242: Myke and the Modems

What's next for macOS and iOS? This week we discuss all of last week's reporting by Guilherme Rambo about the future of Apple's platforms, from Find My Friends to support for external displays and pointing devices, to the complicated future of automation on macOS. Jason also extolls the virtues of the Kindle, Apple and Qualcomm come to terms, and YouTube goes back to basics.

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Links and Show Notes:

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Review: Kindle Paperwhite (2019) and Kindle (2019) - Six Colors

Which Kindle should you buy? - Six Colors

Exploring the World of E-Ink - Technology Connections - YouTube

Qualcomm and Apple bury the hatchet - Six Colors

5G is weeks away — and Tuesday marks its first real test - The Verge

Inside Apple's shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020 – Fast Company

Apple's Sitting Out the 5G Party — It's the Right Move - Tom's Guide

Hulu Buys Back AT&T's Stake at $15B Valuation | Hollywood Reporter

YouTube Orders Marques Brownlee ‘Retro Tech’ Original Series – Variety

Retro Tech: Game Boy - MKBHD - YouTube

Apple revamping Find My Friends & Find My iPhone in unified app, developing Tile-like personal item tracking - 9to5Mac

Apple planning Luna Display-like desktop extension feature for macOS 10.15, codenamed ‘Sidecar’ - 9to5Mac

Connected #239: Pizza Trousers - Relay FM

Apple Watch authentication expanding on the Mac - 9to5Mac

Siri Shortcuts and Screen Time coming to the Mac - 9to5Mac

Quitter, my first Mac app – Marco.org

Shortcuts coming to the Mac? - Six Colors

What’s next? - All this

WWDC 2019 for developers: Siri, Marzipan, AR, more - 9to5Mac

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