Stephen Witt, writing a long form piece for the New Yorker, captures a moment in time, when compact discs were the de facto currency of the music industry and the MP3 was just starting its disruptive reign.
A non-stop, riveting read.
Watch Rachel Flowers, blind since birth, nail this Frank Zappa solo on stage with Dweezil Zappa and the band
Rachel Flowers is a terrific musician. Her keyboard skills rival her guitar chops. I don’t know the whole backstory, but apparently Rachel’s Zappa mastery became known to Dweezil Zappa and he invited her to guest-gig with his band, Zappa Plays Zappa in Las Vegas this past Saturday night.
Apple Watch and hands free computing
Ben Bajarin writes about the value of hands free computing that Apple Watch brings to the table.
A crack in the consortium
Remember the MCX Consortium, the competing transaction processing system from Walmart, et al? One of their high profile members is Best Buy and they just agreed to take Apple Pay.
Transcript of today’s Tim Cook earnings call
Serenity Caldwell did her thing, giving us a transcript of today’s call.
The last company to be twice as big as its nearest competitor
Interesting piece from the New York Times. Harkens back to the days when Apple was a young upstart.
How to find Apple Watch apps
How do you find Apple Watch apps? Here are some thoughts to get you started.
What it takes to get featured in a Tim Cook keynote
Frederic Filloux, writing for Monday Note, tells the story of Parisian developer Stupeflix and what they went through to get from a mysterious phone call from Apple to being featured a month later in Tim Cook’s October 2014 iPad Air keynote.
Apple’s quarterly results conference call is today
The call is today at 2p PDT.
How to turn your Apple Watch gold (or any other color)
Casey Neistat takes an Apple Watch and does his best to turn it into a poor person’s gold Apple Watch Edition.
Lining up for the Apple Watch, the new model
Why is Apple pushing the Apple Watch lines to other stores?
The definitive guide to Apple Watch icons
This post was written for developers, but if you are interested in the design side of Apple Watch, you might find this interesting. No programming required.
The math behind the iTunes Affiliate Program
If you are a developer with an app in progress or already in the App Store, the iTunes Affiliate Program is an absolute no-brainer. But this logic also applies for any other iTunes content, even free content.
Deconstructing an Apple Watch emoticon
Taking apart one of the Apple Watch animated emoticons, all from my Mac with no special tools.
An Android fan’s take on Google vs Apple
Take a look at what is buried on Google Maps in the north-east corner of Pakistan.
Three new Apple Watch ads
Three new Apple Watch ads, full of detail.
Shawn
Helping a friend in need.
How tough are the Apple Watch finishes?
Greg Koenig, writing for iMore, digs into the durability of the various Apple Watch finishes. Fascinating read.
Early 1976 Apple 1, built in Steve Jobs’ garage, up for auction
The whole auction page is a fascinating read. As of this writing, the current bid is $79,100. A bargain! Auction ends today.
Apple Watch app tracker
Another Apple Watch app tracker. This one is from WatchAware and includes the current number of approved Apple Watch apps.
The state of Twitter clients for Apple Watch
There are a boatload of Twitter clients for OS X. Apple Watch? So far, according to the linked article, there are three: The official Twitter client, Twitterrific 5, and Tweetings 2. But there’s more to that story.
iMore’s list of shipping Apple Watch apps
Allyson Kazmucha, writing for iMore, has put together a solid list of shipping Apple Watch apps.
First wave of Apple Watches set for delivery this Friday
This is getting exciting.
The “No iOS Zone” iPhone crashing vulnerability
Security researchers at SkyCure stumbled onto an iOS vulnerability that, at its extreme, may cause all phones on an attacking network to go into an infinite restart mode.
Un-conventional: How WWDC became the heart of the Apple world’s calendar
WWDC is a massively good time and the center of the Apple universe, at least for a week. Great writeup.
Elon Musk Had a Deal to Sell Tesla to Google in 2013
Fascinating read. Especially if you keep in mind all the Apple Car talk of the last 6 months or so.
AnandTech’s highly detailed 2015 MacBook review
Ryan Smith, writing for AnandTech, digs in to the new MacBook as only AnandTech can. And the new MacBook brings Apple towards the muddy product waters of Apple just before Steve Jobs’ return.
Norway to become first country to kill off FM radio
Norway will officially kill off FM radio in 2017. Will the dominos fall? Is Norway the first of many?
A digital packrat uncovers Apple’s very first home page
Follow along as Kevin Fox’s archaeological skills kick in and he finds the earliest known image of Apple’s home page. Great read, great work.
Porsche to offer Apple CarPlay in future models
Apple Insider:
Porsche owner Volkswagen Group is offering substantial CarPlay support across its marques, including Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Suzuki and Volkswagen.