Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to pay their respects to the Microsoft’s Groove Music, and do a little ranting about Amazon’s new Echo Spot living in our bedrooms.
Apple Releases iOS 11.0.2 for Crackling Sounds on iPhone 8/Plus and Hidden Photos Problem
The update is a 280MB over-the-air download on iPhone 7 Plus and 276.4MB on an iPad Pro (10.5-inch).
Apple Q4 2017 Earnings Report Set for November 2
Apple is hosting its 2017 fourth fiscal quarter earnings report on Thursday, November 2nd. The conference call will start after the market closes at about 2PM pacific time (5PM eastern time).
Play Spotify Music On-The-Go Without a Smartphone with Mighty: $85.99
Spotify fans now have an option for playing their Spotify music on-the-go without a smartphone or computer, thanks to a gadget called Mighty. Mighty is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled, supports wired and most Bluetooth headphones and speaker, and holds 1,000 songs. It’s $85.99 through us. [Update: Stack Commerce just gave us a coupon code for 10% off on Mighty. Use “MIGHTY10” at checkout.]
A Robotic Lawn Mower to Save Your Pennies For
Jeff Butts loves all sorts of home automation gadgets, so it’s little surprise he’s interested in these yard machines.
Microsoft Kills its Groove Streaming Music Service and Music Store
Microsoft has thrown in the towel and given up on making its own Groove streaming music and music store a competitor to Apple Music and Amazon Prime.
Philips Hue Dimmer Switch, Motion Sensor, Tap, Get HomeKit Support
Philips just added HomeKit support to its Hue dimmer switch, motion sensor, and tap with a software update to the Philips Hue iPhone app.
High Sierra, Photos, iOS 11, and Sleeping your iPhone – Mac Geek Gab 677
It’s high time for some High Sierra chat, and chat is what your two favorite geeks bring! Installation help, app help, and some interesting tidbits round out that portion of the show. Then it’s on to some tips and glorious Cool Stuff Found submitted by you, our faithful listeners. Download, press play, and enjoy!
A Chicken in Every Pot; a Camera in Every Bedroom
Amazon seems to want one of its cameras pointed at every bed in every bedroom.
TMO Background Mode Interview with DigiDNA Co-leader Gregorio Zanon
Gregorio Zanon is a co-leader at DigiDNA, in Geneva, Switzerland. His company is the developer of the iMazing app for macOS and Windows that backs up an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and allows access to that data. Gregorio’s career essentially began when started programming in BASIC on an Amiga at age 10. But he also had a love for classical music and learned to play the piano. That led to college, in London, where studied music and received his degree. Later, inspired by a technical music project, Gregorio got back into coding and so impressed DigiDNA that he was hired. We chatted about the evolution of the DigiDNA company, the iMazing app, how it works, its features and some of the developer challenges with this kind of software as iOS has evolved.
