MacBreak Weekly 154
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Episode 154 |
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Guests: Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, Merlin Mann Recorded: August 18, 2009 Published: August 18, 2009 Duration: 2:05:16 |
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[edit] MacBreak Weekly 154: Graceful Degradation
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- Apple allegedly attempted to suppress Times Online profile about Steve Jobs
- iTunes comprises 69% percent of all online digital music sales, according to NPD MusicWatch report
- iPhone becomes most-used camera on Flickr
- The gang ruminates once again on the possibility of an Apple tablet device
- Merlin Mann waxes lyrical about InstaPaper. Merlin pops long form articles out of NetNewsReader and into Firefox, where he uses InstaPaper to save the article to read later. He's also set up InstaPaper to send his unread articles to his Kindle daily.
- Andy also uses Instapaper. He likes it for those pieces you just want read to every three months - and he cited Frank Sinatra Has A Cold, a piece by Gay Talese published in Esquire in 1966. Merlin also likes that piece.
- Discussion of various desktop and portable applications for reading eBooks (Kindle, rumored Apple Tablet, Stanza, etc...)
- TomTom turn-by-turn navigation iPhone application now available
- What will Apple announce in September?
- USAA Bank allows check deposits via iPhone app
- Quake Live to support Mac OS X
[edit] Picks of the Week
- Alex Lindsay
- TomTom; Turn-by-turn navigation for iPhone - $99.99 for US & Canada; Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand map versions also available
- Andy Ihnatko
- Default Folder X - $34.95
- Merlin Mann
- Pocket God; Game for iPhone - $0.99
- Leo Laporte
- Mint.com; Personal finance iPhone app - Free
[edit] Notable Quotes
[edit] Significant Products
- Fever - Feed Reader
- Roadee - $1.99 turn-by-turn navigation iPhone app based on OpenStreetMap maps
- Night Camera - $0.99 iPhone camera app that uses accelerometer to take sharp photos
[edit] Sponsors
[edit] Audible
[edit] Picks
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[edit] Squarespace
ad time: 0:48-1:01 and 58:26-1:01:00
[edit] Production Information
- Recorded Date: August 18, 2009
- Release Date: August 18, 2009
- Duration: 2:05:16
- Log line:
- Edited by: Tony
- Notes:
- Merlin got cut off 15:14
- "SE" censor 1:23:12
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