Thu, 31 December 2020
Thoughts on Gene Munster's thoughts on Apple and the other FAANGs. Plus, a call to action and a word of appreciation. Thanks for stopping by, 2020. Leave now. - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Wed, 30 December 2020
- Flurry: Top-Nine US Phone Activations on Christmas Were iPhones - Apple’s App Store Takes Over Two-Thirds of Christmas Day App Spend - Bloomberg: Lots of Mobile Downloads for HBO Max and Disney+ Over Christmas - Amazon, Apple, and Tesla Supplier Accused of Using Forced Uighur Labor - Corellium Prevails Against Apple Copyright Claim - Apple Quietly Launching Launch@Apple College Mentorship Program - Apple Japan Running Two-Day New Year Shopping Event - Today at Apple Sessions Restarting in Australia, Japan, and Singapore - Apple Sets “Ring in the New Year” Activity Challenge - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/month - plus an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/macosken or use coupon MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Tue, 29 December 2020
- Apple Hits iCloud Activation Issues on Christmas and Boxing Day - ATT Notifications Showing Up in Beta for iOS 14.4 (and Earlier?) - Apple Hearing Study Accidentally Collects Extra 30-Days of Data - Report: Apple Pulled 94,000 Games from China’s App Store in 2020 - Apple Sends Out Developer Small Business Program Acceptance Notifications - Ming-Chi Kuo Sees Apple Car in 2025 at Earliest - After Mocking Apple, Xiaomi Not Including Chargers with Mi 11 - Apple Saving BLM Street Art Outside Oregon Store for Donation - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/month - plus an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/macosken or use coupon MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Wed, 23 December 2020
- Cowen & Co: iPhone Shipments to Grow 38% in Q1 2021 - iPhones Going Out to Apple Security Research Device Program Participants - Evercore Analyst Doesn’t See an Apple Car Coming - Tesla CEO Puts Himself in the Apple Car Story - Apple Stores Actively Promoting Fitness+ - Apple Pay Support Added to Japan’s LINE Pay - Cult of Mac Contemplates Apple Buying MGM Studios - Producer: “Ted Lasso” is a Three Season Show - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/month - plus an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/macosken or use coupon MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Tue, 22 December 2020
- Reuters: Apple Looking to Roll Out a Car in 2024 - Morgan Stanley: Yeah, yeah. We Assumed an Apple Car - Counterpoint Research: iPhone 12/12 Pro Top 5G Smartphones in October - Goldman Sachs: Good 2020 for Mac Sets Up Tough Compare in 2021 - Report: Saudi Arabia and UAE Used NSO Group Software to Spy on Journalists’ iPhones - Troubleshooting “Pairing Cancelled” in Fitness+ - Epic and Samsung Send “Free Fortnite” Kit to Influencers - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/month - plus an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/macosken or use coupon MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Mon, 21 December 2020
- California Apple Stores Closed Through the Holidays - Apple Puts Wistron on Probation as Indian Investigation Continues - Indian Government Finds Fault with Wistron Around Riots - Wistron Apologizes to Employees in India and Fires the Person in Charge - Facebook Keeps Hitting Apple Over ATT - EFF Calls Facebook ATT Arguments “Laughable” - Apple Manual Covers Device & Data Access When Personal Safety is At Risk - COVID Test That Stopped “The Morning Show” Deemed False Positive - President Obama Puts “Boys State” on 2020 Top-10 Movies List - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/month - plus an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/macosken or use coupon MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Fri, 18 December 2020
- Morgan Staley “Increasingly Bullish” on iPhone in China - Wedbush Bull Case Puts iPhone Sales at 250 Million Units in FY21 - Indian Trade Union: Local Government Going Soft on Wistron Post-Riot - Apple Must: iOS 14 Adoption Numbers are “Amazing” - Public Beta Testers Get First macOS Big Sur 11.2 Beta - Public Beta Testers Get First iOS/iPadOS 14.4 Betas - Apple Nixes Standalone Updaters in Big Sur - Four More U.S. Cities Added to Look Around in Apple Maps - Cook and Federighi to Testify in Fortnite Fight - Facebook Sides with Epic in Case Against Apple - Variety: “Mythic Quest” a Tale of Two Sets - Olivia Cooke and Johnathan Price Join Apple TV+ Series “Slow Horses” - Samuel L. Jackson to Lead Limited Apple TV+ Series - Third Season Ordered for “Servant” Ahead of Second Season Premier - “The Snoopy Show” Starts 5 February 2021 - Apple Outs Trailer for Billie Eilish Doc - Justin Timberlake’s Palmer To Hit End of January - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - MacPaw - makers of Clean My Mac X. Learn more about CleanMyMac X and download it for free at macpaw.app/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Thu, 17 December 2020
- Wednesday: Facebook Runs Attack Ads Against Apple - Apple Responds to Wednesday’s Attack Ad by Facebook - Thursday: Facebook Runs Attack Ads Against Apple - Mozilla Sides with Apple on ATT - Newspaper Publishing Group Joins Coalition for App Fairness - Epic Wants Cue and Federighi Under Oath - JP Morgan Apple Note Seems Both Somber and Upbeat - Apple Outs First Developer Betas of iOS/iPadOS 14.4 - Apple Outs First Developer Beta of tvOS 14.4 - Apple Outs First Developer Beta of watchOS 7.3 - Some AirPods Max Stopped Over Hazmat Irregularities - AirPods Max Neither Water Proof nor Water Resistant - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - MacPaw - makers of Clean My Mac X. Learn more about CleanMyMac X and download it for free at macpaw.app/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Wed, 16 December 2020
- Nikkei Says Apple Upping iPhone Orders ~30% in First Half of 2021 - Nikkei Report Supports Wedbush Assertion Says Wedbush - DigiTimes: Wistron Downplays Damage Caused by Riot in India - India Cellular and Electronics Association Apologizes to Wistron for Riot - EU Proposes Big Changes for Big Tech - Facebook Hopes EU Rules Will Curb Apple - iPad and iPhone Apps Get Bigger with Big Sur Update - Apple Video Creation Apps Change Steps for Sharing - HomePod/HomePod Mini Software Updates to v14.3 - Siri Can Play Noises at You! - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - MacPaw - makers of Clean My Mac X. Learn more about CleanMyMac X and download it for free at macpaw.app/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Tue, 15 December 2020
- Evercore Analyst Sees iPhone 12 Smoking the Competition in China - Goldman’s Apple Analyst is Definitely a “Glass Half Empty” Guy - UBS Analyst: Demand for iPhone 12 Pro High in China, Softening in States - Apple Investigating Riot at India iPhone Factory - AirPods Max In the Wild Today - Apple Updates OSes for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV - watchOS 7.2 Adds Low Cardio Fitness Notification Option - Updates Help Older Apple Machines Fight the Spread of COVID-19 - Fitness+ Workouts Work on iPhone/iPad - No Apple Watch Required - No AirPlay for Apple Fitness+ - Fitness App Not Making It Onto Some iPads - Some Apple Watch Buyers Not Seeing Free Three Months for Fitness+ - Apple’s App Store Privacy “Nutrition Labels” Go Live - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - MacPaw - makers of Clean My Mac X. Learn more about CleanMyMac X and download it for free at macpaw.app/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Mon, 14 December 2020
- JP Morgan Weighs Wait Times for iPhone 12 Line - TF International Sees Continued Strength for iPhone Demand - Reports of Riots in India’s iPhone Supply Chain - Cydia Accuses Apple of Maintaining Illegal iOS App Monopoly - Apple and Google Kicking X-Mode Location Trackers from App Stores - Amtrak Turns on Apple Pay for App and Website - Apple Maps Officially Updated for Canada - Apple Pay Headed to Mexico “in 2021” - Apple Discontinuing Music Memos App - COVID-19 Stops “Mythic Quest” Production - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for “Dickinson” Season-Two - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - MacPaw - makers of Clean My Mac X. Learn more about CleanMyMac X and download it for free at macpaw.app/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Fri, 11 December 2020
- Morgan Stanley Sees “Record Holiday Quarter” for Apple - Wedbush Ups Apple Target to $160 - Apple Confirms Internal Work on Cellular Modems - Apple Releases Public and Developer Betas for iOS/iPadOS 14.3 - Apple Releases Public and Developer Betas for macOS 11.1 - Apple Music Getting Animated Album Covers with Upcoming Updates - Apple TV+ Lands Julia Roberts for Limited Series - Apple Drops Trailer for Season Two of “Servant” - Animated Feature ‘Wolfwalkers’ Now on Apple TV+ - Cook: Most Corporate Workers Out of Office Until Mid-2021 - Cook to Address U.N. Climate Ambition Summit - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Get a FREE security camera, plus a 60-day risk-free trial with any new system order at SimpliSafe.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Thu, 10 December 2020
- Goldman Sachs Sticks with “Sell” and $75 on Apple - CounterPoint: Apple Watch Saw Serious Growth in Q32020 - Apple Includes New ECG Algorithm in Upcoming OS Updates - ECG Goes Live for Apple Watch in Taiwan Next Tuesday - Apple Watch Cellular Land in Portugal - Federighi Makes ATT Case to European Regulators - WhatsApp: WhatsUp with App Store Privacy Labels? - Apple Says Its Apps Will Have Privacy “Nutrition Labels,” Too - Cook Blasts Silicon Valley Giants for “Lack of Responsibility” - Law May Require 30% of Apple TV+ in EU to Be “European Work” - Apple Gives Series Order to “Extrapolations” - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Get a FREE security camera, plus a 60-day risk-free trial with any new system order at SimpliSafe.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Wed, 9 December 2020
- Apple Announces $549 AirPods Max - AirPods Max Deliveries Slip Quickly into 2021 - Apple Launches “Journey Into Sound” Promo Video for AirPods Max - Out of Warranty Battery Replacement $79 on AirPods Max - Fitness+ Launches Monday 14 December - Apple Seeds Non-Mac OS Release Candidates to Developers - Bell Mobility First to Launch Apple Watch Family Setup in Canada - Apple Seeks to Have Epic Games Case in Australia Dismissed - Report: Apple AI Lead John Giannandrea Now Leading Apple Car Project - Rumor Has Carol Burnett Bio-Pic Headed to Apple TV+ - Apple Gives “For All Mankind” Early Season Three Renewal - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Get a FREE security camera, plus a 60-day risk-free trial with any new system order at SimpliSafe.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Tue, 8 December 2020
