Tue. 04/20 – The Apple “Spring Loaded” Media Event

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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All of the headlines from Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event. All of the announcements Mark Zuckerberg made in that Discord room yesterday. Binance hires a former regulator to be its new CEO. And Fitbit wants to sell you a fashion forward Fitness Tracker. Sponsors: ManlyBands.com/techmeme Kracken.com/techmeme Classified: RobBettis.com Links: Apple updates 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M1, 8-core GPU, Thunderbolt, up to 2TB storage, 5G, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and a miniLED screen on the 12.9" model (Techmeme) Apple introduces Podcasts Subscriptions to pay creators for content in redesigned app (9to5Mac) Facebook unveils suite of new audio products (Axios) Clubhouse’s Monthly Downloads Plunged 72% Last Month (The Wrap) Cryptocurrency Giant Binance.US Hires Former Top Bank Regulator (WSJ) Fitbit’s Luxe is a fashion-focused fitness band that costs $149.95 (The Verge) (Order your own classified at: https://www.ridehome.info/p/classifieds/) 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 Tuesday, April 20th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	All the headlines from Apple's Spring Loaded event.
0:12.0	All of the announcements Mark Zuckerberg made in that discord. from Apple's Spring Loaded event.
0:12.6	All of the announcements Mark Zuckerberg made
0:14.4	in that discord room yesterday.
0:16.5	Binance hires a former regulator
0:18.5	to be its new CEO, and Fitbit wants
0:20.7	to sell you a fashion forward fitness tracker.
0:23.5	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:28.6	All right, let's do this.
0:29.9	Tim Cook kicked things off this afternoon talking about the Apple credit card of all things.
0:36.2	Apparently spouses and partners can now merge their credit lines and there's a new Apple
0:41.0	Card family program where you can give anyone over the age of 13 access to
0:44.6	card spending power with spending limits built in.
0:48.8	There is now a completely redesigned Apple Podcast app with new channels, new artwork, and a new Apple
0:55.9	podcast subscription service. I'm sure we'll talk about this on the Twitter space later tonight,
1:00.4	but a quick TLDR, Apple will now let podcasters spin up their own subscription
1:04.9	products, quoting 9 to 5 Mac.
1:07.9	The Apple podcasters program, which includes all the tools needed to offer premium subscriptions
1:12.1	on Apple Podcast Podcast is available to
1:14.0	creators in over 170 countries and regions for $19.99 per year. Creators can
1:19.0	enroll in the Apple Podcast program today through Apple Podcast Connect, end quote. But guess what? On top of that per year
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