Panel:

• Bart Busschots (host) - @bbusschots
• Dermot Daly from Tapadoo - @dermdaly
• Lynda Gousha from the Silicon Valley MUG - @llg4cdg
• Nick Riley - @spligosh

The show starts with some quick followup stories before moving on to look at some Apple-related notable numbers and staff changes that made the news in June. There are just two main stories this month, but they’re big ones - WWDC 2017, and the iPhone’s 10 year anniversary. The show finishes with a quick rundown of some other quick Apple-related stories that made the news in June.

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!

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Followups

• iPhone GPU manufacturer Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale (recently Apple announced it would be moving away from the company’s technology in the future, and the company is suing Apple ATM, insisting it’s impossible for Apple to make their own GPUs without breaching Imagination Technologies patents) - www.macobserver.com/…
• The director of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has outlined a program aimed at fast-tracking digital health & medical tech which could help Apple with projects like their rumoured non-invasive blood glucose monitor - www.macobserver.com/…
• Apple & Foxconn’s joint bid to buy Toshiba’s NAND flash business didn’t succeed (Bain Capital together with Japanese government investors were the successful purchasers) - www.macobserver.com/…
  • This story is not over yet though, because Western Digital is objecting and have sued Toshiba in the US to try block the deal, and Toshiba have now counter-sued Western Digital - www.reuters.com/…

Notable Numbers

• Apple has paid out over $70bn to App Store developers - www.imore.com/…
• A survey by Morining Consult finds that 60% of respondents trust Apple to keep their data safe, putting them behind Amazon at 69% and Google at 65% (Editorial by Bart - proving the respondents were spectacularly poorly informed) - www.macobserver.com/…
• A survey by Verto Analytics finds that nearly 25% of US PC users plan to switch to a Mac with their next computer purchase - www.macobserver.com/…
• Tim Cook’s rating on Glass Door’s annual CEO survey falls from 96% approval to 93% in the last year. Because of how tight all the numbers at the top are, that 3% fall translates to moving from 8th place to 53rd place - www.macobserver.com/… & www.macobserver.com/…

Staffing Changes & Aquisitions

• Bozoma Saint John is leaving Apple to become the Chief Brand Officer at Uber - uk.businessinsider.com/…
• Dr. Sumbul Desai, the executive director of Stanford Medicine’s center for digital health has joined Apple, though she’ll continue to see patients at Stanford - www.cnbc.com/…
• Apple has hired Sony Pictures Television presidents Jamie Erlicht & Zack Van Amburg to oversee video programming worldwide - www.macobserver.com/…

