaholik) | Twitter Apple Card review: How a credit card can actually be different | iM...
Enterprise Preview: iOS 13, iPadOS, macOS Catalina
August 22, 2019 15:08 - 7 minutes - 3.87 MBWait, no, don’t hard quit the podcast! Don’t you do it! Yes, it’s enterprise. I know. But, just hold on a hot damn second. These new features for iOS 13, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina in enterprise are cool. Mostly because I kinda love what they just might be hinting at for the future of all of Apple’s operating systems… and for all of us. SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code...
Apple 2019 September Event Preview
August 21, 2019 20:07 - 10 minutes - 5.26 MBThe music plays. The Apple logo dances something clever across the big screen. Then, the lights go down. Tim Cook takes the stage. Good morning. Good morning. And the September 2019 event is on. But… what’s on, exactly? SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code: VECTOR LINKS: Apple Watch Series 5: The Break Down - YouTube The Apple TV Dongle - YouTube Fixing HomePod for...
Will There Be an Apple Watch Series 5?
August 20, 2019 16:06 - 9 minutes - 4.7 MBApple Watch Series 5. There’s been so little news about it this year, some people have started wondering out loud if there’d even be a new Apple Watch this year. But, well.. Series 4 was such a leap forward, the speculation is going, that Series 5 could take a year off and just kind of coast. You know, maybe price drop it and use that as a way to lower the entry point and put pressure on competitors instead. And you know, maybe. But… it just doesn’t click for me. SPONSOR: Eero Get $10...
How Apple Can Make the iPhone 11 'PRO'
August 15, 2019 20:52 - 13 minutes - 6.43 MBMac Pro. MacBook Pro. iPad Pro. iMac Pro. Powerbeats Pro… iPhone Pro? There’s a rumor going around that Apple might just call one or more of this fall’s iPhones… the iPhone Pro. Or maybe the iPhone 11 Pro. It’s unclear. Also unclear: What, beyond just adding the label, Apple could do to make the iPhone really, truly worthy of the name ‘Pro’. That is, if the name ‘Pro” even means anything any more. Curious, I asked all of you on Twitter what you thought… and wow did you resp...
What Apple Said About iPhone Battery Locks, FAA MBP Battery Bans Busted
August 15, 2019 00:24 - 8 minutes - 4.18 MBApple sent me a statement on the whole iPhone battery locking controversy and the FAA has added some thirsty, thirsty MacBook Pro battery coverage to the mix. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: Rene Ritchie on Twitter: "Here’s Apple’s statement on third-party battery repairs and the battery health feature:… " APPLE'S CONCERN IS YOUR SAFETY. - YouTube U.S. Regulator Bans Recalled Apple Laptops From Flights - Bloomb...
Apple's new $1 MILLION Bug Bounty Program
August 12, 2019 17:56 - 8 minutes - 4.22 MBBroader bounties. Million-dollar payouts. Beta bonuses. Info-Sec-Fuzed iPhones. And more. Apple’s Head of Security Engineering and Architecture, Ivan Krstić, has just dropped some bombshell announcements at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas and we’re going to talk about them. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription! MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com...
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Features Apple Should STEAL For iPhone 11
August 11, 2019 18:57 - 8 minutes - 4.34 MBThe Galaxy Note 10 is here. I spoke all about it with Daniel Bader from Android Central, so be sure to check that video out if you haven’t already. Now, I want to talk about the feature from the Note 10 I’d love to see Apple bring to the iPhone 11… or iPhone 12 if they’re already locked and loaded for September. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 31 days. MORE:...
Is Apple Locking iPhone Batteries to Discourage Repair? Also: Foldable iPads!
August 11, 2019 18:52 - 9 minutes - 4.85 MBYeah, I’m just gonna lean right into Bettridge’s Law with this video title. Right on in. So, the story is this: A couple of days ago, Justin from TheArtofRepair YouTube channel discovered that, all of a sudden, swapping out the battery on an iPhone resulted in the newish battery health monitoring system turning off and popping up: "Important battery message: Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery. Health information not available for this battery" Since then, we’ve ...
