Dan talks about Showtime's new stand-alone $10.99 streaming service, the new mood altering device Thync, Audi's line of Toms shoes, Facebook allowing you to save canned replies, Tim Cook's blistering speech on privacy and encryption, the recent changes to the App Store's Games section, and more.

Guest: Denys Zhadanov (@denzhadanov)

Links for this episode:

• Showtime undercuts HBO with $10.99 stand-alone streaming service | The Verge
  Showtime is launching an internet TV service that will offer access to its back catalog, its current selection of movies, and live streams of its network for $10.99 per month. The service launches on Sunday, July 12th, and it'll first be available through the Showtime app on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
• Yahoo Will Livestream Bills Jags NFL Game on the Web | Re/code
  A couple of months ago, when the NFL announced that for the first time ever, it would show a regular season game (almost) exclusively on the Internet, it didn’t know who would handle the streaming or how much it would cost fans to watch the game.
• Hands-On With Thync’s Mood-Altering Headset | TechCrunch
  
• Audi designed a line of shoes with Toms, but you need to buy an Audi to get them | The Verge
  
• Facebook Tests “Saved Replies,” A Tool That Lets Pages Respond To Customers With Canned Messages | TechCrunch
  Facebook is testing a new feature called “Saved Replies,” which will allow business Page owners the ability to write, save and then re-use canned messages when communicating with their customers over Facebook. The addition will save businesses time when handling incoming customer service inquires and responding to other customer feedback via the site.
• Apple’s Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy | TechCrunch
  
• Apple Subscription TV Service Won’t Be Announced Next Week | Re/code
  Apple won’t be announcing its much-anticipated subscription TV service next week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
• Apple Revamps The App Store’s Games Section With Increased Focus On Editorial Content | TechCrunch
  
• These 8 characters crash Skype, and once they're in your chat history, the app can't start (Update: fixed) | VentureBeat | Security | by Emil Protalinski
  Skype users have discovered a rather nasty bug in the app. Sending the characters “http://:” (without the quotes) crashes Skype, and receiving a message with those characters makes it crash any time you try to sign in again.
• Wes Anderson's The Shining on Vimeo
  
• Apple Delay Means Pebble Time Smartwatch Buyers May Get Watch Without Necessary Software
  
• Microsoft shows off two tiny Windows 10 PCs, including one that's inside a power adapter | Windows Central
  
• Denys Zhadanov (@DenZhadanov) | Twitter
  

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