About this episode
Once again, Myke and Jason pick their favorite products of the year! But this year, they are aided in their pursuit of excellent by the votes of you, the loyal Upgradians. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Incapsula : Secure and accelerate your website. Upgrade listeners get one month free. Casper : Because everyone deserves a great night sleep. Get $50 off with the code ‘UPGRADE’ Squarespace : Make your next move. Enter offer code UPGRADE at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Nominees for Best overall iOS App: Tweetbot 4 Airmail Narwhal Workflow 1Password Overcast Fantastical 2 Scrivener Transmit Castro Ferrite Nominees for Best Newcomer iOS App: Airmail Bear Truecaller Castro Scrivener Swift Playgrounds Xfinity TV Nominees for Best overall Mac App: 1Password Final Cut Pro Fantastical BBEdit Keyboard Maestro Audio Hijack Nominees for Best Newcomer Mac App: Bear Siri Loopback AirSonos Forecast (beta!) Nominees for Best Game of the year: No Man’s Sky Uncharted 4 Pokémon Sun and Moon Firewatch Job Simulator Inside Nominees for Best iOS Game of the year: PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator Mini Metro Super Stickman Golf 3 Inks Pokemon Go Really Bad Chess Super Mario Run Nominees for Favo(u)rite Movie: Star Wars: Rogue One Arrival Civil War Doctor Strange Batman v. Superman Nominees for Favo(u)rite Myke at the Movies: Gremlins Home Alone Wrath of Khan Nominees for Favo(u)rite Book: The Six Colors Book of the Year List Ahead of the Curve History of the World in Six Glasses Etymologicon Stiletto Uprooted Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Barsk The Fifth Season / The Obelisk Gate Nominees for Favo(u)rite Apple-related Gadget: iPad Pro 9.7 Logitech Create for the 9.7 iPad Pro iPhone 7 MacBook Apple Watch Series 2 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar AirPods Nominees for Best Non-Apple Gadget of the Year: Canary PlayStation VR Amazon Echo Kindle Oasis Ananova Sous Vide cooker Amazon Echo Dot Sonos Play:1 Google Pixel Nominees for Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech: MacBook Pro with Touch Bar iPhone 7 iPad Pro 9.7 Apple Watch Series 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Story: Snapchat Spectacles Exploding Galaxy Note 7 Apple vs. FBI Twitter’s tumultuous 2016 The rise of VR Pokemon Go Election/Wikileaks/Russian Spy Ops Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Screw Up: Apple tweets all the iPhone 7 announcements ahead of time Exploding Galaxy Note 7 Twitter releases experimental features to iOS clients Facebook Fake News Apple disbands AppleScript , AirPort teams , gets out of display business Nominees for Favo(u)rite Tech Podcast: Talk Show ATP Cortex Connected CTRL Walt Delete Clockwise Rocket Six Colors Secret Subscriber Podcast Nominees for Favo(u)rite Non-Tech Podcast: The Flop House The Incomparable Reconcilable Differences Hello Internet Presidents Are People Too Hello from the Magic Tavern The Poscast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur Audio Guide to Babylon 5 Serial Season 2 Nominees for Favo(u)rite Podcast Newcomer: Do By Friday Mixed Feelings Emojiwrap Ungeniused Presentable Six Colors Secret Subscriber Podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer Jonah Keri Podcast Nominees for Most Life-Changing Hardware: Canary PlayStation VR Logitech Create for the 9.7 iPad Pro Amazon Echo / Echo Dot SoundBot Bluetooth shower speaker Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership