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If you asked anyone about the MacBook Pro yesterday, the topic would inevitably come around to the keyboard. If you ask someone today, you will get the same topic, but the sentiment has shifted 180 degrees in that 24 hours. […]

Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, has already seen 10 million sign-ups since launching Tuesday, the company announced Wednesday.

Okay, that is impressive. Even more impressive when you consider that many people had issues signing up for the service. Disney’s service is the one that will attract more families than any other on the market today and I don’t see that changing any time soon. They have as a close to a monopoly on family content as you will see.

The challenge, says Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, was taking the best of the Magic Keyboard, an accessory designed for desktop computers such as the upcoming Mac Pro, which launches in December, and adapting and evolving it for the new notebook.

“People sometimes underestimate how much work goes into a keyboard, and that’s why most keyboards in the industry don’t change for 10 or 20 years,” Schiller said in an interview. “We decided that while we were advancing the butterfly keyboard, we would also — specifically for our pro customer — go back and really talk to many pro customers about what they most want in a keyboard and did a bunch of research. The team took the time to do the work to investigate, research, explore and reinvent.”

It’s always good to hear about these things directly from execs at Apple. I haven’t tried the new keyboard yet, but I’m looking forward to it. For what it’s worth, I’m one of the people that has had no issues with the butterfly keyboard design.

Apple on Wednesday released its newest laptop, a 16-inch MacBook Pro, with features all pro users will love.

This is interesting but not “news.” Even back when I worked at Apple in the late 90s, Apple knew enterprise Return on Investment (ROI) was significantly higher than Windows in “mixed-use” environments.

Disney’s back catalog advantage can’t be overestimated.

Ask four-time Grammy-winning producer and engineer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Danger Mouse), a question about mic placement, and you’re just as likely to get an answer about the final mix. See, for the laconic Missouri native and former front-of-house engineer, selecting and setting up microphones, and arranging how and where the players will stand during a session is all part and parcel of creating a virtual soundstage that’ll go on to form the basis of a song’s sonic image.

Vance is one of my favorite engineers. I’ve had the opportunity to speak with him on a number of occasions and his commitment to getting things just right is impressive.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous events of the 20th century. I remember watching it on TV and thinking, “This can’t be happening. There’s no way they will let this continue. It’s going to end in bloodshed.” Thankfully, it didn’t.

Interesting thread. Nice to hear about all the work they are putting in to it. I’m still not buying the premise though.

Dave and I talk about Apple TV+ and the strategy Apple has for releasing new shows. We also follow-up on some HomePod problems.

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I have zero sympathy for him. “Messaging” on this was easy. You guys blew it. Adobe did a poor job of managing expectations from the beginning. Suck it up, take your lumps, do better.

Privacy is hugely important but “annoying” and “boring” for many average users. Apple does a great job of trying to lead people to learn and understand what the company is doping to protect users.

I’m pretty gunshy about Shyamalan movies but will watch this on Apple TV+.

This stuff is confusing enough without this kind of crap. How can the average, non-techy user figure this out?

These orcas live in my “neighbourhood.” I’m so lucky to live in a place where sightings are a regular occurrence. This drone footage gives even greater insight into their activities.

There are very few situations where I’d recommend an extended warranty – I have one on my motorcycle because I’m mechanically incompetent – and am very happy to have my warranties doubled buy buying on a credit card.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did I not wake up black this morning? Because I’m pretty sure I did. Yup…still black.” It may be my own personal biases coming through but with this storyline and this cast, this may be the one thing on Apple TV+ that makes me really want to sign up.

I have an aversion to this kind of painful spicy food but the show, while at times too fluffy, is entertaining nonetheless.

If you like reading or collecting recipes (I use the website and iOS app for AnyList), you know the aggravation of just wanting to see the recipe and not the family history or some such five pages of nonsense. This extension puts the recipe at the top.

My wife was asking who decided on emojis after seeing the new ones and I found this very interesting article. I’m not a huge fan of sending or receiving them but the process of their creation is fascinating.

What a fascinating story about the early days of transatlantic communication.

I picked up my AirPods Pro earlier this week and have spent my time using them for listening to music, podcasts, and fiddling around with the new noise cancellation feature. I will say there is a lot going on with these new headphones—much more than I first suspected. […]

I find this celebration fascinating not only from a cultural point of view but also from a visual one.

Dave and I go into some detail of the new AirPods Pro after my use with the headphones. We also talk about the HomePod and some of the new features in its latest software update.

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In the past month, the company named Paul Meade a vice president of hardware engineering, Jon Andrews a vice president of software engineering, Gary Geaves to a new vice president of acoustics role, and Kaiann Drance as a vice president of marketing.

The Cupertino, California-based technology giant also brought back Bob Borchers, a former iPhone executive who recently worked at Google and Dolby Laboratories Inc. Borchers is now a vice president of marketing.

That’s a good list of people now in lead roles at Apple. I’m especially happy for Kaiann—well deserved.

It’s all going to come down to content and price.

I had the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and loved it and the reviews of this one so far are pretty good. I couldn’t live without the 4K video capture and object tracking this one lacks but if you want a high quality “budget” drone that doesn’t require you to register it with the authorities but still allows a lot of the capabilities of its big brother, this might be a good thing to put under your tree this holiday season.

Apple on Wednesday reported revenue of $64 billion for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter. This represent an increase of two percent over the year ago quarter and the highest fourth quarter revenue ever for the company.

Apple on Monday announced AirPods Pro, the latest version of the company’s wireless headphones. The AirPods will have a new design and other features that set them apart.

There have been many complaints about the new versions of macOS and iOS since their release. Dave and I talk about that, as well as looking at the security of Google and Amazon’s voice assistant products.

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