Description

iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be the year of the hole punch.

Sponsors:

• DataDogHQ.com/ridehome
• Tiny.website

Links:

• China bans many iPhone models in Qualcomm patent dispute (Axios)
• Can the U.S. Stop China From Controlling the Next Internet Age? (NYTimes)
• Huawei CFO Arrested, Australia’s Awful Law (Stratechery)
• Apple acquired Platoon, a platform for musicians to create and distribute work (TechCrunch)
• Investor Frenzy for Scooter Startups Cools (WSJ)
• Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret (NYTimes)
• Samsung’s A8s is its first phone with an Infinity-O hole-punch display (The Verge)