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iPad Pros: Jay Odjick illustrates Robert Munsch's Bear for Breakfast
Jay Odjick is using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and iMac to share his work and culture with the world.
Spring Time
Apple March 2019 Special Event Preview
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Apple will be holding a special event on March 25, 2019, at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, in Cupertino California.
Dot Notes
U.S. Press Secretary tweets with Apple Notes. Dottedly.
The U.S. Press Secretary tries to use Apple Notes for an extended tweet, you know, like Hollywood and social media types typically do for their apologies. And dots all over it.
Blue Bubbles for Everyone
iMessage for Android: Is now the time?
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Could cross-platform iMessage finally start making the kind of sense that does?
Rumor roundup
AirPods 2 could come sometime in March... or September. Sigh.
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Schrödinger's AirPods rumors today leave us both expecting and not expecting AirPods 2 as soon as next month. Or this fall. It's obviously complicated.
More Like Why-Fi?!
Why people are SO MAD about Amazon and Eero
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Wwhy are some people so pissed? Why are people who already bought eero saying they’re thinking about throwing them out, and people who haven’t yet bought them saying they dodged a bullet?
Contractors keep getting the crappy end of the tech boom stick
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'For decades, contractors and other contingent workers have served meals, driven buses, and cleaned toilets at tech campuses.' — Bloomberg
Roundup
iPhone 11 (2019): Lightning 1, USB-C 0
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This year's will-they-won't-they — whether Apple will keep the Lightning connector or ditch it in favor of USB-C — has scored another entry in the won't-they column.
Charge It
AirPower spring release rumors keep piling up
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AirPower was sneak previewed in 2017 as Apple's extension of Qi inductive charging, capable of replenishing up to two iPhones or an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. So, where is it?
Goodbye and good luck
Why Angela Ahrendts is leaving Apple
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Angela Ahrendts, up until now senior vice president of retail, is leaving Apple. That news has filled the web with hot takes trending towards fan fic. So, what's really going on?
Hack this
Breaking into a MacBook requires you as an accomplice
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Your Mac is generally safe. Unless you specifically put it in danger.
A Team
Apple brings modem engineering into the platform technologies group
The team inside Apple that's been working on modems has moved from Dan Riccio's hardware engineering organization and into Johny Srouji's platform technologies group.
Hack Off
Hacker holds Mac exploit hostage, demands bounty program now
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That Apple still hasn't launched a Mac bounty program to go along with its existing iOS bounty program isn't just perplexing, as a customer I find it utterly unacceptable. But Henze is proving two wrongdoings here won't make things right.
Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple, Deirdre O’Brien new SVP of Retail + People
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'I am thrilled to work alongside Deirdre in her new role, and I know our 70,000 retail employees will be, too.' — Tim Cook
Open and closed
Will Apple make a folding iPhone or iPad?
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Foldable phones are the future. Maybe. Well, kinda. It's complicated. We have an endless thirst for change. I mean, it scares the hell out of us, we hate it, but boredom, now that's annoying. So, whether it's gimmicks like 3D, trends like notches, or game-changers like multitouch, the minute we have one thing, we're already on the lookout for what comes next. Doesn't matter if they're...
Siri team continues to reorganize under John Giannandrea
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Front load this with the understanding that Stasior, who was previously VP of Siri at Apple, has left his roll with the Siri team but has not left Apple.
新年快乐
How to celebrate Chinese New Year with iMessage, Siri, and Apple!
How do you celebrate the Year of the Pig with iMessage, Siri, and Apple? Like this!
Google, Facebook certificates restored. Lessons learned?
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UPDATE: Both Facebook and Google spokespeople have now confirmed they've gotten their certificates restores.
$$$
iPhone XS pricing — Was it too damn high?
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iPhone pricing is too damn high. That’s a singular way of expressing a sentiment that’s become all too common since Apple announced the iPhone 10s and 10s Max last September.
Boom meets zoom
Another Apple Car employee charged with stealing secrets for Chinese corp
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Competition with China will only intensify and the opportunities for people with no honor to abuse that competition, in multiple ways and directions, will only grow.