Apple Event 

• iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
• Mini is a new form factor thank god - lots of pretty colours
• New Ceramic glass 
• MagSafe - a whole bunch of new accessories 
• Pro video is insane, 10bit Dolby vision HDR 
• Also new HomePod mini - intercom is cute - no support for Spotify. 
• No headphones or charging cable in the box 
• Combo Touch ID / power button from the new iPad Air didn’t make it to the iPhone this year.

Apple simultaneously talked up and downplayed 5g

• Australian pricing:
• iPhone 12 mini A$1199
• iPhone 12 A$1349
• iPhone 12 Pro A$1699
• iPhone 12 Pro Max $1849
• HomePod mini is A$149

Will Australian telcos work with 5G bands? 

Facebook is growing up, just in time? *gestures at everything* 

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-12/facebook-to-ban-posts-that-deny-holocaust-in-reversal-of-policy 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/13/facebook-bans-anti-vax-ads.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/13/facebook-vaccine-ads-ban 

Staying with Facebook, Messenger has been updated with better integration with Instagram, making it harder for the doj to break up the company?

• Looks like Facebook kids - i.e. fugly
• https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/13/messengers-latest-update-brings-new-features-cross-app-communication-with-instagram/

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