Apple Context Machine
Summary: The Apple Context Machine is Mac, iPhone, and iPod news and analysis that puts the facts in perspective, brought to you with a sense of humor. Hosts Jeff Gamet and Bryan Chaffin put the Apple world into context.
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- Artist: Bryan Chaffin from The Mac Observer
- Copyright: The Mac Observer, Inc. 2022
Podcasts:
In the Context Machine: the legal Judo coming out of Apple and Creative is one of the most clever business maneuvers in tech history. Also: AOL beats iTunes to market in digital movie downloads.
This week's Context Machine Fodder: Apple did a PR victory lap in round 2 of the iPod sweatshop story, while a Lions Gate Executive runs his mouth about iTunes movie downloads.
WWDC has come and gone. Sure, there were new Macs and fancy software demos, but the real impact won't hit for a few months. If you want to know what's coming down the pike, you'll want to get up to speed on these core Leopard technologies and a new dawn for Mac Gamers.
Congratulations: you'll be please to know you've lived long enough to hear about another Steve Jobs Keynote. Now, Roundup Anchor Ricky Spero and TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin can tell you whether you care.
In the wake of a strange week and on the eve of WWDC, Ricky Spero and Jeff Gamet try to hit as many stories as they can. From Apple's options, to software options for music notation; from Napster's options to Norway's, this show is a grab bag of Apple news.
iTunes is still riding high. Let's see if TMO's Jeff Gamet can help Roundup Anchor Ricky Spero take it down. Also: what's missing from the Mac software cannon?
...or not? This week, a look at whether soon-to-be-announced pro-level Macs can further boost marketshare gains already underway for the Mac.
As a ban on internet poker looms, TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin and Roundup Anchor Ricky Spero dive right in to the politics of it all. Red meat for the religious right or Ralph Nader's dream legislation? It's a show poker players, politics junkies, and anyone who just likes a good fight won't want to miss.
Microsoft is taking on the iPod. How and why is this week's Context Machine fodder, along with Apple's stock option irregularities and National Semiconductor's PR blunder.
It's a special show this week: as Bill Gates steps aside at Microsoft, Anchor Ricky Spero interviews TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin about Mac users' relationship with Windows, Microsoft, and the Man himself.
A Roundup favorite, Jeff Gamet, returns to the Context Machine to help sort out a smattering of news stories from the week.
"Knock Knock....Who's earning 15 cents an hour?" You won't want to miss this week's show, where TMO's Dave Hamilton joins Anchor Ricky Spero to tackle iPod-building sweatshops and the torpedoed 'Net Neutrality bill.
TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin joins Anchor Ricky Spero to talk about everything from Chinese censorship to headaches that Steve Jobs is giving Intel.
In this week's Context Machine: games on the iPod could be part of a plan to take mobile phones head-on.
Lawyers, lawyers, everywhere! This week Ricky Spero and Jeff Gamet breathe deep and dive in to a pile of lawsuits.
