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The three amigos are back at full strength and Will is angrier than ever.

• F/U
  • Jason tried Juicero
    • No Juicero or cup needed:
    • The Juicero murdering fruit:
  • Zwift
    • Friend of the show Dave’s setup:
      
• Microsoft Build keynote
  • Windows 10 S
    • Windows Store lockdown: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/05/03/windows-10-s-browser
  • Surface Laptop
    • $999 with i5 processor, 128gb SSD, 4gb RAM
    • Premium cloth keyboard
    • One USB A port
    • $50 upgrade to normal Windows (can’t downgrade)
• Siri speaker
  • Background
    • KGI: Apple may announce Siri speaker at WWDC. Focus on premium audio with price tag higher than Amazon Echo.
    • https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/amazon-echo-homebrew-version/  – how Will got a budget echo going.
    • Sonny Dickson: Shaped like a Mac Pro and is similar to the UE Megaboom. “Apple has been working to majorly overhaul Siri and it’s capabilities, for all devices, but most notably their upcoming smarthome device.”
    • Mark Gurman: Siri speaker will differentiate by using advanced microphone and speaker technology
  • Will voice ever become the default interface? 
  • How important is the ability to shop using your voice?
• The state of “Cutting the cord”
  • YouTube TV
  • Hulu
  • Tablo
  • TiVo
  • Sling
  • TL;DL:
    • Jason: Has cut the cord
    • Mike: Would like to cut the cord
    • Will: HELL NO

We’re Missing William Simmons this week (don’t worry, he told us to tell everyone that he’s fine and he’ll be back next week, trust us!) but still managed to cobble together a juicy episode:

• Juicero
  • Silicon Valley’s $400 Juicer May Be Feeling The Squeeze [Bloomberg]
  • Here’s Why Juicero’s Press is So Expensive [bolt.io]
  • A Note From Juicero’s New CEO [Medium]
  • Grab A Glass of Juicero at a Whole Foods Near You [Juicero]
• Amazon Echo Look
  • Echo Look Product Page [Amazon]
  • Marco Arment’s tweet [Twitter]
• NES Classic, we hardly knew ye
  • Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition [IGN]
• Fresh Patch
• June Intelligent Oven
  • June Reviews [CNET] [TechCrunch] [PCMag]
• Peloton

Took a week off and a little longer to edit and post, but we’re back! We blame bear since he forgot to record his track (and can’t defend himself). On this week’s episode:

• Follow-up
  • Are we still playing Zelda and Horizon Zero Dawn?
    • Treasure Chest Minigame
  • Destiny Age of Triumph
• Persona 5
  • Persona 5 Review [Polygon]
  • What you need to know about Persona 5 if you’ve never played a Persona game [Polygon]
• New Mac Pro!!! (someday)
  • The Mac Pro Lives [Daring Fireball]
  • Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro [TechCrunch]
  • Apple out of the standalone display business [Twitter @reckless]
  • ATP Tipster on the Apple/LG display? [Twitter @ATP_Tipster1]
  • Corsair One review: The best small form factor PC we’ve ever tested [ArsTechnica]
• Apple to stop using Imagination Tech graphics tech
  • Android state-of-the-art [Twitter @codinghorror]

3 weeks in a row. Must be the new show notes editor. On this week’s show, we discuss Apple’s stealth spring 2017 update.

• Apple Store Update
  • Product(RED) iPhone 7/7 Plus
    • Unboxing by MKBHD
  • “iPad” starts at $329 for 32 GB
    • A9, brighter Retina display, slightly thicker and heavier than outgoing Air 2.
    • The Curious State of Apple Product Pricing [aboveavalon.com]
    • The eMac
    • Not discussed, but along the lines of the new iPad being geared for education, Logitech announces a line of education-focused protective cases for the new iPad [9to5mac]
  • iPad mini 4 now only available in 128 GB, still at $399
  • iPhone SE now in 32 GB and 128 GB, no other changes
  • New Apple Watch bands
    • New colors, redesigned classic buckle, Nike watch bands available standalone
  • Clips
• Calendar woes
• Gruber’s thoughts “about that purported 10.5-inch iPad” [Daring Fireball]
• Tim Cook travels with only an iPad Pro and an iPhone [Independent]
• 1188 days (and counting) since last Mac Pro update [MacRumors Buyer’s Guide]
• Apple Stock at all-time high [Yahoo Finance]
• Behold the G4 Cube, Apple’s most epic computer ever [Macworld]
• Discord – Slack/Skype/TeamSpeak for gamers. It’s good!

We’re not missing (unlike Richard Simmons)! 2 weeks in a row. On this week’s episode:

• Follow-up
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    • “a masterclass in open-world design and a watershed game that reinvents a 30-year-old franchise.” [IGN]
    • “open-world perfection.” [Kotaku]
    • This articulates Mike’s thoughts a little better [Forbes]
• Missing Richard Simmons
  • Mike is an idiot and called it “Finding Richard Simmons” a few times. It’s “Missing Richard Simmons.” But he’s right about Zelda. Best game of all time.
  • Missing Richard Simmons, The Morally Suspect Podcast [NYTimes]
  • Richard Simmons’s Disappearing Act Inspires a Hit Podcast [NYTimes]
  • Richard Simmons on TODAY Show. He’s fine. Trust him.  [today]
  • Missing Richard Simmons Is a Brilliant Podcast – So Far [vulture]
• S-Town – The new podcast from the ‘Serial’ team
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