A terrific episode and a terrific interview. And not just because I have a new book jacket blurb. I mean that’s the high point but the next 55 minutes is still pretty good. The new Apple that talks to people can be pretty fun.

Ben Thompson on yesterday’s Keynote:

The first 90 minutes were excellent: very tight, with excellent clarity and momentum, well-rehearsed speakers delivering mostly iterative announcements with the occasional surprise. The final 60, on the other hand — the “one more thing” — were the exact opposite: unclear and dragging, with unprepared speakers delivering…well, I’m honestly not sure about what most of them were saying. If there was a surprise the lack of a coherent message has to be top of the list.

Apple Music may turn out to be great, but I watched the Keynote and really have no idea what Apple Music means for iTunes, Apple Radio, Beats, iTunes Connect, Family Sharing and probably half a dozen other Apple services. I do know more than I wanted to know about what music Eddy Cue likes, though, so there’s that.

If someone had said “We’re making a smartoven!” to me I would have punched them in their bakery hole but as the primary cook in our house I see this and I’m like, crap, I need that. It’s the Nest of ovens except Google doesn’t own it yet so they’re not harvesting all your nutritional information and showing you ads on it.

Lex is away, The Rockford Files.

Glenn Fleishman writing for Macworld:

A researcher says he’s found a way to exploit a security flaw in newer Macs’ boot firmware. But will malicious parties ever take advantage of it? Probably not.

But if you’re not living your life in fear, are you even alive?

This week we compare and contrast Photos with Photos, look forward to WWDC and I mis-remember Edward Snowden’s name.

A recent survey shows Apple’s only competition is 50 gallon drums of lube.

I’m not sure how I ended up on the Apple TV rumor watch, but Federico Viticci has the latest:

The Apple logo is almost complete at Moscone West and a banner with the event’s “The epicenter of change” tagline is now displayed inside.

Sure as hell looks like an Apple TV to me. If I really wanted to make sure Apple announced a new one I’d order a third generation this weekend. Force their hand.

Brian X. Chen writing for the New York Times:

Yet one much ballyhooed device will be absent from the conference: a new Apple TV,

IDG’s Fred O’Connor:

People looking to control their HomeKit-compatible devices when they’re away from home will need an Apple TV to complete those tasks, Apple confirmed in a support page for its smart home platform.

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As long as the same Apple ID is used to log in to the iOS device and Apple TV, people can speak commands to Siri to control HomeKit-compatible products.

HomeKit requires at least a third generation AppleTV which is, of course, the only AppleTV Apple currently sells. For at least the next six days.