
About this episode
This week: the cool features in the new iOS 8.4, iOS 9, and El Capitan betas; Taylor Swift starts a royalty battle with Apple; the ridiculously low payouts artists get from music streaming; the new Macbook’s big missing feature; and the magic of Apple advertising.
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We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a huge thanks for the great music you hear on today's show.
This week’s links
This single from the Darkness
You heard him—Buster bought Chumbawumba
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