This is day 2 of the 12 Days of Apple Stores, brought to life by the prolific coverer of all things Apple Store, Michael Steeber. Each day, Michael explores an unusual or favorite Apple Store, with background and links of interest. Nicely done.∞ Re…
Lees meerApple released the AirPods Max this week, a set of over the ear headphones with a lot of technology packed in. Dave and I give our thoughts on the new product. We also talked about what we'll be looking for with the release of Fitness+ on Monday, an…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This video from Marques Brownlee (embedded in the main Loop post) runs the gamut from unboxing to showing off the fit and finish to comments on the overall experience trying on the AirPods Max headphones. This is a fantastic review, though I…
Lees meerWant to understand the physics at work when you take a picture, either with your iPhone or a DSLR with a high end external lens? The linked site is a fantastic sandbox, like a hands on discovery museum for camera optics. Stop at each station and pl…
Lees meerThere's a lot to love about the AirPods Max. But two things that I struggle with are the lack of foldability and whether or not the audio quality lives up to the price. On foldability: As a frequent traveler (this year aside), I value headphones yo…
Lees meerCrowdsourced site gathering info on games running on M1 Macs. Is the game playable? If so, what environment (Rosetta 2? Crossover emulation? Native?), frame rate, resolution? Follow the headline link and search for a game, or simply scroll down and…
Lees meerWarring thoughts here. On one side, there's the collector, owning a snippet of Steve Jobs, a bit of history. Sports cards have been doing this for a long time, offering cards, with a bit of a players' uniform, a sliver of bat, an original signature,…
Lees meerWSJ. Magazine: “It does feel like people might think we built Fitness+ because of Covid,” Jay Blahnik, Apple’s senior director of fitness technologies, tells me via a video call from the company’s fitness studio in Los Angeles. “But we’ve been w…
Lees meerAs of this morning, all five Apple AirPods Max colors are shipping delayed until March 3rd, 2021 at the earliest. That's 10 weeks out. But, if you hurry, you can still get them in a week if you are willing to settle for Space Gray or Silver. Follow…
Lees meer[VIDEO] Juli Clover, MacRumors: Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi today spoke at the virtual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference, where he highlighted Apple's approach to privacy and commitment to keeping customer data s…
Lees meerIf you like teardowns, this is an interesting one. Lot's of detail on the take-apart, ultimately landing here: By leaving the flip chip SoC in place and using IR imaging through the die’s backside to acquire a die image, the product remains func…
Lees meerTim Hardwick, MacRumors: Apple's online store has started listing select exercise gear on its online store for the first time. Apple has kicked off its exercise equipment offering with yoga accessories, including a Manduka eKOlite Yoga Mat ($77.…
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced AirPods Max, innovative wireless headphones that bring the magic of AirPods to an over-ear design with high-fidelity sound. AirPods Max combine a custom acoustic design, H1 chips, and advanced software to power compu…
Lees meer[VIDEO] Marques Brownlee walks through major iPhone removals over the years, including the home button and the 3.5mm headphone jack. This leads up to a discussion of the potential removal of the lightning port. To add depth to the discussion, Marqu…
Lees meerGoogle Blog: Starting today, Apple Music is rolling out to Google Assistant-enabled devices like Nest Audio, Nest Hub Max, Nest Mini, and more. Apple Music subscribers can search and play songs (more than 70 million!), albums and playlists—all a…
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced Fitness+, the first fitness experience built around Apple Watch, is launching Monday, December 14. Apple Fitness+ brings studio-style workouts to iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, intelligently incorporating workout metric…
Lees meerEvery time I hear the Gruber-coined term claim chowder, I think of this post: “Is Apple serious competition?: Palm CEO Ed Colligan seems downright nonchalant about rumors that Apple may introduce a mobile phone to market in the coming year.” A…
Lees meerBloomberg: Chip engineers at the Cupertino, California-based technology giant are working on several successors to the M1 custom chip, Apple’s first Mac main processor that debuted in November. If they live up to expectations, they will signific…
Lees meerRob Griffiths did as the title suggested, launched 75 apps on the M1 in an effort to see how that impacted the M1 MacBook Pro. Read the post, amazing to me how brilliantly the M1 Macs handle what people are throwing at it. Also worth reading, Rob's…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This is a beta app, not yet released, but the concept is promising. Watch the video embedded in the main Loop post to get a basic sense of the app, called Magico. I do like the idea of gestures (think this scene from Minority Report) as a w…
Lees meer[VIDEO] The ad embedded in the main Loop post highlights six Apple Originals. The ad itself is well crafted, great use of text editing to hammer home various points. Well done. But I do wonder, why these six? Why not Long Way Up? On the Rocks? Myt…
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