98: Robot-Kicking Problem

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98: Robot-Kicking Problem

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Aug 5, 2015

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Apple's cell service plans (or lack thereof), HitchBot's demise, Windows 10's privacy snafu, and the end of removable batteries and SD cards in phones.

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Aug 5, 2015

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Clockwise is a rapid-fire discussion of current technology issues hosted by Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent and featuring two special guests each week. Four people, four topics--and because we're always watching the clock, no episode is longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent.

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Clockwise 55: Extreme Physical Butt Force: Our favorite iOS 8 apps, loving and hating third-party keyboards, the first week with new iPhones (except for Lex), and Dan explains how many different objects can be bent if you put your mind to it. With guests Lex Friedman and Rene Ritchie. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 66: Driving Through Magic: Apple's App Store rejections, early video game memories, Siri on the desktop, and why we should care about Net Neutrality. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 65: The Slovenian Perspective: Automating boring tasks, holiday shopping lists, favorite subscription services, and buying cheap tech accessories. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 54: Government in Exile: We've all left IDG but we're still here! This week we talk iPhone 6, compare the 6 to the 6 Plus, ponder an overabundance of apps, and talk about our favorite iOS 8 features. With guests Dan Frakes and Philip Michaels! by Clockwise
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Clockwise 56: Niche of Awesomeness: Apple Pay, Apple and software quality, adapting apps to the iPhone 6, and our nostalgia for unloved old tech. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 57: Piegate: Our dreams of new iPads, Google's responsibility to patrol the Internet, a hail of technology scandals, and iOS 8's slow adoption rate. And be sure to leave room for pie! by Clockwise
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Clockwise 0: Tamagotchi Plays You by Clockwise
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Clockwise 76: The Darkness: What's attached to our TVs, the prospects for an Apple stylus, Kickstarter as a store, and if the future of artificial intelligence threatens all humanity or is just another pipe dream. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 61: Chancellor of Burberry: Taking stock of iCloud Drive, the Apple Watch gets "delayed," Christian Bale bails, and singing the praises of old technology. With guests John Moltz and Dan Frakes. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 58: All My Money Is Gone: Live from Montreal: Expectations of Yosemite, dreaming of Macs with color selections, the Mac App Store, iOS 8, and keeping up with the Cardassians. With special Canadian guests Rene Ritchie and Georgia Dow. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 68: Genuine Frontier Gibberish: In this plus-sized year-end edition, Philip Michaels returns to steal the show from Dan and Jason and force them to compete for points for their punditry. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 67: Disapproving Record Clerk: Excitement for 2015 technology, Apple OS features we don't use, a requiem for old media, and the Sony leaks. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 59: Everything's Weird: Flat iPad sales, accelerating Apple OS updates, Retina displays on the desktop, and room for improvement at the Apple Store. With guests Jessie Char and Paul Kafasis. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 60: Spite Corporation: How we read e-books, the future prospects of the Apple SIM, Apple Pay versus CurrentC, and the (now resolved?) PCalc widget controversy. With guests Christina Warren and Serenity Caldwell. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 62: Light at the End of the Pipe: Workplace ergonomics, Microsoft's entrance into wearable tech, the eternal virtual reality pipe dream, and the Uncanny Valley of personal digital assistants. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 89: A Bunch of Dopes: Quick reactions to the Google I/O keynote, including Google Photos, a focus on bug fixes, contextual machine intelligence, and searching for the next billion Internet users. With Andy Ihnatko and Anze Tomic. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 72: Robot Butler: Apple's huge quarterly results, the psychology of Kickstarter, Microsoft's holograms, and technology that cures life's annoyances. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 82: Stunt Queuing: No more sleeping outside of Apple stores, the future of Periscope, whether Star Wars on iTunes matters, and our review of the early Apple Watch reviews. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 69: Quantum Dots and Kooky Segways: 12-inch MacBook rumors, why tech hipsters hate on Facebook, selling you a new TV, and the relevance of CES. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 73: I Prefer My Cars With Backdoors: Converting paper books to ebooks, a requiem for The Shack, Apple's worst product, and self-driving Ubers. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 64: Disposable Electric Car: Our backup strategies, subscription services for apps, the death of the tablet, and electric cars. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 63: Uber, What's Up With It?: Apple's future plans for Beats, Uber everything awful somebody do something, Apple Watch as seen from a distance, and the future of encryption. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 87: Creeped Out By Robots: How we use product reviews, mediocre Apple Watch apps, self-driving cars, and Facebook's Instant Articles. With Susie Ochs and James Thomson. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 70: Little Crab Hands: Apple's endless quest for thinner and lighter devices, Faux Apple Watches at CES and the rise of Apple Watch fever, the final destination of the iPod touch, and an era ends at the iTunes Store. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 75: Aluminum Foil Everything: The Apple Car can't be real, right? Plus NSA and Samsung TV spying and Apple's greatest threats. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 74: ?: Organizing your digital photos, managing your money, third-party iOS keyboards, and our desert-island games and podcasts. Plus some emojis. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 91: Next to Compass: Live from San Francisco! An update for the Apple Watch, the iPad gets some respect, the power of preinstalled apps, and Apple's Phil Schiller goes on a podcast. With Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 84: The Amazon Echosystem: Amazon Echo and intelligent assistants, Apple's declining 'onboarding' experience, the furor over Twitter's direct message changes, and what other sensors we'd like to see on the Apple Watch. With guests Dan Frakes, Glenn Fleishman, and Jacqui Cheng. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 81: Little Tiny Terrycloth Robes: Live from Ireland: Books about Apple, Tim Cook's pronouncements, terrible hotel wi-fi, and why we go to conferences. by Clockwise
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Clockwise 71: ToasterPen: Wireless charging, the future of hybrid devices, getting stuck in a tech rut, and pondering the humble stylus. by Clockwise
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530: The Noise of the Youth: Choosing between noise cancellation and excellent audio quality in headphones, the impact of an unlimited supply of one thing on the world or your life, the significance of Apple's adoption of RCS, and recommendations for Black Friday deals. by Clockwise
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529: Dear Tim Apple, You Fix It: Capturing spatial video on iPhone, our font opinions, whether we use journaling apps, and when we tell our non-techy friends to update their software. by Clockwise
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98: Robot-Kicking Problem

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