CultCast #211 - Kanye Cobra

This week: Apple let’s us all in to their super secret design lab, and what we find is amazing; the best of the holiday iOS App Store deals; and we pick our favorite movies of 2015!

 

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On the show this week

@erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney

 

A very rare look into the Apple Design Lab

Part 1

Part 2

 

The Beatles Are Coming to Apple Music on Christmas Eve

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/22/the-beatles-apple-music-christmas-eve/

 

God help us, Kim Kardashian now has her own emoji

http://www.cultofmac.com/403132/god-help-us-kim-kardashian-now-has-her-own-emoji/

 

App Store Holiday Sales: Final Fantasy VII, Lara Croft GO, Notability and More

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/21/app-store-holiday-sales-iphone-ipad/

DuckTales: Remastered ($9.99 → 99¢) 

Bastion ($4.99 → 99¢) 

Deliveries ($4.99 → $2.99) 

Leo's Fortune ($4.99 → 99¢) 

 

10 things we learned from Apple’s 60 Minutesepisode

http://www.cultofmac.com/402999/10-things-we-learned-from-apples-60-minutes-episode/

 

Apple may have accidentally leaked new MacBook

http://www.cultofmac.com/403051/apple-may-have-accidentally-leaked-new-macbook/

 

Movies we mention in this episode

 

Spectre

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/

 

Sicario

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/

 

Ex Machina

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/

 

The Road

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/

 

No Country for Old Men

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/