Spotify has launched a podcast subscription program to compete with Apple’s that won’t cost podcasters anything for the first two years and charge a 5% fee thereafter. (Link) Engadget spent two weeks with Spotify’s Car Thing hardware and came away impressed with its utility for owners of older cars that don’t have built-in entertainment systems....
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Interesting Links
Nilay Patel of The Verge has a fun look back at a very brief and strange period of PC history: the meteoric rise and fall of the Eee PC. (Link) After stories circulated that Apple pays twice as much per stream as Spotify, Variety stepped in to explain that it’s not that straightforward or simple....
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Viva L’Umarell John discovers a very specific Italian subculture, we agree that burning down barns is not the solution, and John helps Federico understand suburban America, which leads to perhaps the most Federico story of them all. Show Notes: The Umarell Noam Blum on Twitter Umarell on Wikipedia Barn burners Viva La Focaccia Mafia...
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Mailbrew, a collection of John’s favorite Apple event moments, an interview with Stephen Hackett about the new iMacs, an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged,plus the usual App Debuts, Links, arecap of MacStories articles, and a a preview of upcoming podcast episodes....
Interview: Stephen Hackett
Twitter: @ismh. Co-founder of Relay FMandfounder of 512 Pixels. It has been a very long time since the iMac came in vibrant colors. Were you surprised by Apple’s announcements? It has been two decades since the last of the color drained out of the iMac line. As the beloved iMac G3 slowly faded away, their...
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