Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new flagship retail store in San Francisco, recent improvements to App Store approval times, and Google’s announcements at I/O this week — Google Home and Google Assistant, Allo and Duo, and Android “N” and Android Instant Apps.
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Links:
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<li><a href="http://www.imore.com/preview-apples-new-flagship-apple-store-san-francisco">Rene’s preview of the new SF Apple Store</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/imore-apple-talk">Apple Talk</a> — iMore’s new podcast, with yours truly as their <a href="http://www.imore.com/apple-talk">first guest</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/05/12/app-store-review-times">App Store review times</a>.</li>
<li>Privacy advocate <a href="https://twitter.com/csoghoian">Christopher Soghoian on Twitter</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862r3XS2YB0">Google I/O 2016 Keynote</a> on YouTube.</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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