Ep. 137 - You made your Memoji do What?? This week, we discuss Jeff Williams stepping down as Apple COO, a recap of Samsung Unpacked 2025, and spng the Big Wheel for Microsoft (again!) as both Outlook and Teams go down. Join us for these & more.
Recorded Sunday July 13, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host and Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired Apple Segment Jeff Williams Stepping Down Sabih Khan Stepping Up - Joel https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/13/how-jeff-williams-departure-from-apple-will-shuffle-exec-responsibilities iPhone 17 Air Leaked Features make me want it More - Larry https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/iphone-17-air-leaks-5/ The 26's will Standardize the UI across all Platforms - Chris G. https://apple.news/ADxreUHXaQ1aQWj2HwSs_Ew Here's Why Apple's All-New Home Hub is Delayed - Larry https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/13/heres-why-apples-home-hub-is-delayed/ Macs & Apple Watch to be hit with Tariffs Starting August 1 - Larry https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/08/macs-and-apple-watch-to-be-hit-by-trump-tariffs-starting-on-august-1/
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Mobile/ Linux Segment Samsung Unpacked Recap - Joel https://www.t3.com/live/news/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-live-blog-z-fold-ultra Android 16 Fixes Notifictions with 2 New Features - Joel https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-16-totally-changes-how-notifications-work-on-your-phone-thanks-to-two-new-features/ Samsung Building Auto Dex as an Android Auto Alternative - Chris G. https://9to5google.com/2025/07/08/samsung-auto-dex-leak-android-auto-alternative/
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Windows Segment MS Mistake-a-thon: Outlook & Teams go Down - Chris https://www.neowin.net/news/following-teams-outage-microsoft-broke-outlook-email-more-details-out/ MS Mistake-a-thon: MS may NEVER be able to fix Windows Update Error 0x80070643 - Chris https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-reiterates-it-may-never-truly-be-able-to-fix-windows-update-0x80070643-error/
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Chris G. Download Settings Fix in Safari for Vision Pro or other iOS devices
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