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Andy Ihnatko

@ihnatko
53 posts
2023-05-17
This is a signature of the Apple news cycle in May: a series of smaller news releases about interesting and potentially important stuff. I have to suspect that this story was in the WWDC keynote until recently and got cut from the final rundown. https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-05-17 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple unveils new cognitive, vision, and speech accessibility features for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, like an AI voice that sounds like the user's, coming in 2023

If done well, this could be excellent for live music fans and support for Maps guides makes sense. … Blake E. Reid / @blakereid@mastodon.lawprofs.org : It won't get nearly as much...

2023-05-16
This is a signature of the Apple news cycle in May: a series of smaller news releases about interesting and potentially important stuff. I have to suspect that this story was in the WWDC keynote until recently and got cut from the final rundown. https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-05-16 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple announces a suite of features to improve cognitive, vision, and speech accessibility on iOS and iPadOS, rolling out later in 2023

Apple previewed a suite of new features today to improve cognitive, vision and speech accessibility.  These tools are slated to arrive on the iPhone, iPad and Mac later this year.

2023-05-03
Thank goodness. Only two disasters have caused Apple and Google to work together on a common solution: COVID and the widespread abuse of Bluetooth trackers. https://www.cnbc.com/...
2023-05-03 View on X
CNBC

Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies

- Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.

2023-05-02
Thank goodness. Only two disasters have caused Apple and Google to work together on a common solution: COVID and the widespread abuse of Bluetooth trackers. https://www.cnbc.com/...
2023-05-02 View on X
CNBC

Apple and Google submit an industry specification proposal to address unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies

- Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.

2022-07-04
Google announces it will not retain location data regarding users' visits to “counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others.” https://blog.google/...
2022-07-04 View on X
The Verge

Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history

but don't relax just yet David Lumb / CNET : Google Will Auto-Delete Your Location Data After Visits to Abortion Clinics Chris Smith / BGR : Google will auto-delete abortion clinic...

2022-07-03
Google announces it will not retain location data regarding users' visits to “counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others.” https://blog.google/...
2022-07-03 View on X
The Verge

Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history

Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations  —  Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …

2022-07-02
Google announces it will not retain location data regarding users' visits to “counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others.” https://blog.google/...
2022-07-02 View on X
The Verge

Google plans to auto-delete user visits to medical facilities like abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, and weight loss centers from location histories

Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations  —  Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …

2022-05-12
More than 10 years after the iPad, Google proudly announces that they've decided that Google's own OS and apps shouldn't stink like monkey farts on everything larger than a phone screen. YOU'RE WELCOME
2022-05-12 View on X
TechCrunch

Google plans to launch an Android-based Pixel Tablet in 2023, with speakers and a rear camera, after killing its Chrome OS-based Pixel Slate in February 2021

Brian Heater / TechCrunch :

I REALLY want wearOS & Pixel Watch to succeed. Android needs a watch with Apple Watch's ambition and integration. But I've bought more than one failed wearOS device. If I don't like the Pixel Watch, I'm just buying an Apple Watch & accepting the hassle of using it with Android.
2022-05-12 View on X
9to5Google

Google unveils the Pixel Watch with a round glass cover that curves all the way to the metal sides, Fitbit integration, and a clickable crown, coming this fall

Abner Li / 9to5Google :

As expected: announcement of Pixel Watch, “first wearOS watch designed wholly by Google.” Essentially: “we agree that copying Apple Watch overall mojo as closely as possible is a good idea.” Thank God. Available in the Fall...no prices released yet.
2022-05-12 View on X
9to5Google

Google unveils the Pixel Watch with a round glass cover that curves all the way to the metal sides, Fitbit integration, and a clickable crown, coming this fall

Abner Li / 9to5Google :

More than 10 years after the iPad, Google proudly announces that they've decided that Google's own OS and apps shouldn't stink like monkey farts on everything larger than a phone screen. YOU'RE WELCOME
2022-05-12 View on X
Wired

Google will update over 20 apps with tablet optimizations in the coming weeks, as the company seeks to improve Android on large-screen devices

More than 20 Google apps will be updated with tablet optimizations in the coming weeks.  —  There's a reason why the word tablet is synonymous with iPad.

