12/21/2023: Bluetooth trackers going cross-platform, Apple Watch sales being halted, Apple Savings ups the interest, Apple Vision Pro for February, NYT adding mags to News+, Apple TV+ viewership and hours watched way up, Beeper’s last stand, and a holiday programming note

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• (00:00) - 01 - Intro
• (00:15) - 02 - Apple, Google find common ground
• (01:01) - 03 - First wave of Watch ban kicks in
• (01:38) - 04 - No OOW Watch repairs either
• (02:26) - 05 - QN: Apple Savings rate up slightly
• (02:49) - 06 - QN: Apple Vision Pro in Febuary?
• (03:36) - 07 - QN: NYT comes crawling back (sorta)
• (03:55) - 08 - QN: Apple TV+ news
• (04:30) - 09 - OTN: Beeper mroe of a buzzkill
• (05:39) - 10 - AI Daily guide to the holidays
• (06:08) - 11 - Outro

Links from the show

Apple & Google close to rolling out final Bluetooth tracker misuse standard
Apple halts sales of the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2 in its online store ahead of Dec 25 ban
Apple won't offer Apple Watch service replacements on out of warranty devices
Apple Savings APY increases from 4.15% to 4.25%
Apple Vision Pro shipments rumored to start as soon as February
Two 'New York Times' publications are coming to Apple News+
Even after a tumultuous year, Apple TV+ doubled its viewing hours in 2023
Beeper has more ridiculous work-arounds for its iMessage bridge hack
If you want blue iMessage bubbles that much, buy an iPhone


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