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  • Talkcast tonight, 7pm PDT/10pm EDT: Sprung forward edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    03.09.2014

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Hopefully you (select) Americans have had long enough today to recover from "springing forward" last night, and can spend some time with the TUAW talkcast! This evening we'll be spending a bit of time discussing the CarPlay announcement, and other news of the week with the usual suspects. You're more than welcome to join! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. See you tonight!

  • Talkcast tonight: The week in review, 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    03.02.2014

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Once again we come to the eve of another work week, which means it's time for the TUAW talkcast! It's Oscars night, and if you find yourself dealing with low-level aggravation from all the Samsung ads percolating through the telecast, you know you have a place to go where everybody knows your name (and which six colors you bleed in). We'll be reviewing the week that was, including Tim Cook's angry takedown of a shareholder proposal that Apple dump its environmental initiatives. Join us! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. Your patience and forbearance with our new tech is appreciated in advance. For the time being, the podcast feed of the show will continue to originate from Talkshoe and should be there within 24-36 hours. See you tonight!

  • Talkcast 2/23: Chat along with the show!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    02.23.2014

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Talkcast potpourri

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    02.23.2014

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Once again we come to the eve of another work week, which means it's time for the TUAW talkcast! Guests are a thing we like, so we have one. Jeff Gamet friend of the show and Mac Observer editor will be joining us, along with the usual suspects. Hopefully we'll get to discuss Apple's latest purchase, as well as other headlines of the week, and your questions too! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. Your patience and forbearance with our new tech is appreciated in advance. For the time being, the podcast feed of the show will continue to originate from Talkshoe and should be there within 24-36 hours. See you tonight!

  • Talkcast 2/16: Chat along with the show!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    02.16.2014

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight 7pm PT/10pm ET: Extended weekend edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    02.16.2014

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. As the official weekend comes to a close (if you're a student or a mail carrier you get one more day), it's time once again to gather round the wireless for the TUAW talkcast! This week we'll be chatting with special guest Josh Centers, Managing Editor over at TidBITS. He's written a book about the Apple TV (the wee black box, not a television designed in Cupertino),mand we will share some tips and tricks for the one you have, not to mention some speculation about what's to come for Apple's hobby. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast 2/9: Chat along with the show!

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    02.09.2014

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Olympic potpourri edition

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    02.09.2014

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. You know what Sunday night means -- time for the TUAW talkcast! Tonight, as the controversial (and five-ring challenged) Sochi Winter Olympics are kicking into gear, we'll review the news of the week, including a did-they/didn't-they opening ceremony Apple device disguise order. (Spoiler alert, they didn't.) We'll also talk about popular game Flappy Bird's exit from the App Store, and take your calls and questions! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Apple's results and the week in review

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    02.02.2014

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. You know what Sunday night means -- time for the TUAW talkcast! Tonight we'll be finishing our Super Bowl chili and wings as we dig into Apple's quarterly results, more celebrations from the Mac's 30th anniversary (as also seen on last week's show), and the news of the week. Special guests who can pull themselves out of a tailgate coma are also welcome! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast 1/26: Chat along with the show!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    01.26.2014

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Anniversary Edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    01.26.2014

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Sundays mean the end of the weekend, the looking ahead to the coming week, and also the TUAW talkcast! This week we have a very special guest: Bryan Stearns of the original Mac Team will be joining us, fresh off the plane from his adventures at the Anniversary Event, and hopefully he'll have some stories he can share with us. Along with my compadre Mike Rose, there will be some lovely reminiscing and hopefully another special appearance or two to round out the show. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. Your patience and forbearance with our new tech is appreciated in advance. For the time being, the podcast feed of the show will continue to originate from Talkshoe and should be there within 24-36 hours. See you tonight!

  • Talkcast live at 7pm PT: Chat along with the show

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    01.19.2014

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 7pm PT/10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: CES Edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    01.12.2014

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. As with most Sundays, we're going to wrap up the weekend with the TUAW talkcast! Last week's show included a variety of predictions and a nice discussion of where we think Apple is headed in 2014 (spoiler: We decided they were headed to Awesomeopolis). This week we have special guests! Adam Christianson of MacCast fame will be joining us, as well as beloved friend of the show, iMore's own Peter Cohen! Along with my compatriot Mike Rose, we will spend a bit of time discussing CES and look ahead to when some of those announcements might become reality (because Kelly loves a good crazy theory), and cover a little bit of the (Apple) gaming news we've had lately. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. Your patience and forbearance with our new tech is appreciated in advance. For the time being, the podcast feed of the show will continue to originate from Talkshoe and should be there within 24-36 hours. See you tonight!

  • Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Prediction Edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    01.05.2014

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Another Sunday, another TUAW talkcast! We're still breaking in 2014, and we'll do so discussing our predictions for the remainder of 2014. Kelly is hosting tonight; you may recall she runs a home for all manner of crazy theory, and wouldn't miss this for the world. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Best iOS apps of 2013, as chosen by the Talkcast team

