This Week's Stories:
• Qualcomm and Apple Settle Lawsuit
• Apple as a Content Creator
• Is Apple Really a Luxury Brand?
• A Developer's Perspective on Apple
• Hulu, Netflix and Disney
• With Apple Services Will Apple Become a Modern Day Digital Hub?

Picks of the Week:
• Leo's Pick: Princeton IoT Inspector
• Rene's Pick: Snow
• Lory's Pick: Logitech Slim Folio Pro
• Oliver's Pick - Trident Open ROV Drone
• Andy's Pick: One Switch menulet

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

Guests: Lory Gil and Oliver Breidenbach

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This Week's Stories:

• Beats Powerbeats Pro Review: All the Things You Love About AirPods, With Extra Bass
• Apple and the Right to Repair
• Apple Poaches Another Google AI Expert
• Apple Patents New Version of MagSafe
• Ming-Chi Kuo: Mini-LED coming to Apple display, iPad, and MacBook
• Intel Delays Put Apple 5G in Jeopardy
• Apple Music vs Spotify

Picks of the Week:

• Rene's Pick: NS North
• Lory's Pick: Criterion Channel
• Andy's Pick: Louis Rossmann's Apple repair YouTube channel

Hosts: Rene Ritchie and Andy Ihnatko

Guest: Lory Gil

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More News From Apple

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/655

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News of the Week

• Apple News+ Available Now
• Apple Credit Card Coming Soon
• Apple Arcade is Apple's New Way to Play
• Apple TV+ Announcement Left Us With a Lot of Questions
• One More Thing: New AirPods!

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: RBDigital for iOS
• Jim's Pick: Altitudes and Attitudes
• Lory's Pick: Otter + Pop Phone Case

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Lory Gil and Jim Dalrymple

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News of the Week

• AppleTV Event: What to Expect
• Apple Announces New iPad Air and Mini
• Apple Announced Updated iMac
• Apple vs Spotify
• Google Announces Stadia Game Streaming Service
• GarageBand at 15
• Apple vs Qualcomm
• WWDC 2019 Preview
• Apple Watch Heart Study Results
• The First iPhone Prototype Board

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Pick: Spectre by Halida
• Andy's Pick: Ulysses App
• Jim's Pick: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: The Best of Everything

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

Guest: Jim Dalrymple

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• Apple Announces March 25th Event
• Galaxy S10 Plus Review
• Android vs iOS
• Apple AR Headset Coming in 2020
• Busting the Apple Car Rumors
• The Web Turns 30
• Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Apple
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Preview

Picks of the Week

• Lory's Pick: HyperDrive for iPad Pro (2018)
• Rene's Pick: Marvel Unlimited
• Andy's Pick: "Silent Meditation" LP (Kickstarter)
• Leo's Pick: Github: Felix Rieseberg's Windows 95 on macOS

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

Guest: Lory Gil

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• High Severity macOS Kernel Flaw
• MacOS Keychain Bug: Why Doesn't macOS Have a Bug Bounty?
• Apple is Hiring More Software Engineers than Hardware Engineers
• Apple Lays Off 190 Auto Engineers
• USB 4: What You Need to Know
• Publishers Want More Apple Money
• Apple Secretly Fixes Flexgate
• Apple's 2022 Folding Glass iPhone
• Apple Buys Lighthouse Patents
• Shot on iPhone 2019 Winners

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

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• Apple Credit Card???
• Foldable Phones at MWC - Where is Apple's?
• HoloLens 2 at MWC - Where are Apple Glasses?
• Apple to Combine iOS and macOS Apps in 2021
• Apple Closing Texas Stores
• Apple Watch to get Sleep Tracking
• Apple Watch, Fall Detection, ECG, and the FDA
• Apple Music Coming to Google Home

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

Guest: Lory Gil

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• Rumor Central: 16" MacBook, 6K edge-to-edge Display, modular Mac Pro, etc
• Apple News Event March 25th
• New iPhone XR Ad
• AirPower is on the Way (We Swear)
• Apple Buys Pullstring
• FaceTime Bug Fix
• Podcasts Now on Apple Watch
• Huawei Tries to Steal Apple Watch Secrets
• iFixit Wants to Make You a Repair Genius
• Apple Crime Blotter: El Chapo Branded iPhone Accessories
• Samsung Leaks EVERYTHING

Picks of the Week:

• Alex's Pick: Streetlytron Pro
• Andy's Pick: Screensaver "inspired by" the animated Apple logos at Apple's October event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last year, by Pedro Carrasco
• Rene's Pick: Multiple 2FA on one iOS Device
• Leo's Pick: PiDP-11 kit from Obsolescence Guaranteed

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

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• iOS 12.1.4 Fixes FaceTime Flaw and Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
• MacOS "KeySteal" Bug
• Apple Gives FaceTime Flaw Teen Money for Education
• Angela Ahrendts Leaves Apple
• Apple's New Memoji Ads
• Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made of Old iPhones
• Apple Sues Patent Troll
• Apple's New HomePod Patents
• Porn and Gambling Apps Sneak Onto iPhone
• New iPad Minis on the Way!
• 2019 iPhones Won't Use USB-C
• Steve Jobs Wins Best Opera Grammy
• Pokemon Go Enhanced AR Photos

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Cheap canvas photo prints on Ali Express
• Rene's Picks: Ubiquiti/Amplifi and Keychron keyboard
• Alex's Pick: Code with Chris

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

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