Apr 14th 2020
MacBreak Weekly 709
Masks and Meringue
Apple + Google Coronavirus Tracker, iPhone SE, OnePlus 8 Pro
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Adam Engst
Apple + Google Coronavirus Tracker, iPhone SE, OnePlus 8 Pro
This Week's Stories:
- Apple and Google's Coronavirus tracer API: privacy nightmare or healthcare savior? (Or both?)
- MacBook Air Review - not a pro computer, but fixes everything that was wrong with the 2018 version
- OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro out today! Watch All About Android tonight!
- The iPhone SE will come out on April 15th
- iOS 14 will have widgets - finally!
- HomePod on sale, switches to tvOS - is a new, smaller HomePod on the horizon?
- How Apple is helping track coronavirus
- How much privacy are you willing to give up for coronavirus tracking?
- Apple Pay gives 3% back at Walgreens drive-through, Tractor Supply Company now accepts Apple Pay
- Apple's iPhone shipments to China up 500%
- iOS has 44% of installations - highest since 2016
- Apple fixes multiple macOS bugs in Catalina
- Tidbits celebrates its 30th anniversary!
- How to get a MacPro for cheap!
- The best Zoombombs
Picks of the Week:
- Adam's Pick 1: Tidbits turns 30!
- Adam's Pick 2: Agenda
- Andy's Pick 1: Tip: Batch rename in Finder
- Andy's Pick 2: Fingercots fingertip protectors
- Rene's Pick: Today at Apple (at Home)
- Leo's Pick: Hygiene Hand Antimicrobial Brass EDC Door Opener & Stylus
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Links
- TidBITS Marks Its 30th Anniversary in a Time of Pandemic
- Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android - The Verge
- The OnePlus 8 Pro has a 120Hz screen, quadruple camera, and costs $899
- iPhone 9 / iPhone SE rumor roundup: Everything we know so far
- Tidbits turns 30!
- Agenda
- Tip: Batch rename in Finder
- Fingercots fingertip protectors
- Today at Apple (at Home)
- Hygiene Hand Antimicrobial Brass EDC Door Opener & Stylus