Tag: Apple
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IMG_0001 – Take a look into random videos from people’s lives from a decade ago: ‘Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in “Send to YouTube” button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.’ // Mesmerizing!
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As clicks dry up for news sites, could Apple News be a lifeline? – Wow! // “the Beast on track to make between $3-4 million in revenue this year from Apple News alone — more than its own standalone subscription program, and without much additional cost.”
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The Justice Department Accuses Apple Of Smartphone Monopoly – ’When you’re as big as Apple, there’s a target on your back. The company’s market capitalization flirts with three trillion dollars, but more importantly, it commands a resounding 60%+ share of the smartphone market in the U.S. Therein lies the rub – our phones are the…
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iOS 17 release: everything you need to know about Apple’s big updates – A concise list. The journaling app comes out later this year.
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Apple Savings Accounts Funds Withdrawal Concerns – “Customers who have requested withdrawals have reported waiting 2-4 weeks for their money to show up.” // This is the catch with that account. 4.5% interest is great, though. You have to think of the Apple savings account as a weird, 30 day CD.
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Apple Makes More Fintech Moves With High-Yield Savings Account From Goldman Sachs – Very detailed overview of “Bank of Apple.”
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20230327 – Big 🤖 edition here
You know, maybe this would be a good notebook for my ChatGPT/AI stuff. I do a lot of it, and it’s fun to share. I’ve yet to find a good source of prompts (I don’t want to go to reddit or Discord – I really want just a curated list), but it’s sort of fun…
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Using Apple Freeform for a Digital Wunderkammer
Medusa a driving a car, wide shot at dutch angle realistic frank frazetta epic golden hour Current status: we go back to Texas for three weeks in a few days. It’s always nice to slip into the warm familiarity of the States. And, in Texas, the food: tex-mex, BBQ, ice tea with free refills. Lazy…
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Apple iOS 12.2, Apple News+, Apple Card
Screen Time is pretty good, but can always use more. It has that very Apple feature cycle where you expect more easy release, but they tend to keep it overly simple. The second item below should be good: Screen Time – Downtime can be configured with a different schedule for each day of the week…
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Link: Elizabeth Holmes and her firm Theranos show why we must stop fetishising entrepreneurs
As well as capturing enduring gender anxieties, the Theranos story is also a reflection of the technological zeitgeist. Gibney believes Holmes was so successful because of Silicon Valley’s “fetishisation of the entrepreneur”. Holmes’s entire persona, after all, seems to have been an exercise in myth-making. She dropped out of college, like Mark Zuckerberg. She borrowed…
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Link: The Demise of Blockbuster, and Other Failure Fairy Tales
Strategy is hard, execution at the middle-management later is harder. What’s missing from the story is that PARC delivered on its mission. In fact, it saved Xerox from the fate of Kodak. While its copier business was disrupted by smaller Japanese competitors like Canon and Ricoh, one component of the Star system, the laser printer,…
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Link: The axes of HomePod evolution: don’t judge what you can’t yet see
“it’s important to bear in mind how every single Apple product tends to evolve: from MVP, aka minimal viable product, to thing that people buy by the million.” Original source: The axes of HomePod evolution: don’t judge what you can’t yet see
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Link: Apple Pay accepted at 1 out of 2 U.S. stores, says Apple VP Jennifer Bailey
“Apple Pay availability was limited to about 3 percent of stores in the U.S. when it launched in 2014, but is now accepted in 50 percent of stores.” Original source: Apple Pay accepted at 1 out of 2 U.S. stores, says Apple VP Jennifer Bailey
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Link: Podcast Listeners Really Are the Holy Grail Advertisers Hoped They’d Be – WIRED
Early excitement around what Apple’s podcast analytics is saying about podcast listeners: “At Panoply, home to podcasts like Slate’s Political Gabfest and Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History, CTO Jason Cox says that listeners are typically getting through 80-90 percent of content” Original source: Podcast Listeners Really Are the Holy Grail Advertisers Hoped They’d Be – WIRED
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Link: Apple bringing medical records to iPhone, Apple Watch
“It all works when a user opens the iPhone’s health app, navigates to the health record section, and, on the new tool, adds a health provider. From there, the user taps to connect to Apple’s software system and data start streaming into the service. Patients will get notified via an alert if new information becomes…
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Link: Apple’s Siri-equipped HomePod comes to your home on February 9
Apple is pretty cool consistent in anemic features versus alternatives, but like the Windows says. Of course, when Apple nails the opinionated workflow, you appreciate it: “Since Apple revealed HomePod, it’s been clear that the company is focusing more on sound quality and the music-listening experience with this smart speaker than Siri’s capabilities as a…
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Link: Apple App Store Continues to Grow
“Since the App Store launched in July 2008, iOS developers have earned over $86 billion.” Link to original
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Coté Memo #082: Disrupting with high prices, indulging in colonialism porn, and dying among the tomatoes. Oh, and Docker!
Come to the Austin Docker Meetup this Thursday (Jan 7th) to see me and some much smarter people talk about “The Container State of the Union.” See below for some of the “prep” work I’ve done. Also in this edition, new types of disruption theory, compliance in DevOps, books, and a smalll, interesting link round-up.…
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Link: Apple Watch by the (estimated) numbers, and 11 claimed myths about the wearable
Round up of marketshare and commentary on the Apple Watch from Horace’s Apple Watch conference. 80% of wearable market, they say. Source: Apple Watch by the (estimated) numbers, and 11 claimed myths about the wearable
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Link: Wearables marketshare from IDC
“Fitbit with 22.2%, Apple with 18.6%, and Xiaomi with 17.4%. Of course, in such a new product category, market share can be volatile, but they are far ahead of the No. 4 player, Garmin (4.1%), which largely caters to hard-core runners.” Source: Wearables marketshare from IDC
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