Mac OS Ken

- Vague Talk of Vague Assurances Around Planned WeChat Ban - Apple's Epic Battle: A Sort of Timeline - Epic CEO Sweeney Calls a 2AM Audible - Court to Hear Epic "Emergency" Request Today - Microsoft Argues In Epic's Favor Ahead of Today's Hearing - Apple Blocks Updates for WordPress for iOS Due to IAP Confusion - Apple and WordPress for iOS Clear Up IAP Confusion - Apple Takes Prepear Logo Fight t...

- Apple Closes with a Market Cap Above $2T - Apple Test May Reveal 10 September Event - New Judge May Be Bad News for Epic Games - Epic Holding #FreeFortnite Cup on 23 August - Fortnite-Filled iPhones Hit eBay - News Orgs Argue Against App Store's 30% Cut - Apple Releases Second Public Beta of watchOS 7 - Apple Releases Second Public Beta of macOS Big Sur - Lightroom for iOS Bug Update Permanently...

- Apple Market Cap (Briefly) Crosses $2 Trillion - Apple Shares Set New Intraday and Closing Highs - Wedbush Analyst Sees Apple at $3T by 2023 - Apple Pledges Support for CA Wildfire Relief - Report: Apple Card Deferred Payments Limited to Six-Times in 2020 - More International Banks Add Apple Pay Support - Apple Maps Adds Turn-by-Turn Navigation in UAE - Report: Apple to Make iPhone 12 in India b...

- Apple Rebrands Beats 1 as Apple Music 1, Adds Country and Hits Stations - iMore Thinks (Again) That Apple May Retire Beats Branding - Apple Closes Sets New Closing High - UBS Finally Flips the Switch on Apple Pay - TMO: How to Add Showtime to an Existing CBS All Access Subscription - Pennsylvania Using Apple/Google API in Upcoming Contact Tracing App - TestFlight: The Cool, Secret App Store Unde...

- Epic Sues to Get "Fortnite" Back in the App Store - CNET: Epic Says Apple Attacking Its Entire Business - VentureBeat: Epic's Dire Picture of Developer License Loss Results - CNBC: Mixed Messages on Epic Ban Effect - Is Epic Telling the Truth? A Mac OS Ken Listener Says, "Maybe." - Report: Epic Building Anti-Apple "Coalition" - What Happens When You Break Epic's Rules: The Faze Jarvis Story - Ap...

- Report: Wistron Hiring 10k for iPhone Factory in India - Apple Taps Brakes on Vietnam Expansion While Luxshare Work on Living Arrangements - Trump on WeChat/iPhone Sales Concerns: "Whatever." - Facebook "Calling Out" Apple on 30% IAP Commission - iOS 14 Redirects News Links to News+ for Subscribers - Ad Age: A Couple of Publishers Not Cool with iOS 14 Redirects - Brazilian Supreme Court to Decid...

- Apple/Google API Employed in Small But Growing Number of States - Epic Games Flagrantly Circumvents App Store Rules in Fortnite - Apple Boots Fortnite from App Store - Epic Files Suit Against Apple - Google Boots Fortnite from Play Store - Epic Files Suit Against Google - Spotify Sides with Epic in App Store Battle Royale - Apple and Other Big Companies Argue Against Total WeChat Ban - Survey: 9...

- Evercore Ups Apple Target to $460 Ahead of iPhone Launch - Canalys: US iPhone Sales Grew 11% in Q2 While Segment Shrank 10% - Take 1 - Foxconn Beats June-Quarter Expectations - Foxconn Moving More Manufacturing Out of China - Apple Updates iOS and iPadOS to v13.6.1 - Apple Releases Bug Fixing Supplemental Catalina Update - US Apple Store Online Adds Apple Card as One-Touch Payment Option - Apple...

- Apple Recloses Montreal Flagship Store in "Abundance of Caution" - South Korea Green Lights Apple Watch ECG - Apple Ordered to Pay Apparent Patent Troll $506M - Apple Opposes App Developer's Simplified, Fruit Shaped Logo - Apple Updates Developer App with Minor Improvements - Microsoft Miffed at App Store Gaming Rules - Facebook Releases Unplayable Gaming App for iOS - EU "Aware" of App Store Ga...

- Apple Actually Finally Releases Public Beta for watchOS 7 - iMore: There's No Turning Back from watchOS 7 Public Beta - Ming-Chi Kuo: WeChat Ban Could Tank iPhone Sales 30% - Apple Joins Amicus Brief Against H-1B Visa Suspensions - Russia Cites Apple for Anticompetitive App Store Behavior - Report: Apple Retail Asks to Have UK Rents Cut-in-Half - Apple No. 12 in Fortune Global 500 - MTA Wants Ap...

- Cook Says US Apple Office Staff Not Coming Back This Year - Google Says 20 States Eying Apple/Google Contact Tracing API - Virginia COVIDWISE App Uses Apple/Google API - Apple Card Extends COVID Relief Program Through August - Phil Schiller Named Apple Fellow, While Joz Gets SVP Job - Cult of Mac Looks at a the List of Apple Fellows - Apple Sets Five-Record Closing Highs in as Many Sessions - Wa...

Mac OS Ken is off this week, though there's a full week of "In a Few Minutes" on the way, plus a great episode of The Checklist by SecureMac about moving the Mac to Apple Silicon. So much to check out! I hope you will.

