The CultCast

This week: Mark your calendars for Sept. 9th, friends, cause iWatch is nigh!  Plus, an insanely accurate iPhone 6 leak hits Youtube; the apps we use to send our friends and family money; why everyone’s buzzing about Hyperlapse; rumors of a 12.9-inch iPad resurface; we discuss some listener feedback; and privileged apps that live in our menu bars.

Looking for the iPhone 6 leak video?  —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34T80iLYojk

Thanks for Smile Software for supporting this episode!  Sign a contract, fix a typo, correct a price list, or fill out a form while you're on the goPDFpen for iPad lets you edit PDFs anywhere you are, and supports popular Bluetooth styluses.  Find out more at www.smilesoftware.com/cultcast 

We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for the great music you hear in today's show. 

 

Link to this week's stories

iWatch will debut alongside iPhone 6 on September 9th

http://www.cultofmac.com/292911/apple-reveal-iwatch-alongside-iphone-6-september-event/#tfDMcHqtvBBkVp4R.99

Juiciest iPhone 6 leak ever
http://www.cultofmac.com/292800/funniest-iphone-6-leak-weve-ever-seen/


Cash is but a text away with Square Cash 2.0 http://www.cultofmac.com/292783/square-cash-update-lets-send-friends-money-via-text/#2JVZq21pYiK4ecXU.99

Speed is the only filter in Instagram’s new Hyperlapse app - buster/erfon http://www.cultofmac.com/292710/instagrams-new-app-like-15000-rig-iphone-camera/#MDljSK7pdE4IZ2rA.99


Apple’s supersized 12.9-inch iPad to land in early 2015 http://www.cultofmac.com/292758/apples-supersized-12-9-inch-ipad-land-early-2015/#Ek0E7dR8SwFR3cZY.99

Tim Cook’s 3-year report card at Apple: B - leander Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/292474/tim-cooks-three-year-report-card-b/#D6VxllGcBsZQiYcj.99

We read listener feedback (discussion)

Contribute yours at www.thecultcast.com/feedback

Which apps live in your menu bars?  We'll tell you ours (discussion)

Direct download: CultCast_142_-_iWatch_is_Nigh.mp3
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CultCast #141 - The SausageCast

This week: Steve Ballmer finally lands the perfect job; NFC and your iPhone make credit cards obsolete; iPhone 6 gets even faster data access;  new photos gives us our best look yet at a 4.7-inch iPhone 6; an Apple ad so good it wins an Emmy; APPL stock hits an all-time high; and, behold, Podcasting turns 10!  Oh, and it’s growing like crazy, too.

All that and more on this week’s CultCast. 

And be sure to check our new CultCast website for all the show notes and links to the products and apps we mention on the show! —> http://www.thecultcast.com <--- 

Thanks to Lynda.com for sponsoring this episode!  With over 2,800 high quality video courses taught by industry-leading experts, Lynda.com will help you master virtually any application, all on your own time and at your own pace.  Learn all you want for free for 7 days with a free trial.  Try it now at Lynda.com/CultCast

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We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for all the great music you hear in today's show. 

Direct download: CultCast_141_-_The_SausageCast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:18pm PDT

This week: Robin Williams.  We remember the incredible passion, talent, comedy and heartbreak of one life’s great artists.  Then, stay tuned for this week’s best iPhone 6 and iPad rumors; Oculus Rift coming to OS X; the good, bad, and ugly of iTunes Family sharing; and we pitch our favorite tech and apps in an all-new Faves N’Raves.  
Join us and Youtube gadget-reviewer extroidinaire, Lewis Hilsenteger (aka UnboxTherapy), for this very fun and heart-filled CultCast. 

Our thanks to Smile Software for supporting this episode!  If you haven't tried TextExpander from Smile software, you’re missing out on one of the most useful apps available for the Mac and iOS. 


TextExpander saves you time and effort by expanding short abbreviations into frequently-used text,  pictures, code blocks, and more, and it's an application we use every single day.  Try it out for free at http://smilesoftware.com/cultcast

 

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Direct download: CultCast_140_-_His_Verse.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:15pm PDT

This week: iThieves, beware!  Find My iPhone is now a tool of vigilante justice; iPhone 6’s release date gets leaked; we reveal our favorite must-have apps for Mac and iOS; why the next iPhone could ship with 32GB standard; and we wrap’er up with all-new Get To Know Your Cultist: movie edition!

Thanks to Lynda.com for sponsoring this episode!  With over 2,000 high quality video courses taught by industry-leading experts, Lynda.com will help you master virtually any application, all on your own time and at your own pace.  Learn all you want for free for 7 days with a free trial.  Try it now at Lynda.com/CultCast

And Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code “CultCast" at checkout. A better web starts with your website.

Direct download: CultCast_139_-_Ready_To_Pool_Party.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:46pm PDT

This week: with over 300,000 followers, we welcome back professional (and paid!) Instagram’er Cory @WithHearts Staudacher to share his iPhone photo editing tips and reveal which camera apps he relies on daily.  Plus, why our cities deserve municipal internet; unlocking your iPhone gets legal… again; great changes on the horizon for Apple's Podcasts app; and our musings on the freshly-updated 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pros.

Cheerio, guvs!

Our thanks to Squarespace for supporting this episode!  Ahh, Squarespace, future home of Buster's Beard Kits, it's the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, portfolio, and online store. For a free trial and 10% off, visit Squarespace.com and enter offer code “CultCast" at checkoutA better web starts with your website. 

And we couldn't forget a big thanks to TextExpander. If you haven't tried TextExpander from Smile software, you’re missing out on one of the most useful apps available for the Mac and iOS. 

TextExpander saves you time and effort by expanding short abbreviations into frequently-used text,  pictures, code blocks, and more, and it's an application we use every single day.  Try it out for free at http://smilesoftware.com/cultcast

Direct download: CultCast_138_-_Busters_Beard_Kits.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:21pm PDT

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