Sam and Donovan are back after being off for 4 weeks.  Sam discusses his COVID-19 diagnosis; he’s out of the woods and back at work.  Donovan talks about his camera he placed at his inherited home 35 miles away and how a bird has decided it’s a great new perch.

On the docket for this show:  the Apple App store made a ton of money because of COVID-19, Apple loves to tout how they recycle, but one partner decided it was easier to make some additional money, G Suite is now Google Workspace (Donovan jokes about the number of name changes Google makes along with the number of services it starts and then kills), a long discussion about Apple’s latest iPhone, the iPhone 12; the military using Twitch as a recruitment tool, Netflix no longer offers a 30 day trial, Quibi is dead, and Sam brings out the weird file where profanity filters go nuts.

App Store grossed nearly twice as much as the Google Play Store during Q3

Apple sues recycling partner for reselling more than 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Watches it was hired to dismantle

G Suite is now Google Workspace in a bid to merge Gmail, Chat, and Docs

5G Drains iPhone 12 Battery 20% Faster Than 4G in Benchmark

What You Need to Know About 5G Smartphones

IPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

Uncle Sam Is Looking for Recruits—Over Twitch

Netflix Quietly Axes 30-Day Free Trial Offer In U.S.

Quibi is shutting down

Weird File

Donovan Adkisson

Samuel Lewis

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