Galaxy Note 10 vs. iPhone 11— From the Android Expert
August 08, 2019 12:14 - 16 minutes - 8.06 MBIt’s Samsung’s big Galaxy Note 10 day today and so I’ve got Daniel Bader, Managing Editor of Android Central, on the line with me to tell us all about it. Who is the Galaxy Note 10 for? Does it still cater to power users and nerds, even without a headphone jack? How does the camera compare to Huawei? How do the features compare to $500 and under phones? How will the Galaxy Note 10 hold up to the upcoming Apple iPhone 11 and Google Pixel 4? And do you even need to think about 5G now? SPON...
Apple's Post-iPhone Future
August 07, 2019 12:44 - 20 minutes - 9.66 MBDespite the usual doom and gloom reporting that we got leading up to Apple’s Q3 2019 financial results — or stock manipulation depending on your point of view — the company managed to largely beat expectations. But not escape the doom and gloom. Not entirely. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free for the first 31 days. LINKS: Neil Cybart (@neilcybart) | Twitter Above Avalon ...
iPhone 13 Touch ID, iPhone 12 AR Camera, iPhone 11 Tariffs
August 06, 2019 13:46 - 9 minutes - 4.58 MBIt's a Kuo Ming-Chi-a-palooza! iPhone 13 rumors, already, yeah, yikes. The possible return of Touch ID-like fingerprint authentication if not Touch ID itself. iPhone 12 and time of flight sensors for the ultimate augmented reality thrill ride. And iPhone 11, the potential tariffs it might well face, and how Apple may have to deal with them. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and enter the promo code ‘vector’ to start your membership completely free fo...
Apple Cancels Siri Grading, Samsung Cancels Headphone Jack
August 03, 2019 15:09 - 8 minutes - 4.18 MBApple and Google suspend manual voice reviews and Samsung suspends the headphone jack on Galaxy Note 10 SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: (Don’t) hold the phone: new features coming to Pixel 4 Pixel 4 Face Unlock vs. Apple Face ID: How they're different and how Google's might be better | Android Central MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts....
How Pixel 4 is Copying Face ID
August 01, 2019 12:23 - 12 minutes - 6.36 MBI was going to try and cram in Apple earnings analysis today but I think I’ll save it for tomorrow after all the headlines and hindsights hot takes have had time to cool down. Instead, let’s talk about Google’s big Pixel 4 leak-nouncement. Yeah, another one. Basically, it’s Face ID. But is it a cutting edge reinvention or just a lame retread? SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and 20% off their annual Premium subscription! LINKS: (Don’t) hold the phone: new features co...
iPhone 5G x3, MacBook Pro $3K, Siri Scandal Redux
July 30, 2019 12:19 - 11 minutes - 5.59 MBAnother huge milestone for us and what we’re all building here together — This channel just hit 20 million views. Almost 250 videos and 122 thousand subscribers since we started, it’s humbling to think this little idea for an optimistic, deeply researched, steak-over-sizzle, facts-over-flex, punching up and never down conversation about technology and culture we started just over a year ago has found an audience as smart and savvy and frankly as magnificent as all of you. I know we’re no...
Why People Are Freaking Out Over Siri Privacy
July 29, 2019 01:36 - 27 minutes - 13.2 MBHumans listen to segments of our voices captured by Siri, Google, and Alexa to help train the natural language engines. It's always been done this way but it's never gotten much attention. Not until Bloomberg reported on it all back in April, focusing on Alexa. But the VRT NWS piece on Google and now The Guardian’s piece on Siri have really caught fire. Especially the latter. Maybe because, unlike the others, it front-loaded the part about sex, crime, medicine, and business. Or maybe just ...
Samsung re-Fold, iPhone 11 Smart Frame, Facebook's $5b Fine, iOS Migration
July 26, 2019 20:15 - 12 minutes - 5.98 MBIt’s Friday and once again I’m taking three stories from around the web that are important but that either wouldn’t fill a full video or I just plain missed out on covering during the week. I’m planning on doing these more often going forward too, so if you have stories you want to see covered next week, just drop them in the comments or hit me up on Twitter. Then hit subscribe and dropkick that little bell dingus so you don’t miss them when they land. On deck for today are some privacy ...