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    12.31.2013

    'Tis the season for wrapping up the year that was into a neat bundle of best-of reviews, and who are we to argue with tradition? On Sunday's live Talkcast, I gathered a gang of eloquent experts to dive into the best iOS apps of 2013. Here, organized by recommender, are their picks and suggestions. Remember, you can subscribe to the Talkcast in iTunes -- and keep an eye out for a new feed for the show in the new year! Julio Ojeda-Zapata (technology writer for the Pioneer Press, author of The Mobile Writer): The visually impressive Yahoo Weather app; the "Uber of snowplowing" Plowz app; the Xfinity TV Go app; Google's steadily improving suite of iOS apps like Hangouts, YouTube Capture, QuickOffice and Google Drive; Pocket Casts; and Feedly. Gedeon Maheux (principal and co-founder of The Iconfactory): Kingdom Rush Frontiers (game); Oceanhorn (game); Drawquest (game, new for iPhone); Groove Music App (music player); and a second vote for Yahoo Weather. Jeff Gamet (managing editor of The Mac Observer): Paper by 53; Status Board; ComiXology; Bungie's legendary FPS Marathon Trilogy -- Marathon, Durandal and Infinity; and SkySafari Pro 4. Runners-up: Bossjock, MyCreate and Forbidden Island. Brett Terpstra (TUAW contributor, mad scientist, developer of Marked 2): Editorial, MindNode and Drafts. Runners-up: BTT Remote, Camera+, SneakyPix and ReadQuick. Ben Roethig (host at GeekBeat.tv): Spiral Episode 1, Fantastical 2 and Calendars 5. Steve Sande: Apple's revamped iWork for iOS, the Pages/Keynote/Numbers "2013 edition" apps; Parallels Access (see Steve's review here); the Dropcam client; Sphere (360 Camera); United Airlines; and Knock. Shawn "Doc Rock" Boyd: 2013's GarageBand; Plex; Terminology; the smart-ass Carrot to-do app; DeskConnect; Square Cash; XScope Mirror; Droplr; and SmartGlass for Xbox One. Kelly Guimont: Riposte; Dark Horse Digital; AirVideo; The Room TWO, from Fireproof Games; Favd (AdN photo sharing); Springpad; and PDFPen Scan +. Mike Rose: Spin (previewed here); Citymapper; DeskConnect; Dumb Ways to Die; Minecraft Pocket Edition; Uber; Sleep Cycle; and -- with the appropriate disclaimer that I do work for Salesforce -- the awesome Salesforce 1. Did we miss any must-haves? Please let us know in the comments!

  • Talkcast live at 10 pm ET: Chat along with the show!

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    12.29.2013

    Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store; for Android users, click here. Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. To chat live, use the Chatroll embed below.

  • Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: 2013's best iOS apps + year in review

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    12.29.2013

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. You know what Sunday night means -- time for the TUAW talkcast! It's our final show of 2013, so we'll review our top picks for the best iOS apps of the year. We'll also welcome a few special guests (including the legendary Brett Terpstra, the delightful Jeff Gamet, the Iconfactory's Ged Maheux and the Pioneer Press's Julio Ojeda-Zapata) for a roundup of the top Apple stories of the year that was. Do join us! Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET/7 pm PT: Best Mac apps of the year

    by 
    Michael Rose
    Michael Rose
    12.22.2013

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Another Sunday, another TUAW talkcast! With our second-to-last show of 2013, it's time to dive into the best Mac apps on the market this year (next week, perhaps, we'll talk iOS). Of course, to talk Mac apps you need Mac experts, and in addition to our usual gang of opinonators we have a couple of special guests tonight! The Mac Observer's Jeff Gamet and our own contributor/mad scientist at large Brett Terpstra will be helping us hold down the show. In addition, there's a new sheriff in town; Apple's new Mac Pro is available for order, and shipping next month. Mmmm, unified thermal core, so yummy. We'll discuss this and all the week's stories, right here on ye olde Talkcast live tonight. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in a second Talkcast post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast, 7 pm PT/10 pm ET: Scary walking robots edition

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    12.15.2013

    New dial-in experience! Set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Another Sunday, another TUAW talkcast! As you may know, Apple from time to time buys smaller companies like Anobit, Embark, HopStop, PrimeSense and -- just this month -- Twitter analytics shop Topsy. All perfectly non-scary cute little technology companies. Meanwhile, Google also buys smaller companies... like DARPA contractor-slash-nightmare fuel bulk provider Boston Dynamics, maker of nimble and speedy robots that could deliver a package or take out your Aunt Gertrude with equal aplomb. (If you are wondering what we could possibly mean by nightmare fuel, check it out.) As The Next Web mused, there seems to be some air gap between the "moonshot" programs and acquisitions pursued by Google versus the more strategic and product-centric purchasing approach at Apple. If there were an Apple moonshot, what might it look like -- and which innovations would be part of the program? We'll discuss this and all the week's stories, right here on ye olde Talkcast live tonight. Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time.

  • Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Gift guide edition!

    by 
    Kelly Guimont
    Kelly Guimont
    12.08.2013

    All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Be sure to set up Fuze Meeting before the show if you want to join in live. Another Sunday, another TUAW talkcast! We're in the thick of the Christmas season, so we'll probably be discussing gift guides, unless you really want to talk about iOS 7 adoption rates (almost as crazy as holiday shopping), or perhaps iBeacons (possibly crazier than holiday shopping). Reminder on new-style talkcasting: With some help from the fine folks at Fuze, we're using a new system to record the show. This should let everyone listen in live -- and, if you want, raise your hand as you would in the Talkshoe room to get unmuted and chime in. You can join the call in progress (meeting # is 20099010) at 10 pm ET from any computer via this link; if you download the Mac or Windows Fuze clients ahead of time, you'll get better audio and a slicker experience, but browser-only will work fine. Just click the phone icon to join the audio once you're in. Using an iPhone or iPad? Grab the native clients from the App Store and get busy. (Even Android users can join the party.) Still feel like using the conventional phone dial-in? Just call 775-996-3562 and enter the meeting number 20099010, then press #. While the Fuze web and native clients have a chat channel, we'd like to reserve that for host participants, requests to talk and other real-time alerts... so the full-on chat for the show will appear in this very post at 10 pm tonight. You'll need Twitter, Facebook or Chatroll credentials to participate in the chat. We'll remind everyone to check back in at that time. Your patience and forbearance with our new tech is appreciated in advance. For the time being, the podcast feed of the show will continue to originate from Talkshoe and should be there within 24-36 hours. See you tonight!