Springsteen’s very first radio performance

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[VIDEO] John Vettese, writing for WXPN Music Notes:

there was once a time when The Boss was just a young dude with a guitar and a dream. We hear that in this recording of his first-ever radio appearance, on WBCN in Boston on January 9, 1973. It might just be my favorite Springsteen rarity – I love how giddy and unsteady he sounds, the breezy saxophone commentary from Clarence Clemons, the way they effortlessly play off one another. Does this outdo the album version on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.? Perhaps.

A Springsteen fan? Then you’ll love this.

Weird 80s font convergence

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Jason Kottke lays out, visually, that Apple, Reebok, and TrapperKeeper all used the exact same font at one point in time. Fascinating.

Google search will soon add live TV listings

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From the Google Search blog:

Last year we launched video actions in Search to help viewers find direct options to watch the shows they are looking for on programmer and distributors mobile apps and sites or stores like Google Play.

Today, I’m excited to announce that, coming soon, Google Search will have live TV listings.

A solid step in the right direction…

AnandTech’s deep dive look at the 9.7″ iPad Pro display

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AnandTech does their typical great job digging into the details. In this case, Brandon Chester keeps the focus on the 9.7″ iPad Pro display, looking at things like DCI-P3 gamut support and the underpinnings of True Tone.

Apple and Earth Day

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[VIDEO] This is the kind of video that Apple really does well. A great message, well put together. Perfect for Earth Day.

Federico Viticci’s incredible iOS 10 concept video

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[VIDEO] I absolutely love this piece. Take a minute to watch the video, embedded below. Federico and Sam Beckett did an amazing job visualizing iOS elements that do not exist in real life, making them seem as if they did exist. Incredible.

5,000 developers talk about their salaries

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Perhaps the most important takeaway:

Even when you control for location, title, and years of experience, women still get $5,000 less per year than men.

Magic Leap, the world’s most secretive startup

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This is a massive peek inside the current state of Virtual Reality and Magic Leap’s so-called Mixed Reality. I found the whole thing fascinating, especially the insider info on how VR tricks your brain into believing what you are seeing is really happening.

European Commission charges Google with antitrust violations

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From the European Commission fact sheet (Emphasis theirs):

The Commission’s investigation showed that Google obliges manufacturers, who wish to pre-install Google’s app store for Android, Play Store, on their devices, to also pre-install Google Search, and set it as the default search provider on those devices.

That’s the heart of it, but the post contains more details.

Apple’s mysterious rollout of tvOS app web links/previews

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Federico Viticci, writing for MacStories:

Apple has begun rolling out web links and iTunes web previews for Apple TV apps. The change, first noticed by Jeff Scott and which we were able to confirm via Safari on OS X, allows users to link to tvOS apps in a web browser, which will show an iTunes Preview with screenshots, app description, and other information.

Why is this self-discovery for tvOS developers? Puzzling rollout.

Apple’s security blind spots

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Glenn Fleishman digs into the differing privacy models maintained by Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple. Most important to me is the iCloud blind spot.

Apple’s WWDC press release

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Interesting quote from Phil Schiller. Live streaming of sessions. Looking forward to this.