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what's going on Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple buy for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple let's get to it and we can thank Taylor Swift for the biggest news story over the weekend after her open letter to Apple praise them for their innovation but also criticized them for not paying artists and labels during Apple musics 3-month trial period in her letter she said we don't ask you for free iPhones please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation now in less than 24 hours Apple quickly changed their tune and Eddy Cue announced a swift policy change over Twitter saying Apple music will pay artists for streaming even during customers free trial period and just like that it was resolved Taytay that's power now imagine all the other things Taylor Swift could fix like world peace cellphone carriers vs unlimited data that's throttled the drought in California or maybe even t-swizzle could make Kanye smile okay that's not happening now this is good news for artists but it would be even better if they started getting paid legitimately for their streams instead of less than a penny per play and I know we throw a lot of bad apples out there but Apple stepped up to avoid a PR disaster and deserves a good Apple C we are actually nice people now Tim Cook also recently spoke to the Chinese language version of Bloomberg Businessweek and said the popularity of the color gold among Chinese users was a key part in the company's decision to pursue gold design for its products you guys can thank my relatives for that one now cook also said that developer support for the Apple watch is stronger than the original iPhone with over 3500 apps available for the SmartWatch right now that's compared to 500 apps on the iPhone at the 2008 debut of the App Store and 1000 for the iPad in 2010 but you also have to remember Tim that this was also the first time you could develop for any iOS device at all all right getting developers on board is always a good thing as they love new hardware to develop for and according to nine-to-five max sources they report the next gen Apple watch to is planning to get a new FaceTime camera for video calls from your wrist it will also get the ability to function with just a direct Wi-Fi connection independent of fetching data from your phone in a feature they are calling tether list and the watch will have similar battery life to the current one now they expect the next gen watch to be released in 2016 so this report is nice and all and even though I love a FaceTime camera on it as a fun gimmick where exactly are you going to put this thing the report says they'll put it on the bezel but where are they going to put it on that bezel unless it's an entire redesign on the body I don't see it now this thing needs Wi-Fi and even an LTE version as an option but more importantly if they really want to treat it as a legitimate fitness device with standalone apps it needs a dedicated gps chip and also uh I'm not wearing my Apple watch because I had to charge it seriously all right in i phone news there has always been talk about a single touch screen design with no buttons now we report from digit time says Apple is developing touch and display driver integration single chip solutions for future iPhones the chips are said to include fingerprint sensors which would allow for new iPhone designs without a home button enabling the entire front panel to be the devices display now an Apple Insider source confirms that Apple is planning to remove the physical home button from future hardware but the change will not arrive within the next two years targeting sometime in 2017 or even 2018 as the long-term goal for the company also a heads up for iMac 27-inch users with the three terabyte drive option purchased sometime between December 2012 and September 2013 and yes I'm one of those people the company has initiated a program to replace your hard drive that may fail under certain conditions Apple is contacting owners but you can go to Apple support website to see if the serial number on your iMac qualifies you for a replacement and we always like to acknowledge the Apple products that helped make the company what it is today well Apple has quietly pulled the original iPad Mini from the Apple online store this week and removed all references of the tablet on its website now we criticized it for its lack of Retina display and obscene 329 Apple premium price point at the time but right now we'd like to take a moment 200 let's get that out all right it's time to announce the winners of our multi watch doc giveaway from last weekend I asked you to name me the two things I liked about iOS 9 from WWDC but then I checked and I kind of said three things which were multitasking the picture picture view for the iPad and the better battery life on iOS devices so if any of you said two of those three or all of them you are good plus I asked you what your favorite sandwiches so congrats go to email winner in grid crepe us whose BLT takes her to the next level it was written like that and on Twitter Misha went with the emoji fried egg sandwich I can't hate on that and for all of you who were trying to kiss bud and said the meatball sandwich was your favorite it didn't work on me except poor Lynn did lead so congrats to all of you and I will be in touch all right that's gonna do it for this week's show you can always email us at the Apple by to see Netcom or tweet me at Brian Tong and I'll respond when I'm not playing Arkham Knight this whole week and you'll be lucky if I put that game down thanks so much for watching we'll catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple