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iPhone photography took a huge leap forward when iOS gained the ability to shoot in RAW. Sebastiaan de With, the designer of the iPhone camera app, Halide, explains how to shoot in RAW and make it look great. Links: Sebastiaan De With on Twitter Ben Sandofsky on Twitter Halide Halide on Instagram The Power of RAW on iPhone, Part 1: Shooting RAW The Power of RAW on iPhone, Part 2: Editing RAW Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Rings around the HomePod. Crashing all the messaging apps. Another week, another set of problems. Are things worse now than ever before or has the volume simply grown with the product line? The greatest challenge Apple has ever faced is scale — and here’s how the company needs to solve for it. Links: Understanding Apple at scale How to stop HomePod and Sonos One from leaving white rings on wood furniture Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Many of you may know Clayton Morris from his time as a technology reporter and anchor for Fox News. He retired from television at age 40 to focus on helping people build passive income through real estate investing. Rene speaks with Clayton about the iPad as his first choice computing device, and how he is transitioning from high-end broadcast production to creating his own YouTube channel. Links: Clayton’s Real Estate business @ClaytonMorris on Twitter Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Apple is under pressure from activist groups to improve Parental Controls and combat screen addiction. But what's real, what's sensationalism, and what's an abdication of personal responsibility? Therapist, educator, and mother Georgia Dow joins me to explain! Links: Apple: New parental control features are coming @Georgia_Dow on Twitter VECTOR on YouTube is here — Subscribe now! Vector on YouTube Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Rene is joined by analyst and former Apple employee, Michael Gartenberg, to talk about Apple, AI, and HomePod in the early months of 2018. Links: HomePod in the age of Artificial Intelligence @Gartenberg on Twitter VECTOR on YouTube is here — Subscribe now! Vector on YouTube Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Turns out, our listeners have a lot of questions about HomePod. Rene is here to answer them! Links: HomePod: Retina for your ears Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

Apple's new smart speaker, HomePod, was designed to be the simplest and best way to listen to Apple Music and AirPlay, and control HomeKit in your house. Links: HomePod: Retina for your ears Sponsors: Blackblaze: Get a fully featured 15-day free trial at Backblaze.com/vector. Go there, play with it, start protecting yourself from potential bad times! Start Today! Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

Rene speculates on the likelihood of Apple bringing iMessage to Android. He also answers some recent listener questions. Links: Could Apple take iMessage to iCloud... and Android? Sponsors: Blackblaze: Get a fully featured 15-day free trial at Backblaze.com/vector. Go there, play with it, start protecting yourself from potential bad times! Start Today! Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

They say perception is reality. It’s also highly subjective. Links: I had an Apple Store experience from hell — and it's clear there are larger problems with Apple's retail presence Your iPhone Slowed Down. Here’s What to Do When the Solution Is Just as Slow. Sponsors: Blackblaze: Get a fully featured 15-day free trial at Backblaze.com/vector. Go there, play with it, start protecting yourself from potential bad times! Start Today! Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

Rene talks about rumors and outright lies that are spread to manipulate stock valuation of Apple and other companies. He also discusses Apple’s plans to prioritize performance and reliability improvements over new features in 2018. Links: YouTube Video: Jim Cramer on Stock Market Manipulation Scoop: Apple delays iOS features to focus on reliability, performance Article by Ina Fried Sponsors: Blackblaze: Get a fully featured 15-day free trial at Backblaze.com/vector. Go there, play with it, start protecting yourself from potential bad times! Start Today! Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

HomePod. It isn’t an Amazon Echo or Google Home competitor. It was never intended to be. Where AirPods were designed to be the best way to take music and audio with you, HomePod was designed to be the best way to enjoy it where you live. One yin. One yang. All that, and your questions answered.   Sponsors:   BackBlaze: Get a fully featured 15-day free trial at Backblaze.com/vector. Go there, play with it, start protecting yourself from potential bad times! Start Today!   Links:   Five things I want to see in HomePod 2   YouTube coming soon. Subscribe now!   Vector on YouTube   Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS   Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

