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It's a deal! (#apple #appleone #applemusic #fitnessplus)
Sometimes in your life you come across some deals that you cannot refuse. Apple One is one of them. As a Canadian, by subscribing, on top of Apple News+, 2 TB iCloud storage and Apple Music, Iām getting Fitness+ and Apple Arcade andā¦ to my surprise, now I have 4 TB of iCloud storage. How good is that? Canāt wait to try Fitness+ and maybe help me go through these enduring times this coming winter while getting in a better shape? Continue reading ā
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Optimized for Mac (#apple #applesilicon #ios #ipados)
Here is one of the most fascinating part of upcoming Apple Silicon Macs: the implicit support for iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac (as long as the developers care to update their apps, obviously). I wonder how massive this change will be. How will it change the third-party applications landscape on the Mac? How will it influence the pricing of both iOS/iPadOS apps and macOS apps? We tend to take for granted that software on the Mac is always more expensive compared to their iPad counterpartā¦ The next year sure will be interesting to watch for Mac lovers like me. Continue reading ā
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Fascinating times (#apple #microsoft #google #amazon)
Here is a fascinating chart: brand value calculated by Interbrand. Apple is on top again this year. They have been there since 2012. What I find interesting is the first row is occupied by companies reflecting our new way of life as we depend on smartphones (Apple, Samsung), online shopping (Amazon) and the cloud (Microsoft). What about Google you might ask? Well, first, as we donāt like to pay for online stuff, we prefer to be the product of advertisers. Continue reading ā
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Weāre humans ā Tim Cook (#apple #timcook)
āWork canāt solve for all the things weāre missing right now, but a shared sense of purpose goes a long way. A belief that we can do more together than we can alone, that people of good will, driven by creativity and passion and that certain itch of a big idea, can still do things that help other people in our own small way to teach, to learn, to create, or just to relax at a time like this. Continue reading ā
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Apple is doom! (#apple #iphone #mac #ipad)
Poor Apple, iPhone sales are 20% down compared to last yearās quarter. Look, people, it's 2020 and we are in the middle of a pandemic. Stores are closing, opening, then closing again. Yet, Apple is able to pull it off big time. Thanks to the Mac, iPad and services, Apple is able to come out with a great quarter! Thatās what is interesting: when one product line is performing poorly, others take the lead. Continue reading ā
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Apple's Clips is Underated (#apple #clips)
Apple this week updated their strange application, Clips, to version 3.0. Clips looks like a technology demonstration to me. I hear it is popular among the young crowd. Maybe. Iāve played with the new version a bit and really like the new design which is cleaner and more enjoyable to use. After playing with, boy this app is power hungry; my iPhone 11 Pro getās very hot! Still an interesting ting to play with. Continue reading ā
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On Apple Search (#apple #siri #search @parkerortolani)
Here is an interesting design concept of a possible Apple Search service. What I find interesting is the use of the Siri branding. I donāt know if Apple would use it or simply call the service: Apple Search. I would prefer the latter as Siri is not known to sound like āgoodā more like āgood enoughā or ābehind the reste of the crowdā.Ā Continue reading ā
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11.0.1 beta, really? (#apple #macos #macosbigsur)
This curve ball wasn’t expected: Apple comes up with beta 1 of macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. Why? Why now? Does this mean 11.0 GM is really around the corner and will ship soon on new Macs, including the first Apple Silicon ones? Why do I keep thinking Big Sur (based on Beta 10) was far from ready? Something is clear to me, I’m not upgrading my iMac anytime soon, but I understand that my upcoming Mac Pro could come pre-installed with it. Continue reading ā
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Third edition is out! (#newsletter #blogger #writing #apple)
After much writing and compositing, the third edition of the Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter is out! I’m quite happy with the end results. It’s getting better with each release. It’s still free. Can’t wait to build the next edition! Please, read, share and like! šš» šš» Comments are welcomed! Continue reading ā
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That was fast! (#apple #ios14 #ios13)
Iām always impressed by the turn over speed of major new releases of iOS. iOS 14 adoption rate is already surpassing iOS 13 after less than six weeks of availability. Wow. Appleās iPhone ecosystem is running at blazing speed to adopt new technologies. There is nothing like that in tech. Even if people are keeping their old iPhone longer, by supporting old devices, Apple can set the bar for new privacy features and make them available to a vast portion of the users. Continue reading ā
