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Episode 117: The Apple event and the Huawei event

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In this week's episode, the guys take you through all the fun stuff from Apple's "show time" March 25 event and a brief-but-thorough rundown of the Huawei event the day after.

Speed Round:

  • The CRA's online tax hub was down for about a day
  • Fido's going to charge you $10 if you call them for something you can solve yourself
  • IKEA is delaying their smart blinds because of a firmware update
  • Google is putting doodle animations in the search widget of some of their Pixel phones
  • Opera for Android has free VPN service now
    • Chromium-based Edge leaked and seems decent
    • "KilledbyGoogle.com" is a fun Google graveyard

      • Links:

      • Apple playfully turns on its March 25 event live stream early, showing an empty Steve Jobs Theater - 9to5Mac
      • Here are all the Canadian publications coming to Apple News+
      • Apple TV+ video streaming service to launch in Canada in fall
      • Apple announces 'Apple Arcade,' its video game subscription service | MobileSyrup
      • Apple announces 'Apple Card,' coming to U.S. this summer
      • 80 percent of merchants in Canada accept Apple Pay
      • Huawei Mobile IE on Twitter: "Thanks for the warm up, now on to the main event… #RewriteTheRules #HuaweiP30 #AppleEvent… "
      • Huawei P30 launch live blog: everything that happened at the Paris event | TechRadar
      • CRA back online after 'technical issues' shut down website | CBC News
      • Fido to charge a $10 fee when you call in, use live chat for some transactions
      • Ikea’s smart blinds have been delayed to later in 2019 - The Verge
      • Google Doodle animations appear in home screen search widget for some
      • Opera for Android gets built-in free VPN after brief testing
      • Mailchimp and Shopify break up | TechCrunch
      • Microsoft’s new Chromium Edge browser leaked online - The Verge
      • Killed by Google - The Google Graveyard & Cemetery
      ...more
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      Wrecked By TechBy Riley McDonald