A timeless classic from the original Vector archives: Former Apple Evangelist, Matt Drance, talks to Rene about the role of Product Marketing at Apple and how different it is from most other tech companies. Links: Matt Drance @Drance on Twitter Sponsors: Casper: Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting www.casper.com/vector and using VECTOR at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook  

HomePod. It isn’t an Amazon Echo or Google Home competitor. It was never intended to be. Where AirPods were designed to be the best way to take music and audio with you, HomePod was designed to be the best way to enjoy it where you live. One yin. One yang. All that, and your questions answered.   Sponsors:   Casper: Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting http://casper.com/vector and using VECTOR at checkout. Terms and conditions apply.   Links:   HomePod   YouTube coming soon. Subscribe now!   Vector on YouTube   Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS   Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

Rene speaks with a licensed psychologist about Apple Watch and what motivates people to achieve their goals. Sponsors:   Casper: Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting http://casper.com/vector and using VECTOR at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. Links:   END OF WATCH What happens when you try to change behavior without behavioral science? SMART criteria Behavioral Change Models   YouTube coming soon. Subscribe now!   Vector on YouTube   Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS   Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

While Rene gets settled into his new crib, here’s another classic from the Debug archive. Rene and Guy English speak with former Apple employee, Nitin Ganatra, about the transition from iPhone’s success to the birth of iPad. Sponsors: Casper: Get $50 toward select mattresses by visiting http://casper.com/vector and using VECTOR at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. Links: @nitinganatra on Twitter Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS YouTube coming soon. Subscribe now! Vector on YouTube Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS Follow on: Web Twitter Instagram Facebook

Apple is one of the most successful and profitable companies in the history of companies. Rene dissects and elaborates on an excellent analysis by Asymco’s Horace Dediu. Links: Understanding Apple and its huge pile of cash Sponsors: Thrifter: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Casper: use promo code VECTOR Subscribe via: ⁃Apple Podcasts ⁃Overcast ⁃Pocket Casts ⁃Castro ⁃RSS Follow on: ⁃Web ⁃Twitter ⁃Instagram ⁃Facebook  

As Apple invests heavily in creating original video content, Rene ruminates on the broad lineup of programming that has been announced. Links: Apple TV Shows: What's New, Release Dates, Actors, and More Sponsors: Thrifter: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Subscribe via: ⁃Apple Podcasts ⁃Overcast ⁃Pocket Casts ⁃Castro ⁃RSS Follow on: ⁃Web ⁃Twitter ⁃Instagram ⁃Facebook  

In this classic from the original Vector archives, Rene talks with Kevin Michaluk about the glory days and eventual decline of BlackBerry. Links: Kevin Michaluk on Twitter CrackBerry.com Sponsors: Thrifter: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Subscribe via: ⁃Apple Podcasts ⁃Overcast ⁃Pocket Casts ⁃Castro ⁃RSS Follow on: ⁃Web ⁃Twitter ⁃Instagram ⁃Facebook  

Rene looks back at the introduction of MacBook Air 10 years ago and discusses the shift it caused in the industry towards lighter, thinner, more portable computers. Links: MacBook Air 10 Year Birthday Sponsors: Thrifter: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Subscribe via: ⁃Apple Podcasts ⁃Overcast ⁃Pocket Casts ⁃Castro ⁃RSS Follow on: ⁃Web ⁃Twitter ⁃Instagram ⁃Facebook

Don Melton, father of Safari and WebKit, speaks with Rene about recent hardware security flaws and software bugs. He also answers listener questions about video transcoding tools and techniques. Links: Don Melton on Twitter Video Transcoding tools on GitHub Sponsors: Thrifter: All the best deals from Amazon, Best Buy, and more, fussily curated and constantly updated. Subscribe via: ⁃Apple Podcasts ⁃Overcast ⁃Pocket Casts ⁃Castro ⁃RSS Follow on: ⁃Web ⁃Twitter ⁃Instagram ⁃Facebook