Cup of Tech

This time we're chatting about WWDC23, Vision Pro and visionOS, and Malin's Vision Pro hands-on experience. Links Glucomate Mercury Weather Timepage for macOS Hosts Kai (Mastodon / Twitter) Malin (Mastodon / Twitter) Zach (Mastodon / Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Mastodon / Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews)

This time we're briefly chatting about what we've been up to, and spend a lot of time talking about our (lofty) WWDC23 and Apple Headset predictions. Bonus Band Prediction: boygenius (credit to Oliver) Links Glucomate Mercury Weather Timepage for macOS Core Coffee Meetup Core Coffee WWDC #1 Core Coffee WWDC #2 Core Coffee WWDC #3 Core Coffee WWDC #4 Hosts Kai (Mastodon / Twitter) Malin (Mastodon / Twitter) Zach (Mastodon / Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Mastodon / Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This time we're talking about Apple's "Unleashed" event and score our event predictions. Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Another Apple Special event means another predictions episode (this sure is a busy time of year

This time we talk about Apple's iPhone event and figure out who won the prediction episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

It's time for predictions again! This time we're chatting about what we might see at Apple's “California Streaming” event. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Let's see how we all did with our WWDC21 predictions. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

130: WWDC21 Predictions – Respect & Boos To avoid spoilers, we decided to predict all things WWDC a week earlier this time. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This time we're chatting about Apple's "Spring Loaded" special event and score our event predictions. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Reults (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

We’re back! Apple’s Spring Loaded event lured us out of hiding to record one of our special prediction episodes. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting about us taking a break and our favourite things of the year in our special 2020/2021 episode. Support Cup of Tech Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting about the App Store's new privacy labels, the IDFA, Kai's & Malin's new YouTube channel "Developer Commentary", and the controversial launch of Cyberpunk 2077. Support Cup of Tech Links App privacy details – Apple Developer Commentary – YouTube Picks of the Week Zach: Rain Parrot Malin: Title Case Kai: Stadia Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting about Apple's new AirPods Max, spring cleaning, and our plans for Orbit. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Things of the Week Malin: iOS Dev Happy Hour Kai: ConnectKit Zach: Magnet Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat some more about Apple's Small Business Program, iOS apps on the Mac, hybrid Macs, our Big Sur impressions, and Apple Arcade. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Things of the Week Zach: Sneaky Sasquatch Malin: carbon Kai: Raycast Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're talking about Apple's new promo codes and the Apple Small Business Program reducing the App Store commission rate for small businesses to 15%, the new App Store privacy labels, Kai's and Malin's update of Orbit for Big Sur, and the new iPhone 12 mini. Support Cup of Tech Links Apple Small Business Program Orbit Petty Things of the Week Zach: The Queen’s Gambit Kai: 5 GUIs Malin: Walkabout Mini Golf VR Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're talking about our first impressions of using the iPhone 12 mini, reveal our prediction results, and discuss Apple's November event. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results Apple Exec M1 Interview Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

In our most fun prediction episode yet, we're speculating about what Apple will announce at their November event and discuss our crazy ideas of future Mac lineups. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week, we’re contemplating our iPhone purchase decisions some more, chatting about our expectations for an Apple November event, talk about what’s next for Petty and Orbits, and Kai’s quest to replace his broken Apple Watch. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Things of the Week Kai: Nova Malin: Widget Studio: Event Countdown Zach: Lex Fridman Podcast #131 Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This time we're talking about Apple's October iPhone event. We're discussing the new iPhone lineup, the new HomePod mini, the state of Siri, and of course, we determine who won our special Apple event predictions game. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results (SPOILERS!!!) 5G Song – Tony Ivonin Guest Adam (Twitter) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week Vidit Bhargava joins us to chat about LookUp! We talk about the new iPhones (before they were announced), how LookUp got started, building for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, adding new features, design, prototyping, and Poké Bowls (?). Support Cup of Tech Links Indian Premier League LookUp for iOS LookUp for macOS Aesthete Icons Guest Vidit (Twitter) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Apple has announced the (likely) iPhone event, so as per our usual tradition, Adam joins us for an Apple Special Event predictions episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter t

