Connected 627: The First Touch

Jason reviews the MacBook Pro with PROLED Display, we break down what's coming with the arrival of 27.3 betas (including the perplexing Siri Recaps feature), and is John Ternus getting impatient with Apple's software pace?

We review the new OLED iPad mini, thoughts on the PROLED MacBook Pro, and most importantly, David managed to acquire an iPhone Duo.

Andy's solo show discusses Google's controversial decision around AI in its Chromebooks for education.

Federico is back from the MacBook Pro event in LA, just in time to explain what's going on with Siri AI in iOS 27.3. Meanwhile, Myke thinks the new iPad mini is fake, and Stephen interrupts with a good word from Sweden.

When the feelings are not at their peak how do you get yourself to look at the silver linings and show them Gratitude. Kathy talks shares her silver linings and how she put some of them in place.

John finds resolution regarding a domain name he bought a long time ago.

Our quirky interface habits that go against the grain, how our beta and app update routines have shifted in the AI era, where and how often we run searches these days, and the first settings we tweak on a brand-new computer.

John Voorhees joins David to share how he uses AI for MacStories' admin work and podcast production. They compare cloud and local models, remote Mac setups, and the human judgment that still makes a good app.

Just in the nick of time, the design of the iPod begins to emerge--but will Steve Jobs give it his seal of approval? And Apple designer Jony Ive turns away from the brightly colored plastic that made his name and learns to love pure white.

Award-winning historian and Ben Franklin's World podcast host Liz Covart joins us to discuss reading, research, and AI through the lens of early American history.