Your Apple Update

Apple. Ales it official and announces that it will no longer produce its line of AirPort WiFi hardware. Some thoughts.

In this episode I talk about the three things I’m most anxious to hear Apple talk about in the near term.

I discuss an app I recently discovered called Leio which has become one of my favorite apps. It helps you track your progress in books and does so in a really simple, elegant way. leio.co is the web address.

Recent reports indicate that Apple may already be cutting orders to suppliers for its HomePod smart speaker. While we can’t know for certain this is true, we can speculate about why this might be happening and what Apple can do to right the ship.

Apple provided Tech Crunch journalist Matthew Panzarino with an exclusive interview on the state of Apple's efforts to serve the creative pro market, including letting us know when the Mac Pro will ship. I break it all down and explain why you have ever reason to be very excited by today's news.

Link:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/apples-2019-imac-pro-will-be-shaped-by-workflows/

A new report from Bloomberg says that Apple is planning to replace Intel chips in its Macintosh line with chips design in-house. This would be a major shift in the PC landscape. Listen in for my thoughts on this potentially huge news.

Link to the original report:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-said-to-plan-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020

Movies Anywhere is a great free service that lets you sync your digital movies library between iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and Amazon Prime. But there is a catch, and it has to do with 4K in iTunes.

Wanna buy movies on iTunes without paying full price? I've got tips on how to keep track of discounts on movies in iTunes. Listen in! Also, here's a link to a blog post I wrote on this topic:

https://johnsherrod.net/how-to-track-movie-deals-on-itunes-fd2ed4fcbbfb

One of my biggest dreams for Apple TV has finally come true - Square-Enix has finally brought one of their classic RPGs to tvOS (Chrono Trigger) and this has gotten me thinking about how Apple can make Apple TV a killer gaming platform. Listen in for the history of gaming on Apple TV, how Apple initially painted itself into a corner with gaming on tvOS, and what they can do to improve things going forward.

Several new Android phones have recently been announced, and several of them have notches at the top of their displays. I'm not one that usually cares about who was first with a new feature or who is copying whom, but I think there are couple of interesting points to make in light of this new development. Also, is Amazon's Alexa randomly giving people creepy laughs? I discuss that story with a focus on the user privacy implications. Here's the article I discuss: https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/amazon-alexa-devices-are-laughing-creepy?utm_term=.scJXJg1xb#.cpD8vYJEn