Here is this week's News Roundup episode, which is a solo effort from Jan as Aaron is traveling. This week, we cover:

• Two unusual announcements of future plans from Apple: its intention to build its own GPU, and its roadmap for pro Macs

• Comcast's announcement of its wireless service, Xfinity Mobile

• Facebook's testing of a tab surfacing recommended content not shared by your friends

• Samsung's preliminary financial results for Q1 2017.

Links to Tech Narratives comments on each of these news items are below:

• Apple and Imagination Technologies GPU announcement:

https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/03/apple-gpu-supplier-imagination-tech-says-apple-plans-to-build-its-own-gpu-in-1-2-years/

• Apple Mac announcement:

https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/04/apple-plans-new-imacs-for-pros-later-in-2017-new-mac-pros-in-2018/

• Comcast Xfinity Mobile annoumcement:

https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/06/comcast-introduces-its-mobile-service/

• Facebook testing recommended content tab:

https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/03/facebook-shows-users-more-content-which-doesnt-come-from-your-friends-techcrunch/

• Samsung preliminary Q1 results:

https://www.technarratives.com/2017/04/06/samsung-sees-bounce-in-q1-ahead-of-galaxy-s8-cnet/.