221: ‘Slathered in Incompetence’ With Ben Thompson

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Apple's quarterly results, the discontinuation of Apple's AirPort product line, and more.

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Links:

• Ben Thompson on the race to a trillion-dollar market cap.
• Ivan Seidenberg’s claim that Bob Iger carried an iPhone in July 2006.
• Dr. Drang’s AirPort EOL tweet.
• Apple LaserWriter II industrial sales training video.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark: “It’s a date, you eat ’em!”.
• Six Colors on Apple’s growing Services division.
• New York Times piece on Fortnite.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Moisés Chiullan.