2022-05-02
Hmm. Historically, I've found the take “Apple has lost its soul since Steve died” to be glib and wholly unconvincing. But I've pre-ordered the book and will read it with an open mind. https://www.nytimes.com/... via @GoogleNews
2022-05-02 View on X
New York Times

A look at Jony Ive's evolving responsibilities and frustrations at Apple that eventually led to his June 2019 resignation, adapted from the book “After Steve”

AFTER STEVE: HOW APPLE BECAME A TRILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY AND LOST ITS SOUL Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : How Apple's ‘Corporate Bloat’ Forced Jony Ive to Depart, Details Upc...

2022-04-12
I suppose Netflix scrambled to rename this feature “double thumbs-up” after learning that “two thumbs up” is still trademarked by the estates of Siskel & Ebert. https://t.co/mR4biJUH1C
2022-04-12 View on X
Protocol

Netflix is rolling out a Double Thumbs Up ratings option, which will appear next to the thumbs up and down buttons, to let it refine content recommendations

For nearly five years, Netflix has had simple thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to express viewing preferences and help its algorithms provide better recommendations.

2022-03-09
4) The Mac Studio is very much the desktop Mac I've wanted for years. A Mac Mini...just more of it. Faster, more expandability, more displays. Will surely be buying one once my wallet has recovered fully from all of 2021's needed upgrades. (4/4)
2022-03-09 View on X
AnandTech

A deep dive into Apple's M1 Ultra: two M1 Max dies combined into a single chip, 800GB/second memory bandwidth, 64 GPU cores to outperform the RTX 3090, and more

As part of Apple's spring “Peek Performance” product event this morning, Apple unveiled the fourth and final member of the M1 family of Apple Silicon SoCs, the M1 Ultra.

3) Putting the latest iPhone CPU in the cheapest iPhone sends a serious message about future plans: whatever they intend to do with upcoming software/services, they want to be able to do it on ALL iPhones. (3/?)
2022-03-09 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple announces an updated iPhone SE with 5G, an A15 Bionic, the classic Touch ID home button design, a 12MP camera, and more, shipping on March 18 for $429

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :

3) Putting the latest iPhone CPU in the cheapest iPhone sends a serious message about future plans: whatever they intend to do with upcoming software/services, they want to be able to do it on ALL iPhones. (3/?)
2022-03-09 View on X
PCMag

Though marketed as a 5G iPhone, the new iPhone SE won't support mmWave 5G, and AT&T says it won't be able to use its upcoming 3.45GHz 5G network

AT&T is holding back some of its 5G prowess for later this year, but the new iPhone SE will not work on AT&T's upcoming 3.45GHz 5G network, the carrier confirmed to PCMag.

2022-02-17
I know that Zuckerberg was trying to co-opt a classic Navy credo, but still, JHFC. If you're working for a CEO that tells you “Put my $600B company, of which you own no equity stake, first. Your needs come no higher than third”...RUN. This man is deeply delusional. https://twitter.com/...
2022-02-17 View on X
Washington Post

Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me”

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post :

2022-02-16
I know that Zuckerberg was trying to co-opt a classic Navy credo, but still, JHFC. If you're working for a CEO that tells you “Put my $600B company, of which you own no equity stake, first. Your needs come no higher than third”...RUN. This man is deeply delusional. https://twitter.com/...
2022-02-16 View on X
Washington Post

Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me”

Meta.  Metamates.  Me.  —  At a virtual all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Facebook escalated its attempts …

2022-02-05
When a local law is inconvenient or affects their bottom line, Apple will sneer and circumvent it. If it merely kneecaps iPhone users' power to defend their privacy against an oppressive and inhumane domestic surveillance program, they're cool with it. https://9to5mac.com/...
2022-02-05 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to charge dating app developers using alternative payment systems a 27% commission in The Netherlands, instead of its usual 30% for in-app purchases

by far — is how disingenuous they are. Time and time again I'm made to wonder which of their core principles are important, and which are just PR. And how fluid the distinction is....

Apple isn't evil, by any stretch. But the thing that annoys me the most about the company — by far — is how disingenuous they are. Time and time again I'm made to wonder which of their core principles are important, and which are just PR. And how fluid the distinction is.
2022-02-05 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to charge dating app developers using alternative payment systems a 27% commission in The Netherlands, instead of its usual 30% for in-app purchases

by far — is how disingenuous they are. Time and time again I'm made to wonder which of their core principles are important, and which are just PR. And how fluid the distinction is....