The Rebound

While Dan is busy touching these devices, Lex and Moltz discuss the new iPad Pro (http://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/), new Apple TV (http://www.apple.com/tv/), and the new iPhones (http://www.apple.com/iphone/). You can read some stuff about them on Six Colors (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/09/notebook-apples-newest-product-announcements/). Moltz wrote a thing about round watch faces versus square watch faces (http://verynicewebsite.net/2015/09/the-watch-face-wars/). Lex has some thoughts about Product Red (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Red). Apple's new upgrade program looks pretty good (http://www.macworld.com/article/2982376/apple-phone/iphone-6s-pricing-plan-offers-frequent-upgrades-and-applecare-for-a-premium.html). It's certainly good for Apple. Our thanks to SoftLayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. SoftLayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free. And thanks as well to FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Go to fanduel.com and click on the microphone in the upper right hand corner. Use the code "REBOUND" and sign up now. For every dollar you deposit, FanDuel will match it with up to two hundred bucks that get earned as you play. Fanduel.com where every day is a new season. Our thanks also to Casper (https://casper.com/rebound) for sponsoring this episode. Casper makes mattresses from responsive materials to ensure great sleep for nearly everyone. You spend about a third of your life sleeping, make sure it's on a good mattress. Go to casper.com/therebound to start your 100-day money-back trial. You'll get $50 off by using the code REBOUND.

Guy English joins Dan and Moltz to talk about what Apple might announce next week. Probably an Apple TV and probably not a 4-inch iPhone: http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/30/apple-tv-4-200-october/ In talking about what the new remote for the Apple TV might be like, Guy fondly remembers the Open Office mouse: http://www.wired.com/2009/11/18-button-open-office-mouse-makes-a-keyboard-look-minimal/ Second generation Apple TVs go for a decent amount on eBay because they can be hacked: http://www.howtogeek.com/106085/how-to-jailbreak-your-2nd-generation-apple-tv/ You can run Plex on your current Apple TV by redirecting the Trailers app: http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/05/plex-now-able-to-run-on-non-jailbroken-apple-tv-2-3/ Variety says Apple may get into content creation: http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/apple-eyes-move-into-original-programming-exclusive-1201582020/ Apple is partnering with Cisco for the enterprise: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-cisco-unveil-business-partnership-1441044139 A writer has put his foot in his mouth by saying Idris Elba is too "street" to play James Bond: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-idris-elba-james-bond-anthony-horowitz-street-nicki-miley-20150901-story.html Our thanks to Softlayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. Softlayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free. Our thanks also to Audible (http:audible.com/rebound). Audible.com has the perfect solution to finding time to read in your busy life: Get audiobooks and listen to those books you've been meaning to read while on the go! just for listeners, Audible.com is offering a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30 day trial membership! Go to audible.com/rebound today to start your free trial today! Show your support for The Rebound and get a free audiobook and 30 day trial at audible.com/rebound And thanks as well to FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Go to fanduel.com and click on the microphone in the upper right hand corner. Use the code "REBOUND" and sign up now. For every dollar you deposit, FanDuel will match it with up to two hundred bucks that get earned as you play. Fanduel.com where every day is a new season.

Apple avoided having its stock drop by having Tim Cook send an email to Jim Cramer and Lex believes Cook is going to jail: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-ceo-tim-cook-may-have-violated-sec-rules-with-jim-cramer-email-2015-08-24?link=MW_home_latest_news Is Apple renting out extra space for the iPhone event: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/24/rumor-apple-to-rent-out-new-san-francisco-space-for-iphone-event The Best Buy CEO says Apple Watch sales are "so good", whatever that means: http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/25/best-buy-apple-watch-demand-expansion/ Google has a router. Who wouldn't want that? http://www.wired.com/2015/08/google-onhub-wi-fi-router/ Our thanks this week go to Skillshare (http://skillshare.com). Skillshare lets you explore thousands of online classes in design, photography, business and more. Join a learning community of over 1 million creators. Go to skillshare.com and get three free months with the coupon code "REBOUND"! Our thanks also to Softlayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. Softlayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free.

Windows 10 is a privacy-stealing machine: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/ Needless to say, Cory Doctorow doesn't like that: http://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaults-to-keylogg.html And even when you turn it off, it still sends stuff back to Microsoft: http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/ APPLE BUILDING SELF-DRIVING CAR OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/14/apple-self-driving-car-project-titan-sooner-than-expected?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Amazon doesn't sound like that great a place to work: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html But Jeff Bezos disagrees: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/full-memo-jeff-bezos-responds-to-cutting-nyt-expose-says-tolerance-for-lack-of-empathy-needs-to-be-zero/ Our thanks this week go to Skillshare (http://skillshare.com). Skillshare lets you explore thousands of online classes in design, photography, business and more. Join a learning community of over 1 million creators. Go to skillshare.com and get three free months with the coupon code "REBOUND"! Our thanks also to Softlayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. Softlayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free.

Marco Arment has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics James Thompson has some thoughts on web ads: http://www.imore.com/in-a-world-the-network Google has some thoughts on its reorganization: https://investor.google.com/releases/2015/0810.html HTC has no thoughts on how to secure fingerprints: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33847307 The movie Face/Off has some great thoughts on how to bypass biometric security: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Graham Spencer has some thoughts on what kinds of iPhones Apple will announce next month: http://www.macstories.net/stories/visualizing-apples-historical-iphone-lineups-guessing-the-next-one/ Verizon is thoughtlessly dropping subsidies on phones: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/verizon-drop-phone-contracts-end-discounted-phones-32953478 Our thought about CurrentC being delayed yet again is that it's pretty funny: http://www.macworld.com/article/2970225/business/apple-pay-rival-currentc-could-be-delayed-again-as-retailers-jump-ship.html Our thanks this week go to Skillshare (http://skillshare.com). Skillshare lets you explore thousands of online classes in design, photography, business and more. Join a learning community of over 1 million creators. Go to skillshare.com and get three free months with the coupon code "REBOUND"! Our thanks also to Softlayer (http://softlayer.com), the cloud built to compete. You deserve cloud resources that meet your unique needs. Softlayer is one of the only cloud providers that provisions bare metal servers and virtual servers from a single, seamless platform. Go to http://softlayer.com/podcast and get your first $500 free.

