This week’s top stories: Siri speaker, WWDC invites, iPhone 8, a modular Mac Pro wishlist from the pros, HomeKit home tour, & more

In this week’s top stories: WWDC keynote invites go out, more reports about an upcoming Siri speaker and iPhone 8, we ask the pros what they want from a modular Mac Pro, and we get a tour of one of the first new HomeKit homes.

This week Apple makes dates for its WWDC keynote official as invites begin going out to press. AAPL market cap reaches a record $800 billion and analysts raise targets to $1 trillion. Zac gives you his Siri Speaker Wishlist as a new report says the device is likely to launch at WWDC alongside refreshed iPad models. Apple acquires popular Apple Watch & iOS sleep tracking platform Beddit. And the latest iPhone 8 reports arrive as a special edition 32GB Space Gray iPhone 6 becomes available for just $200 w/o contract.

We ask the pros what they want from Apple’s new modular Mac Pro and display. We take a tour of one of the first Apple HomeKit homes. And Jeff continues with some more Hackintosh tips this week taking a look at options for AMD versu Nvidia for Final Cut Pro X.

These and the rest of this week’s top stories below:

AAPL | WWDC

• Apple begins inviting press to WWDC 2017 keynote scheduled for June 5 10AM PT
• Apple acquires popular Apple Watch & iOS sleep tracking platform Beddit
• Photo captures 5th Ave Apple Store with iconic glass cube removed
• AAPL market cap reaches record $800 billion as analyst raises target to $1 trillion
• Siri Speaker Wishlist: hi-fi audio, multi-user control, HomeKit features, more
• KGI: Apple likely to launch 10.5-inch iPad Pro and Siri Speaker at WWDC alongside new software

iPhone | iPad

• Special edition 32GB Space Gray iPhone 6 now available for just $200 w/o contract
• Nike’s new iPhone 7 cases have Air Force 1 and Roshe designs
• iPhone 8 images based on leaked factory CAD drawings show all glass design, thicker body
• iPhone 8 & 7s reportedly to go on sale in October, mass production ‘on schedule’
• KGI: There’s a ‘rising probability of worst-case scenario’ for iPhone 8 shortages
• Purported ‘2017’ iPhone leak hints at Ion-X back glass
• Urban Armor Gear prepping case for 10.5-inch iPad Pro, with June availability

Mac |

• Here’s what pros want from Apple’s new modular Mac Pro and display
• Hackintosh: AMD or Nvidia for Final Cut Pro X? [Video]

Apps |

• Snapchat update adds ‘limitless snaps’ and new creative tools
• Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 for Mac following preview
• New Apple Watch Activity Challenge discovered ahead of Mother’s Day

This week’s top videos |

• We took a tour of one of the first Apple HomeKit homes [Video]
• Apple debuts new ‘How to shoot on iPhone 7’ website & video series

Happy Hour Podcast  #119|

This week Benjamin and Zac discuss iTunes coming to the Windows Store, Amazon Prime for Apple TV rumored for WWDC, the latest iPad Pro rumors, Apple buying a sleep tracking company, the Amazon Echo Show and Siri Speaker rumors, Apple’s new iPhone photography videos, and the Mother’s Day Activity Challenge for Apple Watch.

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