544: I Would Like It To Actually Be Good

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544: I Would Like It To Actually Be Good

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Mar 6, 2024

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Mar 6, 2024

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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 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
30 min listen
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
46 min listen
Clockwise 78: MacBook Nothing: Apple Watch value and pricing, MacBook sacrifices, Apple TV deals, and Uber's latest crisis. by Clockwise
30 min listen
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
30 min listen
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
30 min listen
Clockwise 64: Disposable Electric Car: Our backup strategies, subscription services for apps, the death of the tablet, and electric cars. by Clockwise
30 min listen
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
30 min listen
Clockwise 0: Tamagotchi Plays You by Clockwise
29 min listen
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
30 min listen
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 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
29 min listen
Clockwise 80: We're All Dying Slowly: Excitement over a new Apple TV box, what wearables may come, whether today's wearables incur health risks, and what service or piece of software we first paid for. by Clockwise
24 min listen
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 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 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 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 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 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 95: The Only iPod Touch Fangirl: Comcast's streaming TV plan, Reddit's supernova of problems, the hope of smaller iPhones, and a shining iBeacon of hope. With Brianna Wu and Shelly Brisbin. 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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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 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 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 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 103: TV Sandwich: Live from San Francisco--seriously, this episode was recorded standing under some trees in Civic Center Plaza--we're reviewing the Sept. 9 Apple event! A new iPad pro! The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus! An entirely different Apple TV! We've got the details. by Clockwise
30 min listen
Clockwise 90: Cord Nevers: Renaming the iPhone, dreams of cord-cutting nirvana, WWDC wishcasting, and Tim Cook's EPIC rant. 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 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 92: Betas are for Chumps: Apple Music's future prospects, whether anyone should use OS betas, the reality of iPad productivity features actually being used, and the merits of maintenance OS upgrades. With Aleen Simms and Paul Kafasis. 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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552: Spoiler: It's Always DNS: How we'd like to see Apple implement GenAI, our home network troubleshooting process, the iPad model we currently use and what features would prompt an upgrade, and our views on the centralization of account logins, like those from Apple and Google. by Clockwise
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551: Clippy Vibes: Meta adds AI to its glasses, our thoughts on chronological vs. algorithmic timelines, how we find software tools, and the U.S.'s TikTok ban. by Clockwise
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550: Strap In and Forget My Email: Early web nostalgia and memorable online experiences, the most disappointing tech product we've owned or reviewed, our persistence in troubleshooting tech, and the oldest piece of technology we still use. by Clockwise
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549: The Sweetness of Adults: Color e-readers, apps and devices we use while traveling, tech products we have but no longer want, and the tech products we'd immediately replace. by Clockwise
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548: My Partner Is a Ninja: Our physical versus digital media preferences, the one tech product we have in (too much) abundance, whether we keep our phones in a case, and our journaling habits and methods. by Clockwise
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547: Chaos???: Our use of tethering for Internet, Mac buying advice, our notification styles, and the TikTok ban. by Clockwise
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546: Taco iPad: How we search online, our tips for minimizing vehicle data tracking, the GenAI features we'd like to see added to Apple's platforms, and what features we'd want to see in a future iPad. by Clockwise
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545: Cake and Cookies: The Europe-mandated tech changes we'd like to see in the US, circular vs. square smart watches, how often we completely reset our devices, and the extent of our home automation pursuits. by Clockwise
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543: I Hear The Boxes Are Much Bigger: The end of Apple's car project, the tasks we'd put an AI Siri to work on, hidden Apple OS features, and using the Apple Vision Pro in public. by Clockwise
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542: You Should Not Toss Leprechauns: How we'd use a HomePod with a screen, Apple's new Sports app, Vision Pro impressions after a couple weeks, and what we use our iPhone's Action button for. by Clockwise
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541: Peripherereral Free: Our desks' peripheral setups, how we watch movies, hand typing vs. dictation, and whether we've seen Apple Vision Pro users in the wild. by Clockwise
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540: I Did Something Bad: Our favorite PC/Mac apps; the apps we use for photo-taking, editing, and sharing; our thoughts on Vision Pro Personas; and our interest (or lack thereof) in Bluesky amidst potential social media saturation. by Clockwise
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539: You Folks Need Some Help: Taking apart Apple's EU plans, our journeys into the portable monitor craze, what browsers we use, and how we manage saving links for later. by Clockwise
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538: If I Lose It, I’ll Die: Our widget usage on smartphones, views on Palworld's Nintendo resemblance, whether we've activated Stolen Device Protection, and our readiness to pay a premium for ad-free streaming amidst Netflix and Amazon's pricing changes. by Clockwise
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537: All I Found Were Three Apple TV Remotes: External linking on the App Store, bye-bye blood oxygen sensor, our Vision Pro plans, and the last time we bought physical media. by Clockwise
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536: Spay and Neuter Your Pets: Where and how we watch media; whether any phone app justifies a bespoke hardware piece like Rabbit R1; intriguing tech revealed at CES; and the best pointing device for screens. by Clockwise
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535: It's Even Embarrassing in Metric: Where we're putting our social media energy in 2024, which subscriptions we're canceling, our opinions on the Apple Vision Pro, and what feature we want for our devices this year. by Clockwise
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534: Live From the North Pole: Our joyful tech moments in 2023, the most significant non-AI tech advancement or launch in 2023, tech anticipation for 2024, and a self-indulgent gift we've chosen for the holidays. by Clockwise
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533: I'm the App: The additional security measures we use, tech resources for traveling abroad, our valuable vintage tech, and how we feel about crowdfunding. by Clockwise
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532: Oh, My Poor Nose!: Our go-to photo apps, a budget-friendly tech favorite, iOS 17.2 excitement, and macOS Sonoma's standout feature. by Clockwise
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531: I, Too, Like You: Our book-reading habits, what we do with our health data, how tech helps us around the house, and old software that we still have a crush on. 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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528: The Jeweled Dung Beetle: Troublesome software bugs, our thoughts on tech companies' involvement in standards creation, iMessage interoperability, and what we think about video game movies and TV shows. by Clockwise
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527: Mature Advice to Everyone Out There: Apple's missing Macs, our last Lightning peripherals, our Touch Bar experiences, and whether we have ever used burner accounts. by Clockwise
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526: Return to Me the Inverted T: Using an all-in-one messaging platform, using an all-in-one calendaring app, using — and telling others about — Passkeys, and what we hope to see at Apple's “Scary Fast” October event. by Clockwise
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525: My Co-Ghost: Underrated Apple apps, our reading setups, feelings on the Apple Pencil, and our thoughts on onboarding processes. by Clockwise
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524: It's Hurting Me, Mikah: Using Passkeys, how Apple could replace Google default search revenue, macOS Screen Sharing, and whether we take photos and capture video at concerts. by Clockwise
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523: It Stops Too Much Madness: How much we rely on iCloud, new muscle memory on Apple Watch, how we've enhanced our browser experience, and CarPlay tips & tricks. by Clockwise
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522: Take That, Jason Snell!: Our favorite (or least-favorite) features in macOS Sonoma, our harrowing AppleCare stories, the cases we do or don't have on our phones, and whether we upgraded to an iPhone 15. by Clockwise
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544: I Would Like It To Actually Be Good

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