Charlotte Henry and her guests bring focus — and a little something extra — to discussions about digital media in today’s world. In the latest episode, she and John Martellaro discuss upcoming Apple TV+ shows and Oprah Winfrey’s interview with President Barack Obama.
Microsoft Teams Calling Adds CarPlay Support
Microsoft has added CarPlay support to its Teams Calling feature, giving users one more way to quickly connect with people.
Apple Picks up Bilingual Comedy Series ‘Acapulco’
Apple announced a series order for “Acapulco” on Tuesday, a Spanish and English language comedy series from Austin Winsberg and Eduardo Cisneros.
Amazon's New Mini Cloud – TMO Daily Observations 2020-12-01
Bryan Chaffin and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Amazon’s announcement of cloud computing available on Mac minis.
Amazon Web Services Launch Mac EC2 Instances
Amazon Web Services announced on Monday the launch of Mac EC2 instances so developers can run macOS environments in the cloud.
This Shortcut Lets You Download Podcasts
The Podcasts app lets you save podcast episodes to listen later or to archive them, but they remain within the app. What if you want to download podcasts and save them elsewhere, like the Files app? This shortcut lets you do that. I’ve only used it once so far but it worked like a charm. It’s a nice way to archive episodes that you find particularly interesting.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star in Apple TV+ Thriller 'Surface'
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who stood out in ‘The Morning Show’, is heading back to Apple TV+ in ‘Surface’, produced by Reese Witherspoon’s firm.
Apple Expands PRODUCT(RED) Contributions to Tackle HIV/AIDS And COVID-19
Apple has announced that it is expanding its partnership with (RED) to help provide treatment and services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apple Donates PPE to Help Zambia Fight COVID-19 and HIV
Apple has been supplying PPE to the Ministry of Health in Zambia to help medics working there deal with COVID-19 and HIV.
Why Are All The Companies Copying Snapchat?
As Arielle Pardes points out, you’d think some of the tech companies were merging with the amount of features they’re copying from one another. This market is so free you guys.
Does your head hurt? Mine does, as do my thumbs, which now have three times as many platforms to scroll for short-form and ephemeral videos. I am overwhelmed with content and underwhelmed by features—at least until the next big thing comes along, and everyone lunges to copy that.
I have definitely noticed this when it comes to Facebook, if only because I don’t like Facebook. They’ve copied all they could from Snapchat. In my opinion, Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be as ubiquitous as WeChat is in China. All interactions, all commerce must flow through Facebook because Mark Zuckerberg can’t conceive of a different business model. Or, he can conceive but he doesn’t care. Why should he? We reward him by using his services.