This popped up on Twitter last week and is utterly insane. I immediately went to Netflix to watch both of the Bahubali movies.
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A French chateau hoarding the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets
What an odd place for such a collection. But now I want to go see it.
Apple should let people choose Spotify as their default music player
Apple should allow users to replace any default app they choose, not just Spotify.
Apple’s bulbous, colorful iMac went on sale 21 years ago today
I will always maintain that it’s impossible to overestimate the importance of the iMac to Apple. It literally saved the company from a buy out by any number of vultures and is the foundation today’s Apple is built on. It’s the last remaining product from that time and Apple has kept the name for 21 years, longer than any other single product line.
Siri answers 83% of questions correctly, beating Alexa but trailing Google Assistant
Second place is “nice” but Siri still only answers approximately 83% of questions correctly.
Millions of books are secretly in the public domain. You can download them free
This has been around for a while but I like reminding people every now and then.
Michael Gandolfini opens up about the difficult decision to portray Tony Soprano
Following in your father’s footsteps is never easy. I can’t imagine how much more difficult it is for this young man.
What does the BMW logo mean?
The BMW logo is one of the most recognizable in the world. Its always been assumed it represented propellers and, up until now, BMW didn’t confirm or deny that interpretation. Interesting story.
Watch gymnastics superhero Simone Biles land the first ever “triple double” in competition
Absolutely incredible.
The Apple Card is not magic
A rare bit of clarity from Macworld. The Apple Card, is it presently stands, is in the middle of the pack when it comes to “the best card.” But Apple will undoubtedly offer more and better features and options as time goes by.
The eternal lie of the pools that turn blue if you pee in them
How many of us were told this as kids? How many of us believed it?
If you lose your iPhone, you can’t pay your Apple Card bill on the web
That’s….inconvenient.
TP-Link cancels HomeKit plan for Kasa smart plug mini
As I said in this morning’s YML Daily, this serves to illustrate what I’ve always said about CES — never believe any announcements coming out of CES until the product actually ships.
“The Morning Show” official teaser trailer
Apple is rolling out more teases for the upcoming Apple TV + streaming service.
The Dalrymple Report: Apple Card, Yelp, and Time Machine
The Apple Card starting arriving for some people this week. Dave is still upset about Apple using Yelp, especially with news about the company this week and we talk about Time machine backups.
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Apple transforms Central Park into an augmented reality gallery
I’d love to see this. If any of you are lucky enough to live in one of the featured cities, please let me know what the experience was like!
Apple teacher academy
The elementary, high school and college educators who attended this summer’s academies came from different states, schools and backgrounds — but they all shared one new and very important responsibility: shepherding their students into a world where coding is a common language. The teachers are determined not only to teach their students about coding, but to show them how they can channel that knowledge to make the world a better place, starting with their communities. On that front, they’re leading by example.
Apple has always taken its responsibility to education seriously, but these types of things are even better than anything else they’ve done. This is helping teachers instruct the kids that are our future.
The large-scale effort to replicate London’s Tower Bridge for ‘Far From Home’s’ finale
It’s always a little mindboggling to see the effort that goes into these kinds of shots.
Apple Card offers benefits from Mastercard, base APR lowered to 12.99%
I’ve been critical of the lack of additional benefits to users of the Apple Card vs other cards so it’s good to see a few more details from MasterCard that show benefits not mentioned in the past. But they still don’t match up to the Visa cards I use now. For example, the Apple Card does not offer purchase protection and extended warranties for cardholders which, in my opinion, are table stakes for most cards.
The Apple Card is the product that finally killed the Apple fan in me
While I disagree completely with the reasoning, it’s still interesting to see what anti-Apple Card people might say and think. And, to be clear, I wouldn’t get an Apple Card even if it was offered here in Canada. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think it has value for others.
Is this the end of Nikon as we know it? Fiscal report shows 71% drop in earnings
It’s not the end of Nikon — yet. But they have significant work ahead of them to weather this particular storm.
6 new and returning sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics
I’m a complete Olympics junkie so the more sports, the better. New events are Karate, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, and Surfing.
This Irish teenager may have a solution for a plastic-free ocean
This young man has come up with a brilliantly simple solution. Whether it can be used commercially is the question.
Quentin Tarantino Spotify takeover
Like his movies or not, his musical selections are almost always spot on.
Bodybuilders arguing about how many days are in a week
Truly hilarious.
The Dalrymple Report: Apple doom, and Maps in iOS 13
Apple has always been doomed, even when they’re not. The media always finds a way to report the bad about Apple, and sometimes the bad is really hard to find. We also take a look at the improvements to Apple Maps in iOS 13.
Apple Music rebrands Alternative playlist as ‘ALT CTRL’
That’s a great list of bands.
The Jimmy Page Telecaster
When the opening riff of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” came through the radio in 1969, everything changed. Jimmy Page altered the course of popular music with a single guitar: his 1959 Fender Telecaster. Co-designed with Page, the Fender Jimmy Page Telecaster is an homage to that legendary instrument, which created some of the most iconic riffs of the 20th Century.
I remember Jimmy playing mostly Gibson guitars, but any instrument co-designed by Page is worth a look.
Apple Maps in iOS 13
Timed with the spread of its first-party mapping data, Apple is giving the Maps app a big upgrade in iOS 13 that represents the company’s biggest push yet to overtake Google Maps as the world’s most trusted, go-to mapping service. Apple Maps in iOS 13 represents – if you’re in the US at least – Apple’s purest vision to date for a modern mapping service.
I really like Apple Maps these days. Yes, it had a difficult start, but that was years ago and Apple has been doing a lot of work to make Maps the best.
Here’s what drive-in theaters looked like in their glory days
Many of you may have missed the “good old days” of the drive-in theaters (and today’s movie-going experience is in many ways vastly better) but there was a time when this was the best way to see a movie. We went often when I was a kid in high school, sneaking in friends, beer, and candy in the trunk.