The Business Times:
Apple Inc said its mobile-payment service is now available in more than 2 million retail locations, with merchants such as Crate & Barrel, Chick-fil-A and Au Bon Pain rolling it out in stores.
Solid progress.
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Lynn University distributes iPad Pro to all faculty, undergraduates
University adoption is an important step for the iPad Pro, an important part of the overall sales cycle.
Apple eyes March 15 event for iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 & Apple Watch updates
The Ides of March. Interesting choice of dates.
Why iOS is compelling
Fascinating exploration of the idea of moving to iOS full time. Lots to think about here.
Complete deconstruction of the San Francisco font
A real type nerd’s fantasy and a delicious read.
Apple relaunches “Shot on iPhone 6” campaign for 6s and 6s Plus
Fire up your cameras!
Apple’s Spaceship Campus: latest drone footage
[VIDEO] So much progress!
Can’t unmount a volume? Here’s how to figure out why.
This is a gem, for when you try to unmount a volume but can’t due to an unknown process or application running on the volume. Even if you’ve not experienced this, worth reading to expand the power user side of your brain.
Alphabet passes Apple (in after hour trading) as the world’s most valuable company
If nothing else, historically interesting.
The case against Control Center
Stephen Hackett on why he finds Control Center just too busy. I agree and have my own suggestion for a fix.
Bloomberg: Apple working on wireless charging at-a-distance
We could see this as soon as next year. If true, seems like a bit of a game changer.
Truly erasing your Mac’s hard drive
The article walks you through the process. Tuck this one away, pass it along.
Angela Ahrendts on Apple retail’s corporate culture
Angela Ahrendts talks about retention rates and the culture of the Apple Store.
Apple set to overtake Samsung as world’s top chip buyer
Doomed.
Guess how many iPhones Apple sold in 2015
Doomed.
The complete, easy guide to backing up your Mac
Macworld’s Christopher Phin walks you through the options. If nothing else, click through to the article and read each section headline, just to get a sense of all the options covered. Good stuff.
On pricing an iOS app
Tough to know the right apps to develop and to find the right pricing sweet spot at which to sell them.
iPad Pro gets standalone capability normally reserved for Mac
The ability to fully support your satellite devices (like updating the Logitech keyboard’s firmware) is critical if the iPad Pro is going to serve as your full time computer.
Tim continues Apple’s investment strategy
Pouring money into R&D and releasing products during such a downturn is both brave and smart. Apple has long done this and Tim is keeping that strategy in place.
How to learn to code when you have no idea where to start
I absolutely love this. Please pass this along.
Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ at crossroads, team in hiring freeze, source says
Apple Insider reporting on a hiring freeze for Apple’s rumored car project.
Interview with Apple Employee #4 (the man who introduced Jobs and Woz)
[VIDEO] This is an interview steeped in history, both in terms of the beginnings of Apple and the early days of Silicon Valley.
A link that crashes Safari and your iPhone
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Apple Watch’s killer app is already here
Tim Bajarin makes the case for Notifications being the killer app, I add in a few points of my own.
The real legacy of Steve Jobs
Digging through the recent movies and one of the better Steve Jobs biographies, Sue Halpern does an interesting job weaving together a picture of Steve Jobs’ legacy.
Apple’s quarterly fiscal results call at 2p PT today
Links to the Investor Relations page, as well as the webcast of the earnings call.
Mac Kung Fu: 20 classic Mac tricks that you don’t know
You may be familiar with a handful of these tips. But my bet is that many of these will be new to you. Fantastic post.
Amazon Prime’s latest salvo in the battle against Apple TV, Chromecast
Janko Roettgers, writing for Variety:
Amazon’s Prime members just got a new perk: Showtime and Starz, unbundled and cheap.
Things are getting interesting.
How to turn on Mac’s location menu bar icon
Follow the link to see how to turn that compass icon on, to see when an OS X application is requesting access and using location data.
WSJ: Apple’s electric car project lead leaving company
Daisuke Wakabayashi, writing for the Wall Street Journal, writes about Steve Zadesky, a 16-year Apple veteran and former Ford Engineer, leaving Apple.