Apple's 5G Future
July 25, 2019 12:31 - 20 minutes - 9.68 MBThere have been rumors of Apple working on their own cellular modems for years. Those are the radios that phones and other gear use to connect to carrier networks like AT&T, Verizon, Rogers, Vodafone, and all the rest. They’re mainly LTE right now but 5G is on the horizon and they’re already speccing out 6G beyond that. So, it’s a critical part of the hardware we all use every day and Apple likes to control all of those parts. The rumors picked up recently when Apple settled with Qualcom...
Apple Watch ECG App — 6 Months Later
July 22, 2019 18:19 - 10 minutes - 5.34 MBBack in September for 2018 — and wow but does that already seem like a technology lifetime ago! — Apple’s chief operating officer and head of Watch and Health products — took to the stage at the companies annual September event to announce Apple Watch Series 4 and its bold new edge-to-edge display. But he also announced something else: Irregular heartbeat notifications and, for the first time ever in a direct-to-consumer device, the ability to take an electrocardiogram. In a watch. On your...
Bored with iPhone
July 20, 2019 17:45 - 12 minutes - 6.23 MBThere’s a feeling among some people in the tech community that the next iPhone looks too much like the last iPhone, which looked pretty much exactly like the iPhone before that. Apple’s design has become stale, they say. Iterative. Boring. SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code: VECTOR MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast:...
iPadOS Safari: Desktop-Class Browsing is Here!
July 18, 2019 15:48 - 17 minutes - 8.42 MBOur long, browser nightmare is over. Google web apps like GSuite now work as expected in Safari. So do Square Space and Wordpress. It’s a modern mobile miracle. But it’s also more than that: A download manager, a ton of keyboard shortcuts with modifiers, the ability to save and open tab sets, per site settings, text size controls, the whole WebKiit and caboodle. Apple is calling it Desktop Class Safari for iPad. The full-on web finally optimized for iPad or the iPad finally fully optimized...
MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro 2019
July 14, 2019 16:39 - 13 minutes - 6.6 MBSo you want to buy a new MacBook, maybe for school, maybe for work, maybe to create something that lets you change how and why you work. Whatever. You need it, you want it… but you’re just not sure which new MacBook to get. At least not yet. SPONSOR: Eero Get $100 off a package that includes an eero base unit, two eero Beacons and one year of eero Plus. Visit eero.com/vector and use promo code: VECTOR LINKS: Buy 13-inch MacBook Air - Apple Buy MacBook Pro - Apple MORE: Merch: http...
iPadOS Files & USB Drive Preview
July 11, 2019 13:05 - 13 minutes - 6.82 MBWith iPadOS — and, yes, an iPhone and even an iPod touch running iOS 13 — you can finally access external files, not just photos, not just videos, but honest-to-unix external documents, assets, and anything else, just by plugging in a USB drive, stick, even SD or Compact Flash card. You can even open photos and video directly in editing apps and access SMB shares right in the Files app. With some caveats, limitations, and, of course, adapters. Hey, this is still iOS we’re talking about her...
Why Apple Killed the 12-inch MacBook — Air and Pro Updated
July 09, 2019 22:13 - 7 minutes - 3.76 MBThe 12-inch MacBook is dead. So is the quote unquote “MacBook Escape”. In place of the MacBook is now just the MacBook Air, newly updated with a True Tone display. In place of the Escape is Touch Bars, Touch ID, and T2 chips all the way down. But does that make things simpler or even more complicated? SPONSOR: Simple Contacts: Get $20 off your first Simple Contacts order just by going to simplecontacts.com/vector or entering VECTOR20 at checkout. LINKS: Buy 13-inch MacBook Air - Appl...
Jony Ive Drama Explained
July 08, 2019 18:04 - 27 minutes - 13.1 MBA week ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article that alleged a high level of disfunction in Apple’s design department, from Tim Cook’s relationship with Jony Ive, to how Jony Ive ran — or didn’t run — the design organization, and how all of that led to Jony’s departure. The following evening, Tim Cook emailed CNBC to call the story absurd, distorted, and not recognizable as the company it claimed to describe. And, ever since, we’ve seen so many tea quotes, hot takes, sides taken...
Is Apple Killing the Butterfly Keyboards on MacBooks?
