Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, occasionally we’ll direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time.
° Apple has posted a trailer for its upcoming Apple TV+ series, “CODA.” The show will premiere on Aug. 13.
° U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook about a recent slate of antitrust bills, adding that she told him to let the process play out.
° Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells The Wall Street Journal that he’d be happy if Apple bring its Messages app to Windows.
° According to a new report by Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo — as noted by 9to5Mac — Apple will make it easier to erase a stolen iPhone in Brazil.
° Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail and People, says Apple is working to expand its retail operations post-lockdown.
° Kang, a well known Apple leaker, says some bloggers have received a legal warning from Apple.
° On the new episode of MacVoices Live, the discussion of Apple automation wraps up and then shifts to the interaction between devices in the Apple ecosystem, an ideal scenario for smart home devices. The panel of Andrew Orr, Jim Rea, Frank Petrie, Kelly Guimont, Jay Miller, Brittany Smith, David Ginsburg, Mark Fuccio, and host Chuck Joiner examine why differentiators in those devices can be a good thing or a not-so-good thing. (Part 2)