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- Welcome to Blunderdome - Rep. Thompson Had a Wide Range of Questions for Apple's CEO - Tim Cook Hasn't Heard About Absher (Again) - You Can Still Watch the House Hearing on YouTube - VentureBeat: Apple Got Half as Many Questions as Others at House Hearing - Arizona Leads Multi-State Probe Into Throttlegate - Telegram Files Antitrust Complaint with EC Against Apple - Italy's Apple/Amazon Antitrus...

- Apple CEO to Testify Before U.S. House Today - Second Apple Store in Thailand Opens Friday 31 July - As of Today, All UK Apple Stores Are Reopened - Apple Ends Apple Field Trip Program - Apple Offers Resources to Address Racial Equity with Kids - Bloomberg's Sullen Apple Story - "The Morning Show's" Duplass Says Season Two in Rewrites - Apple TV+ Picks Up 18 Primetime Emmy Nominations - "The Man...

- Cowen's Sankar is Into Apple Services - J.P. Morgan Ups Apple Target to $425 - Wedbush Anticipates a Good Week for the FAANGs - Apple Q3 FY20 Earnings Set for Thursday 30 July - Counterpoint: iPhone Q2 Sales in China Up 32% YoY - Kosovo Asks Apple Maps to Recognize Its Borders - Apple Giving Employees Paid Time Off to Vote - Report: Taylor Swift's New Record Breaks Records on Spotify and Apple M...

- U.S. House Delays Hearing with Tech CEOs - WaPo Looks at Rules for Third-Parties and Apple's "Find My" Feature - Epic Games CEO Blasts Apple and Google for Their Control of App Stores - Sacconaghi Stays Tepid on Apple - Kvaal Stay Bearing as Rakers Stays Bullish - Apple Maps Offers COVID-19 Best Practices to Travelers - Michael Steeber: Four More U.S. Apple Stores Reclose - Apple Proceeds from J...

- Goldman Sachs "Ups" Apple Target to $299 - CNBC: Tech Led Markets Down Thursday - Market Insider: Markets Rocked Thursday by Unemployment Numbers - Despite Strong Quarter, Intel Shares Drop on Processor Delay - Report: Foxconn Producing iPhone 11 in India - Apple Releases Second Public Betas of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 - Apple Releases Public Beta 2 of tvOS 14 - Monday's Tech Testimony on Capitol Hi...

- Morgan Stanley Issues Bullish Note on Apple - Analysis Group Says Apple Developer Terms on Par with Others - Italy Eyes Apple and Amazon for Possible Antitrust Violations - Apple Finds "No Evidence" of Forced Labor at O-Film - Apple Makes Special iPhone Available to Security Researchers - Apple's Second Store for Thailand Opening Soon - Raycon - Makers of true wireless earbuds. Get 15% off your...

- Apple Store in Bakersfield, CA Recloses Due to Pandemic - iPad Pros Sold Out with Other iPads in Short Supply - Supplier in Apple's Supply Chain Accused of Human Rights Violations - Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Card Scams - MLB Expands iPad Dugout Program for Short 2020 Season - Grace Kaufman Lands Lead in Apple TV+ Film "The Sky Is Everywhere" - Apple Running Virtual Art Sessions for Kids in Chi...

- Counterpoint Sees iPhone SE as Bright Spot in Weak iPhone Quarter - CIRP Measures an Oddly Shaped Quarter - Another Closing High for Apple Shares - South Korea's Combined Market Cap Not as Big as Apple's - Microsoft Exec Chats with Congress Ahead of Tim Cook's Appearance - Verzuz - Musical "Face Offs" Hit Apple Music This Week - Apple Restarting "Close Your Rings" Employee Challenge - Raycon - M...

- Apple Awarded Two 5G-Related Patents - Report: Apple Card Showing Up for Users on Experian - Australia, Canada, and Japan Getting AppleCare+ Monthly Option - Report: Luxshare Buys Chinese iPhone Plants from Wistron - Report: Pegatron Grows in India as India Targets Smartphone Exports - EC Probing Voice Assistants and IoT Things - Apple Ups Trade-In Value of Some Androids in Quiet iPhone Deal - A...

- Canaccord Genuity Ups Apple Target to $444 - Apple Sanlitun Flagship Opens for Business - AG Barr Blasts US Tech Cos for Dealings with China - Apple Adds Ten Regional Coding Centers Through HBCU Partnerships - Apple Previews New Emojis on World Emoji Day - Apple Signs Straight-to-Series Order for Mark Boal's "Echo 3" - Justin Timberlake to Star in film "Palmer" for Apple TV+ - Mac OS Ken Listene...

- Apple Recloses Eight More Stores - Apple Shares Hit New Closing High - BofA and Needham Raise Their Apple Targets - EU Court Sides with Apple and Ireland in EC Tax Case - Apple Updates All of the Things - iOS 13.6 Unlocks FaceTime for UAE - macOS Catalina Update Brings News Changes to Major Metros - Apple News+ Adds Audio and More Regional Papers - Verizon Offers Six-Months Free Apple News+ with...

- Ruling Expected Today on Apple/Ireland Tax Appeal - EU Strengthens Protections for App Developers - Developers of Hong Kong's PopVote Accuse Apple of Censorship - House Committee Calls for Warnings on Non-U.S. Apps - China Says June Phone Shipments Slipped 16% - Apple Shares Hit New Closing High - LA Metro Confirms Apple Pay/TAP Card Support in 2020 - Apple Outs Trailer for "Ted Lasso" - Report:...