Summary: <p><strong><em>iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be the year of the hole punch.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>DataDogHQ.com/ridehome</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.axios.com/china-injunction-iphone-patents-qualcomm-apple-9492f4c8-d031-45aa-af22-ca41d846144f.html" target="_blank">China bans many iPhone models in Qualcomm patent dispute</a> (Axios)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/opinion/huawei-meng-wanzhou-china-arrest.html" target="_blank">Can the U.S. Stop China From Controlling the Next Internet Age?</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li> <a href="https://stratechery.com/2018/huawei-cfo-arrested-australias-awful-law/" target="_blank">Huawei CFO Arrested, Australia’s Awful Law</a> (Stratechery)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/07/apple-platoon/" target="_blank">Apple acquired Platoon, a platform for musicians to create and distribute work </a>(TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/scooter-startups-cool-fundraising-wheels-1544356923?ns=prod/accounts-wsj" target="_blank">Investor Frenzy for Scooter Startups Cools</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html" target="_blank">Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/10/18134119/samsung-a8s-infinity-o-display-features-specs-news" target="_blank">Samsung’s A8s is its first phone with an Infinity-O hole-punch display</a> (The Verge)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>