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Twisted dialogue (#apple #iphone12 #environment @mattbirchler)
Matt Birchler in a funny post hightlights how twisted Appleās stance can be when it comes to pushing their agenda: in this cas, the protection of the environment. I think it is a mandatory thing to openly challenge something Apple does even if you like their products as much as we possible can. I did it in my long article āThe Rotten Side of Tim Cookās Appleā and lāll continue to do it. Continue reading ā
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Basic Apple Guy but gorgeous! (#apple #blog #discovery @basicappleguy)
Thanks to an article from John Gruber’s website, Daring Fireball, I discovered a new Apple-centric blog yesterday: Basic Apple Guy. After spending a few minutes on it exploring the content, I kind of fell in love with it and and started to wish it was mine. I’m impressed by the simplicity and the content quality. RSS feed already added to my collection. Continue reading ā
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It's all about the story, right? (#apple #mac #applesilicon)
Here is what I’ll be looking for at the Apple Silicon Macs introduction: the story they will tell for their introduction. Remember when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone or the iPod? There was a story to hit so people could understand the “why’s”. Now, in the age of smartphones, what is the relevancy for Apple Silicon Macs? Why now? What pain points do they address? Can’t wait for November. Photo credits. Continue reading ā
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I kind of like what Iām seeing (#myblog #blogger #bloggerlife)
This is my Micro.blog. Using the popular Newsify RSS feed reader, I used my own feeds to see how it would look through it. I was pleasantly surprised by the end results. Itās been a while since I found the best way for me to post on Micro.blog. All posts have a title, hashtags, a picture and use at least 280 characters so the boundary where a title becomes available. Without it, Micro. Continue reading ā
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Everyone has their price (#apple #google #privacy #privacyprotection)
According to the New York Time regarding the antitrust lawsuit in the works, Google is paying between 8 to 12 billions $ a year to be the default search engine on iOS. That is a lot of money, but apparently, that’s the price to pay for Apple to bend over their privacy stance. If there is one reason why Apple should get out of this deal and build their own search tech or buy DuckDuckGo altogether: put the walk behind the talk. Continue reading ā
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The master in action (#stevejobs #ipod #apple #history)
This short clip showing Steve Jobs introduce the iPod is a pure joy to re-watch. It is 9m 11sec of presentation mastery. The way he set the stage, draw attention to pain points, show the “solutionā is perfect. This is how you do it. This clip should go in tech and marketing history books. Now, let’s try to imagine how he would do it for the introduction of the first Apple Silicon Mac in a few weeks. Continue reading ā
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The more I read... (#iPhone12 #iphone12pro #apple)
The more I read comments on Twitter about the iPhone 12, the more I’m happy to skip this upgrade cycle: wireless network performance (spotty), battery life (highly hit by 5G usage), finger prints magnet (Pro edges), mildly controversial colours (not as unanimous as last year’s colours), weak cameras upgrade (from the 11 Pro), MagSafe design and performance (too weak magnets). I’ll be waiting for the iPhone 13 patiently. Continue reading ā
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iPhone heritage (#apple #design #iphone #iphone12)
_āEnduring design doesnāt need constant reinterpretation. It needs tweaking, polishing, and subtle improvementā _ā Om Malik Great take by Om Malik on the the significance of timeless design in āWhy great design is timelessā. As I wrote in my previous post, to me, the iPhone 5 was the best Apple design before the iPhone 12. Om Malik refers to the iPhone 4 as being an example of timeless design that was later only tweaked, refined and polished in following iPhone iterations. Continue reading ā
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Apple did it again. (#iphone12 #apple #design)
In my opinion, this year’s black iPhone 12 is now their best design of all time, surpassing their previously best design, the black iPhone 5. It took them 8 years. I can’t wait to see that in person, for now, this tweet by Brian MacDuff is enough to convince me. Blacks are deep blacks, the edges mat finish is way better than on the Pro models. What could come next to beat this? Continue reading ā
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Staying home... (#iphone12 #apple #applestore)
For as far that I can remember, I wonāt go to an Apple Store to see the new iPhone this year. Thank’s to… well.. you know, it’s 2020. Twitter threads like this one I’m sure is not doing justice to the look and feel of these new devices. Continue reading ā
