Upgrade

Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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62: I Am Nerd Face Guy

Episode Date: November 9, 2015

This week we extoll the virtues of emoji and how it could be better, and Myke finds his perfect emoji at last 🤓. We also preview the iPad Pro, talk a...

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60: Very Nice Button

Episode Date: October 27, 2015

It’s an exciting week: Myke gets a new Retina iMac and all the Magic peripherals, and both Jason and Myke buy "Star Wars" tickets and the new Apple TV...

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59: You Need Faster Fingers

Episode Date: October 19, 2015

Revisiting some of the design decisions in Apple’s new “Magic” peripherals, why 3D Touch soars while Force Touch seems to lag behind, iWork gets a muc...

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55: Your Watch is Full

Episode Date: September 21, 2015

This week we’ve put on the cranky pants, as Myke works out his frustrations with his iPhone and futilely attempts to upgrade to watchOS 2. We attempt...

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54: Put a Pen on It

Episode Date: September 14, 2015

Live from Portland, Myke, Jason, and special guest Stephen Hackett go deep with more thought about the Apple event, the iPad pro, Myke's dream computi...

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52: Click to Click

Episode Date: August 31, 2015

This week we look forward to the Sept. 9 Apple media event, which Jason will be attending. What will it take for a new Apple TV to be a success? Also,...

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50: Bing Bong

Episode Date: August 17, 2015

This week Jason cleans off his desk and we follow up on Google’s new Alphabet. Then it’s time for Myke to go back to the movies with 1983’s “WarGames”...

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49: Huge Engine of Money

Episode Date: August 11, 2015

Jason returns from his 2,000-mile car trip just in time to discuss the meaning behind Google’s transformation into Alphabet and the future of Twitter....

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48: The Watercooler

Episode Date: August 3, 2015

Our hosts show off their age gap by comparing how they watch television as a part of a larger discussion about the role of the Apple TV in Apple’s pro...

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47: Trust Us, It's Doing Well

Episode Date: July 27, 2015

Jason and Myke discuss Apple’s enthusiastically vague approach to Apple Watch sales figures, Myke’s fear that content blockers could wreck people’s li...

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44: Tap the Ellipses

Episode Date: July 6, 2015

The pros and cons of Apple’s relationship with the web development community, our first week with Apple Music and Beats 1, Jason doesn’t go to Comic-C...