LEX HAS A NEW IPHONE! Thanks to T-Mobile, who are not advertisers on this podcast (http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/issues-insights-blog/iphone-offer-music-freedom-amped.htm). Craig Hockenberry had his credit card compromised, but saw no interruption of his Apple Pay enjoyment: http://www.imore.com/apple-pay-rescue Dan weighed in on the possibility of Apple making its own MVNO back in May: http://www.macworld.com/article/2919139/could-apple-become-its-own-cellular-carrier.html Apple is denying it's happening: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/04/apple-denies-it-plans-to-sell-mobile-services-directly-to-consumers.html Finally someone has made a watch with an Apple Watch: https://www.nicogerard.com/watches Our thanks this week to first-time advertiser on this show, Warby Parker. Visit www.warbyparker.com/rebound to take a look at their high-quality frames. Have up to five frames sent to yourself for free to try them on and pick the pair that looks most awesome. By visiting www.warbyparker.com/rebound you get free 3-day shipping on your final frame choice. Do it today!

Lex is back! Remember Lex? You probably read this, but Jim Dalrymple went off on Apple Music: http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/07/22/apple-music-is-a-nightmare-and-im-done-with-it/ But then he got his music back. All he had to do is go to Cupertino: http://www.loopinsight.com/2015/07/24/i-got-my-music-back-at-least-most-of-it/ Jason Snell likes Apple Music in his library: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/in-praise-of-apple-music-in-my-itunes-library/ T-Mobile added Apple Music to its Freedom Plan: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/28/t-mobile-adds-apple-music-to-its-data-free-music-freedom-plan/ John Legere really wants Lex to get a new phone... TODAY. (http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/issues-insights-blog/iphone-offer-music-freedom-amped.htm) Is Apple not shipping a 4-inch phone this fall or is it not not shipping one? (http://sixcolors.com/link/2015/07/a-new-4-inch-iphone-coming-later-or-never/) Dan uses Authy on his Watch: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/authy/id494168017?mt=8 And now, some terrible copy: http://www.apple.com/iphone/why-theres-iphone/ Lex just totally LET PHIL SCHILLER HAVE IT! (https://twitter.com/lexfri/status/626070467158388736) Google+ is going away. Sorry? (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/everything-in-its-right-place.html)

Recurring special guest Guy English joins us as Lex is out striking important business deals (http://www.midroll.com/pr/). We recorded this before Apple's results were announced (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/appleq3results/) but as Apple was having some uptime issues with its online services (https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/). People may really like their Apple Watches, if you believe surveys (https://techpinions.com/the-state-of-apple-watch-satisfaction/41126). Does the iPhone really make up 82 percent of podcast listening? http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/20/report-82-of-mobile-podcast-listening-happens-on-iphone-mostly-using-apples-podcasts-app/ Apple has hired a quality control executive from Chrysler: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/20/apple-hires-former-fiat-chrysler-exec-for-its-rumored-electric-car-team/ A Google self-driving car has gotten into an accident but it's the human's fault: http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/17/autos/google-self-driving-car-injury-accident/index.html Dan will one day be the last man driving around with robot cars but it'll be like that episode of the Twilight Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last Which is not the same as the one with the stopwatch that stops time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Peace_and_Quiet Who buys iPods? These people: http://www.birchtree.me/blog/who-buys-ipods Apple Watches may not cause health problems but licking radium brushes certainly does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls Please gaze upon the Sinclair radio watch: http://www.ledwatches.net/articles/sinclair-fm-radio-watch/watch-photos1.htm

What did you do for PRIME DAY?! (It doesn't matter, it's over.) SEATTLE IS GOING TO FALL INTO THE SEAAAAAA!!! (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one) Apple has new iPods: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ More here on these new iPods: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/new-ipod-touch-gets-iphone-6-power/ Could this mean a new 4-inch iPhone is coming? (http://www.macworld.com/article/2948815/apple-phone/is-the-new-ipod-touch-a-harbinger-of-a-4-inch-iphone-6c.html) There's a weak rumor that Apple will drop the iPad mini: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/15/rumor-apple-to-launch-end-of-life-ipad-mini-model-and-ipad-pro-in-2015-forego-ipad-air-3 If you installed the beta of El Capitan, Jason Snell's first look will help a lot: http://www.macworld.com/article/2944996/first-look-at-the-os-x-el-capitan-public-beta.html Dan has some thoughts on iCloud Drive: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/07/recovering-deleted-icloud-drive-files/

Apple's going to design their own boxes for third-party accessories sold in Apple Stores: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/06/apple-stores-white-boxes-accessories/ Where will you be on... PRIME DAY? http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=11448061011 Lex and Dan talk about their Echoes but I'm tired of linking to that. You can find it. Walt Mossberg has some tips and tricks for the Echo, which I hate: http://recode.net/2015/07/07/the-amazon-echo-everything-you-might-not-know/ Like Dan in this article, we think iTunes should be broken up: http://www.macworld.com/article/2938297/how-apple-should-revamp-itunes-for-the-better-this-time.html Showtime is now available on the Apple TV without a cable subscription: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/07/showtime-apple-tv/ Trent Reznor emailed Dave Wiskus http://www.macworld.com/article/2944517/what-apple-music-connect-needs-to-succeed.html Our thanks to Casper (https://casper.com/rebound) for sponsoring this episode. Casper makes mattresses from responsive materials to ensure great sleep for nearly everyone. You spend about a third of your life sleeping, make sure it's on a good mattress. Go to casper.com/rebound to start your 100-day money-back trial. You'll get $50 off by using the code REBOUND.

APPLE MUSIC IS HERE OH IT'S SO GOOD WAIT EVERYTHING IS SCREWED UP Kirk McElhearn says that Apple Music will replace your ripped (or ill-gotten) music with DRM-ed files: http://www.mcelhearn.com/the-real-difference-between-itunes-match-and-icloud-music-library-drm/ iMore says that only happens on additional devices you log into: http://www.imore.com/apple-music-vs-itunes-match-whats-difference There's an iPhone 6S leak: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/01/phone-6s-twice-as-fast-better-battery/ And the trailer for Steve Jobs: http://9to5mac.com/2015/07/01/first-in-depth-video-trailer-for-aaron-sorkins-steve-jobs-film-goes-live/

No Lex this week, which is sad because he had so many opinions about Taylor Swift. Here's a synopsis of what happened over the weekend if you were off the grid: http://recode.net/2015/06/21/apple-says-it-will-pay-taylor-swift-for-free-streams-after-all/ Dan has some thoughts of his own here: http://sixcolors.com/link/2015/06/apples-reversal-on-paying-artists-during-the-apple-music-trial-period/ Swift does not consider her stance on photographs of her in concert the same thing (http://mashable.com/2015/06/23/taylor-swift-photographer-accusation/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link). We also talk about Apple Music. Dan has concerns: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/06/why-im-worried-about-apple-music/. Moltz doesn't like rumors of a camera in the next Apple Watch because it reminds him of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nJKWJTsUg Those new Android Wear watch faces sure look like... watch faces of some kind (http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2015/06/android-wear-new-watch-faces-from.html). We finish by discussing third-party Apple Watch bands because it's an Apple Watch show (http://thirdparty.band).

