69 posts tagged ‘Apple’
Teenage Engineering’s New Mic and Recorder Are the Most Delightful Gadgets I’ve Used In Years
Gizmodo,
This year, Swedish electronics manufacturer Teenage Engineering launched two new devices: a microphone, the CM-15, and a digital tape recorder, the TP-7. If purchased together, they’ll run you almost $3,000. For many, it seems absurd to pay that much for products with features that come built into your iPhone — but… Read more...
Apple Asked Amazon to Block Rival Ads
mjtsai,
Eugene Kim (via Hacker News): Apple’s latest products directly sold by Amazon have a much cleaner page layout on Amazon with no ads or recommendations until the very bottom of the page, an Insider review of the e-commerce site shows. Most other brands don’t get this special treatment, according to people familiar with the matter, […]
Sonos Is Also Going to Make Headphones Now
Sonos is now experimenting with headphones. In fact, calling it an experiment would be an understatement, considering the company plans to directly compete with Apple and Bose in the headphone market. Rumors started to emerge of a Sonos headset last year after it acquired T2 Software, a Bluetooth audio startup. Read more...
Neil Young is boycotting Twitter/X
AV Club,
Neil Young just wants to keep rockin’ in a free world. Last year, the prolific folk artist made headlines for pulling his music off Spotify in protest of the streamer platforming Joe Rogan and his anti-vaccination rhetoric. Now, Young is also retracting his business from Twitter/X in protest of (who else) Elon Musk. Read more...
Why Can’t We Quit “The Morning Show”?
The New Yorker,
Apple’s glossy experiment in prestige melodrama is utterly baffling—and must-watch TV.
Apple reportedly plans to release its Vision Pro headset in March 2024
TechCrunch,
Apple is planning to release its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset in March, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The tech giant was reportedly planning to release the headset in January, but is still preparing distribution plans and conducting final device testing. When Apple unveiled the $3,499 Vision Pro back in June, the company said it was […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Apple's Magic Mouse hacked to be ergonomic
Boing Boing,
Ivan Kuleshov hacked the Magic Mouse so that it wouldn't hurt to use it anymore, re-housing it in a taller and more ergonomic casing. All its nice features are preserved and his precise work has the fit (if not quite the finish) you'd expect of an Apple gadget—albeit one that's famously designed with looks in mind. — Read the rest
Disney, Apple, and more suspend Twitter ads amid Elon Musk antisemitism scandal
Several of the biggest companies on the planet—including Disney and Apple, plus Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes studio Lionsgate—have suspended ads on the social networking service we’ll just go ahead and keep calling Twitter today. This comes after the company’s owner, Elon Musk, made a post on Wednesday in which he… Read more...