Find My and Apple Arcade get BIG updates plus Will.i.am… HE’S BAAAACK…. (CC #487)
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🗓️ 9 April 2021
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This week: Apple preps “Find My” to locate ALL your gadgets; a big update to Apple Arcade may finally make it worth the price; Will.i.am is back a ridiculous new tech product you might actually want; and we try to figure out Falcon and Winter Soldier is actually good in an all-new Under Review!
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Apple opens Find My network to third-party gadgets
- The Find My application built into iOS and macOS finally opened up to device trackers made by other companies, not just Apple. Wednesday’s move allows iPhones, Macs and iPads to locate lost items produced by third-party accessory makers without needing to install additional software.
New Star Trek and NBA games lead major Apple Arcade expansion
- Apple made a huge push for its gaming service on Friday, launching 11 original games. These cover a range of genres, from NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition to Star Trek: Legends. And Fantasian from the creator of the Final Fantasy series also launched in Apple Arcade. Plus many, many more.
Fantasian from the creator of Final Fantasy launches on Apple Arcade
- Apple Arcade subscribers are in for a treat. Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also made the classic Final Fantasy series, also created Fantasian for Apple’s gaming service. It mixes computer-generated characters with handmade sets for a truly unique look.
Will.i.am's i is a $299 HEPA face mask with ANC earphones built in
- With face coverings becoming a necessity during the pandemic, we've seen countless variations on masks from the worlds of fashion, merchandise and tech. Enter Willi.i.am, a pop star who has tried with varying levels of success to straddle all of those industries. The Black Eyed Peas frontman has teamed up with Honeywell on a $299 tech-imbued face mask that wouldn't look out of place in a cyberpunk movie or game.
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| 0:00.0 | Aero-dynamic design, breathtaking acceleration, air-cooled turbocharged engine, standard built |
| 0:15.5 | in DVD player, and of course tinted windows, introducing the iMac special edition, heated |
| 0:27.9 | leather seats sold separately. |
| 0:30.3 | Hello and welcome to Kolkatsumi Best 30 plus of an up conversation you're going to |
| 0:37.4 | hear all week long, I'm your host, Airven Elijah. |
| 0:41.2 | Joining me today, he spends his days building the Kolkatsumi Empire and his evenings in |
| 0:46.0 | the San Francisco County jail as per the conditions of his parole. |
| 0:49.2 | He's the founder of Kolkatsumi, land of candy is here. |
| 0:54.4 | Also with some call him ruthless, but certainly not to his face and not very loud, because |
| 0:59.1 | if he hears you, you're going to wake up in the ER several days later. |
| 1:03.0 | He's the managing editor of Kolkatsumiak, a real nice guy, whoo, as well as this here. |
| 1:10.3 | Oh my, it's great, just great, I still have a bad one. |
| 1:14.4 | That's okay. |
| 1:15.4 | Man that face that you just gave is, that was frightening, it was like the face that people |
| 1:20.0 | see right before you reach out and grab their throat. |
| 1:23.7 | People are scared, I'm sure, it's, well, we know better than the cross you lose. |
| 1:30.0 | All right, guys, enough joking, let's dive into, did I forget to set up browser mode? |
| 1:36.6 | Every show. |
| 1:37.8 | Let's go ahead and cover what we got, that doesn't matter. |
| 1:40.3 | I'm not going into browser mode, it doesn't matter, because we're going to be extremely |
| 1:43.4 | descriptive here. |
| 1:44.7 | As somebody reminded me recently, they said you realize that a lot of us are listening |
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