Please go to http://podsurvey.com/therebound to take a 5-minute survey. When you're finished you can enter a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card! Phil Schiller finds Moltz funny (http://www.imore.com/gruber-and-schiller-our-full-transcript-talk-show-wwdc). Marco Arment thinks Schiller's appearance on The Talk Show (http://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2015/06/09/ep-123) shows he's one of us (http://www.marco.org/2015/06/11/live-with-phil). Lex and Dan think it's mostly marketing. Christopher Mims thinks Apple should drop the Mac (http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apple-should-kill-off-the-mac-1434321848). This is nonesense (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/06/15/christopher-mims-jackass). And, as predicted, he later claimed to have been misunderstood (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/16/mims-what-comes-after-the-mac/). Lex thinks the rumored iPad Pro (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/) will come with a keyboard and... more? Dan wrote about what we didn't see at WWDC (http://www.macworld.com/article/2934781/what-apple-didnt-announce-at-wwdc.html). And, by the way, Moltz is completely wrong about split screen not working on the MacBook Air. Fortunately.

Please go to http://podsurvey.com/therebound to take a 5-minute survey. When you're finished you can enter a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card! We, of course, discuss the WWDC Keynote (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/06/wwdc-2015-keynote-the-fine-print/). We were not fans of the Apple Music introduction (http://leancrew.com/all-this/2015/06/facing-the-music/). Apple removed the lube from the Cleveland Indians ransom note and then, ugh, gave a bunch of free stuff to rich sports stars (http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/news/apple-ceo-caves-to-cleveland-indians-ransom-demands-except-the-lube-20150608). Apple finally had some female employees on the stage (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/08/women-presenters-apple-wwdc) after Tim Cook admitted the company needed to do better on diversity (http://mashable.com/2015/06/08/tim-cook-apple-diversity-women-future/). Apple's Music page has an amusing view of PCs compared to Macs (http://www.apple.com/music/). We discuss the iPad multitasking in iOS 9 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2932327/apple-shows-ios-9s-major-upgrades-from-multitasking-to-picture-in-picture.html).

This week we talk about Google Photos (https://photos.google.com/) which, of course, prompts us to talk about the business model differences between Apple and Google (http://www.marco.org/2015/05/29/why-not-google). Moltz mentions Edward Snowden and gets his name wrong but he's apparently not the only one who does that (https://twitter.com/charlesarthur/status/606483046745964544). We talk about Photos features (http://www.macworld.com/article/2927919/googles-launches-new-photos-app-with-editing-tools-and-free-unlimited-storage.html) vis-a-vis Photos features (http://www.macworld.com/article/2916078/5-surprising-tips-for-apple-s-new-photos-app.html). No, these simple noun naming conventions aren't confusing. Dan talks about his piece on Six Colors speculating on what will be announced at WWDC this year (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/06/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-wwdc-2015/). We think the situation with Apple's court-appointed overseer sucks (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/05/28/shit-bromwich). We also talk about HomeKit as devices for it are starting to show up (http://www.macstories.net/news/the-first-homekit-enabled-devices-begin-shipping/). Dan discusses his travels with his Apple Watch (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/05/travels-with-the-apple-watch/). Apple changed the way that the fitness tracker works and... it doesn't seem to work very well (http://www.mcelhearn.com/did-apple-bait-and-switch-apple-watch-customers-with-fitness-tracker-feature-promises/). We bemoan the lack of good podcast creation apps but the money just isn't there (http://www.allenpike.com/2014/podcast-recording/). Brent Simmons has resigned from Q Branch, if you follow the movements of celebrity developers (http://inessential.com/2015/06/02/resigning_from_q_branch). Actually, he's done that whether you do or not. Our thanks this week go to Harry's (harrys.com). Harry's sells premium shaving products for much less than those crappy blades that you have to get someone to unlock from a cabinet. Use the coupon code "REBOUND" to get $5 off! Don't wait, get the shave you deserve.

No Dan Moren this week as he was on an "aeroplane". So, Lex and Moltz talk about their experiences with their Sonos... uh, Sonoses? (http://www.sonos.com/) Right now you can get two Sonos Play speaker units for $349 (they are not an advertiser). Lex has several swear words for Chris Breen (https://twitter.com/bodyofbreen) who suggested he get the Sonos, even though he and Moltz actually like them. Lex finds the Sonos works well if you have a Rhapsody account (http://www.rhapsody.com). Again, not an advertiser. To save some time, there are no advertisers on this week's episode. Which is weird because it sounds like everything is an advertiser. Lex wonders if he wants an Amazon Echo (http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo/ref_=ods_dp_ae) but Moltz says no, Lex does not want an Amazon Echo no matter what Dan says (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/05/is-there-an-echo-in-here/) — he's not even on this episode. There's a bug in Messages that will crash your iPhone via text messages but there's already a fix in the works so we spend about 3.5 seconds on it (http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/27/apple-fixing-bug-that-crashes-iphones-by-text-message/). Marco Arment doesn't like the new MacBook, which isn't that surprising (http://www.marco.org/2015/05/19/mistake-one). Moltz likes Marvel Unlimited (http://marvel.com/comics/unlimited). Lex is freaked out by the floating MacBooks at the Apple Store page (http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook). For people who buy a crapton of Apple stuff, an Apple Barclay's card might be for you (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/finance/instant_credit). Did you know Eastern Airlines is back? (http://www.local10.com/news/eastern-airlines-makes-its-return-after-23-years/30323482) Very weird. This all makes Lex thing of a Billy Joel song (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Downeaster_Alexa).