This week Josh Holtz joins us to chat about Fastlane and open source. We also chat about splitting time across side projects, building things in the open, Indie Dev Monday, education, indie development, widgets, and much more. Support Cup of Tech Links Josh's woodworking Josh's Home Coffee Roaster Fastlane Contributing to Fastlane Indie Dev Monday An Otter RSS Ya'll Trippin' Grandpa Kenny's Fishing Adventure Orbit Petty Guest Josh (Twitter) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we reveal the thrilling results of our Apple September Event not-a-draft predictions! We also chat about the new Apple Watch Series 6, iPads, and much more. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions Result Table WARNING SPOILERS! Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week Quentin Zervaas joins us to chat about his Apple Design Award-winning app, Streaks. We also chat about his development practices, building for tv, supporting older versions of iOS, dealing with customer feedback and, of course, Australian contact tracing with the Exposure Notification framework. Support Cup of Tech Links Streaks Streaks Workout HealthFace Outcast Orbit Petty Guest Quentin (Twitter) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Adam is back again, to join us for our special, world-famous, Apple September Event Not-A-Draft™ episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week Kai and Malin have follow-up about their new iMac, we speculate about iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur release dates, and talk more about our experiences with SwiftUI, and how it compares to UIKit. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Things of the week Malin: Going Nowhere by Doubletron Zach: After School Radio Kai: XLaunch Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week, we chat some more about the new iMac. We discuss potential release timelines for iOS 14, watchOS 7, the new iPhones, iPad, and Apple Watch. Zach’s SwiftUI experience and (of course) the App Store. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat about podcasting, the new iMac, Phil Schiller becomming an Apple Fellow, options for in-app subscriptions, and Orbit crew plans. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Apple Fellow Phil Schiller – Apple Newsroom iMac – Apple Newsroom Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Things of the week Malin: IntelliMath Kai: Games by appstories Zach: Rainbrow Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we discuss different software pricing models, shifts in app business models, and how subscription pricing fits into all of it. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Things of the week Kai: Golf on Mars Malin: Launched Zach: Binge Thinking Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're talking (more) about Apple Silicon Macs, our iOS 14 impressions, project roadmaps, marketing, and Apple Platform development and the potential for indies. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting about our plans for Orbit and its current Mac App Store feature, macOS & iOS adoption rates, App Clips, and the future of Macs based on Apple Silicon. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac App Store DTK Specs Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Adam's (and Kai's and Malin's) Podcast (We Like Games) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Join us for our special WWDC20 spectacular! We chat about the format of this year’s conference, our favourite announcements, and of course the results of our world-famous predictions! To keep us in check, our recurring special guest Adam joins us. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac App Store (SPOILERS!) WWDC20 Predictions Results Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Adam's (and Kai's and Malin's) Podcast (We Like Games) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

