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I’ve always thought these kinds of comparisons were ridiculous but Stern makes this video more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

What starts off as a perfectly normal safety video turns kinda weird quickly.

Watching this makes me wonder how long it would take me before I threw up.

This might the best video you watch all weekend.

Crowds of customers started gathering overnight at Taipei 101 for the grand opening of Apple’s first store in Taiwan on Saturday. The curved, sliding glass doors opened at 11 a.m. as employees welcomed customers to come together, explore the store and get hands-on with Apple’s latest products.

It’s amazing that after all these years, the opening of an Apple store still draws so many people.

Nike’s pilot program to sell certain products on Amazon and Instagram is a precursor to it forging a deeper relationship with online retailers, and could hit sales at sporting goods retailers such as Foot Locker Inc.

There is no doubt this will hurt retailers in the long term. Shares of Nike went up on the news, but shares of retailers went down. Once this goes beyond the pilot program, retailers will really get hit hard.

CBS News: When Andy Mitchell spotted a young man in a fast food uniform walking along the side of a road on a 95-degree summer day in Rockwall, Texas, he felt compelled to pull over. He rolled down his window … Continued

In honour of Canada Day, here is a fun list of “Canadian” food, some of which I didn’t even know where specific to Canada. How many have you tried? I’ve had all but six.

I don’t think it’s hyperbole to call the iPhone the most influential product of the 21st century so far. Something may come along in the next eighty years to supplant it but right now, its importance can’t be overstated.

As someone who relies on GPS to even leave the house, I’m familiar with waypoints but I had no idea the names of the ones used in the sky were so whimsical.

Obviously, every Canadian knows how to do this.

Because the update contains many new features that patient users have been waiting to get their hands on, I want to give folks the option of trying it out early. I think the beta release is very stable, but you’ll have to forgive a few rough edges while I finish things up.

I’ve said this before: Almost every post on The Loop for the past seven years has gone through MarsEdit. I’m happy to see a new version on the way and will gladly pay whatever upgrade fee is needed for a piece of software I use so much.

Rewatching the video reminds me of the insane excitement of the launch. I doubt we’ll ever see another product that generates this level of enthusiasm in such a wide range of people.

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that 2 billion people are regularly using its flagship service, marching past another milestone in its growth from a college curiosity in the United States to the world’s largest social media network.

And

Facebook defines a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through its website or a mobile device, or used its Messenger app, in the past 30 days.

That is just an incredible amount of people using the service. Even though I haven’t posted on Facebook in a year or so, I still do login, so I guess I’m one of those active users.

This guy is doing stunts on a scooter I didn’t even know were possible. Stick around for the final stunt he pulls. Incredible.

Do. Not. Want.

Some great choices Ozzy!

Apple began rolling out a new mix on Apple Music called My Chill Mix. Apple told me today that the new mix will not be available to everyone immediately, but it will show up over time. […]

These pictures are just stunning.

This piece is in response to Joshua Topolsky’s ridiculous assertion on Twitter that, “If you think you can replace your laptop with an iPad, you cannot.”

ZDNet: What surprises me isn’t how popular the iPhone is now, but that it survived the first couple of years to become the influential cash-generating machine that it has become. I’m just going to come out and say it — … Continued

Minor quibbles aside, it’s hard to disagree with the criticism in the embedded video.

Actually, you probably do know about most of them but there might be one or two gems here you haven’t discovered yet.

The full history of the iPhone has yet to be written but it’s remarkable how much this one device has literally changed the world in the previous ten years.

With iOS 11 Public Beta being released today, I could easily sum up my thoughts on the new iOS by saying I think it’s one of the most significant releases ever. Not for any particular whiz-bang feature, but for the attention to detail and all of the small features that people can use every day. […]

I’m not usually a fan of remakes but Franklin’s incredible version of the song blows away the original.

I’m looking to replace my older iPad with a Pro for the reasons Carlson lists in his piece. It really is very close to being a Mac replacement for some photographers.

I didn’t appreciate the awesomeness of olive oil until I spent a month in Italy. I thought putting it on a piece of bread like butter would be greasy and disgusting. Turns out, it’s a little piece of heaven.

In the embedded video, look for a (hairless!) yours truly at 2:15.

Canada turns 150 years old next week and this page highlights some great apps made by my fellow Canadians.