July 05, 2019 14:55 - 8 minutes - 4.2 MBKuo Ming-Chi, supply chain exfiltrator extraordinaire, in a report issued earlier today. Text via MacRumors: "There have been successful developments in the new scissor keyboard. The new keyboard could improve the typing experience by offering longer key travel and durability by adopting glass fiber to reinforce the keys' structure." This, allegedly, for a 2019 MacBook Air update. If you’re not up on your keyboard nomenclature, then scissor switches are the fairly standard mechanisms A...
Everything REALLY Wrong With Lightning Cables
July 03, 2019 14:43 - 16 minutes - 7.87 MBI’ve been meaning to do a video about Apple’s Lightning port for a while now. The story is super interesting but other stuff kept coming up. Then, just this morning, I watched a video Tech Insider put up and… Yeah. Now, I’m fully behind Apple moving to USB-C on the iPhone. I would have loved for it to have happened with the iPhone X, even recognizing that’s super easy to say as someone not responsible for, you know, actually running the product. But, I also think the video left out a lot...
Why Everyone is Wrong About Jony Ive and Design at Apple
July 02, 2019 16:23 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBThere have been a lot of... questionable takes surrounding the news of Jony Ive leaving Apple, what caused it, how it happened, and what it means for Apple's design culture going forward. Rather than perpetuate another one of my own, I decided to find someone super smart and super talented who was actually there. Who worked on prototyping and design at Apple going back to the days of Steve Jobs and the original iPhone, and who understands how and why the design culture works the way it doe...
What Jony Ive Leaving Means For Apple with John Gruber
June 29, 2019 02:52 - 30 minutes - 14.3 MBJohn Gruber of Daring Fireball and The Talk Show joins me to follow up on Jony Ive leaving Apple, starting LoveFrom with Marc Newson, being hired by Apple, Evans Hankey and Alan Dye reporting into Jeff Williams, Sabih Khan becoming SVP of Operations, the future of Tim Cook, Jony's involvement over the last few years, Jony's hardware vs. software chops, and what may happen in the near future with Apple design. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream - Stay curious Go to curiositystream.com/vector and ent...
Why Jony Ive is Leaving Apple
June 28, 2019 10:16 - 10 minutes - 5.44 MBCupertino, California — Apple today announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients. While he pursues personal projects, Ive in his new company will continue to work closely and on a range of projects with Apple. Wow, I mean. On one hand, I’m devastated. As someone who started out in the business as a designer, Jony Ive and his relationshi...
The Ultimate iPhone (2019)
June 26, 2019 14:42 - 13 minutes - 6.54 MBI’ve been wanting to do a video about what my dream iPhone would be for a while now. You know, if I got to be or work with Jony or Phil Schiller, or Joz for a cycle and do everything I’ve always wanted to do with and for the iPhone. Now, I’ve done videos before about this and that hardware feature I’d like to see Apple grab from other manufacturers and bring over to the iPhone, and MKBHD just did a video on what his dream phone in general would be cobbled together from all the different ma...
How macOS Catalina changes EVERYTHING
June 25, 2019 13:11 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBmacOS Catalina is bringing with it a feature set that edges on the audacious. Catalyst aims to let the vast catalog of iPad apps move more easily to the Mac, while SwiftUI teases a future where developers can build them that way to begin with. iTunes, venerable and beyond bloated, is being shattered into new Music, Podcast, and TV apps, with updated Books and even Finger functionality to round them out. There’s a new, more salient Photos app, Mail that’s more zen, Notes that are easier...
Mac Pro vs. Mac mini — On a Budget!
June 22, 2019 15:28 - 14 minutes - 7.29 MBApple’s got a new Mac Pro and it’s almost everything everyone who loves the Mac Pro wanted. It’s got a bunch of PCIe slots for expansion, all wrapped up in a mini tower case that can grate cheese in more dimensions than ever. If you want to, you can kick it up to 28 Xeon Cascade Lake cores and 1.5 Terabytes of memory. That is, if you work for ILM or Pixar or Skywalker Audio because just going out to buy those cores from Intel will cost you 7 and a half to 10K, and just getting that RAM fro...