In our 100th episode, we have Adam join us for our Special Fun WWDC20 Predictions AND draft. We also chat about Kai’s and Malin’s recent release of Orbit, a bit about the App Store rules, and about Apple’s use of Catalyst to build macOS apps. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac App Store (SPOILERS!) Final WWDC20 Prediction Sheet Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Adam's (and Kai's and Malin's) Podcast (We Like Games) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat about Zach’s new MacBook Pro, Kai’s use of Bing (?), the “Glass” "leaks", Joe Rogan selling his soul to Spotify, and some new Twitter features. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Kai: SubEthaEdit Malin: Mythic Quest: Quarantine Zach: iStat Menu Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat about interesting cultural differences and play a “coin guessing” game (which is more fun than it sounds), where we slowly uncover that Zach might not actually be Australian… For the later half of the show, we chat about some more tech focused topics, like Apple’s potential future VR and AR products as well as Facebook’s Giphy acquisition. Support Cup of Tech Links Erik Singer - 32 Actors' Accents Things of the Week Zach: Somehow I Manage Kai: Get Packed Malin: Upload Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat about Zach’s MacBook Pro order. The recent Facebook SDK crash triggers a discussion about things to consider when adding 3rd party code to an app. We are, of course, also talking about Apple’s WWDC20 announcement. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Pistol Whip Kai: 2MD: VR Football Zach: Rocket Post Show Orbit Packtrack Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we chat some more about exposure notifications, the government, and compare an iPad notebook to an ARM MacBook. Support Cup of Tech Hat Tip Mactracker Things of the Week Malin: httpstatuses.com Kai: ngrok Zach: Fitbod Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we start off chatting about the five year anniversary of the Apple Watch. We move over to talking about Apple’s Accessibility Webinar and how this might inspire the digital version of WWDC, potential conference formats, the cost of a ticket and more. We also chat about the recent release of Apple Maps Mobility Trends. Support Cup of Tech Links Apple’s Accessibility Webinar Apple Maps Mobility Trends Citymapper Mobility Index Things of the Week Zach: Monopoly Kai: TV Forecast Malin: Super Mario Odyssey Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week, the release of the new iPhone SE (2nd generation) inspired us to chat about the future of the iPhone lineup, Apple’s future in home audio and potential new products. Malin and Kai also give a quick update on the progress of their app, Orbit and talk about "marketing", making decisions, and of course, SwiftUI on macOS. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit iPhone 12 Pro Max Leak(?) Things of the Week Malin: Sidecar Kai: Optimage Zach: Vodafone DreamLab Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week, we chat about Face ID, Touch ID, digital meetups, and the  + Google contact tracing approach. Support Cup of Tech Links Apple + Google Contact Tracing Things of the Week Kai: Soulver 3.3 Zach: The Imagineering Story Malin: Instant Pot Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting about online community events, Apple’s acquisition of Dark Sky, in-app purchases and iOS screenshot automation. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Creativity, Inc. Zach: Varidesk Kai: Human Benchmark Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Keeping hockey stick distance away from other humans, guessing what 2020 will look like for Apple hardware and software, and our work-from-home suggestions. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Zach: Apple COVID-19 Screening Tool Malin: LEGO® Builder's Journey Kai: Xiaomi Mi Smart LED Desk Lamp 1S Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're chatting (a lot!) about the future of iPad and some of Apple's other announcements from last week. Support Cup of Tech Links New iPad Pro New MacBook Air Things of the Week Zach: Still Local Still Open Malin: DaisyDisk Kai: Mr. Robot Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Zach's back to talk about the state of the world, what it means for local community events, we speculate some more about what an online WWDC20 could mean, and we (somewhat randomly) chat about the updated App Store review guidelines. Support Cup of Tech Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're talking about COVID-19 news, US health care (

This week we’re talking about tech conferences and designing a fully digital WWDC for Apple. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Pastebot Kai: Spark Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

Burgers, burgers, and more burgers! With a little bit of tech talk thrown in. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Zach: Dark Docs Malin: Desert Golfing Kai: Chineasy Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're giving a quick update on our Mac app, talking about distributing betas for macOS apps, and the upcoming Apple Event. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (Apple TV+) Kai: NativeConnect Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we talk about the Xcode 11.4 beta, SwiftUI, Universal Purchases and the potential of Xcode on the iPad. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Zach: JSON Peep Malin: Beat Saber (Oculus Quest) Kai: GeForce Now Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we're talking about ad blocking, iPad's 10 year anniversary, and the fundamental problems with universal apps. Support Cup of Tech Links AdGuard for Safari DuckDuckGo Things of the Week Kai: Airalo Zach (1st attempt): Proxyman Zach (2nd attempt): Rhyno Malin: Hario V60 Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter

This week we’re giving a quick update on project “Mission Control”, talking about the challenges of designing for macOS, and planning our back-end deployment. Support Cup of Tech Links Rating Graph tRakt phiresky's TV Show Ratings Things of the Week Malin: Schitt's Creek Kai: DuckDuckGo Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter