Linked List: June 6, 2017

Tuesday, 6 June 2017

The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2017 ★

Marco Arment is providing a live audio stream at ATP’s website.

Bozoma Saint John Heads to Uber From Apple ★

Ingrid Lunden, reporting for TechCrunch:

Last week, ahead of WWDC, there was a ripple of news when Axios discovered that Bozoma Saint John — one of the more noticeable execs at the company for being a woman of color, who led an Apple Music demo at the previous year’s WWDC to some acclaim — was leaving Apple. Now TechCrunch has learned where she’s landing: she’s going to Uber.

We received the news via a tip, and have confirmed the appointment through multiple sources at Uber. The company, we understand, views the appointment as important in helping “turn the tide on recent issues.”

As for what role she will be taking, that’s something we’re still trying to figure out. We understand that Uber will be making more details public later. Saint John’s track record is in marketing — most recently at Apple but also with a long stint at Pepsi, among other places.

Did not see that one coming. Nice score for Uber.

Apple Removes Facebook and Twitter Integration From iOS 11 ★

This special treatment for Twitter and Facebook always seemed a little weird to me. It feels right that in iOS 11 they’re just apps again.

Claim Chowder: HomePod Touchscreen ★

Mark Gurman and Alex Webb, in the report for Bloomberg last week I wrote about a few days ago:

Ahead of Apple’s launch, the competition has upgraded their speakers with support for making voice calls, while Amazon’s gained a touchscreen. Apple’s speaker won’t include such a screen, according to people who have seen the product.

Ming-Chi Kuo two weeks ago:

We also believe this new product will come with a touch panel.

HomePod has a touchscreen on top.