Apple Context Machine Podcast
The Apple Context Machine is Mac, iPhone, and iPod news and analysis that puts the facts in perspective, brought to you with a sense of humor. Hosts Jeff Gamet and Bryan Chaffin put the Apple world into context.

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ACM 205: Apple Tax Hearings & Samsung’s Delusions 8:28 PM, May. 22nd, 2013

Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer testified before a U.S. Senate committee on the company's tax practices and the need for tax law…

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  1. Mar. 21st, 2010 ACM 165: Jerome York, the iPad and Media, iCon, & Bryan on the Road

    Apple board director Jerome York passed away, Rupert Murdoch sees the iPad as the future of media delivery, Fake Steve Jobs creator Dan Lyons is working on a Silicon Valley sitcom, and Bryan dials in from the road.

  2. Feb. 28th, 2010 ACM 164: Apple’s Sexy App Scandal, Newspapers on iPad, & Magic Trademarks

    Apple axes sexy iPhone apps from the App Store, the Associated Press is ready for the iPad, and Apple trademarked Magic Trackpad, which was clearly a move to protect a name no one else wanted.

  3. Feb. 24th, 2010 ACM 163: Apple’s Big Investments & China’s Hackers

    Reports are pointing to iPad pre-orders starting this week, the long arm of the law is reaching out for Google hackers in China, designing Apple's A4 chip cost a truck load of money, Apple's North Carolina data center is really big, and Steve Jobs won another award at an event he didn't go to.

  4. Feb. 16th, 2010 ACM 162: Jeff & Bryan Talk Macworld, New Products

    Macworld Expo 2010 may be over, but there's still plenty to talk about. Whether or not the show was a success, what next year's expo may be like, who one TMO Editors' Choice Awards this year, and more are all all up for discussion on this special post-Expo edition of Apple Context Machine.

  5. Jan. 31st, 2010 ACM 161: Apple’s iPad & Q1 Earnings

    Apple finally brought its unicorn out of the stable and introduced the iPad this week, more than 140,000 apps are available at the App Store now, and Apple reported yet another record breaking quarter.

  6. Dec. 30th, 2009 ACM 160: Psystar Injunction, Swype, & More Tablet Chat [Edited]

    In this installment of The Apple Podcast Machine podcast, Ricky Spero guest hosts with Bryan Chaffin to discuss the injunction Apple won against Psystar, what's shaping into a battle for the next generation's way of inputting text into our mobile devices, and, of course, the ever popular Apple tablet.

  7. Dec. 4th, 2009 ACM 159: Psystar, New iPhones, & App Store Predictions

    In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine, Jeff and Bryan talk about the special stop Apple's lawsuit express made at the Psystar Smackdown Depot™, Apple getting the TabletMac name from Axiotron, reports of test models for the next generation iPhone appearing in the wild, and IDC's predictions for the App Store in 2010.

  8. Nov. 29th, 2009 ACM 158: Microsoft & News Corp, Verizon & AT&T, The Remix

    In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine, Jeff and Bryan talk about Microsoft's rumored efforts to turn News Corp into an exclusive property of Bing when it comes to search engine, as well as the ongoing battle between AT&T and Verizon (with Apple quietly showing AT&T how to do it right).

  9. Nov. 2nd, 2009 ACM 157: Microsoft Stores, iTunes vs. Palm Pre, & iTablet

    In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine, Jeff and Bryan discuss Microsoft's retail store opening in Scottsdale, AZ, the turf war between Apple and Palm Pre over third-party iTunes support, and the iTablet as an Ebook reader.

  10. Sep. 30th, 2009 ACM 156: 2 Billion Apps, China, MMS Lawsuits, & Microsoft’s Courier

    In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine, Jeff and Bryan discuss Apple's 2 billion iPhone app milestone, China's entry into the iPhone market, the lawsuit that accuses Apple and AT&T of lying about MMS support in the iPhone, and the videos circulating on the Internet that show Microsoft's Courier handheld tablet in actio