Jul 28th 2020
MacBreak Weekly 724
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Apple TV+ Emmys, Big Tech Antitrust Hearings, CES 2021
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Apple TV+ Emmys, Big Tech Antitrust Hearings, CES 2021
The Week's Stores:
- AppleTV+ scores 19 Emmy nominations, and two daytime Emmy wins
- Tim Cook and three other big tech titans will testify on antitrust in front of Congress tomorrow. Here's what we would ask them.
- CES will be online-only in 2021. Pokemon Go Fest 2020 went off without a hitch. Maybe this COVID isolation stuff isn't so bad!
- iPhone launch might delay to October 2020 due to COVID - Will Apple Glass make an appearance?
- Bad journalism alert! WaPo blasts FindMy feature
- iOS 14 Beta Features
- macOS bug kills virtual machines
- What's the best alternative to Adobe Lightroom? Maybe Retrobatch by flyingmeat.com
- Intel puts off its 7nm process - Apple Silicon is looking pretty good right now
- Apple Q4 financial call this Thursday: preview
- Tenent will release in Europe before America
- Streaming in America
- AppleTV+ buys Werner Herzog meteorite documentary
- Apple sells a $129 Thunderbolt 3 Cable
- Woz vs. YouTube in Bitcoin kerfuffle
- r/appleboxes is the ultimate subreddit for Apple otaku
- Pokemon Go Fest 2020
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick:Bella Fino Leather Case for iPhone by Pad and Quill
- Andy's Pick: Western Digital EasyStore hard drives
- Andy's Pick 2: r/buildapcsales
- Rene's Pick: Sony A7Siii (for Alex!)
- Rene's Pick 2: Nebula
- Lory's Pick: Rene Ritchie Mug
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Links
- The Antitrust Hearing, The Role of Congress, CEO Questions
- Their Businesses Went Virtual. Then Apple Wanted a Cut.
- Combined market cap of Apple, Facebook, Alphabet, and Amazon is ~$5T
- Through June 30, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft announced 27 deals, up 29% YoY, at the fastest pace since 2015,
- Senators Turn Tim Cook's Hearing into a Genius Bar Visit
- Apple's 2020 iPhones Said to Launch Starting in Late October Due to Coronavirus Delays
- Amid antitrust scrutiny, Apple makes quiet power moves over developers
- Apple Seeds Third Betas of iOS and iPadOS 14 to Developers
- Apple introduced a bug with macOS 10.15.6 and it's killing virtual machines
- Apple racks up 19 Primetime Emmy Award nominations
- Apple TV+ sets streaming record with two Daytime Emmy Awards in its first year
- Apple TV+ acquires Werner Herzog's meteorite documentary 'Fireball'
- Apple's $129 Thunderbolt 3 Pro Cable Isn't Completely Nuts
- There's an entire subreddit where people share photos of their Apple boxes
- Woz sues YouTube over “bitcoin giveaway” scam videos using his name
- In a reversal, CES says its event planned for January 2021 will be going all-digital, using a virtual meeting format for vendors
- Pokémon Go Fest 2020 actually worked as a virtual event!
- Retrobatch: Flexible, super charged, batch image processing for your Mac.
- Leo's Pick: Bella Fino Leather Case for iPhone by Pad and Quill
- Andy's Pick: Western Digital EasyStore hard drives
- Andy's Pick 2: r/buildapcsales
- Rene's Pick: Sony A7Siii (for Alex!)
- Rene's Pick 2: Nebula
- Lory's Pick: Rene Ritchie Mug