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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Tell a story with iOS apps: Quik, Snapchat, Google Photos, Apple Photos, Spark Camera, Adobe Premiere Rush for Video, Day One, Journi.
• News: Folks aren't interested in spending much more on smartphones, AirPods are a $4-billion-per-quarter business, a BTS band member says he's lost 33 pairs of AirPods, Federico Viticci releases MusicBot, iPhone 11 Pro is knocked out in the first round of MKBHD's blind smartphone camera test, the Touch ID sensor in the new MacBook Pro could end up in future iPhones.
• Viewer Feedback: Spending between $100 and $200, what is a good pair of in-ear headphones for a person with small ear canals?
• Etymotic ER3SE earphones
• Samsung Galaxy Buds
• Jabra Elite 75t
• Soundcore (Anker) Liberty Air
• Mikah's App Cap: Spaceteam
• Leo's App Cap: Any.do

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Leo Laporte answers Darla's question about MTS/M2TS video files and how to play them and convert to MP4.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories

• Mac Pro: only 1/3rd the cost of a banana duct-taped to a wall
• Apple TV+ gets its first Golden Globe award nomination
• AirPods make Apple $4 billion/quarter
• Here's how to get Samuel L. Jackson on your Amazon Echo
• Ring camera hacked to tell child to destroy their room
• Google gives US ATF location info on 1500 users
• Ask a Millennial: what's the deal with Tik Tok?
• Jack Dorsey wants an open standard Twitter
• Facebook wants end-to-end encryption. AG Barr is not so happy about that.
• India wants to get all its citizens' data
• New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware hit
• Samsung didn't really sell a million Galaxy Folds, and other silly phone stories
• Paris Martineau's ultimate guide to Influencers

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rosemary Orchard, Paris Martineau, and Owen JJ Stone

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Is the pure Android experience of the Google Pixel better than Samsung? Windows Defender as an antivirus software, HD audio with streaming, a photos folder jumping to the top in Windows 10, baby monitor security, problems with SIM JACKING, how to get rid of old laptops, why your weather app might have the wrong data, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Will Starlink satellites ruin the sky for astronomers? Recovering a GMAIL account, stream music throughout the house, noise-canceling headphones, upgrading the storage in a Surface Pro 2, digitizing your old cassette tapes and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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This Week's Stories:

• YouTube Rewind and Google's 2019 Year in Search
• Google Glass Explorer Edition gets its final update
• Magic Leap isn't there yet
• Twitter funding decentralized social media
• Fortnite vs Google, The Information vs Apple
• Pixel Feature Drop
• Google AI weather-based alarms
• Verizon is shutting down emails of archivists trying to save Yahoo Groups
• Spotify's 2019: podcasts, podcasts, podcasts

Picks of the Week:

• Jeff's Thing: First community of 3D printed homes
• Ant's Thing: When The Fire Alarm Goes Off At 3:30 AM
• Stacey's Thing: Philips Hue Sync Box

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Windows 7, we had a good run

• Microsoft will push a full-screen EOL warning to Windows 7 users in January
• Windows 7's Security Essentials AV software is going away after January 14, too
• Have our expectations changed about the impact the EOL will have on Windows 10 adoption?

Hell freezes over

• Microsoft Teams is available on Linux. No, it's not April 1st.
• MS says other Office apps on the way
• The Way Back Machine: Paul had a 1999 scoop about Microsoft Office on Linux

Windows 10

• 20H1 isn't quite done yet, but Microsoft keeps releasing new builds with no functional changes. - Another one last Friday too
• Your Phone now supports digital pens
• Collections goes live in Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev

Hardware

• Microsoft patent application brings digital pen writing surface to Surface Book wrist rest
• Four more games come to Project xCloud

Mobile + Web

• Office Mobile apps on iOS and Android are getting a makeover
• Office apps for Windows Mobile EOL in January 2021 - But what about on Windows 10 for PCs?
• Wunderlist is finally getting shut down
• New Slack design looks a little familiar
• Sticky Notes is coming to the web (via Outlook)

Xbox + Games

• Cross play FINALLY comes to Minecraft on PS4
• Gears 5 Operation 2 is out
• Halo: MCC off to a big start on PC

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Check out the MSDN/TechNet archives
• Plus: Thanks to a Thurrott Premium promotion, I will update the Windows 10 Field Guide through the end of 2020
• Plus: Take the 2020 Thurrott.com reader survey
• App pick of the week: Outlook mobile
• Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 Human Resources
• Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Campaign Views
• Beer pick of the week: The Chai Life

Next week: It's the year and decade finale with our annual ChrisCapmas show!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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This Week's Stories

• Microsoft has started forcing feature updates on people who don't want them.
• Bypass to continue obtaining Win7 updates created.
• Microsoft's Project Verona continues moving forward.
• Microsoft's RDP client for iOS is back.
• Avast / AVG in the doghouse.
• Making a mountain out of a VPN molehill.

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-744-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories:

• Unboxing the Mac Pro
• Mac Pro is the shine on the Apple
• iOS 13.3 update: features and fixes
• MacBook Pro 16" Speaker Pop fix
• Apple sues former employee
• Apple returns to CES in 2020 to talk privacy
• 2021 iPhone will have no ports
• The Morning Show' nominated for Golden Globe awards

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud
• Rene's Pick: Procreate 5
• Lory's Pick: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
• Alex's Pick: frame io for iPad

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

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• iOS Apps & Games of the Year:
• iPhone App of the Year: Spectre Camera by Lux Optics
• iPad App of the Year: Flow by Moleskine
• Apple TV App of the Year: The Explorers by The Explorers Network
• iPhone Game of the Year: "Sky: Children of the Light" by thatgamecompany
• iPad Game of the Year: "Hyper Light Drifter by Abylight S.L.
• Apple TV Game of the Year: "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap" by DotEmu
• Apple Arcade Game of the Year: "Sayonara Wild Hearts" by Simogo
• App Trend of 2019: Storytelling Simplified:
• Anchor by Anchor FM
• Canva: Stories & Video Maker by Canva
• Unfold by Unfold Creative
• Steller by Expedition Travel Advisor
• Spark Camera by Dayworks
• Over by Over, Inc.
• Wattpad by Wattpad Corp.
• Game Trend of 2019: Blockbusters Reimagined:
• "Mario Kart Tour" by Nintendo
• "Dr. Mario World" by Nintendo
• "Minecraft Earth" by Mojang
• "Pokémon Masters" by DeNA Co
• "Assassin's Creed Rebellion" by Ubisoft
• "Gears POP!" by Microsoft Corporation
• "The Elder Scrolls: Blades" by Bethesda
• "Alien: Blackout" by D3PA
• "Call of Duty: Mobile" by Activision Publishing
• News: Incognito Mode on Google Maps, Apple Card gets interest-free iPhone installment plan and 6% discount on Apple products until the end of the year, Lightroom for iOS adds direct import functionality, Apple leads in wearables market, the Apple Store app gets a redesign, and Apple's Clips app gets a Memoji and Animoji update.
• Viewer Feedback: Why Apple doesn't update its stock apps as often as third-party apps update and the iPhone mount and selfie stick Leo used in iOS Today 475.
• GRIPT Secure Smartphone Tripod Adapter
• K-Tek Pro Tadpole
• Leo's App Cap: myNoise
• Mikah's App Cap: Pluto

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today.

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