The CultCast
This week: why Apple might just need to bring OS X to the iPad; the Apple Pencil makes anyone a digital artist; one Apple TV pro tip you absolutely need to know; fun facts about Apple’s new Spaceship campus; and finally… Gobble Gobble yaaaa’aaall!  We’re invited to a magical Thanksgiving feast at Tim Cook’s house in another episode of Get To Know Your Cultist.
 
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On the show this week
 
Apple’s spaceship campus is big enough to hold Disneyland
 
Direct download: CultCast_207_-_Kiss_The_Cook.mp3
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This week: get your mace and taser ready for Black Friday! We share some of the best deals on MacBooks, iPhones, Playstation 4s, Xbox One’s, Wii U’s and more.    Plus: why your Mac store apps could be corrupted (and what to do about it); RDIO bites the dust; and the iPad Mini 4 proves far better than we originally thought.
 
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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.
 
On the show this week
This week’s intro
 
JNCO’s making a comeback!
 
 
Rdio is filing for bankruptcy, Pandora will buy ‘key assets’ for $75M
 
Find the hottest Black Friday deals right here
 
Some of our favorite deals:
 
Playstation 4 (act quick!) for $299 shipped
 
Apple Watch with $100 Target Gift Card for $349 at Target
 
Xbox One 500GB Gears of War Bundle, Fallout 4Extra Controller for $300 at Dell Home (available 3pm PST 11/16)
 
iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus with a $250 Target Gift Card for $0 down at Target
 
 
B&H's holiday sale slashes 2015 MacBook Pros by $200-$300 , 12" MacBooks by $170-$200, 13" MacBook Airs by $100-$450, iPad mini 4 by $30
Direct download: CultCast_206_-_Black_November.mp3
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This week:  can the new iPad Pro really replace your Mac?  Apple seems to think so, but we’ve got a Pro in-hand and we’re not so sure.  Plus: Apple may soon offer us all a simple way to pay each other; and stick around for another classic El Kahney rant—zombie edition—it's an all new Stuff We’re Into!
 
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On the show this week
This week’s intro
 
First impressions with the big and beautiful iPad Pro - leander
 
Jony Ive interview: The story of the Apple Pencil
Direct download: CultCast_205_-_Beautiful_Manscapes.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:42pm PST

This week: "home buttonless" iPhone 7s; the new Apple TV remote is unnervingly easy to break; the UK wants your Apple devices to be less secure; and we pitch our favorite new Apple TV apps!
 
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Can you fall in love with a computer?
 
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Plex for Apple TV (free!)
 
Leander likes The Returned show on Netflix 
 
Don’t drop your new Apple TV remote!
 
4-inch iPhone 6s is coming soon, says top Apple analyst
 
Companies such as Apple, Google and others will no longer be able to offer encryption so advanced that even they cannot decipher it when asked to under the Investigatory Powers Bill
Direct download: CultCast_204_-_Private_Eyes_Are_Watching_You.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:02pm PST

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