Apple sales woes continue to put pressure on the company. Will iPhone prices get slashed sooner than expected? Carriers have promised to stop selling subscriber data, but it’s still really easy to pay for a specific phone’s location. After lobbying against Net Neutrality and FOR the Trump tax cut, AT&T is laying off thousands of employees.
And in happier news, CES was last week! Let’s talk about what I saw on the show floor with Newegg!
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Stories this week:
- Netflix sued over Bandersnatch https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/11/18178615/netflix-black-mirror-lawsuit-choose-your-own-adventure-bandersnatch-chooseco
- OnePlus 7 design leaks https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2019/01/14/alleged-oneplus-7-leaks-hint-at-a-notch-less-design-and-maybe-a-slider/
- Apple sales woes continue https://www.economist.com/business/2019/01/12/apple-succumbs-to-the-smartphone-malaise
- Chinese retailers slashing prices on iPhones https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/apple-iphone-retailers-are-slashing-prices-across-china.html
- Carriers still selling customer location data https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile
- AT&T Promises to stop selling location data http://www.philly.com/news/nation-world/att-says-itll-stop-selling-location-data-amid-calls-federal-investigation-20190111.html
- AT&T to layoff 7000 https://www.extremetech.com/internet/283522-att-plans-to-fire-7000-people-despite-tax-breaks-net-neutrality-repeal
- 8 States introduce Right to Repair Bills, Apple fighting them https://ifixit.org/blog/8780/apple-right-to-repair/
- Waste reduction law targets manufacturers, planned obsolescence https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/right-to-repair-laws-eu-directive-us-breakdown-white-goods-a8719661.html?utm_source=reddit.com
- MY CES VLOGS! Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, LG V40 Recap
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