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In this audio special from WWDC, Rene speaks with Sarah Herrlinger, Director, Global Accessibility Policy & initiatives at Apple about new software features that help make computing accessible for everyone.

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We've just gotten our first sneak peek at the all-new Mac Pro and Pro Display and I'm going to go through their top 5 highlights.

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Apple isn't killing iTunes on Monday. Tim Cook isn't coming to your house and deleting all the music and movies you've bought and downloaded over the years. There will be no Thanos snap live on stage. No decimation around the world. None of that is true or real in any true or real way.

So, why are there so many headlines saying iTunes is ending and the age of digital downloads is over? Because, apparently, writers can't read, fact checkers can't check facts, and editors are too busy baiting clicks and not busy enough thinking about the needless stress and anxiety they're causing the audience that relies on their reporting.

Like every viral maelstrom, though, there's a calm set of facts right in the center. What are they? Let's break it down right now.

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It's that time of year again. Apple's WWDC 2019 keynote kicks off on Monday, June 3, at 10 Pacific, 1pm Eastern, and I'm going to be there to bring you back all the action, not just for the morning but for the whole day and the entire week. Because the keynote is really only the beginning.

To do that, though, I need gear. I need tech. I need… so much stuff. And, I need to pack it all up to take it with me. But, here's the thing: I'm going to do it a bit differently this year.

Instead of taking a big camera bag and my big cameras with me — I'm trying out the Peek right now and I'm still using the GH-5 to shoot all this — I'm going to keep things ultra light and ultra mobile. Basically, my every day carry optimized for going away. But what exactly does that mean and how exactly does that work?

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About 3 months ago, just before Apple's March 2019 event, I put together a list of YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, journalists, and analysts who were worth following for their takes on the show. I did it because, after having been a blogger and podcaster, and now trying this whole YouTube thing, I realized most of us don't know each other well if at all, and I wanted to try and change that.

Now, just a week away from Apple's 30th annual World Wide Developer Conference, WWDC 2019, I'm updating and expanding the list. Now, a lot of names are the same, everyone from iJustine to MKBHD, John Gruber to Lory Gil, Christina Warren to Jason Snell, Joanna Stern to Matthew Panzarino, Neil Cybart to Carolina Milanesi. They're all going to knock it out the Apple Park. But, instead of repeating them all here, I'm just going to link to that first video in the description, and highlight a few specific to WWDC so you can get your baseline follow on.

Then, because this is Apple's big software event, I'm going to add a few new sections and a bunch of new names, including some of the more public facing Apple folks, as well as the developers, designers, and members of the industry and media that always provide me with extra insight at and around WWDC.

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I've been wanting to do a video about Google's Pixel phones for a while now. Ever since the company announced kinda lackluster sales for the premium Pixel 3 but then turned right around and launched the much more budget friendly Pixel 3a.

Then, Jon Rettinger posted his video, provocatively titled "No One Cares About Pixel", and it's great. You should watch it. Link in the description. But that also got me thinking, Drax-Style, not so much about what is the Pixel but why is the Pixel? What does its existence do for Google and for us? And, if we're seeing that change with the 3a or with the 4, what does that mean?

To help me figure it all out, I asked on the man who literally got me started in this business, and, yeah, that aside, one of the smartest people I know. Executive Editor of The Verge and host of the Processor on YouTube, Dieter Bohn.

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• Is this a computer? - YouTube
• Google Pixel phone review - YouTube
• Google Pixel 2 review - YouTube
• Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL review: the best camera gets a better phone - YouTube
• Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera - YouTube
• No One Cares About Pixel - YouTube
• Nexus One Revisited: The Beginning of a Legacy - YouTube

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Apple has just announced a refreshed iPod touch that offers updated internals and support for several of its best new features. This time around, the iPod touch features Apple's A10 Fusion chip, internal storage of up to 256GB, and can now participate in Group FaceTime calls and more. The updated models are available starting today, and prices start at just $199 for the 32GB model and go up to $399 for the 256GB option. It's available in six different color options, including space gray, white, gold, blue, pink and (PRODUCT)RED.

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For years, Apple made some of the best — and most expensive — displays in the business. Not only did they have great design and terrific panels, they had those Apple logos right up front for people who wanted that look and that experience beyond an iMac — for their Mac Pros to MacBook Pros as well. We got generations of Cinema Displays, LED Displays… Thunderbolt Displays

But then, just a few years ago, Apple went and stopped making them. From hero to zero, something to nothing in one Thanos snap flat. There were rumors — there are always rumors — of a 4K display that Apple was working on but never shipped. But for an agonizingly long period of time, measured in pro-user angst years, Apple just didn't offer anything for anyone who didn't want an all-in one.

Until now. Or, well, soon at least. It's complicated.

So MKBHD, Marques Brownlee was kind enough to share with us what he wants to see, and then I break it all down.

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• What we know about Apple's new pro display ahead of WWDC - 9to5Mac
• Kuo: New 31.6" Apple Display in 2019 and 15-17" MacBook in 2021 to Feature Mini-LED Backlights [Updated] - MacRumors
• Daring Fireball: The Mac Pro Lives
• Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro | TechCrunch
• A Few of My Favorite Apple Displays – MacStories

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The music fades. The lights go down. A video plays. Developers. Apps. Apple. The community. We're all together again. And when the lights come back up, Tim Cook is walking onto the stage.

"Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. And welcome to Apple's 30th annual WWDC!"

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The original iPod touch launched just a few months after the original iPhone, way back in September of 2007. And for a few years, while the iPod touch never quite matched the feature set of the iPhone, it at least received updates of its own, up to and including the 4th generation in 2010 which, finally, you know, got a camera not just on the front but on the back as well.

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• Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter: "In theory, iOS 12.2 references four new iPads in WiFi & Cellular variants (perhaps mini, and 9.7"?), all without Face ID, and a (seventh-gen?) iPod touch with no Touch ID nor Face ID… https://t.co/gO09cgZTgX"
• AirPower and New AirPods Said to Ship in First Half of 2019, New iPod Touch With Faster Processor Also Expected - MacRumors
• New iPod Touch Expected as Early as Tomorrow - MacRumors

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