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    #492: The 2023 Upgrade Holiday Special

    The rise and fall of the Color Czars

    December 25th, 2023 · 70 minutes

    Twitter was dead, to begin with. Five years later, we look at the Ghost Of Apple Future from a different perspective. There's also some Holiday Ask Upgrade. And who let that history podcast in here?

    Guest Starring: Federico Viticci

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    Upgrade #225: An Upgrade Christmas Carol - Relay FM

    Then it was, as Myke and Jason began their preparations for the Christmas holiday, that they were visited by three ghosts, representing the spirit of Apple past, present, and future.

    Upgrade #277: Who Killed the Butterfly Keyboard? - Relay FM
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