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    #89: The Second-Best of Times

    January 31st, 2019 · 39 minutes

    Apple copes with declining iPhone sales and a bad FaceTime bug, then ends up coming down hard on Facebook for its misuse of a tool designed to read user data. Also, there's an imaginary bear in the woods... or is there?

    Guest Starring: Jacqui Cheng

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    Links and Show Notes

    Apple's dramatic Q1 2019 results - Six Colors
    This is Tim: Transcript of Apple's January 29 call with analysts - Six Colors
    Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling ... before they pick up - 9to5Mac
    Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Apple killed FaceTime conferencing server side it seems. Right move.… "
    Volkswagen electrifies the dune buggy - Engadget
    Volkswagen reportedly has $23,000 Tesla competitor in the works - Engadget
    Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch
    Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge
    Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door | TechCrunch
    The Apple-Facebook feud is now a shooting war | Revue
    Three-year-old boy missing in woods for two days says friendly bear kept him safe | US news | The Guardian
    This woman ran 19 miles of a marathon carrying a lost puppy
    Jacqui Cheng (@ejacqui) | Twitter