Linked List: December 30, 2017

Saturday, 30 December 2017

Aaptiv 

My thanks to Aaptiv for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Aaptiv gives you highly effective audio-based workouts by certified trainers paired with amazing music.

From running to yoga to strength training, Aaptiv delivers on-demand audio fitness motivation and training straight to your ear — anywhere, anytime. Music and motivation — everything you need.

The Talk Show: ‘Australian Battery Scam’ 

Special guest Jason Snell returns for the penultimate episode of 2017. Topics include the iPhone battery performance-throttling saga, Google Maps vs. Apple Maps, new versions of iOS running slow on older iPhones, the new iMac Pro, iOS file management, and more.

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Apple’s $29 iPhone Battery Replacements Are Available Starting Today 

Brian Heater, writing for TechCrunch:

Those $29 battery out-of-warranty replacements Apple promised are now available for impacted users with an iPhone 6 or later. The company was initially aiming for a late-January timeframe in the States when it first offered up the discount, following blowback against its admission that it had slowed down older model phones to maximize performance.

“We expected to need more time to be ready,” the company said in a statement offered up to TechCrunch this weekend, “but we are happy to offer our customers the lower pricing right away. Initial supplies of some replacement batteries may be limited.”