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MacVoices #24190: Live! – HomePod Lifespan and Mastodon’s Journalist Appeal

Jul 18, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

How long should a HomePod last? Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Guy Serle, and Mark Fuccio discuss the lifespan of Apple’s smart speaker along with other hardware, and how it could be maximized. The conversation also includes how Mastodon is trying to become the journalists social media platform of choice, why X is still arguably the best platform for news, and how that could change.

MacVoices #24189: Live! – Vision Pro Demos, iPad Dominates, Beats Pill

Jul 17, 2024 | MacVoices Live!

Catching up on some MacVoices discussions, Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Guy Serle, and Mark Fuccio cover Apple’s stock reaching a record high, Phil Schiller’s involvement with OpenAI, and the strong presence of iPads in the tech market. The conversation also delves into a new Beats Pill speaker, enhanced with better sound quality and competitive pricing. The panel also discusses Apple Vision Pro demos and how they may affect the perception of the spatial computing device.

MacVoices #23210: MacVoices Live! – Evernote, Threads, Instagram, and BlueSky (3)

Aug 10, 2023 | MacVoices Live!, Productivity, Web

The MacVoices Live! panel contemplates the downfall of Evernote and the decline of Meta's Threads app. We share our experiences with Evernote's loss of appeal and explore alternative note-taking apps like Apple Notes and OneNote. The layoffs at Evernote and the size...

MacVoices #23085: MacVoices Live! – HomePod First Impressions, Twitter Lessons (1)

Feb 20, 2023 | Audio/Music, Hardware, Web

In a catch-up edition of MacVoices Live!, the panel of Chuck Joiner, Web Bixby, David Ginsburg, Brittany Smith, Eric Bolden, Mark Fuccio, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, and Guy Serle provides their very first impressions of the second edition of the full-size HomePod and begin...

MacVoices #22248: MacVoices Live! – Voice Assistant Expectations and FCC ISP Guidelines (2)

Dec 8, 2022 | Audio/Music, Business, MacVoices Live!, Web

Chuck Joiner, Eric Bolden, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Mark Fuccio, Web Bixby, and Jeff Gamet finish off an intense discussion of Alexa, Siri, and our expectations for voice assistant performance. The MacVoices Live! panel also touches on some new ISP regulations that...

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MacVoices #21054: Kirk McElhearn Provides Perspective on the Demise of the Apple HomePod (Part 2)

Mar 18, 2021 | Audio/Music, Hardware

My conversation with Kirk McElhearn about the demise of the Apple HomePod takes an unusual turn as we compare and contrast how we listen to music, use our libraries, and our streaming services. Those choices can, to some degree, inform our decisions about the smart...

MacVoices #21053: Kirk McElhearn Provides Perspective on the Demise of the Apple HomePod (Part 1)

Mar 17, 2021 | Audio/Music, Hardware

Apple has discontinued the HomePod smart speaker and Kirk McElhearn has some thoughts on how it fit, or didn’t fit into the market. Kirk covers both the Siri and the music aspects of the HomePod, why how people listen to music didn’t necessarily align to the HomePod’s...

MacVoices #21028: Scholle McFarland Takes Control of Siri Again

Feb 10, 2021 | Productivity, Software, Take Control

Scholle McFarland has published the second edition of Take Control of Siri to keep up with the improvements and changes to Apple’s voice control. She joins us to talk about some of the new features, and the expanded data sources that it can tap to answer your...

MacVoices #20235: MacVoices Live! – The Apple “Hi, Speed” Event (1)

Oct 14, 2020 | Audio/Music, Events

An All-Star panel gathered to talk about Apple’s “Hi, Speed” event as part of MacVoices Live!, David Ginsburg, Mark Fuccio, Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont, Ken Ray, Brittany Smith, Frederick Van Johnson and host Chuck Joiner start the review with an extensive discussion of...

MacVoices #20232: MacVoices Live! – Open Mic Night (2)

Oct 12, 2020 | Audio/Music, Business, Commentary

Our MacVoices Live! Open Mic Night session with David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith, and Guy Serle shifted to our reflections on the loss of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, and then got serious about the conclusions drawn by the U.S. House...

MacVoices #20231: MacVoices Live! – Open Mic Night (1)

Oct 9, 2020 | Audio/Music, Events, MacVoices Live!

In the first part of this MacVoices Live!, the panel of David Ginsburg, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith, and Guy Serle talked about what Apple Stores are open before succumbing to the temptation to speculate on Apple’s October 13 event. Much of the...

MacVoices #20143: Bryan Chaffin Discusses His Satisfaction Level With Apple’s Release Schedules (2)

May 27, 2020 | Apple TV, Business, Commentary, iOS, iPad, MacNotables

Part 2 of our discussion with Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer starts with reading in bed with the iPad and ends with Apple TV+. In between we cover laptop use, Apple TV (the device), voice control expectations, Apple Pay, Apple Card, and why you should watch the...

MacVoices #20142: Bryan Chaffin Discusses His Satisfaction Level With Apple’s Release Schedules (1)

May 26, 2020 | Commentary, Hardware, iPad, iPhone

Bryan Chaffin of The Mac Observer has had some issues with Apple’s product release schedules in the past. He weighs in on how things have been going in recent months, both before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Bryan also begins an evaluation of Apple’s products...

MacVoices #19245: MacVoices Gift Guide #3

Nov 20, 2019 | Commentary

Our third MacVoices holiday Gift Guide show might be the most diverse yet, with selections from hardware to software, from services to training, with entertaining comments and banter to boot from the panel of Norbert Frassa, Frederick Van Johnson, Mike T. Rose, and...

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MacVoices #21054: Kirk McElhearn Provides Perspective on the Demise of the Apple HomePod (Part 2)

MacVoices #21053: Kirk McElhearn Provides Perspective on the Demise of the Apple HomePod (Part 1)

MacVoices #21028: Scholle McFarland Takes Control of Siri Again

MacVoices #20235: MacVoices Live! – The Apple “Hi, Speed” Event (1)

MacVoices #20232: MacVoices Live! – Open Mic Night (2)

MacVoices #20231: MacVoices Live! – Open Mic Night (1)

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