Apple is rumored to be readying an update for the Apple Watch and Apple TV featuring TV Kit (http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/18/apple-readies-first-significant-apple-watch-updates-tvkit-sdk-for-apple-tv/). We complain about arranging Apple Watch apps which is the firstest of world problems (http://www.imore.com/how-rearrange-apps-your-apple-watch). A 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch may not be long off, as well as a 27-inch iMac update (http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/18/new-15-inch-macbook-pro-imac-27/). The first trailer for "Steve Jobs" with Michael Fassbender is out so we can argue about another biopic, yay (http://variety.com/2015/film/news/steve-jobs-trailer-michael-fassbender-aaron-sorkin-1201499261/). Clearly, it's no "iSteve" (http://www.macworld.com/article/2035456/review-funny-or-dies-isteve-will-tickle-apple-fans.html). But it'll be better than "jOBS" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq5q9aoZi4s). Apple has bought GPS and navigation firm, Coherent (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/17/apple-coherent-navigation-acquisition/). We foget how turn-by-turn works on the Watch, but it's 12 quick taps for right, three pairs of two for left (http://www.macworld.com/article/2915572/apple-watch-how-to-use-maps.html). Our thanks this week go to Animoto (http://animoto.com/therebound), the easiest way to create, edit and share your videos. True story: Moltz used Animoto to make a video of his wife and son doing karate and was amazed at how easy it was. He uploaded his video and pictures (Animoto can also pull them from your Facebook, Instagram and Flickr accounts if you want) to Animoto, picked a theme... *and that was it*. Animoto did the rest and it turned out really well. You can try Animoto for free for 14 days and remember to use the code "REBOUND" to get 15% off a Pro account when you sign up at http://animoto.com/therebound. Our thanks also to Aspiration (http://aspiration.com/rebound), a different kind of financial firm. Their idea is pretty simple – take everything you don’t like about investing, and do the opposite. Traditional Wall Street firms work for mostly millionaires. At Aspiration, their investments investment strategies are built for the middle class. Signing up takes as little as $500 and five minutes of your time. You choose the fee you pay them – even if that is zero. They don’t make a cent other than what you decide they deserve. And Aspiration is the most charitable financial firm in America. Check them out and sign up at Aspiration.com/rebound.

Lex is...actually we don't know where Lex is. But we have the lovely and talented Jason Snell on this week's episode taking up the slack and then some. You can use emoji to order a pizza on Twitter. But it's Domino's. (http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/13/news/companies/dominos-twitter/index.html) We talk about some of the security concerns about the Apple Watch (http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/05/13/the-apple-watch-thieves-reset-no-activation-lock-security/), mostly because Dan's afraid his will get stolen while he's abroad. We wonder how long these Taptic Engines will last (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/04/29/taptic-engine-wsj). Your Apple Watch is backing up and you probably don't even know it (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204518). Jason has a new 4K TV, possibly this one: http://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-M50-C1-50-Inch-Ultra-Smart/dp/B00T63YUJO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1431633408&sr=8-4&keywords=visio+4k+tv Both Dan and Jason have a Harmony remote (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/harmony-remotes). Dan wrote a piece on iOS 9 rumors: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ios-9-rumors,news-20919.html Federico Viticci, meanwhile, has his iOS 9 wish list: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-9-wishes/ Our thanks this week go to Animoto (http://animoto.com/therebound), the easiest way to create, edit and share your videos. True story: Moltz used Animoto to make a video of his wife and son doing karate and was amazed at how easy it was. He uploaded his video and pictures (Animoto can also pull them from your Facebook, Instagram and Flickr accounts if you want) to Animoto, picked a theme... *and that was it*. Animoto did the rest and it turned out really well. You can try Animoto for free for 14 days and remember to use the code "REBOUND" to get 15% off a Pro account when you sign up at http://animoto.com/therebound. Our thanks also to Dashlane (http://dashlane.com/rebound), a password manager for iOS and the Mac. Your passwords are always with you with Dashlane. No longer will you have to type them out on your touch devices. And the best thing? Dashlane is free to download. Go to http://dashlane.com/rebound and check it out now.

Some people think the app screen on the Watch is unneeded (https://twitter.com/jsnell/status/595021309752549376). They are wrong. Here's a closer look at the insides of the Apple Watch: https://www.abiresearch.com/press/apple-watch-insides-pcb-details-revealed-for-the-f/ The next Apple TV may feature a new haptic remote (http://www.imore.com/rumored-apple-tv-refresh-will-reportedly-include-redesigned-remote-touch-pad). Apple reportedly is trying to make free Spotify go away (http://fortune.com/2015/05/04/apple-beats-spotify/). Moltz thinks he might be interested in an "iPad Pro" as a TV (http://9to5mac.com/2015/05/01/ipad-pro-case-video/). Apple has opened up its third-party band program (https://developer.apple.com/watch/bands/). Some of these don't look bad: http://www.monoweardesign.com/shop Our thanks this week go to Napkin (http://nap.kn), a tool for image mark-up and annotation for OS X. Napkin is efficient and easy to use, while still producing great looking output. Napkin is also made by some fine and handsome people. It's the best tool you could imagine for marking up your Apple Watch screen shots. Get it at http://nap.kn. Our thanks also to Dashlane (http://dashlane.com/rebound), a password manager for iOS and the Mac. Your passwords are always with you with Dashlane. No longer will you have to type them out on your touch devices. And the best thing? Dashlane is free to download. Go to http://dashlane.com/rebound and check it out now. Our thanks as well to Aspiration (http://aspiration.com/rebound), a different kind of financial firm. Their idea is pretty simple – take everything you don’t like about investing, and do the opposite. Traditional Wall Street firms work for mostly millionaires. At Aspiration, their investments investment strategies are built for the middle class. Signing up takes as little as $500 and five minutes of your time. You choose the fee you pay them – even if that is zero. They don’t make a cent other than what you decide they deserve. And Aspiration is the most charitable financial firm in America. Check them out and sign up at Aspiration.com/rebound.

