Aug 7th 2018
MacBreak Weekly 622
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Apple Founds the Four Comma Club
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- Another great quarterly earnings report kicks Apple's market cap past the one trillion dollar mark.
- Apple Pay rated best for peer-to-peer payments.
- Safari is the #1 mobile browser in U.S.
- iOS 12 Beta shows icons for larger iPhone X Plus and home button-free iPad.
- Apple chipmaker TSMC hit by WannaCry.
- Android Fortnite to skip Google Play store.
- Alex Jones out of Apple podcasts, still in App Store.
- Apple Watch jailbroken.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Illustrator to Keynote conversion tool
- Rene's pick: Teleprompter+ 3
- Andy's Pick: Fantastic Four relaunch by Dan Slott
- Leo's Pick: The Pudding
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Links
- Diving into the details of Apple's (boring?) record quarter - Six Colors
- Apple’s Value Hit $1 Trillion. Add Disney to Bank of America and ... You’re Halfway There - The New York Times
- Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Apple now worth almost $50 billion
- Apple says apps and in-app purchases for macOS and iOS will be removed from its affiliate program on October 1
- Apple Pay Now Available at Nearly 16,000 Cardless Chase ATMs
- Consumer Reports crowns Apple Pay Cash best P2P payments service
- Why Apple Pay Is the Highest-Rated Mobile P2P Payment Service
- Safari leads U.S. mobile web traffic, but Facebook is gaining on Chrome
- Larger iPhone X Plus seemingly confirmed by leak in iOS 12 beta
- Icon found in iOS 12 shows iPad with thin bezels, no Home button or notch
- Apple's 2018 iPhones might not include the headphone adapter - CNET
- Apple Supplier TSMC Recovering From 'Debilitating' Computer Virus [Updated]
- Apple once more accepting Red Cross donations, this time for California wild fires
- Tim Sweeney: Epic's CEO on Fortnite on Android, skipping Google Play, and the open Metaverse - view all | GamesBeat
- Apple removes Infowars from its podcast directory, but app is still available - Business Insider
- Tim Cook, Eddy Cue made conscious decision to drop Alex Jones podcasts but leave app alone
- Bawal na! French lawmakers ban smartphones in schools | ABS-CBN News
- Microsoft Backtracks, Classic Skype Lives to See Another Day - Thurrott.com
- macOS Mojave Windows Migration utility can transfer third-party app accounts, contacts, more
- PSA: First jailbreak for Apple Watch released, but it doesn’t mean much for users yet
- Apple Music launches new weekly ‘Friends Mix’ in For You
- Illustrator to Keynote
- The Pudding
- Teleprompter+ 3
- Fantastic Four relaunch by Dan Slott