Episode 281

281: My Private Siri

Apple's upcoming Maps updates, a new Duplex demo, rumored new headphones, and air-conditioner optimizations.

July 2, 20181h 47m

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Show Notes

Home repairs: Window air conditioners
- Frigidaire Gallery quiet window air conditioner
Computer repairs
- Casey repairs Erin's MacBook Air... maybe.
  - Local snapshots maybe?
- Marco's iMac wants to be like Casey's
Follow-up:
- Reporters got to talk to Google Duplex
- A A A A Very Good Song lives on?
- Duplicate-file managers:
  - Gemini 2, also on the App Store (via Gualtiero Frigerio)
  - Photo Sweeper
Mojave LaunchServices can launch flat-style app bundles
Google Home impresses John
Apple Maps is getting a whole lotta love
- Google Maps Moat
- Welcome to Joytown
AirPod (and headphone!) rumors
- Apple In-Ear Headphones
- Sony WH-1000XM2
#askatp
- Mojave and autiomatic dark mode (via Ishan Sharma)
  - tell application "System Events" to tell appearance preferences to set dark mode to not dark mode
- Back to the... iOS? (via Scott Nourse)
  - Citrix Mouse
- If the Millennium Falcon was a car, what would it be? (via Brent Billings)
Post-show: Neutral