Episode 158: It's Time for Microsoft's Major Layoffs and Meta's AR Ambitions, Plus Apple's European App Revolution
The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl
English - February 01, 2024 13:48 - 45 minutes - 33.4 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we covered:
News
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees
Meta ‘optimistic’ about Vision Pro as it hopes to be the ‘Android’ of the AR/VR world
Apple… Hell has frozen over
Apple announces reduced commission structure for apps in Europe
Apple announces support for third-party iPhone app stores in the EU, coming with iOS 17.4
Apple says third-party app marketplace creators must have €1,000,000 ‘letter of credit’
Apple will prompt users to set default browsers and allow third-party web engines on iPhone in the EU
Apple lets apps feature streaming games, chatbots and other built-in experiences
iPad users will miss out on third-party app stores, browser engines, and more
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