On this week’s episode of AppStories, John returns from New York, Federico returns from London, and they compare notes on the iPhone Duo and the app demos they saw.
Then on AppStories+, Federico and John discuss the durability of the iPhone Duo and the sorts of apps that developers are creating for it.
This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John celebrate iPhone Duo day, Federico has a comedy and romcom to recommend, and John watched a movie about climbing Everest.
This week on Next Portable Console, Anbernic reveals more RG DDS details and prices leak, Nintendo commits to physical games, Ayn teases the Portal 3, and Anbernic’s history of selling handhelds loaded with bootleg games catches up to it.
Then on NPC XL for Patreon members, Federico’s gaming PC suffer’s a mishap and John gives PyroWave a try on his Apple devices.
This week on AppStories, John and Federico talk about Apple’s new HomeView, the HomePod mini 2, and Apple TV 4K (4th gen).
Then for AppStories+ subscribers, Federico and John dive into the world decomped video games, with a warning for what’s to come for developers on Apple’s platforms.
This week on MacStories Unwind, John has his iPhone confiscated by Phoebe Bridgers (sort of), Federico and Oasis get emotional, and Stephen Spielberg’s aliens make a return.
This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple’s vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI.
On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it’s done to improve his podcasting workflow.
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This week on MacStories Unwind, John updates listeners on MacStories’ podcast migration, John is heading to see a live show, Federico’s watching one on TV, and we have an Apple TV pick for listeners.
This week on Next Portable Console, Abxylute takes on OhSnap’s MCON, KONKR finds its sweet spot, Lenovo is barking up the wrong tree, and the Recomp and Decomp scene heats up even more.
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