MACALOPE: Hello?
WINOTAUR: …
MACALOPE: Uh…looks like Skype crashed. You know, maybe they meant to be together.
While Microsoft stayed home, ate a tub of ice cream, and wrote a big check, Apple and Google got to rub shoulders with members of the U.S. Senate. Well, technically, spent some time with them and Google paid some schmo in a suit to fill in for them. That’s right, Apple sent a company legend—Bud Tribble—and Google sent .