This week's episode takes place as Moltz is waiting for delivery of his Apple Watch. While he waits, he might benefit from learning some tips about the Apple Watch (http://www.imore.com/28-apple-watch-tips-and-tricks-you-should-know). We predict that sleeve cut-outs for smartwatches will be a future trend, like double ties (http://news.greatblogabout.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/windowslivewriterbacktothefuturecontinue.part2-101a8513.jpg). Dan and Lex don't notice serious battery drain on their iPhones when paired with the Watch. (http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/27/apple-watch-battery-issues-solutions/) Since getting his after this episode, Moltz hasn't either. The Watch is definitely better than its cheap Android knock-off (https://instagram.com/p/2EUvl4zFwY/). No one will be seated during the thrilling section where Dan and Lex tell us which Watch faces they're using (http://www.apple.com/watch/timekeeping/). If you're interested in using traditional watch bands with the Watch, you might be interested in Click (https://www.get-click.com), an adapter for that purpose. Apple has new ads, one with an interesting moment (http://www.apple.com/watch/films/). Switching gears, Microsoft has announced a new set of tools for Cocoa and Android developers (http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8511439/microsoft-windows-10-android-ios-apps-bridges) plus an update to hololens (http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/30/8525417/microsoft-hololens-headset-up-close). Our thanks this week to Aspiration (http://aspiration.com/rebound), a different kind of financial firm. Their idea is pretty simple – take everything you don’t like about investing, and do the opposite. Traditional Wall Street firms work for mostly millionaires. At Aspiration, their investments investment strategies are built for the middle class. Signing up takes as little as $500 and five minutes of your time. You choose the fee you pay them – even if that is zero. They don’t make a cent other than what you decide they deserve. And Aspiration is the most charitable financial firm in America. Check them out and sign up at Aspiration.com/rebound. Our thanks also to Napkin (http://nap.kn), a tool for image mark-up and annotation for OS X. Napkin is efficient and easy to use, while still producing great looking output. Napkin is also made by some fine and handsome people. It's the best tool you could imagine for marking up your Apple Watch screen shots. Get it at http://nap.kn.

Dan is back from his nerdfest (http://www.starwarscelebration.com) where a new Star Wars trailer was released if you haven't heard (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lucasfilm/starwarstheforceawakens/). Lex is the perfect person to talk to about Star Wars (https://twitter.com/lexfri/status/588835146545102848). Lex has returned his 13-inch MacBook Pro for a 15-inch MacBook Pro which, it turns out, they still make (http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/). Jon Armstrong recommends using only the dedicated graphics card, which Marco Arment says you shouldn't (http://www.marco.org/2015/04/17/battery-outliers). Many Apple Watch orders have moved to "preparing for shipment" (http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-orders-move-preparing-shipment-customer-cards-start-being-charged). iMore has an article about how the Sport looks with some of the other bands (http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-sport-and-stainless-bands-heres-what-they-look). There is a raging debate about whether or not Apple will or should allow third-party Watch faces (http://daringfireball.net/2015/04/custom_watch_faces). Moltz bought one pair of Bluetooth headphones (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RMRL8WS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) but is trying a different pair (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CBNG10C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). He expects not to like either. Then we talk about our current usage of Photos (http://www.macworld.com/article/2910321/automator-actions-geotagging-and-more-advanced-tricks-for-photos-for-os-x.html) and Apple's crazy cloud storage pricing (http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/09/apple-finalizes-icloud-storage-pricing-200-gb-for-4month-1-tb-for-20month/). Lex wrote the book on iTunes Match (http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-iTunes-Minutes-ebook/dp/B007MQLOAA/ref=nosim/thelexfiles05-20) and having sex in a Snuggie (http://thesnuggiesutra.com).

Dan is away so Lex and Moltz draft fellow Turning This Car Around (http://turningthiscararound.com) co-host Jon Armstrong to guest co-host. And guess what we start off with. Guess. Go on. Guess. Hey, you were right! Apple Watch pre-ordering. They went pretty fast (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/04/10/apple-watch-sold-out-launch-day/). Did people order a million of them? Probably. And more. But this survey is not to be taken seriously (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/04/13/slice-intelligence-apple-watch-orders). Jon actually went to the store to check the Watch out (http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-retail-experience). Lex has his new haptic MacBook and is loving the feedback (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Display+Early+2015+Teardown/38300). New emoji are here and Lex is furious (http://www.macworld.com/article/2907542/pump-up-your-messages-with-hundreds-of-new-emoji-in-ios-83-out-now.html). iOS 8.4 has been released to developers and it includes a new Music app that Jon is disappointed with (http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/13/hands-on-ios-music-app/). In particular, he wants to hate on some of the images here: http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/13/apple-launches-ios-8-4-beta-with-revamped-music-service/. None of us is going to WWDC, which was announced this week (https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/).

First, of course, we talked about the Apple Watch, because: Duh. Apple unveiled ten tour videos, but only released three. (http://www.apple.com/watch/guided-tours/) We smell a conspiracy. The buttons and the presses and the whatnot — it's a lot to take in. Dan's still not ready to Periscope (http://periscope.tv), but John's tried it and Lex can't stop. But Dan promises that when he DOES finally Periscope, it will be epic. No pressure. We also ruminate on what's next for Meerkat. Remember Meerkat? Mrs. Moltz is not on Facebook. (Yet.) Dan still doesn't trust iCloud. Its invisible email filtering is barely legal at best. And now, HBO Now is available now (http://order.hbonow.com). Lex tried Sling TV (http://sling.com); it was not terrible. But we're worried that too many a la carte digital channels basically recreates today's crappy cable climate. We're not sweating the Apple construction / felons controversy. Either because we're jerks, or because we doubt Apple's the company instituting the hiring policy for the new campus. (http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Apple-takes-heat-for-barring-former-felons-from-6182436.php) Apple doesn't want people to stand in line at the Apple Store anymore. (http://www.businessinsider.com/angela-ahrendts-says-a-significant-change-in-mindset-to-launching-apple-watch-online-2015-4) John and Dan gave it up in the iPhone 4 era. Lex never started. Our thanks to Napkin from Aged & Distilled, and to A24, presenting Ex Machina, for sponsoring The Rebound. Ex Machina opens this week in LA and New York, and will be in many more theaters soon. It's a sci-fi thriller directed by the writer of Sunshine and 28 Days later. The Telegraph calls it BEWITCHINGLY SMART SCIENCE FICTION and The Daily Mirror declares it's AN INSTANT CLASSIC. Starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander. Napkin 1.5 is available now, and it's an awesome tool for image mark-up and annotation on OS X. It's easy to use, and it's great at lots of things; new features include pixelation and blur for redacting sensitive stuff, and a slick new interface perfectly at home on Yosemite. And with support for multiple images on one canvas, call-outs, and the delightfully named File Pip for easy drag-drop export — you're going to love it. It's in the Mac App Store or directly available at (http://nap.kn). Check out their video, too: http://media.aged-and-distilled.com.s3.amazonaws.com/napkin_1_5/video/Napkin_Product.mp4

Programming note: Moltz's computer crashed and lost his recording and we had to use the Skype track so if the audio isn't up to our normal high standards we apologize. This week we talk about Periscope and Lex even records one live which is not live by the time you're reading this (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/meet-periscope-twitters-new-live-video-app). We even figure out how to monetize it with Square Cash (http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/23/8277007/square-cash-business-cashtag). As we were talking, Amazon announced a whole new way for you to buy crap from them (http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/31/amazons-new-dash-button-hardware-offers-instant-orders-for-staple-products/). We don't like it. The iPhone 6c may be coming (http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/30/iphone-6c-rear-shell/), a plastic iPhone with 6-level internals. The New York Times is rolling out one-sentence stories for the Apple Watch (http://www.nytco.com/the-times-rolls-out-one-sentence-stories-on-apple-watch/) and it doesn't look that great. Here's a handy how-to for drawing Hitler that you'll want to keep around for when you get your Apple Watch and want to send someone a sketch: https://instagram.com/p/H2MCQkIpOi/. If you don't need your extra Apple Watch band (each comes with two), you can use BandSwapper (http://bandswapper.com). Our thanks this week go to Harry's (harrys.com). Harry's sells premium shaving products for much less than those crappy blades that you have to get someone to unlock from a cabinet. The starter set is just $15 and with promo code "REBOUND", you can get it for $10! Don't wait, get the shave you deserve. Our thanks also to WealthFront, the automated investment service that makes it easy to invest your money the right way. It automatically rebalances your portfolio and re-invests your dividends, all commission-free. Visit https://www.wealthfront.com/rebound to get your first $10,000 for free.

We could be looking at a new Apple TV this fall (http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/new-apple-tv-set-top-will-debut-this-summer-with-app-store-s#.fsPjk8dY4). If you're really desperate to see what the Apple Watch might look like on your wrist, there's now an app for that (http://www.popsci.com/try-virtual-apple-watch-app). But don't get an Apple Watch because it'll definitely give you wrist cancer (http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8252087/cell-phones-cancer-risk-tumor-bilton-new-york-times). Moltz likes the game TouchTone (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touchtone/id962133182?mt=8), a puzzler full of intrigue. TIME TO PANIC AS APPLE WATCH YIELDS MAY BE LOW (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150325PD209.html), oh, it's DigiTimes, forget it. Then we talk about the war going on over the Steve Jobs legacy (https://medium.com/backchannel/the-war-over-who-steve-jobs-was-92bda2cd1e1e). This prompts Dan and Lex to fondly remember iSteve (http://www.macworld.com/article/2035456/review-funny-or-dies-isteve-will-tickle-apple-fans.html). If you want to pay an extra dollar for the new Steve Jobs book, get it on iBooks (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/becoming-steve-jobs/id936502684?mt=11). We talk about Meerkat, but now you can get Periscope (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/meet-periscope-twitters-new-live-video-app#.saxxEk1lN). Our thanks to WealthFront, the automated investment service that makes it easy to invest your money the right way. It automatically rebalances your portfolio and re-invests your dividends, all commission-free. Visit https://www.wealthfront.com/rebound to get your first $10,000 for free.

It's an all non-Apple Watch episode! Apple might be working on a television service (http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/16/wsj-apple-announcing-30-40month-web-tv-service-in-june-shipping-in-september-with-25-channels/), if you believe the Wall Street Journal. Apple and NBC aren't talking, except for the fact that NBC is apparently making an Apple TV app (http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/17/nbc-plans-cable-dependent-apple-tv-app-for-second-half-of-2015/). Figure that out. We also talk about USB-C which is our new bicycle (http://www.macworld.com/article/2894423/thunderbolted-usb-c-is-our-new-connection-overlord-get-used-to-it.html). No, really, we'll miss MagSafe (http://www.macworld.com/article/2895694/will-your-new-macbook-crash-to-the-ground-without-magsafe-yes.html). Lex and Moltz are OK with the Force Touch trackpad (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Display+Early+2015+Teardown/38300) except inasmuch as it satisfies Dan's tap-to-click sensibilities. In regards to our non-bet about who said apps jiggling looked "nervous", at Macworld Expo in January 2008, Steve Jobs said while showing how to tap and hold to move apps: “They all get a little bit restless.” Dan and Lex think that's not the same. Moltz hates them both. For the record, there is no (known) vulnerability in Apple Pay (http://www.imore.com/banks-still-trying-failing-deflect-fraud-apple-pay) despite what you might have read. Dan is interested in Samsung's recently acquired payment system for all his Samsung device payment needs (http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/18/samsung-acquires-looppay-maker-of-an-apple-pay-competitor/). Our thanks to WealthFront, the automated investment service that makes it easy to invest your money the right way. It automatically rebalances your portfolio and re-invests your dividends, all commission-free. Visit https://www.wealthfront.com/rebound to get your first $10,000 for free. Our thanks also to FreshVu2Go (https://freshvu2go.com/podcasts/). Discover how easy online inventory management can be with their intuitive software on your iPad, tablet, laptop or PC. Start your free trial today and view your current inventory status from anywhere in the world, whenever you want, with FreshVu2Go. An easier-to-remember URL is tinyurl.com/freshpods.

If you missed it, Apple announced a mess o' stuff on Monday, including new 12-inch MacBooks (http://www.apple.com/macbook/) and a lot more Watch information (http://www.apple.com/watch/) on pricing, bands and more. Our thanks to WealthFront, the automated investment service that makes it easy to invest your money the right way. It automatically rebalances your portfolio and re-invests your dividends, all commission-free. Visit https://www.wealthfront.com/rebound to get your first $10,000 for free. Our thanks also to FreshVu2Go (https://freshvu2go.com/podcasts/). Discover how easy online inventory management can be with their intuitive software on your iPad, tablet, laptop or PC. Start your free trial today and view your current inventory status from anywhere in the world, whenever you want, with FreshVu2Go. An easier-to-remember URL is tinyurl.com/freshpods.