- What Today May or May Not Bring - Apple/Google Powered Contact Tracing App Going Live in CA Thursday - JP Morgan: Wait for iPhone 12 Keeps Getting Longer - UBS: Wait for iPhone 12 Pro Max Getting (Unpleasantly?) Shorter - Bloomberg: Mac’s Intel to Apple Silicon Transition Going Swimmingly - HomePod Software Updated to v14.2.1 - Apple Music Rolls Out to Google Smart Speakers in Some Regions - Samsung Not Including Power Adapters with Future Phones - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Get a FREE security camera, plus a 60-day risk-free trial with any new system order at SimpliSafe.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Mon, 7 December 2020
- Morgan Stanley: COVID and iPhone 12 Drive Up Apple Services - EU May Change How Apple Can Promote Its Services on Its Platforms - Dutch Competition Authorities Eye Apple Pay - Apple Launches Repair Program for Faulty iPhone 11 Displays - Apple TV+ Promo Highlights First Year of Apple Originals - Exec: Work Underway on “Tehran” Season 2 (Which Apple Has Not Ordered) - Apple Announces World Surf League Docuseries - A Charlie Brown/Mariah Carey Christmas Hits Apple TV+ - Get 10% off of your first purchase of a website or domain with coupon code macosken at Squarespace.com/macosken - Get a FREE security camera, plus a 60-day risk-free trial with any new system order at SimpliSafe.com/MacOSKen - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Fri, 4 December 2020
- Report Suggests Something New from Apple Next Tuesday - FTC Warns of Scammy Apple and Amazon Robocalls - Reports of 5G and LTE Signal Loss for iPhone 12 - Enrollment Open for App Store Small Business Program - Apple Turns on Option for Family Sharing for Subscriptions - Evercore Sees Stronger Than Expected Services Growth for Apple - Apple Updates Accessibility Features Page - Apple TV+ Gives Green Light to Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Docuseries - “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” Hits Apple TV+ - Mint Mobile: Buy any 3-month plan and get 3 more months FREE by going to MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - NordVPN - Sign up for a two-year plan and get four more months free with offer code macosken at nordvpn.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Thu, 3 December 2020
- Apple Stores Reopen in England, Restarting iPhone Upgrade Program - IDC: Apple Wearables Growth Beats Wider Wearables Market - Apple Pay Support Likely Imminent for Mexico - Sao Paulo Requires Power Bricks Included with New iPhones - Listener Feedback: iPhone Water Resistance Claims Don’t Hold (Out) Water - Julianna Margulies Joins Season Two of “The Morning Show” - Apple Podcasts’ Steve Wilson Takes Position at Qcode - Mint Mobile: Buy any 3-month plan and get 3 more months FREE by going to MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - NordVPN - Sign up for a two-year plan and get four more months free with offer code macosken at nordvpn.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Wed, 2 December 2020
- Apple Lists “Order By” Dates for Delivery by Christmas - Apple’s MagSafe Duo Charger Up for Sale - Let It Snow in the Apple Store App - CNET (Unscientifically) Tests iPhone 12 Water Resistance - Report: M1 Mac mini Makes Apple Japan’s Top Desktop Maker - Apple Sued in Europe Over Years Old iPhone Throttling Issue - Apple Announces Half-Hour Bilingual Comedy Series “Acapulco” - Siri Architect Brian Pinkerton Leaves Apple for Roku - FaceTime HD Enabled for iPhone 8 and Later - First 5K iMacs Declared “Vintage” by Apple - Mint Mobile: Buy any 3-month plan and get 3 more months FREE by going to MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - NordVPN - Sign up for a two-year plan and get four more months free with offer code macosken at nordvpn.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |
Tue, 1 December 2020
- Nearly Half of US Apple Stores Have Gone “Express” - How Hard is a HomePod mini to Get? - A Slightly Bungled “Apple One” Premier - UK Committee Calls Out Apple for “Tsunami” of Electronic Waste - France Moves to Tax International Tech Locally - Report: Apple Unsure About France’s “Tech for Good Call” - Italy Fines Apple $12M for Claims It Says Don’t Hold Water - Apple Hires Former VC to Work on App Store Discovery - Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star in “Surface” for Apple TV+ - Another Working Apple-1 Going Up for Auction - Mint Mobile: Buy any 3-month plan and get 3 more months FREE by going to MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - NordVPN - Sign up for a two-year plan and get four more months free with offer code macosken at nordvpn.com/macosken - Do you have a Few Minutes for “In a Few Minutes?” Available where you get podcasts! - Ken's going live on YouTube! Subscribe to his channel: YouTube.com/kenray - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080! |