WWDC Wrapup - A Show Full of SURprises!
Apple nailed the presentation at WWDC, giving watchers a whole new keynote experience, which we frankly hope to see again. There's so much going on with iOS, macOS, watchOS, and so much more. Plus, Apple played catch up in a big way as compared to its competitor Android. It brought a lot of new to the table as well. Join us as we wrap up everything at WWDC and more!
Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
Microsoft is closing down Mixer, it's game streaming platform in favor of partnering with Facebook gaming. Ouch.
Buy the TCL 10Pro Buy the TCL 10L
Best Buy and Amazon are both dropping the price of the TCL 10L and TCL 10 Pro by 15% for the next week, which means you'll have to buy it today. Sorry.
Oculus discontinues its low-end Go headset to focus on Oculus Quest
Facebook retired the Oculus Go headset in favor of its Quest cousin.
Segway will stop making its iconic self-balancing scooter
Segway will no longer make it’s eponymous Personal Transportation vehicle, which is just crazy sauce.
With YouTube Music, Google is holding my speakers for ransom
Ron Amedeo at Ars Technica is pretty pissed off at YouTube music and I don’t half blame him.
Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp
Apple’s new MacBooks with its A-chip silicon won’t support boot camp which allows you to boot Windows onto Mac.
Slack announces Slack Connect, its attempt to replace email across businesses
Slack really wants you to not send email any more, so it announced Slack Connect.
Tesla included in J.D. Power survey for the first time, and it’s bad
JD Power included Teslas in their annual car ownership survey for the first time this year and it was not awesome.
Amazon to buy self-driving technology company Zoox
Amazon will buy Autonomous vehicle maker Zoox for around $1.2 billion, and a lot of people are pointing at last mile delivery services as the obvious intent here. We're not so sure.
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Apple watchOS 7 — Details & Secrets! (WWDC 2020)
WWDC keynote format was great – I'd like this every year
Summary: The major announcements during Apple’s WWDC20 keynote
Here's everything Apple announced in the WWDC 2020 keynote today