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News round-up: Epic Games CEO responds to Apple’s response, more

Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, we’ll frequently offer a wrap-up of news items you should check out. First up: As noted by AppleInsider, Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ CEO, took to Twitter to explain why, in his view, Apple was missing the bigger point of Epic’s actions. He has also tweeted that Apple has changed its mind and has extended “Sign In with Apple” support for Epic Games accounts for an indefinite period.

° Apple has shared the trailer for its upcoming nature docuseries “Tiny World,” which is set to launch on Friday, October 2.

° With the latest update to the Apple Music app for Android, the folks at 9to5Google say they can now confirm that a unified “Apple One” subscription should be coming soon.

° I’m dubious that Apple will made a foldable iPhone. However, MacRumors reports that Samsung will reportedly provide foldable display samples for a potential future iPhone, following a request from Apple, according to leaker “Ice Universe,” who shared the info on Weibo.

° Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs’ widows) has endorsed Joe Biden for President and criticized President Trump for voter suppression, according to The Information.

° iPhone and Android users in Colorado will shortly be able to take advantage of the updated Apple/Google coronavirus technology, according to AppleInsider. Also, Scotland is the latest country to implement Apple’s and Google’s Exposure Notification API in their COVID-19 contact tracing app, now available on the App Store.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.