He walked through the usual updates on Isis losing territory, and he berated Congress for failing to confirm a Treasury counter-terrorism official for more than a year.
I know his number, and whenever I call he answers and gives the usual update about getting together with the stepkids and their kids, about the latest minor crises with his health, about what he did with Maryanne for their anniversary.
The latest edition includes a number of usual updates for the forthcoming OS that are shaping up to make a pretty compelling upgrade.
Right in line with its usual update cycle, Google today released version 29 of its Chrome browser for Mac, Windows, Linux and Chrome Frame.
They've got a pretty fat list of improvements going on for the 9000s, in addition to the usual updates for the standard feature list.
Microsoft says the reason its Mac software is lagging behind its usual update schedule relative to the Windows release this time around is because it chose to focus on those mobile apps mentioned above first this time around.
When I heard that Amazon was going to have an event today, and that this event would likely feature a range of product introductions, I rejoiced: Surely, somewhere in all the madness and focus on putting Alexa in cars and mock game trophies, we'd get a nod to the Kindle — maybe just a new Paperwhite, maybe with some water resistance or even just the usual update in page-turn refresh speed.
We'll look at that in a second, but first let's start with our usual update on prices.
I'll be covering all the key developments through the day as usual.... Updated at 11.32am BST.
More details to follow, along with other news through the day as usual.... Updated at 7.24am GMT.
The usual, just updated for our dirtier days.
