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Stacktrace Podcast 036: “Miss Dingus”

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How does John name his open source projects, and why and how does Rambo shower with AirPods? Just two of many questions asked and answered on this episode — along with the weekly speculation about upcoming Apple products, this time around Gurman’s latest reports about this fall’s iPhones — and a review of AirPods 2.

Stacktrace Podcast 035: “The 50 hour transition”

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After naming their favorite Italian city, John and Gui discuss iOS design systems and cross-platform UI frameworks, augment Mark Gurman’s latest scoops, and talk about preparing for WWDC.

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Stacktrace Podcast 034: “The heaviest iPhone you can make”

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While on their road trip through Italy, John and Gui talk about conferences, traveling, SIM-cards, marketing for app developers, predictive computing, and much more. Also, a Rambo Report about the upcoming MacBook Pro.

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Stacktrace Podcast 033: “Face ID by proxy”

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Another week full of delicious scoops — expanded macOS authentication using the Apple Watch, WWDC news for developers, more signs of AR headset(s!), Siri shortcuts on the Mac, and much more. Also, how does Rambo get his hands on all this information anyway?

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Stacktrace Podcast 032: “Dark mode convert”

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We’ve got an ice cream truck full of scoops! A huge episode packed full of exclusive reports on iOS 13, how the iPad might be able to act as an external display for the Mac, a new Find my Friends/iPhone app, and the long-awaited breakup of iTunes. Also, a months late review of the Apple Watch Series 4.

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Stacktrace Podcast 031: “The Blair Rambo Project”

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Rambo reverse engineers the Face ID infrared camera, John goes on an open sourcing spree, and the two speculate about what exactly went wrong with AirPower. Also, iOS development beginner mistakes, and another edition of The Rambo Report.

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Stacktrace Podcast 030: “Natural evolution”, with special guest Stephen Hackett

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John and Gui are joined by special guest Stephen Hackett to go on an epic journey throughout the many eras of Apple history. What major events and products defined each era, how did they move Apple forward, and how do some of them affect Apple even to this day? Fasten your seatbelt and pump up the volume — let’s go for a ride!

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Stacktrace Podcast 029: “A very special Apple special event” with special guest Mark Gurman

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John and Gui are joined by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, to analyze this week’s Apple event, and to speculate about what both the revealed and yet unrevealed products may tell us about Apple’s future direction. That, and the results of last week’s poker episode, and a special appearance by… a chicken?

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Stacktrace Podcast 028: “The week of shipping”

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It’s poker time! While Apple seems to be going all-in on shipping new products this week, it’s once again time for John and Gui to place their bets as to what Apple might have in store for their 25th of March media event. That, and a bit of time traveling back to the year 2000.

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Stacktrace Podcast 027: “Let’s spelunk my life”

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It’s time for some new, alternative, avenues of spelunking — including Apple’s career website, and… Rambo’s digital life? Also, how Swift compares to Node.js for server-side development, what a “UIKit for AR” could look like, and some brief speculation about Apple’s upcoming media event.

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Stacktrace Podcast 026: “You’re not gonna touch your glasses”

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After a brief discussion around static site generation and hardware hacking, John and Gui dive into some exclusive new spelunking findings from WebKit and the latest iOS 12.2 beta. Also, AR and how Microsoft’s approach with HoloLens might differ from Apple’s possible AR strategies, and more Marzipan.

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Stacktrace Podcast 025: “The daily home screen shuffle”

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Continuing on the topic of iOS 13 — will the iPad use a new home screen UI, rather than good old SpringBoard, and what could that look like? How could improved keyboard APIs for 3rd party apps make the iPad even more capable, and will the future of computing involve devices with foldable screens?

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Stacktrace Podcast 024: “The fluffy keyboard”

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John and Gui dive into the latest rumors about new Mac hardware and iOS 13. How might the design of the iPad Pro influence future MacBooks, how would a system-wide Dark Mode work on iOS, and what are our updated expectations for Project Marzipan? Also — iPhone XR review, marketing for indies, and much more.

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Stacktrace Podcast 023: “In Rambo sight”

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On this season two premiere John and Gui analyze the latest spelunking findings, talk about going indie, the launch of AirBuddy, the case for smaller iPads, and hey — the show has also got a new logo and is now part of 9to5Mac! Welcome back to Stacktrace.

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Stacktrace Podcast 022: “A buffet of entitlements”

In this grand season finale of Stacktrace, John and Gui review the iPad Smart Keyboard Folio, Apple Watch Series 4, discuss entitlements, electrocardiograms and reveal the latest spelunking findings including (and we’re not kidding) – new details about AirPower.

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Stacktrace Podcast 021: “Redundancy for your redundancy”

Rambo runs his first ever App Store sale, John continues prototyping using his new iPad Pro, and the two discuss what it would take for the iPad to reach its full potential, what makes up a good backup strategy, and how Swift has fundamentally changed programming for Apple’s platforms.

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Stacktrace Podcast 020: “More magnets than the North Pole”, with special guest Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie joins John and Gui to discuss the new iPad Pro, the pros and cons of doing work on a tablet, and how we’d like iOS to change to take full advantage of the new hardware.

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Stacktrace Podcast 019: “Artistic touch tool”

With Apple’s October event just around the corner it’s once again time for John and Gui to face off in a game of Keynote Poker. But before that, the two review the iPhone XS Max, the 2018 15″ MacBook Pro and…Silicon Valley?

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Stacktrace Podcast 018: “What happens in Vegas…”

John and Gui discuss the newly revealed iPad Pro details, how people are building custom faces for the Apple Watch, and – after AirPower shows yet another sign of life – what’s good and bad about the web in 2018.

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Stacktrace Podcast 017: “Spelunking rehab”

Is Apple using CoreML to determine the relevance of push notifications, what new features will we see in this year’s new iPads, and why are we disabling GitHub issues for our open source projects?

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Stacktrace Podcast 016: “Server buddies”

After returning from their adventure in Spain, John and Gui take a closer look at iOS 12 and some initial spelunking findings from the iOS 12.1 beta. Also, why Mac hardware leaks are not as common as iOS ones, and several tips and tricks about productivity and time management.

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Stacktrace Podcast 015: “iPhone, really?”, live from NSSpain

In this special episode of the show John and Gui analyze Apple’s 2018 iPhone keynote and reveal the results of last episode’s poker game – in front of a live audience at the NSSpain conference!

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Stacktrace Podcast 014: “The mother of all leaks”

Analyzing Rambo’s latest spelunking findings – high resolution marketing images of the new iPhone XS and Apple Watch Series 4, followed by our second edition Apple Keynote Poker game. It’s speculation time!

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Stacktrace Podcast 013: “Underwater Apple Museum”

John and Gui speculate what Apple might have in store for the fall – including the rumored new MacBook and Mac Mini – talk about updating apps to the latest version of iOS, discuss the state of third party Twitter apps and answer questions about prototyping and system-level widgets.

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