Mon. 04/13 – Back To The iPhone 5 Design Future?

Deeper dives into that Google/Apple contact tracing project, solid rumors about the new iPhone design, the telecom industry might lose $25 billion dollars this year and international roaming charges are to blame, and an open source live streaming and video streaming app that can help you Twitch and YouTube better, without being beholden to their tools.

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Links:

• @moxie Tweet Thread
• How Apple and Google are tackling one of the toughest parts about tracking COVID-19 exposures (The Verge)
• NHS phone app holds key to lifting UK’s coronavirus lockdown (The Times (UK))
• Apple Plans iPad-Like Design for Next iPhone, Smaller HomePod (Bloomberg)
• SoftBank Group forecasts $7-bn full-year net loss (Yahoo Finance)
• Son’s $2 Billion Guarantee at Risk as Virus Hits SoftBank Star (Bloomberg)
• Fall of the roaming empire: telecom groups face revenue loss as travel collapses (Financial Times)
• As YouTube Traffic Soars, YouTubers Say Pay Is Plummeting (OneZero)
• ‘It’s still niche’: Esports see audience surge, more tepid ad demand (Digiday)
• Anyone's a Celebrity Streamer With This Open Source App (Wired)

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