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Art vs. artist follow up in light of Bill Cosby, Uber and Sarah Lacey, should Google be split up?, and the App Store goes (RED). With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie.

(This version fixes audio issues.) Dave wants to stage a podcast intervention, Guy wants nothing to do with Snapcash, and Rene wonders if Taylor Swift would worry about the devaluation of apps. Georgia rolls with it.

Tim Cook is proud to be gay, Obama wants Net Neutrality, the next great divide, the importance of role-models, diversity vs. inclusivity, and looking back 100 years from now. With Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Dave Wiskus, and Soroush Khanlou. Show notes Tim Cook speaks up Thank you, Tim Cook Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet Do you want net neutrality or not, John Legere? Gamergate and the politicization of absolutely everything The Colbert Report: Gamergate - Anita Sarkeesian Humans Interacting Panel Soroush Khanlou of khanlou.com Guy English of Kickingbear Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vector@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.

Are reviews valuable? CurrentC gets hacked. Turning notifications off. Checking into hotels with your iPhone. Can you like art even if you don’t like the artist? With Georgia Dow, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Marco Arment. Show notes In-depth look at CurrentC privacy CurrentC email address breach Starwood iPhone key cards Cops can force you to unlock your phone with fingerprint ruling Panel Marco Arment of Marco.org Georgia Dow of Isometric Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vector@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.

Making more debt than money, Apple Pay vs. CurrentC, software as art, #GamerGate, and paintball mishaps. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie.

Georgia talks Satya Nadella's videos, Guy talks 5K iMac vs. new Mac Pro, and Dave and Rene come to the defense of iPad photographers.

Live from Çingleton, Rene talks Satya Nadella and the pay gap, Georgia talks online bullying, Guy talks iOS 8 adoption rates, Dave talks conference conversation. With special guest Vicki Murley, former Safari evangelist at Apple. Show notes Çingleton Microsoft CEO Suggests Women Not Ask for Raises, Trust in 'Karma' @satyanadella on Twitter Satya Nadella email to employees: RE: Grace Hopper Conference 47% of devices are using iOS 8. iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch Note to Self: It's the Storage Space, Stupid Panel Georgia Dow of Isometric Guy English of Kickingbear Vicki Murley of Sprightly Books Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vector@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.

Guy’s big iPhone is too big, Christina’s clutch is too small, Georgia explains the psychology of kids and gaming, the Kardashian game is inclusively, nudely, bananas, someone shot JR, Rene’s smart TV interface sucks, and Dave’s still away. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Christina Warren of Mashable. Sponsored by: Go to www.thinkful.com/vector to save 10%. Go to www.drobostore.com and use offer code vector50 to save $50. Panel Georgia Dow of Isometric Guy English of Kickingbear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Christina Warren of Mashable Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vector@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.

Jessie Char couldn't get an iPhone 6, but she did join us to talk about Bendgate, iOS 8.0.1 and the coverage thereof, the realities of running an indie dev company, and more! With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Rene Ritchie

Vector is a news and analysis show focusing on the biggest stories, hottest trends, and most important issues in technology and popular culture. On this week's show, we talk about how we chose our new iPhones — except for Guy who just downloaded iOS 8 — and what we think of them, iPhone scalpers and questions of racism, U2's supposed plans to bring back albums and fight piracy, Apple's new security and privacy policies and possible government backlash, and which of us secretly wants a gold Retina MacBook Air... Brought to you by: Go to GoToAssist.com and use promo code GoToAssist3030 to save 30%. Go to drobostore.com and use promo code vector50 to save $50 off your next Drobo. Go to VARIDESK.com and tell them Vector sent you! Thing 1 iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (and iOS 8) Scalping in New York Gruber on the scalping video The lost art of software testing Thing 2 Marco's thoughts on music Thing 3 Tim Cook's thought on privacy Thing 4 Gold Retina MacBook Air rumor Panel Georgia Dow of Isom

Follow up on the Apple Watch and Apple Pay announcements. What we got right and wrong, and whether we'll be getting watches, which watches, and trusting mobile payments. Also, what fashion and commerce mean for Apple as a company, the fallout from free U2 albums, and stunned reactions to what happened at Macworld and IDG. With Dave Wiskus, Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie, and guest Ryan Nielsen, formerly of OS X at Apple, now of Tumult and Hype. Support Vector: Visit GoToAssist.com and use promo code ‘GoToAssist3030’ to receive 30% off the standard monthly rate. Visit varidesk.com and tell them Vector sent you. Visit DroboStore.com and use promo code vector50 to save $50 off your next Drobo. Show notes Apple Watch A Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal Apple Pay Apple, U2, and looking a gift horse in the mouth Apple's free U2 album is an exercise in tone-deaf music spam A Personal Announcement Letter of recommendation Panel Georgia Dow of Isometric Ryan Nielsen of Tumult Dave

Follow up on iCloud and security, hacking accounts, increasing your personal security, stolen nudity vs. gender-based censorship, mobile payments and trust issues. With Georgia Dow, Dave Wiksus, Rene Ritchie, and guest Nick Arnott. (Recorded before the Apple Event.) Show notes Every Man Is Responsible For His Own Soul How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, for Just $200 Tim Cook Says Apple to Add Security Alerts for iCloud Users iCloud security and personal responsibility The future of personal security Apparently it’s okay to post naked photos to Facebook, as long as you’re not a woman Wearables, Payments, Chickens, and Eggs An Ancient Love Story: Apple & Payment Systems Standard Markdown is now common Markdown Panel Georgia Dow of Isometric Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Nick Arnott of Neglected Potential Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vecto&#x7

Nude celebrity photos stolen and illegally distributed, the blame game, privacy awareness and the interface design challenge, private camera mode, the lack of facial and body language cues in Internet communications, Twitter fights, and Apple, Motorola, and making smart watches usable. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie. Show notes Editor's desk: Massive celebrity nude photo theft and how you can protect yourself Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft NSFW: Can we try not to be dicks to each other for a while? Are you proud of yourself, @savedyouaclick? LG G Watch R Moto 360 Adaptive UI in iOS 8: Explained Panel Georgia Dow of Isometric Guy English of Kickingbear Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email etor@mbinaions.com or leave a comment below.

Apple university and the state of management training, Microsoft's stack ranking and how it affected the company, Samsung and Xiaomi and the idea of legal vs. ethical vs. smart copying, the success and failures of innovation vs. imitation for companies and the economy, app design copying and what it means for designers, John Gruber's iPhone 6 math and the importance of touch target size, and native advertising in the context of podcast and RSS sponsorships. With Georgia Dow, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Rene Ritchie, and special guest Ben Thompson. Show notes Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Scriptnotes 157: Threshers, Mergers and the Top Two Boxes Xiaomi Mi4 review: China's iPhone killer is unoriginal but amazing Where's the Samsung shaped dent in the universe? Conjecture Regarding Larger iPhone Displays Is Buzzfeed a tech company? Panel Ben Thompson of Stratechery Georgia Dow of Isometric Guy English of Kickingbear Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback

Ferguson, social media and streaming video, diversity and opportunity in tech, expansion vs. corporate culture, and native advertising with Guy, Georgia, Rene, and special guest Serenity Caldwell. Thing 1: Ferguson The Night Social Media Exploded Over Ferguson Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization (HBO) Thing 2: Diversity Diversity of Various Tech Companies By the Numbers Apple Diversity Thing 3: Retention Apple should open an office in Seattle Thing 4: Native advertising Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Native Advertising Bezos-owned Washington Post now inserting gross Amazon affiliate links into news articles Thing 5: Groot Funko POP Marvel: Guardians of The Galaxy - Groot Vinyl Bobble-Head Figure{.nofollow} Film Crit Hulk Smash: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AND THE ART OF CONSTRUCTING JOKES Panel Serenity Caldwell Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH Guy English of Kickingbear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recomme

Rene is joined by Georgia Dow, Guy English, and Dave Wiskus, to announce the end of the current season of Vector and the launch of the next. Also: Google scanning email for child porn, tinkering to learn, Apple University, fear and reinvention, yelling on Twitter. Support Vector: Go to www.drobostore.com and use offer code Vector50 to save $50 on any Drobo. Show notes Google scans everyone's email for child porn, and it just got a man arrested Tinkering Mantia on Tinkering Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style Better Elevation video podcast Regeneration) The TV Show 9: Boiling my Doctor Who Frog (Why Guy is angry, so very angry). Panel Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH Guy English of Kickingbear Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email vector@mobilenati&

Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, talks to Rene about team building, what characteristics are most and least important, and how to get monumental tasks accomplished.

Serenity Caldwell of Macworld joins Rene to talk about ebooks, how the creation and publication process has evolved, current features and limitations, tools, workflows, and formats, iBooks vs. Amazon, and where ebooks can go from here.

Rene and Georgia Dow of ZEN&TECH talk about the CEOs of the major tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, BlackBerry, and more. Their differences in styles, approaches, and the companies they run.

Jim Dalrymple of The Loop join Rene to briefly discuss Apple + IBM and then dive into making music in the digital age, including amp modelers like Line 6 and Guitar Rig, editing software like Logic Pro X and Pro Tools, and apps like djay and Capo. Note: Jim was traveling so we had some noise and disconnection problems on the line. We did everything we could to fix as much as we could but there are a few drops, clicks, and pops. Sorry folks! Support Vector: Go to hired.com/vectorpodcast and get a double signing bonus of $4,000 when you accept a job offer. Go to podsurvey.com/vector to take our survey and get a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Go to drobostore.com and use offer code vector50 to save $50 on any Drobo. Show notes Apple and IBM Line 6 IK Multimedia Guitar Rig GarageBand Logic Pro X Pro Tools djay Capo Guests Jim Dalrymple of The Loop Hosts