Apple announced the dates for its Worldwide Developers Conference. Can Fitbit compete with the Apple Watch? At SXSW, Apple’s Eddy Cue announced that the company acquired Texture. We also feature your comments and questions for Leif Johnson, Michael Simon, Roman Loyola, and Dan Masaoka in the Macworld Podcast, episode 596.
Get info
Here are relevant links to get more info on the stuff we will discuss on the show.
- WWDC 2018 will be held from June 4-8 in San Jose
- Apple’s event calendar: When is the next Apple event?
- The Seven-Year Itch: How Apple’s Marriage to Siri Turned Sour (The Information, subscription required)
- How the new Versa and Ace will help Fitbit fight Apple Watch and ‘win the family’
- Apple to acquire digital magazine subscription service Texture
- Apple’s Eddy Cue talks content, Texture, free speech, and the future in SXSW appearance (AppleInsider)
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Before the show, we asked (via Twitter) what music service do you use. Here are the results.
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Author: Roman Loyola, Senior Editor
Roman has covered technology since the early 1990s. His career started at MacUser, and he's worked for MacAddict, Mac|Life, and TechTV.