{"id":3271,"date":"2016-04-30T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2016-04-30T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T08:01:10","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-158-is-the-sky-falling-for-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/30\/mobileviews-podcast-158-is-the-sky-falling-for-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 158: Is the sky falling (for Apple)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aapl_20160429.png\" alt=\"AAPL 2016.04.29\" width=\"559\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aapl_20160429.png 559w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aapl_20160429-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/t2gpt-5ee980?from=yiiadmin' data-link='https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/t2gpt-5ee980?from=yiiadmin' height='100' width='100%' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' data-name='pb-iframe-player' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is the sky falling on Apple? First  drop in iPhone sales. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2016\/04\/26\/apples-poor-results-highlight-diminished-iphone-demand\/83388452\/\">USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steve Jobs once told Tim Cook never ask what he would do and just do things right (Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2013\/04\/17\/is-there-a-walt-disneysteve-jobs-connection\/\">TIME<\/a>. One has to wonder if that is what&#8217;s happening, though. Or , if not, should it be happening despite Jobs&#8217; advice?<\/li>\n<li>More falling skies: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrott.com\/hardware\/66865\/intels-atom-cancellation-big-ramifications-surface-phone\">Intel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Atom Cancellation Has Big Ramifications for a Surface Phone<\/a> on Thurrott.com<\/li>\n<li>Google Play Store and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153over a million apps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d could be headed to Chrome OS. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2016\/04\/it-looks-like-the-google-play-store-is-headed-to-chrome-os\/\">ars technica<\/a>. Ron Amadeo also speculated a year or so ago that Chrome OS and Android would somehow be merged. I would buy a ChromeBook if I could run Android apps on it.<\/li>\n<li>Wearable Discussion: Jon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impressions after a year with the Apple Watch, Todd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s after 6 months with the Moto 360. Giz article claims \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really do anything that anybody needs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/my-god-awful-year-with-the-apple-watch-1772724490\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Somewhat disappointed I can&#8217;t use Google&#8217;s new MODE wrist bands for Android Wear watches. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/officialandroid.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/introducing-mode-snap-and-swap-watch.html\">Official Android Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And, finally, this is not a tech topic. However, Jon mentioned he often plays with a pen by spinning it and I mentioned the amazing pen spinning videos from Japan. Here&#8217;s a video that collects a number of pen spinning demonstrations.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ik1NDo24mG0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the sky falling on Apple? First drop in iPhone sales. Ref: USA Today Steve Jobs once told Tim Cook never ask what he would do and just do things right (Ref: TIME. One has to wonder if that is what&#8217;s happening, though. Or , if not, should it be happening despite Jobs&#8217; advice? 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