77: I Don't Know Why You'd Call Them Friends

Google and Apple join forces to corner the market on smartphone AI models, John Ternus gets a profile in the New York Times, live NBA basketball comes to the Vision Pro, and Apple inconsistently refuses to stop bad App Store behavior. 

Happy New Year! In this episode, we share some of the things we hope we'll see from Apple in 2026. Also, Jason attacks an emoji. 

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Moving is not fun. <ul> <li>Marie Kondo</li> </ul></li> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Apple fixes worn keycaps (via Ezekiel Elin)</li> <li>OpenAI <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/technolog ...  Show more

<ul> <li>Follow-up: <ul> <li>Other People’s Code <ul> <li>Audio sample</li> <li>Laura Savino ...  Show more

Follow-up: Overall St. Jude winner: James Neal John’s window bug Polling rate does make a difference Source video Polling rate to window quantity experiment Source video Macs vs. Chromebooks in education (via John Weston & Steve Ligett) Upgrade #480: Never Do a Deal with the Pref ...  Show more

<ul> <li>Pre-show: Marco’s Wi-Fi Woes <ul> <li>RealPlayer</li> </ul></li> <li>🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now. <ul> <li>The ...  Show more