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Mar 2019
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a16z Podcast: How Many Taps in the Apple...

Andreessen Horowitz
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with Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) What does Apple's recent event — in which a range of new services was announced, from Apple News Plus to Apple TV Plus to the Apple card — mean for the company's overall strategy an... 
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