This week There’s lots of Apple news, lots of Spotify mews, Lots of Samsung news and Apex Legends.
Apple
Angela Arands Leaving
On Tuesday, Apple sent out a press release saying that Angela Ahrendts is leaving the company. She is currently the VP of retail, her job was basically running Apple Stores.
Safari Updates
In an update to safari announced this week Apple said that they are going to remove Do Not Track mode from Safari/
Spotify
Podcasting Acquisitions
On Wednesday, Spotify announced that they were acquiring two players in the podcasting business Anchor and Gimlet Media. Anchor is a platform that helps small podcasters start up by being easy to use.
New Terms
Earlier this week, Spotify announced changes to their Terms. The news terms grant them the rights to temporally or permanantly ban users who use ad-blockers.
Samsung Leaks
Over the last week there have been lots of Samsung-related leaks:
On Wednesday a photo of the Samsung Galaxy Buds charging on the back of the S10 was leaked to Android Police.
On Monday, Android Central wrote that leaks say that they will launch four versions of the S10 including a 10th anniversary edition and they may also release a 5G version.
Apex Legends
On Wednesday, video game Apex Legends launched. After a couple of days the game had 7 million users. This is really unusual it usually takes a lot longer for games to get that many users.