Mon. 03/16 - What REALLY Happened W/That Google Coronavirus Project?

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🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Apple fined by France, the FCC nets a bundle at auction, new Beats earbuds, all the specs for the new Xbox Series X, and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump’s announcement regarding Coronavirus work. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com TryExpressVPN.com/ride Links: Apple fined a record $1.2 billion by French antitrust authorities (CNBC) FCC’s largest spectrum auction nets $4.47 billion for 5G mmWave bands (VentureBeat) Beats announces $149 Powerbeats with 15 hours of battery life (The Verge) Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs (Eurogamer) Microsoft hits its goal of 1 billion devices running Windows 10 (The Verge) Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus (NYTimes) Trump’s Google testing announcement mixed up several real projects (The Verge) Silicon Valley Was First to Send Workers Home. It’s Been Messy. (WSJ) Coronavirus Impact: Netflix Shuts Down Film, TV Work in U.S. and Canada as Production Nears Standstill (The Hollywood Reporter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Monday, March 16, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.1	Apple is fined by France. The FCC nets a bundle at auction, new beats earbuds, all the specs for the new
0:16.6	Xbox Series X and how Google got caught by surprise by President Trump's announcement
0:21.2	regarding coronavirus work. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:26.0	Apple has been fined around 1.23 billion dollars by French authorities for
0:38.0	anti-competitive behavior within its distribution networks. Apple says it will appeal.
0:44.0	Quoting CMBC, the French competition authority said the iPhone maker was guilty of creating
0:49.4	cartels within its distribution network and abusing the economic dependence of its
0:54.3	outside resellers. Two of Apple's wholesalers were also fined for agreeing on
0:59.3	prices. Tech Data and Ingram Micro received fines of 76.1 million euros and 62.9 million euros respectively.
1:08.0	Both companies were not immediately available for comment when contacted by CMBC.
1:12.0	The French Authority said this penalty
1:14.3	totaling 1.24 billion euros was the largest ever handed down in one case."
1:19.8	End quote. The FCC says it has netted 4.47 billion dollars for its 5G millimeter
1:32.3	wave spectrum auction and 2.7 billion dollars for the
1:36.1	24 gigahertz and 28 gigahertz bands quoting venturebeat.
1:40.3	Touted as the largest auction of spectrum by quantity in US history, auction 103 effectively
1:46.2	adds three additional millimeter wave bands to previously auctioned 24 gigahertz and 28 gigahertz frequencies giving carriers the ability to offer exceptionally
1:55.3	high bandwidth wireless services on a national basis.
1:59.2	The 24 gigahertz and 28 gigahertz auctions raised $2.7 billion dollars led by top bidders AT&T
2:05.6	T Mobile and Verizon with large cable companies and smaller regional carriers
2:09.6	participating to lesser extents. Verizon led the latest bids winning 4,940 licenses followed by AT&T, 3,267 licenses,
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