It’s a special all software picks episode this week. Apparently Merlin has been wanting to do an episode like this for a long time and with little Apple news in the past week, Leo thought that this was a good time to do it. Merlin has long been a spokesperson on productivity, so he has [...]
MacBreak Weekly
MacBreak Weekly is Leo Laprote's Apple-centric show and adheres to a format that is very similar to TWiT. The focus is on the big Apple news of the week, but a good amount of the show is spent on speculation and opinionated discussion related to the current rumors floating around in regards to potential future Apple-related products and announcements. As with all TWiT Network shows, Leo ensembles some of the most prominent pundits from the technology community to weigh-in on a weekly basis.
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MacBreak Weekly 181: Dread Pirate Robert
February 17th, 2010
The crew is back from MacWorld and the opinions are mixed on this year’s Apple-less show. Leo felt like the show was a shadow of its former self while Andy and Merlin actually enjoyed the smaller and more intimate venue. Andy shares that is MacWorld is not around next year, he will hold his own conference.
Mac and [...]
MacBreak Weekly 179: QUID PRO AIR
February 10th, 2010
Leo tries to start the podcast with talk of the release of Aperture 3, but the conversation is instantly derailed. For long time listeners, the return of Merlin Mann is great and his presence on recent shows adds a lot to the conversation, even if he is the “rat hole” master.
There is a big discussion in the middle [...]
MacBreak Weekly 178: Flash Is Cilantro
February 3rd, 2010
iPad discussion is still the focus this week and the impressions have not really changed. Everyone here is a lot more positive on it than almost any other big tech news outlet, but this isn’t too surprising. Andy makes a good case for the iPad not needing true multitasking and argues that it is so [...]
MacBreak Weekly 177: iPad
January 28th, 2010
This is it people, the iPad has been announced and Leo and co. were on site to cover the complete reveal. This episode picks up with Leo and full cast of pundits immediately after they left the announcement hall. They cover everything here, from the specs of the new ‘category defining’ device to their hands’on [...]
MacBreak Weekly 176: Don’t Touch Me There
January 20th, 2010
The rumors were right– partially, for now. The long rumored Apple Tablet took a huge step towards being an actual thing this week with Apple announcing that they will be having a special event on Tuesday, January 27th. The invitation that they have sent out regarding the event reads “Come see our latest creation.” This almost [...]
MacBreak Weekly 174: Is 10 Inches Enough?
January 6th, 2010
Google’s Nexus One starts the discussion this week. It is fair to say that everyone is surprised about the details surrounding this launch, but the pervading opinion is that is isn’t incredibly significant.
The meat of the cast is all centered around the tablet. It has been almost accepted as fact that Apple will introduce a [...]
MacBreak Weekly 173: Two Words: Dance Belt
December 30th, 2009
It is still unclear what exactly happened, but iPhones were temporarily unavailable for order for New York City residents via the AT&T website. The real discussion this week is centered around the forthcoming Android announcement, and rumored Apple announcement.
It has been all-but confirmed that the January 5th Android announcement will be focused on the release [...]
MacBreak Weekly 172: There’s Always A Donna
December 23rd, 2009
The Main man behind the Macworld Expo starts this one with some serious PR for the forthcoming show. The topics then turn to the iPhone gaming with news that Tapulous is making over $1 million a month in revenue, and the reveal that Unreal Engine 3 is running on iPod Touch/iPhone 3GS. If Unreal is [...]
MacBreak Weekly 169: This Is What Happens Larry
December 2nd, 2009
It’s a rather news-filled episode this week with the recent Crunchpad weirdness taking over the first part of the show. Michael Arrington released information on the now halted project that places the blame squarely on their partner in the project. After some initial skepticism, Leo and crew come around to believing Arrington’s claims. Alex is [...]
MacBreak Weekly 167: Skittles And Beer
November 18th, 2009
Things have been quiet on the Apple front over the past few weeks, and that trend continues here. Leo starts this one with an interview with Paul Kent of Macworld Expo. Leo will be among 3 big guest speakers next February including David Pogue and filmmaker Kevin Smith.
Microsoft recently opened their first retail store an [...]
MacBreak Weekly 163: Stroke The Mouse
October 21st, 2009
Apple released a slew of new products yesterday including a unibody iterations on the iMac and white MacBook, an up-speced Mac Mini and a new multi-touch enabled mouse, dubbed the Magic Mouse. This many big products aren’t usually launched without a keynote event, so these releases caught many off-guard.
The new iMac now come in 21.5″ [...]
MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don’t Have That in the US
September 16th, 2009
Andy and Alex have both gotten their hands on the new camera-equipped iPod nano and the impressions are fairly positive. While the image quality takes a serious hit when moving quickly, walking and in low-light situations, the video looks great in optimal conditions. Overall, it seems to be a great addition to the device.
The camera-less [...]
MacBreak Weekly 157: The New iPods Are Here
September 9th, 2009
Apple’s annual iPod music event happened today and in light of that fact, Leo and crew postponed the regular Tuesday recording of Macbreak Weekly to today and recorded it as the announcements were being made. This is an interesting take on event coverage and is much more interesting than reading live blogs. Of course, catching [...]
MacBreak Weekly 184: It’s A Little Meaty
March 10th, 2010
It’s back to the regular format after two weeks of non-tradition episodes. The news of Steam coming to Mac starts the news topics this week, but this is obviously not the group’s forte. They are somewhat aloof about what Steam really is and make a few mistakes on the details, but at least they realize the magnitude [...]