Apple buys Dark Sky, iPhone 9 coming soon.

• Apple buys Dark Sky hyperlocal weather app
• No Apple March event - but iPhone 9 might still be coming soon
• Apple struggles with secrecy in a work-from-home world
• Apple's new coronavirus app and website
• Swift 5.2 and Xcode11.4 are out
• Yes, the new iPad Pro will break if you bend it
• Apple is still paying contract workers
• Apple Store employees working tech support
• Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce, and Microsoft xCloud are not on iOS
• iOS bug makes VPNs less secure
• Apple offering 4k movies for as low as $5
• Apple developing Touch ID for Apple Watch
• Samsung ending LCD production
• Dropbox starts synching Mac desktop
• Rene Ritchie is on his own at youtube.com/reneritchie

Picks of the Week:

• Rene's Pick: Manfrotto mini tripod and Pokemon Go at home
• Andy's Pick: Downie 4
• Lory's Pick: FinalWipe by the makers of FinalStraw

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This week's stories:

• Rene Ritchie reviews the new iPad Pro
• Alex Lindsay explains how the new iPad Pro uses LiDAR
• Will Apple's AR camera be a killer app or a gimmick?
• Does the iPad Pro keyboard make it a real computer?
• The MacBook Air is the perfect computer for everyone except Alex Lindsay
• Mac Mini is a good faith update
• How to use your iPhone as a webcam
• New Apple Watch bands
• Apple makes Mac Pro Afterburner card available as a standalone purchase
• Apple sign goes up for auction at $20,0000

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: Plague Inc fights Covid-19
• Andy's Pick: Vagner Veek at the Met! Bryn Terfel! Stephanie Blythe!
• Rene's Pick: NetNewsWire
• Lory's Pick: Mujjo Leather Wallet Case in Slate Green
• Alex's Pick: Audio Implements In-Ear

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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This Week's Stories:

• Movie studios releasing first-run movies direct-to-stream to fight coronavirus
• Streaming services, online concerts, and Sick Burn on the roof
• Lots of leaks and rumors, but will Apple release anything soon?
• WWDC 2020 will be online-only
• Apple is donating $Millions, hoping to help
• 7 Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place orders
• Apple launches new Powerbeats 4 headphones - Lory has an early review
• Apple stores are closed. Here's hoping there are alternate ways to get your Apple products fixed.
• Is Tim Cook sick? Uncertainty crashes Apple stock
• Apple TV+ shows shutting down production
• Apple TV and other streaming services offering great deals on streaming entertainment
• Apple Card offers users to skip March payment
• iOS 13.4 did not come out today. What happened?
• How is Apple dealing with privacy, security, and secrecy with all its workers at home?
• Apple NOT working on an "Apple Prime" TV+Music+News bundle
• Sacre Bleu! Apple fined $1.2 billion in France
• Apple pays $454 million to patent troll VirnetX
• Patent troll tries to shut down coronavirus tests
• iPhone 9 + iPhone 12 rumor alert! bigger screens and faster processors
• Apple patents an iMac with a built-in projector

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: iBoy retro toy figure from Classicbot
• Andy's Pick 1: Joyce DiDonato streams "Werther" excerpts from her living room
• Andy's Pick 2: Free Korg and Moog apps this week
• Rene's Pick: EDITH
• Lory's Pick: Animal Crossing / Doom Eternal crossover memes

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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Stories of the Week:

• Coronavirus: Apple tells employees worldwide to work from home
• Coronavirus: Apple gives retail employees unlimited sick leave
• Coronavirus: iPhone 9 and 12 delayed
• Coronavirus: App Store rejects coronavirus apps
• Coronavirus: Irish Apple employee infected
• Coronavirus: Apple loses $100B in value in one day
• Coronavirus: Apple TV+ premieres canceled
• Coronavirus: Good news: you CAN use Clorox wipes on your iPhone.
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: iPad mouse support, new smart keyboards with trackpad
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: over-the-ear AirPod / EarPod headphones icon
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new iPhone 9 and iPad Pro with new triple-lens camera array and time-of-flight 3D sensor
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: improved Express Travel tap-to-pay. Plus: Andy Ihnatko explains how to steal free transit codes!
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple TV remote with Find My Remote scream
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AirTags Trackr competitor with user-replaceable batteries
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: HomeKit will recognize your face, Atmos soundbar
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Apple Watch will have a tachometer, blood oxygen sensor
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Siri voices customizable by developers
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AliPay App, wallpaper app, kids mode, more
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: homescreen list view with Siri suggestions
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple AR app codenamed "Gobi"
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new sleep tracking app, fitness app codenamed "Seymour," GymKit
• HUGE iOS 14 Leak: massive improvements to Apple Pencil
• Good Apple: iPad Air 3rd generation get free repairs for screen blanking issue
• Bad Apple: Apple lets developers put ads in notifications
• Ugly Apple: ex-Apple tech support worker steals billionaires' identities, cops nab 55 stolen iPhones valued at $80k, and more in the MacBreak Police Blotter
• Apple Pay available in Mexico
• New jailbreak lets you install Android on an iPhone 7
• iPhone can do whaaaat?
• HUGE iPhone 12 leak: bigger battery, 64MP camera, and 120Hz display
• Lory Gil and Apple celebrate International Women's Day
• Apple Music, Spotify, and others sued for music industry conspiracy

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turns 42
• Rene's Pick: Logitech Brio
• Lory's Pick: The Apple War. Max Von Sydow died on March 9th, 2020. Among his many legendary performances, Sydow starred in "The Apple War," a 1971 German film about Jean Volkswagner, a businessman who comes to Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. Roy Lindberg, played by Sydow, does not like the idea, and with the help of a little magic, his family starts scheming against it.
• Alex's Pick: Screen
• Leo's Pick: Subscribe to Hands-On Mac!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

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