Jan 8th 2019
MacBreak Weekly 643
An Apple Branded Faraday Cage
Apple Hits Peak Smartphone
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mikah Sargent
- Tim Cook warns that earnings are not where they should be. Is China to blame?
- In the age of peak smartphone, Apple needs other revenues. Could IoT save them?
- Apple throws some shade at CES.
- Apple vs Qualcomm: now in Germany!
- Apple plays nice with Samsung TVs.
- Netfix stops paying the Apple tax on subscriptions.
- Garage Band hits 15.
Picks of the Week:
- Mikah's Pick: Dongle Dangler
- Andy's Pick: iFixit Toolkit
- Alex's Pick: Slopes App
- Leo's Pick: Brydge iPad Pro Keyboards
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Links
- Letter from Tim Cook to Apple investors - Apple
- Apple’s Errors – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Apple’s iPhone Warning Comes Years Too Late - Bloomberg
- Chinese phone maker Huawei punishes employees for iPhone tweet blunder | Reuters
- Apple turns up at CES 2019 in the snarkiest way possible
- Australian Government Passes Contentious Encryption Law
- Apple shows off new smart home products from HomeKit partners
- Qualcomm kicks off crucial fight with U.S. antitrust regulator | Reuters
- Qualcomm Puts Aside $1.5B in Funds Required to Enforce iPhone Sales Ban in Germany - MacRumors
- Apple stops selling iPhone 7 and 8 in its German stores following Qualcomm court win
- 78% of all devices introduced in the last 4 years are using iOS 12
- Apple will launch iTunes video app on Samsung Smart TVs this spring—and it’ll support Bixby
- Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue | TechCrunch
- Google to Pay Apple $12 Billion to Remain Safari's Default Search Engine in 2019: Report
- GarageBand at 15 ↦
- iFixit Toolkit
- Slopes