Lex isn't a fan of Apple's recent ads (http://www.apple.com/ipad/changing-film/) and we speculate on what ads for the Watch will be like. Dan remembers some iPhone ads of yore (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/opinion/l12brooks.html?ref=opinion&_r=0). While you listen to this episode, you can pick your Watch combination (http://mixyourwatch.com/). We're not sure it'll be available, though. Is the Apple Watch going to be ugradeable? (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/02/24/caldwell-edition) Probably not. There's an event coming up so, yeah, we talk about the Apple Watch (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/02/spring-forward-apple-event-coming-march-9/). We also speculate on what else might get announced next week (http://www.imore.com/new-macbook-air-just-around-corner). Then we talk about app pricing and the backlash against pricing things too low (http://vesperapp.co/blog/native-support-for-ipad-and-landscape/). Speaking of price backlash, some think maybe the Watch Edition will not be $10,000 (http://www.marco.org/2015/03/04/boring-apple-watch-edition-pricing). Our thanks to FreshVu2Go (https://freshvu2go.com/podcasts/). Discover how easy online inventory management can be with their intuitive software on your iPad, tablet, laptop or PC. Start your free trial today and view your current inventory status from anywhere in the world, whenever you want, with FreshVu2Go. An easier-to-remember URL is tinyurl.com/freshpods.

Screw the Apple Watch, Dan says he's buying a Pebble Time (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises?ref=nav_search), which funded within minutes and is coming up on 20 times their goal with 30 days to go. Then we get right back to Apple Car, Apple Car, Apple Car (http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/02/22/apple-car-three-more-thoughts/). Then we talk about Alto's Adventure (http://sixcolors.com/link/2015/02/altos-adventure-is-anything-but-a-grind/) and we play it while we talk because we're professional podcasters. Lex uses Personal Capital (https://www.personalcapital.com). Look at this guy. Moltz and Dan use TurboTax but they're not happy about it (http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing).

Oh, you know we're talking about the Apple Car because where there's smoke (http://9to5mac.com/2015/02/19/apple-electric-car-team/) there's something that's smoking. Or someone who's smoking. Dan is decidedly anti-Apple Car while Lex is pro-Apple Car and Moltz just wants to take a nap. The GM CEO is also anti-Apple Car (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/18/former-gm-ceo-on-apple-car/). Then we talk about Apple Watch pricing (http://daringfireball.net/2015/02/apple_watch_pricing) because that's what this podcast is about. Chris Breen has left Macworld (http://chrisbreen.com/words/2015/2/17/time-to-do-something-else) to go work for Apple. But it doesn't mean Apple's building some kind of ninja PR team. Moltz recounts the latest fun he's having with his son's Lenovo (http://verynicewebsite.net/2015/02/superfish/). Maybe the NSA will fix it when they rewrite the hard drive's firmware (http://www.popsci.com/most-sophisticated-malware-ever-can-infect-hard-drive-firmware). Then we discuss the very long and very good Jony Ive profile in The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-come?currentPage=all). If Apple does sell a car, how will they sell them in places like New Jersey (http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/03/11/tesla-vs-new-jersey-the-car-dealers-strike-back/)? The Verge wants you to stop listening to podcasts at faster speeds (http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/17/8043077/stop-listening-to-podcasts-fast-speed) but Marco Arment says listen at whatever speed you want (http://www.marco.org/2015/02/17/listen-to-podcasts-at-whatever-speed-you-want).

This week we take a look at the looks at Photos (http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7982517/apple-photos-mac-iphoto-replacement-explainer-faq). Lex is getting a new dog (https://twitter.com/lexfri/status/564570865787211776). This is a tech podcast. Despite the initial excitement about extensions (http://www.macworld.com/article/2684894/ios-8-extensions-how-they-work-and-why-they-matter-to-you.html), we're not using quite as many of them as we thought. Then we get back to our recurring topic: Apple Watch fan fiction. Dan notices a disturbing thing about the crown, about which he has now written something (http://sixcolors.com/2015/02/whats-up-with-apple-watch-editions-digital-crown/).

Welcome to the future! Where you can scan your own books page by page thanks to Amazon (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/03/rip-and-mix-is-fine-but-dont-burn-books/). The future sadly will not include Radio Shack, which may be selling its stores to Sprint (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/radioshack-is-said-to-discuss-liquidation-as-part-of-sprint-deal) or Amazon (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/amazon-said-to-mull-buying-radioshack-stores-in-retail-expansion) or both. Dan doesn't mind because You-do-it Electronics is still around (http://youdoitelectronics.com). And, truly alas, TUAW will not be around in the future (http://www.tuaw.com/2015/02/03/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/) and neither will Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2015/02/03/there-is-no-end/). No sign, however that Daring Fireball is about to go under (http://daringfireball.net). Individually run sites have the benefit of being able to make their own advertising decisions (http://sixcolors.com/post/2014/12/no-other-gatekeeper-but-me/). It's not hard to imagine that AOL might mess up a decision or two as it's still big in the dialup Internet business (http://consumerist.com/2013/08/08/believe-it-or-not-2-58-million-people-still-pay-for-aol-service/). If you miss TUAW, you can find most of them soon at Apple World Today (http://appleworld.today). Apple itself, meanwhile, is rumored to be building a data center in that no-longer-used sapphire manufacturing facility (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/02/apple-to-build-data-command-center-in-arizona/). Lex is happy there's a way to make your iOS device's screen even darker (https://medium.com/@searls/how-to-make-your-iphone-dimmer-than-dim-d20fd3bbbb66). He's weird that way.

Lex will be back next week but it's just Dan and John this week. Apple had a record quarter again (http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/01/apple-announces-q1-2015-results-today/), despite the dreaded currency headwinds. Brr. Gene Munster got no answers on the Apple TV yet again. Dan likes his Fire TV (http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stick/dp/B00GDQ0RMG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422649498&sr=8-1&keywords=fire+tv) and Plex (https://plex.tv). The CEO of HBO has famously said he doesn't care if people share HBO Go logins (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattlynley/hbos-ceo-doesnt-care-that-you-are-sharing-your-hbo-password#.nwy6PgzY9). Contrary to what John says in this episode, Netflix is not losing Doctor Who (http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/entertainment/netflix-bbc-doctor-who-feat/index.html). It is losing some other shows. Apple Pay is coming to 200,000 more outlets (http://www.macworld.com/article/2834669/the-ultimate-guide-on-how-and-where-to-use-apple-pay.html). John talks about his career using plastic disks (http://davewooldridge.com/post/8666912823/for-all-you-star-trek-fans-toy-collectors-i) as counterfeit nickels. It's notable that Apple had the most profitable quarter of any company ever (http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/27/apple-just-had-the-biggest-quarterly-earnings-of-any-company-ever/). And that Apple sold more smartphones than Samsung (http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/28/smartphone-report-q4-2014/). For some reason.

Microsoft announced freaking holograms this week (actual holograms not included) so we spend most of our time on that (http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/). There's a host of "ZOMG!" commentary on the web about it but there's at least some reason to have a wait-and-see attitude (http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/21/7868351/hololens-kinect-microsoft-windows-10). Not-really-holograms are so exciting that barely leaves us any time to discuss how badly (http://pando.com/2015/01/18/dan-lyons-career-an-obituary/) Dan Lyons' career is going down the tubes (http://pando.com/2015/01/20/the-death-of-dan-lyons-career-your-daily-update/).

We still eagerly await the Apple Watch, the companion app for which was recently revealed (http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/13/apple-watch-iphone-companion-app-revealed-with-new-watch-features-monograms/). But if you went to CES you could have gotten a fake Apple Watch for $30 (http://mashable.com/2015/01/08/fake-apple-watch-ces/). That reminds us of a great story from Macworld | iWorld 2013 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2027044/starfish-smartwatch-saga-illustrates-entrepreneurial-stumbling-blocks.html). Dan is getting an Amazon Echo (http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo/). For science. But he really wants to talk about his surfeit of remotes and how he hopes the Neeo will fix all his problems including that rash (http://www.neeo.com). The entire rest of the episode is a T-Mobile ad read conducted by Lex (http://www.t-mobile.com).

Much of the episode is spent talking about a post by Marco Arment (http://www.marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground). Daniel Jalkut has collected a list of problems over the last 10 years (http://bitsplitting.org/2015/01/05/the-functional-high-ground/), so it's not like Apple has always had bugs. Since posting, Marco has said he regrets saying what he said because of the subsequent media buzz (http://www.marco.org/2015/01/05/popular-for-a-day). Dr. Drang has another take (http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2015/01/apple-leverage/). Moltz and Dan have a wait-and-see approach to Photos (http://www.imore.com/photos-os-x-yosemite-explained). Lex is going to be the experiment group. The only interesting thing we've heard from CES is that Mophie has Juice Packs for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus (http://www.mophie.com/shop/battery-cases). Unless you want a DJ controller that looks like the Millenium Falcon (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/06/casio-new-dj-controllers-trackformer/). Lex and Moltz talk about their experience with the Kano (http://www.kano.me). Lex is considering getting custom-made ear molds for headphones (http://earsound.com). Dan wants to look like Lobot (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lobot). But then he's going to the Anaheim Star Wars Celebration (http://www.starwarscelebration.com).

Moltz has a red light on his Drobo (drobo.com). But it's gonna be OK. Then we discuss the rumors about a 12-inch MacBook Air. http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-air-2015s-killer-feature-may-be-a-lack-of-click-22360353/ Rumors often don't pan out, like the one about them removing the headphone jack on iPhones. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/06/06/lightning-enabled-headphones-could-let-apple-ditch-the-headphone-jack-on-future-iphones Then the podcast ends forever when Dan says he keeps trackpad tapping on on his MacBook Air. So long, been nice podcasting for you. OK, back to headphones, Moltz has these Bose jobbies — http://www.amazon.com/Bose-MIE2-Mobile-Headset-Black/dp/B007WQ9LSC/ref=sr_1_1?s=wireless&srs=2529061011&ie=UTF8&qid=1420181104&sr=1-1&keywords=bose+headphones — which, eh, are OK. Dan has Koss PortaPros: http://www.amazon.com/Koss-PortaPro-Headphones-with-Case/dp/B00001P4ZH Lex has Sony MDRV6s: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDRV6-Studio-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00001WRSJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420182061&sr=8-2&keywords=sony+mdr If you're having trouble hearing from your MacBook's speakers, you can use Boom and, well, maybe blow your speakers out. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/boom/id415312377?mt=12 Seems like you could get some completely acceptable podcasting equipment for certainly no more than $200. A Yeti isn't the best microphone in the world but it's fine. Hindenberg Journalist is about $100. For $100 more you can get Logic Pro. Yeti: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Yeti-USB-Microphone/dp/B002VA464S/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1420182267&sr=1-1&keywords=yeti+microphone Hindenberg: http://hindenburg.com/products/hindenburg-journalist/ Logic Pro: https://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ For video, if iMovie drives you berserk, you could actually edit video in Screenflow. http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm Finally, Lex tells the story of the PowerBook 540c that got away. By being stolen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_500_series

Was iTunes 12 a crime? Lex and John introduce Dan to Crossy Road and the result is...predictable.

John has some choice words for Zuck, Lex details what would make him switch to an Apple TV, and the only upside to Apple's arbitrary app review process is that Dan has found his calling in life.

Lex buys a new TV, John buys a new car, and Dan doesn't buy whatever they're selling.

On this happiest of Thanksgiving holidays, Lex talks about his new electric car, Dan talks about his new Fire TV Stick, and John talks about people with stupid advice for Apple.

Nokia's new Android tablet is a topic of hot discussion with John, Lex, and Dan this week, as are Uber's shenangians and the latest iPhone knockoff.

Why does Messages have so many problems, and who wants to buy an Amazon Echo anyway? Dan, Lex, and John discuss these and more pressing issues.

I hope you like superheroes, because Dan, John, and special guest Guy English are here to tell you all about Avengers: Age of Ultron. Oh, and they throw in some technology talk too.

Why can't we all Apple Pay everywhere all the time? John, Lex, and Dan discuss the vagaries of the retail experience.

You'd think that Lex, Dan, and John could let last week's Apple event go, but no—they're too angry. Only the Apple Watch can pacify them.

Maybe Apple should have waited a little bit longer to hold another event. John, Lex, and Dan discuss (read: complain about) the latest announcements.

It's all about Dan not liking iOS 8 (and John and Lex's counterarguments) until the gang is interrupted by BREAKING NEWS.

Where the hell did Windows 9 go? Does Apple have a QA problem? Are Lex's and John's spouses right not to upgrade to iOS 8? We answer none of these questions.

Lex asks Dan and John about their new iPhone 6s. Everybody cringes about bendable phones. And what's the sound of one hand typing?