Episode 240: Titanium Services

We fact check in the OG Mac resolution. We follow up on the WWDC lottery results and public WIFI. Google Chrome adds DuckDuckGo as a default search option. Original Air Pod batteries are wearing out. Apple apologizes for the butterfly keyboard. MTJC WWDC Lottery T-Shirts removed from some sites but still available. Facebook says it stored millions of passwords as plain test. Greg tweets about the goodness coming with Swift 5. iOS 12.2 has been released to support new services. Apple announces Apple News+, Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, Apple TV Channels, and Apple TV+. We discuss the new services, interest rates, availability outside the US. Picks: iOSCon 2019 - The conference for iOS and Swift Developers, The Swift Programing Guide - 5th Edition, Advanced Swift: Protocol Oriented Programming, Network.framework, 12.3 Beta releases.

Special Guest: Dru Freeman.

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• Jaime Lopez on Twitter: "You can’t be rejected for a WWDC ticket if you never registered for the lottery. #askMTJC #WWDC #wwdc19… "
• Alicia Ramirez on Twitter: "How do you feel about public wifis (cafes, airports)and security? Do you avoid them? Do you use a VPN? #askMTJC"
• TunnelBear: Secure VPN Service
• Google Chrome Adds DuckDuckGo Search Engine Option | Time
• Your AirPods Probably Have Terrible Battery Life - The Atlantic
• Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with its MacBook keyboards - The Verge
• Facebook Says It Stored Millions of Users' Passwords in Plain Text | Time
• Greg Heo on Twitter: "So much good stuff here. Keeping track of proposals as they pass, I forgot how much is landing together in Swift 5. https://t.co/ucR1OcbwEv… https://t.co/oY3HI8nQyn"
• Apple releases iOS 12.2 with support for News+ service, new AirPods [Updated] | Ars Technica
• 2 FOR COUPLES Magazine - iT Guy Technologies | we get IT… so you don't have to
• Apple Pay is coming to transit systems in major US cities later this year | TechCrunch
• Surprisingly high interest in Apple Card, despite lack of USP - 9to5Mac
• Apple Card will roll out to additional countries, after US launch
• The full list of Apple Watch ECG countries  - 9to5Mac
• iOSCon 2019 - The conference for iOS and Swift Developers | 21st - 22nd Mar 2019 | London
• The Swift Programming Language (Swift 5.0) by Apple Inc. on Apple Books
• Advanced Swift: Protocol Oriented Programming | raywenderlich.com
• Apple releasing first iOS 12.3 beta for developers today - 9to5Mac
• Everything new in iOS 12.3 & tvOS 12.3: New TV app!
• Network | Apple Developer Documentation
• MTJC 2018 T-Shirt Annual Lottery | The More Than Just Code Podcast
• Apple News - Apple (CA)

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