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Apple gets a genuine AAA game to release day-and-date with PC and consoles
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’
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Employees opting out of return-to-office mandates
Scharon Harding wriring for ArsTechnica: Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft Return-to-Office Mandates Drove Senior Talent Away
A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and
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Apple listened and fixed my main issue with the CTF
Apple two weeks ago: What’s New for Apps Distributed in the European Union
First, no CTF is required if
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Google I/O: the vibes were off
Casey Newton writing for Platformer: Google’s Broken Link to the Web
Aside from the opening act, the TikTok DJ
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I’ll just say it, I want an iPad that runs macOS (members post)
The more I think about it, the more I’m squarely in the camp of people who want iPad-like hardware that runs macOS, and I’m not sorry for saying it.
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Apple apologizes for crushing ad campaign
Apple VP of marketing to Ad Week (via 9to5Mac):
Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it’s incredibly
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Settle down about the Apple Pencil, nature is healing
Look, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Apple selling 4 Apple Pencils is great. It’
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Apple’s “Crush” ad is getting roasted, and I get it, even if it didn’t bother me
Kenneth Shepard writing for Kotaku: Apple’s New iPad Ad Sparks Loud, Immediate Backlash
The intent is obvious. Apple wants
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Marvel Studios is making an immersive, interactive story just for the Vision Pro
Marvel Studios: Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive Announce ‘What If…? – An Immersive Story,’ Coming Exclusively to Apple Vision Pro
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What Steve Jobs said about styli (styli really doesn’t seem like a real word, but Birchtree’s stringent style guide requires I use it)
I found myself watching the original iPhone announcement today, and I know it’s cliche to say, but damn is
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Incomplete thought: why do iPads and Windows computers earn such different responses from Mac fans? (members post)
Why do iPads bring out a very specific reaction while other products don’t?
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Quick thoughts on the new iPads
Check out the event if you missed it, but let’s go from least updated to most updated, shall we?
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On those expensive as hell iPad Pro rumors…
Maybe the first Apple rumor of 2024 was that the upcoming iPad Pros would be extraordinarily expensive. Quoting that piece:
Ok, spatial personas are fuckin’ rad
I finally had my first spatial persona experience, and it was pretty rad. A friend and I spent about 30
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Praying for passkeys to get better
William writing at Firstyear's blog-a-log: Passkeys: A Shattered Dream
Passkeys are now seen as a way to capture
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The kids are figuring it out
Justin Ling writing for Bug-eyed and Shameless: Leave Those Kids Alone
I’ve had a rule for a long time.
The Rabbit R1 perplexes me
If I’m being totally honest, I don’t understand the Rabbit R1 at all. As a piece of hardware,
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My Vision Pro spends most of its time in a drawer, and how that relates to cognitive bias (members post)
I reckon with why I'm generous with the Vision Pro falling short of my hopes while I'm happy to drag other products for doing the same thing. Also the best improvised version of Blur's Song 2 I've ever seen.