MBW 557: We're All Sheeple Now




MacBreak Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>At their MicrosoftEDU event, Microsoft announced the 13.5" Surface Laptop, which looks a lot like the laptop that Apple should be making. Luckily, Apple has a $250 billion pile of cash to soak up any tears they might shed. Rumor has it that Apple might announce a Siri speaker to compete with the Amazon Echo and Google Home at WWDC. Dok is a new malware that only affects Macs. Several major apps are abandoning the Apple Watch. Apple Pay might soon have a Venmo-like person-to-person payment system.</p><ul> <li>Rene's Pick: BatteryPro from Elevation Lab</li> <li>Andy's Pick: Deckset: a markdown-powered presentation app</li> <li>Leo's Pick: XFence</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/andy-ihnatko">Andy Ihnatko</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/reneritchie" target="_blank">Rene Ritchie</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly</a>.</p><p>Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p>