Apple Context Machine show

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:

 Weekly Roundup: How to Find New Music | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:39

Meet the real deal in music discovery in a special, product-focused Roundup.

 Weekly Roundup: Apple Gets its Way | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:50

This week: Jeff Gamet and Ricky Spero power up the Context Machine to sort out a decision in Apple v. Apple, and change in the French political wind.

 Apple, Napster, and Analysts, Oh My! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:41

Apple ads, Napster tries free music, and analysts go under the gun in this week's Context Machine.

 Weekly Roundup: A Way to Spend $12M | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:14

...on games! Destineer Studios, a publisher that makes games for many platforms, including the Mac, just got some big bucks. Join TMO's Brad Cook in the Context Machine for a look at Mac gaming, and the possibility of iPod-ready Blu-Ray DVDs.

 Weekly Roundup: Mac People, Meet Intel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:31

What's worth $112 billion dollars, employs about 100,000 people, earned a paltry $1.4 billion in the last three months, and manufactures the perfect compliment to guacamole? This week in the Context Machine: get to know Apple's new best friend.

 Weekly Roundup: Context Collage (file under ‘Porn’) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:46

Think about it: iTunes on a plane, and Apple providing porn. This week's Context Machine churns through the news, including Apple and the airlines, Apple and explicit content, Apple and French politics.

 Weekly Roundup: Boot Me Twice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:00

With Apple now taking the lead, Windows XP on the Mac is moving from hack to reality. This week, Mac Geek Gab co-host John Braun joins Roundup Anchor Ricky Spero to answer the most important question: who cares?

 Weekly Roundup: A Week of Apple News | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:12

This week, the Roundup cools down a little to look over the top news stories of the week. First in line: Apple Computer versus Apple Corps.

 Weekly Roundup: Digging up the DRM Debate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:10

Remember when people were all up in arms about DRM? As the iTunes Music Store careens towards its 3rd birthday, Editor Bryan Chaffin and Anchor Ricky Spero duke it out over the best way to move digital downloads into the future. A must-listen!

 Weekly Roundup: Windows on a Mac, AOL’s Video Service, AmigoFish | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:27

This week: dual-booting Intel Macs, AOL's upcoming video service, and a look at Amigofish.com.

 Weekly Roundup: New Intel Chips, Experiments in Download Pricing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:53

In the Context Machine: Intel develops suburban housing -- no, wait, it's a quad-core processor. Plus a smorgasbord of iTunes pricing, total cost of PC ownership, and Oragami

 Weekly Roundup: Classy Products, Stinky Products | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:53

TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin and Ricky Spero grind Napster, Microsoft, and slick branding through the Context Machine. Also: who wants a $100 iPod case?

 The Weekly Roundup: Patentpalooza | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:00

It's Patentpalooza: John Kheit and Ricky Spero grind some Apple patents through the Context Machine.

 Weekly Roundup: Podcasting Going Corporate, Amazon and Music Downloads | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:55

Is podcasting going corporate? Two TMO podcast hosts, Ricky Spero and Dave Hamilton, rev up the Context Machine to find out. Also: subscription music, Amazon style.

 Roundup: Windows on Macs, the Flash Economy, Video Airport Express | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:56

Jeff Gamet returns to the Roundup to join Ricky Spero in the Context Machine. Find out which of the week's stories actually matter!

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