Main Stories

1. WWDC 2017 - www.apple.com/…
   • Hardware - www.macobserver.com/…
     • MacBooks and MacBook Pros updated with Kaby Lake - arstechnica.com/…
       • MacBook FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • iMacs updated with Kaby Lake Processors and up to 64GB or RAM - www.macobserver.com/… & arstechnica.com/…
       • 2017 iMac Configuration Quirks: Don’t Get Burned! - tidbits.com/…
       • New iMacs FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • Apple teased a space-gray iMac Pro with Xeon Processors which will be released later in the year - www.macobserver.com/… & www.imore.com/…
       • Apple PR confirm that this is not the promised new MacPro - daringfireball.net/…
       • iMac Pro FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • New 10.5“ iPad Pro replacing the 9.7” model - tidbits.com/…, www.macobserver.com/… & arstechnica.com/…
       • Devices have what Apple are calling a ProMotion display, supporting up to 120Hz refresh rates - arstechnica.com/… & www.imore.com/…
       • New iPad Pro FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • HomePod - smart music speaker coming later this year - tidbits.com/… & www.macobserver.com/…
       • Tim Cook interviewed about HomePod on Bloomberg - stresses quality of audio and focuses on Music - www.bloomberg.com/…
       • HomePod vs. Google Home vs. Amazon Echo: What’s the difference? - www.imore.com/…
       • HomePod FAQ - www.imore.com/…
   • Software - www.macobserver.com/…
     • WatchOS 4 - mostly small changes, most notable new feature is an AI-based Siri watch face - tidbits.com/…, www.macobserver.com/… & arstechnica.com/…
       • watchOS 4 FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • MacOS High Sierra - mainly a consolidation update ala Snowleopard & Mountain Lion - tidbits.com/… & www.macobserver.com/…
       • Some nice little features like Safari blocking video autoplay and using AI to block tracking cookies - nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
       • Photos app gets advanced new editing features including curves - petapixel.com/…
       • New accessibility feature allows user to type questions to Siri - www.imore.com/…
       • All Macs that can run macOS Sierra will be able to run macOS High Sierra - arstechnica.com/… & www.macobserver.com/…
       • Will be the last version of macOS to support 32bit apps - from January 2018 all new App Store apps will need to be 64bit, and form June 2018, even updates to existing apps will need to be 64bit - www.macobserver.com/… & www.imore.com/…
     • iOS 11 - tidbits.com/…, www.macobserver.com/… & arstechnica.com/…
       • Customisable Control Centre - www.imore.com/…
       • Drag & Drop - 9to5mac.com/…
       • Files app allowing management of local and cloud files from multiple services including things like DropBox - www.macobserver.com/…
         • Dropbox confirms support for Files apps in iOS 11 - www.imore.com/…
         • iOS Files App FAQ - www.imore.com/…
       • Ability to use the camera to scan documents
       • New DnD while Driving feature
       • Person-to-person Apple Pay coming to Messages - www.imore.com/…
       • More powerful multitasking with a dock on the iPad - www.macobserver.com/… & www.imore.com/…
       • Siri APIs extended to support integration with more types of apps - www.imore.com/…
       • New App off-loading feature to save space on devices with less storage - www.cydiageeks.com/…
       • New accessibility feature will allow users to type queries to Siri - www.imore.com/…
       • Instant Notes feature allows the Apple Pencil to take notes directly from the lock screen on iPad Pros - www.imore.com/…
       • Instant markup makes annotating documents and screenshots easy - www.imore.com/… & Video demo - 9to5mac.com/…
       • Native screen recording support makes bloggers very happy indeed - www.macobserver.com/…
       • iOS 11 is 64bit-only - old 32bit apps won’t run, and old 32bit devices like the iPhone 5 & 5C and iPad 4 won’t be able to run it - arstechnica.com/…
       • What’s new with Accessibility in iOS 11? - www.imore.com/…
       • iOS 11 FAQ - www.imore.com/…
       • Video Walk-Through of iOS 11 Developer Beta 1 on the iPhone - www.macobserver.com/…
   • Important APIs
     • Apple push Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR) through support for external GPUs and release of ARKit to developers
       • Epic Games demo AR on stage, and announce support for ARKit in their Unreal Engine 4 - www.imore.com/…
       • ARKit used to enable scanning feature in iOS 11
       • Ikea preview their up-coming ARKit-powered app to let you preview their furniture in your house - www.macrumors.com/…
       • Nike & SNRKS team up for AR shoe ads - www.macobserver.com/…
       • 5 More Cool iOS 11 ARKit Demonstration Videos - www.macobserver.com/…
       • RELATED - Apple buy eye-tracking company SensoMotoric - www.macobserver.com/…
       • AR for iOS FAQ - www.imore.com/…
       • VR for Mac FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • Apple have released CoreML, an API for Machine Learning, i.e. easy access to AI features for developers - deepdojo.com/…
   • Misc Announcements
     • Amazon Prime Video coming to AppleTV later this year and will integrate into the TV app - tidbits.com/…
     • The App Store will get a re-design in iOS 11 - www.macobserver.com/…
       • The new App Store will be more opinionated with Apple adding editorial content to the store - sixcolors.com/…
       • RELATED - Apple now requires developers to use the new app store ratings API - 9to5mac.com/…
       • App Store FAQ - www.imore.com/…
     • Apple revamps podcasts with a new app, new feed options, and analytics - www.imore.com/… & sixcolors.com/…
     • Michelle Obama speaks on Day 2 of WWDC - appleinsider.com/…
     • Swift Playgrounds gains support for hardware accessories like Drones, Robots, musical instruments, Lego MINDSTORMS, and more - www.macobserver.com/… & www.imore.com/…
     • Apple have released a bluetooth version of their full keyboard - www.macobserver.com/…
     • Apple have updated the iWork Apps, including support for EndNote - www.imore.com/…
     • 1TB iCloud plan dropped, price of 2TB plan lowered to $9.99 per month, and families will be able to share a single iCloud storage plan - www.macobserver.com/… & www.imore.com/…
     • Apple have loosened the restrictions on Home Kit making it easier for companies to develop products, and nerds/geeks to tinker - www.macobserver.com/…
     • Apple announce the winners of their annual design awards - developer.apple.com/…
2. The iPhone turns 10
   • The Computer History Museum hosted a panel with three engineers who helped create the iPhone followed by an interview with Scott Forstall (video included in link) - www.loopinsight.com/…
   • Newly released book The One Device tells the story of the iPhone’s creation - www.macobserver.com/…
   • WSJ interviews Apple Execs involved in the creation of the iPhone to make a 10 minute video about the phone’s origins - www.wsj.com/…
   • How Apple’s iPhone changed the world: 10 years in 10 charts - www.recode.net/…

Quick Stories

• Apple will be sending machines for repairing iPhone screens to about 400 authorised 3rd party repair shops in 25 countries by the end of 2017 - www.reuters.com/…
• Apple make a small concession to publishers - add aggregated demographics to Apple News platform and allow third-party ads - www.macobserver.com/…
• Tim Cook officially admits Apple is working on self-driving car tech - www.bloomberg.com/… & arstechnica.com/…
• Apple have updated Apple Care+ to include accidental damage - www.macobserver.com/…
• Apple starts selling their Rainbow Apple Watch bands, and part of the proceeds will go to towards LGBTQ causes - www.macobserver.com/…
• Apple & Cisco partner up again as Tim Cook and Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins jointly announced Security Connector, a new enterprise security app for iOS devices at the Cisco Live conference - www.imore.com/…
• Apple original video content released on Apple Music:
  • Planet of the Apps - www.imore.com/…
  • Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (documentary on Bad Boy Records) - www.imore.com/…