Why Google is Killing the Pixel Slate
June 21, 2019 19:22 - 16 minutes - 7.91 MBGoogle is killing off its Pixel line of homespun tablet hardware. Now, just to be 100% crystal clear, Google is still going to be making Pixel Phones and Pixel Laptops, Home Max and Chromecast Ultra, Nest Thermostats and Nest Cams. But the Pixel Slate — That has to die. But, why? Russell Holly from Android Central joins me to figure it all out! SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Russell Holly (@russellholly) | Twitter Google's of...
iPhone 12: Rumor Analysis
June 20, 2019 16:12 - 10 minutes - 5.24 MBYes, this is utterly, completely, totally, add any three words that all mean the same thing, ridiculous. iPhone 11 is still 3 months away and not only are we already getting iPhone 12 rumors, we’ve been getting them basically forever already. So, let's break them down! SPONSOR: Molekule Go to molekule.com and enter VECTOR at checkout to save $75. LINKS: Kuo on 2020 iPhones: 5.4-Inch and 6.7-Inch Models With 5G, 6.1-Inch Model With LTE, All With OLED Displays - MacRumors Apple repor...
OMG! Facebook's New Libra Cryptocurrency is...!
June 19, 2019 12:49 - 13 minutes - 6.69 MBFacebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has just announced Libra, his attempt to revolutionize not just payments, but money itself, on a global scale, and Calibra, Facebook’s wallet app for Libra. But what is Libra more exactly and why, after the terrible, scandalous, privacy violating, trust rending, not good very bad year if not decade Facebook’s had, why would anyone in their right mind, or Mark Zuckerberg, think for a smoking hot minute we’d trust them with our money? Tantalizingly — or app...
Can iPad Pro Replace Your Laptop Now?
June 14, 2019 18:28 - 13 minutes - 6.54 MBWhen I first reviewed the iPad Pro last November, I focused on the seriously amped up hardware design. I figured the iOS 12 software story hadn’t changed so there was no point revisiting it. Many of you all, of course, allowed yourselves to retort. And you were right. So, two weeks later, I redid my review, went over why I felt the iPad Pro was less a laptop replacement and more a laptop alternative, and then went through a few of the ways I was hoping Apple would improve the software in the...
iOS 13 Siri Shortcuts: Automation Unleashed!
June 13, 2019 19:30 - 12 minutes - 5.99 MBSiri and Apple’s voice and assistive technologies in general are getting some major love in iOS 13, including a synthetic yet more natural sound, new intents so developers can add Siri support to Maps apps like Waze and audio apps like Overcast, Audible, and Spotify, and even full-on Voice Control so you can navigate your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with basically the Will and the Word. And, of course, Shortcuts is becoming a built-in app and is adding support for a bunch of new functionality, no...
watchOS 6: This Changes EVERYTHING!
June 13, 2019 15:03 - 10 minutes - 5.25 MBApple has announced their plans for watchOS 6, and here’s 5… no, let’s make that an even 6, things you need to know about it! SPONSOR: Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this show! The first 500 of you will get 2 months of premium courses for FREE! MORE: Merch: https://standard.tv/vector Gear: https://kit.com/reneritchie Podcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vector Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Mobile Nations Affiliate Link ...
tvOS 13: Apple TV’s Update for 2019
June 10, 2019 13:55 - 6 minutes - 3.34 MBOne of the big questions following the announcement of the new TV app and it’s availability on smart TVs and streaming boxes was — what place did that leave for Apple TV 4K, which could now come off as expensive at best and superfluous at worst. And Apple, with Tim Cook doing the presentation, started to make that case at WWDC. It’s about the experience, dammit. And that experience is driven by tvOS. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and 20% off their annual Premium s...
Why iPadOS Changes EVERYTHING
June 06, 2019 17:53 - 11 minutes - 5.72 MBBack in early 2015 I asked Apple and the world a question: “What if the iPad ran iPadOS?” At the time, iPad may not have been quote-unquote just a big iPod touch, but it wasn’t much more than an iPod touch gone IMAX. Then, slowly, every couple of years, it started getting exclusive features like Side-by-Side apps and Picture-in-Picture video. Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard. Multi-window Drag-and-Drop and workspaces. But, only every couple of years. Because the iPad didn’t have its own O...