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This week: why we might be in for big iPad upgrades this year; our expectations for the iPhone 6C; the one feature we hope iPhone 6S will get (but probably won’t); Woz is worried about Skynet again; and… is Apple building machine for time travel?  You’ll have to press play to find out...
 
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This weeks links
 
Intro
 
Behinds the scenes footage of Buster and Erfon preparing for CultCast
 
Breakthrough could finally bring wireless charging to iPhone
 
Woz and other big thinkers call for ban on AI weapons - erfon
 
C you never! Apple scraps plans for 4-inch iPhone 6c - buster
 
This year’s iPad mini upgrade won’t suck
Direct download: CultCast_190_-_London_Handshake.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:15pm PDT

This week: some pundits are fed up with Apple music, but you know what?  We’re not.  Plus: Apple’s Back To School promotion is finally unveiled; Apple Watch topples expectations, gets insane satisfaction rating; iOS devices cross a major threshold; plus we answer your questions on an all-new #CultCastQnA!
 
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This week’s links
 
Intro: Classic Steve Ballmer on iPhone
 
Apple’s ‘Back to School’ promo will give Mac buyers free Beats headphones
 
What We’re Into Picks
 
Buster is into Antman.  All Antmen, really.
 
Erfon is REALLY into Twitch
 
Leander is into Grain Audio’s shelf speakers
 
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Category:general -- posted at: 8:42pm PDT

This week: We all love the popular products, but this ep. we’ll remember some of Apple’s biggest blunders!  Plus: why the new iPods might be the last iPods; Apple’s missing back to school promotion; and perfect way to motivate your lazy workforce...
 
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We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a big thanks for all the great music you hear on today's show. 
 
This week’s links
 
Intro: Peep the Pippin!
 
Buster’s Theme Song
 
Leander really hated the Apple Studio display
 
See the Macintosh TV in action
 
The hockey puck mouse wasn’t THAT bad...
 
Apple unveils new iPods in six colors
Direct download: CultCast_188_-_Hes_got_legs.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:36pm PDT

This week: how to train Apple Music to dish up better tunes; Microsoft calls it quits on the phone game; iOS 9 and El Capitan betas go public; awkward stories from Disneyland; and the REAL REASON Apple is building a “Spaceship” campus...
 
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This week’s links
 
Leander metioned Soundshare as the best social music network
 
Jim Carey’s brilliant In Living Color characters
 
 
Training Apple Music’s “For You” section

 

Construction worker from Campus 2 says Apple has raised US building standards
Direct download: CultCast_187_-_Into_The_Mothership.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:38pm PDT

Ok, we're impressed—Apple Music with Beats1 isn’t just another Spotify… it has some genuinely innovative features some of us are absolutely falling for.  
 
This week, we’ll tell you what we like and don’t about Apple's shiny new music service, and compare it to Spotify, the current king of music steaming.  Plus,  the new Steve Jobs trailer is out!  Stick around to hear us complain about Seth Rogen’s “Woz".
 
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This weeks links
 
So you don’t get charged when your free trial is over
Apple Music -> Account -> View Apple ID -> Subscriptions -> Automatic Renewal -> Off
 
 
 
 
Direct download: CultCast_186_-_Let_them_have_Beats.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:10pm PDT

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