Panel:
- Bart Busschots (host) – @bbusschots
- Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast – @podfeet
- Nick Riley from the Essential Apple Podcast – @spligosh
The show starts with a few followup stories, updates on some Apple-related legal cases, some Apple HR news, and a quick(ish) overview of news related to Apple’s content offerings. The three main stories are more App Store Developments, the release of macOS Big Sur, and Apple’s new M1 Macs. The show ends with a quick rundown of some smaller Apple-related stories that made the news in November.
You’ll find detailed show notes below the fold, and if you enjoy this free show, please consider clicking on the donate button at the top of the left side bar – the show is free for you to listen to, but not for Bart to Produce!
Followup
- Backlash Forces Apple to Also Release ‘Peanuts’ on PBS — www.macobserver.com/…
- Regulators continue to take aim at Apple:
- 🇻🇳 Apple and Netflix face Vietnamese scrutiny over content rules and tax — www.imore.com/…
- 🇪🇺 Complaint Says Apple’s IDFA Violates European Privacy Law — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇫🇷 Apple Faces France Antitrust Complaint Over Privacy Controls — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇳🇱 Dutch antitrust investigation focuses in on Apple Pay — www.imore.com/…
- 🇬🇧 Environmental report accuses Apple of shortening product lifespan — www.imore.com/…
Legal Latest
- Battery Gate rumbles on:
- 🇮🇹 Apple picks up a $12 million fine over claims of iPhone water resistance — www.imore.com/…
- Epic -v- Apple
- 🇺🇸 Epic Games motion to dismiss some of Apple’s counterclaims granted — www.imore.com/…
- 🇦🇺 Epic Games extends legal battle with Apple down under — www.imore.com/…
- Fury as Tim Sweeney compares Epic vs Apple to civil rights movement — www.imore.com/…
- Related: NVIDIA GeForce Now comes to iOS through the web browser — www.imore.com/…
- Related: Google Stadia launching a web app to enable play on iPhone and iPad — www.imore.com/…
- Related: Judge tosses Blix claim that Apple suppresses competition in App Store — www.imore.com/…
Apple HR & Acquisition News
- Apple hires Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and diversity — www.imore.com/…
- Apple Posts Job Listing for Apple Card Service & Customer Experience Manager — www.macobserver.com/…
- Apple hires Josh Elman, former VC & Robinhood VP for App Store role — www.imore.com/…
Subscription Media News
- Apple Arcade
- Music:
- Apple TV+
- In Development
- Christopher Walken signs on to star in Apple TV+ thriller ‘Severance’ — www.imore.com/…
- Kathryn Hahn to star with Paul Rudd, Will Ferrell in ‘The Shrink Next Door’ — www.imore.com/…
- Casey Wilson to star alongside Rudd, Ferrell in ‘The Shrink Next Door’ — www.imore.com/…
- Star-Studded Cast for ‘The Afterparty’ on Apple TV+ Emerges — www.macobserver.com/…
- Hasan Minhaj signs on for ‘The Morning Show’ season 2 — www.imore.com/…
- Julianna Margulies, star of ‘The Good Wife,’ signs on to ‘The Morning Show’ — www.imore.com/…
- Apple Acquires ‘Tetris’ Film for Apple TV+ Starring Taron Egerton — www.macobserver.com/…
- Awkwafina and Glenn Close sign on to star in Apple TV+ film ‘Swan Song’ — www.imore.com/…
- Steven Lightfoot, known for ‘The Punisher,’ signs on to Apple’s ‘Shantaram’ — www.imore.com/…
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in a ‘Surface,’ a new thriller coming to Apple TV+ — www.imore.com/…
- Apple TV+ adds bilingual comedy series ‘Acapulco,’ starring Eugenio Derbez to the collection — www.imore.com/…
- Dichen Lachman Joins Cast of ‘Severance’ on Apple TV+ — www.macobserver.com/…
- Apple TV+ lands adaption of ‘Gutsy Women’ from Hillary and Chelsea Clinton — www.imore.com/…
- Apple TV+ is getting a new docuseries all about competitive surfing — www.imore.com/…
- Releases
- ‘Becoming You’, ‘Fireball’, and ‘Doug Unplugs’ land on Apple TV+ — www.imore.com/…
- Oprah Winfrey Interview With President Barack Obama Now on Apple TV+ — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🎄Get festive with ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ and ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’ on Apple TV+ from today — www.imore.com/…
- Hardware
- Apple TV app launches on Xbox day before Series S and Series X launch — www.imore.com/…
- Apple TV app now available on PlayStation Network ahead of PS5 launch — www.imore.com/…
- The Apple TV app is rolling out to some Sony TVs from 2018, 2019, and 2020 — www.imore.com/…
- 4K Roku Players Receive AirPlay 2 and HomeKit — www.macobserver.com/…
- Universal Electronics to launch Apple TV remote for cable companies — www.imore.com/…
- In Development
Main Stories
- More App Store Evolutions
- App Store Small Business Program Will Reduce Commission to 15 Percent for Developers Earning up to $1 Million Per Year — daringfireball.net/…
- Apple Now Supports Custom Apps for Enterprise — www.macobserver.com/…
- TestFlight now supports automatic beta app updating and it’s awesome — www.imore.com/…
- Apple confirms that Family Sharing for in-app purchases is now live — www.imore.com/…
- Related: Apple extends deadline for group event in-app purchase requirement — www.imore.com/…
- MacOS Big Sur Released
- MacOS 11 Big Sur Is Officially Licensed for Colocation Leasing — daringfireball.net/…
- Apple also updates many of its apps:
- Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ Event
- 🎦 Here’s how to rewatch Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ event — www.imore.com/…
- Apple announces M1, its first-ever Apple silicon chip — www.imore.com/…
- First ARM-based Mac laptops: MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro — arstechnica.com/…
- Apple announces new Apple silicon Mac Mini, $699 — www.imore.com/…
- The M1 Proves to be very performant
- Apple’s new M1 chip enables up to 20 hours of battery life for the Mac — www.imore.com/…
- Tests show Apple’s M1 emulates x86 faster than Intel can run it natively — www.imore.com/…
- Apple Silicon M1 Emulating x86 is Still Faster Than Every Other Mac in Single Core Benchmark — www.macrumors.com/…
- New 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 outperforms 16-inch Pro in new benchmark — www.imore.com/…
- The M1-powered MacBook Air can build apps in Xcode quicker than iMac Pro — www.imore.com/…
- Apple silicon MacBook Air SSD 2x faster than predecessor — www.imore.com/…
- New Mac mini and 13-inch MacBook Pro support 6K displays for the first time — www.imore.com/…
- It’s Not Quite All Roses
- Software Arrives Quickly
- World of Warcraft already supports Apple silicon and M1 Macs — www.imore.com/…
- Adobe Photoshop now supports Apple silicon, but only in beta form — www.imore.com/…
- Microsoft adding support for Apple silicon to Office for Mac beta — www.imore.com/…
- Google Chrome Updated for Apple Silicon, in the Most Confusing Way — daringfireball.net/…
- iFixit posts full teardown of the M1 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro — www.imore.com/…
- Apple still offering Intel-based MacBook Pro models alongside M1 Macs — www.imore.com/…
- Major developers opt out of Mac App Store ahead of Apple Silicon launch — www.imore.com/…
- Without help from Apple techies move to get Windows and Linux onto M1:
- Linus Torvalds, the Linux principal developer, wants it to run on M1 Macs — www.imore.com/… & Linus Torvalds doubts Linux will get ported to Apple M1 hardware — arstechnica.com/…
- Developer seeks to crowdfund Linux for Apple Silicon project — www.imore.com/…
- A developer has already virtualized Windows on Apple silicon — www.imore.com/…
- Benchmarks show M1 runs Windows 10 faster than Surface Pro X — www.imore.com/…
Quick Stories
- Apple Marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Apple redesigns its Accessibility website and debuts new support videos — www.imore.com/…
- Related: 🎦 Apple VPs join TechCrunch’s Matthew Panzarino for accessibility interview — www.imore.com/…
- Related: Apple Adds New AR-Enhanced ‘People Detection’ Accessibility Feature To iOS 14.2 Developer Beta — www.forbes.com/…
- Apple announced awards for just about everything:
- Apple Services Rollouts
- Apple Pay:
- 🇮🇪 Bank of Ireland now supports Apple Pay on iPhone and Apple Watch — www.imore.com/…
- 🇫🇮 Fibank Now Supports Apple Pay With Visa Cards — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇬🇧 NatWest’s Mettle account gets Apple Pay support in the UK — www.imore.com/…
- 🇮🇱 Apple Pay is coming to Israel with Isracard before the end of 2020 — www.imore.com/…
- 🇨🇦 Walmart Stores in Canada Now Support Apple Pay — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇺🇸 You can now add your Amex to Apple Pay instantly after approval — www.imore.com/…
- CarPlay
- 🇰🇷 🇷🇺 Apple Watch’s ECG app is coming to South Korea and Russia — www.imore.com/…
- 🇧🇪 Belgian ISP Telenet Offers Apple Watch eSIM Support — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇸🇪 Apple is rolling out Safari translation to more countries, reports are coming in from users in Brazil, Germany, France & Sweden — 9to5mac.com/… & www.imore.com/…
- 🇺🇸 You Can Now Apply for Apple Card on the Web — www.macrumors.com/…
- 🇦🇹 Apple Maps Gains Transit Directions In Vienna, Austria — www.imore.com/…
- Apple Pay:
- 🎄 Apple launches its 2020 holiday gift guide and extended return policy — www.imore.com/…
- 🎄Apple launches ‘Make Your Holiday’ project book and virtual sessions — www.imore.com/…
- Beats and AMBUSH unveil new glow-in-the-dark Powerbeats — www.imore.com/…
- Solo Loop and Sport Apple Watch bands get three new colors — www.imore.com/…
- Apple launches display replacement program for the iPhone 11 — www.imore.com/…
- Apple Podcasts can now be embedded in web pages for easy listening — www.imore.com/…
- 🇺🇸 Apple and Verizon Partner on iPhone 12 ‘Fleet Swap’ Enterprise Program — www.macobserver.com/…
- 🇮🇪 Apple celebrates 40 years of Cork campus and its community — www.imore.com/…
Legend
Note: When the textual description of a link is part of the link it is the title of the page being linked to, when the text describing a link is not part of the link it is a description written by Bart.
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🎧 | A link to audio content, probably a podcast. |
| flag | The story is particularly relevant to people living in a specific country, or, the organisation the story is about is affiliated with the government of a specific country. |
| 📊 | A link to graphical content, probably a chart, graph, or diagram. |
| 💵 | A link to an article behind a pay-wall. |
| 📌 | A pinned story, i.e. one to keep an eye on that’s likely to develop into something significant in the future. |