Episode Details

The MacVoices Live! panel discusses Citibank's prediction of Apple as the top AI stock pick for 2025 amidst market fluctuations and analyze Intel's struggles, highlighting Apple's growing competitive edge with their M-series chips. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby also review Canva's decision to raise prices by up to 300% for new AI features, Microsoft's complaints about gaming that sound vaguely familiar, and more.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Market Trends 11:29 Apple Stock Predictions 16:18 Intel's Challenges 18:39 Canva's Price Increase 28:03 Canva's Future Directions

Links:

Apple Crowned Citi's Top AI Stock Pick For 2025 https://www.mactrast.com/2024/08/apple-crowned-citis-top-ai-stock-pick-for-2025/

Intel working with bankers to present board with strategic options, sending shares up 10% https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/30/intel-working-with-bankers-to-present-board-with-strategic-options.html

Microsoft says Apple makes it impossible for cloud gaming services to exist on the App Store https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/03/microsoft-says-apple-makes-it-impossible-for-cloud-gaming-services-to-exist-on-the-app-store/

Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234698/canva-price-increase-300-percent-ai-features

Guests:

Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud.

Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession 'firsts,' including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net a