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Daily coverage of Apple, other technology companies, and the intersection of technology and culture.
This Week in Apple: Frenemies and just plain enemies (Member Post)
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This Week in Apple: Frenemies and just plain enemies
Apple looks to strike a big AI deal with an old frenemy, cheap MacBooks are nigh, and the company’s international relations continue a trend. Lean...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/11/this-week-in-apple-frenemies-and-just-plain-enemies/
3 days ago
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Magic Lasso Adblock (Sponsor)
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Magic Lasso Adblock
My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. With over 5,000 five star reviews; Magic Lasso Adblock is simply the best...
https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2025/11/magic-lasso-adblock-15/
3 days ago
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The resilience of the Mac (Member Podcast)
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The resilience of the Mac
How Apple silicon sparked a Mac renaissance, and a new low-cost MacBook may be on the horizon....
https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2025/11/the-resilience-of-the-mac/
3 days ago
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macOS Tahoe’s icons are a step backwards (Link)
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macOS Tahoe’s icons are a step backwards
If you feel like macOS Tahoe has all your app icons look a bit lackluster (at best), you're not alone. Rogue Amoeba CEO/Lackey Paul Kafasis...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/11/macos-tahoes-icons-are-a-step-backwards/
5 days ago
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I’ve upgraded my house’s holiday lights for the last time
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I’ve upgraded my house’s holiday lights for the last time
Living in a suburban neighborhood brings certain unspoken expectations. Walk down these streets during the last few months of the year and you'll see inflatable...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/11/ive-upgraded-my-houses-holiday-lights-for-the-last-time/
5 days ago
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Bloomberg adds heat to the low-cost MacBook rumors (Link)
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Bloomberg adds heat to the low-cost MacBook rumors
After a 2023 report from Digitimes and a July 2025 report from Ming-Chi Kuo, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is joining in on reports that Apple is...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/11/bloomberg-adds-heat-to-the-low-cost-macbook-rumors/
6 days ago
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Apple’s fiscal 2025 in charts
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Apple’s fiscal 2025 in charts
On October 30, Apple announced its fiscal fourth quarter results, setting an all-time quarterly revenue record and closing its record fiscal year off with a...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/11/apples-fiscal-2025-in-charts/
6 days ago
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The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web
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The App Store now has a pretty sweet solution for the web
It only took 17 years, but the App Store is now accessible on the web. Apple launched the new interface on Monday, allowing you to...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/11/the-app-store-now-has-a-pretty-sweet-solution-for-the-web/
7 days ago
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Making a Scene: When Apple Home gave me lemons, I went bananas
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Making a Scene: When Apple Home gave me lemons, I went bananas
You might wonder why I have an Apple Home scene called Banana Room and another called Lemon Room. I wonder this, too. It all started...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/11/making-a-scene-when-apple-home-gave-me-lemons-i-went-bananas/
7 days ago
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This Week in Apple: This Apple Values Meal isn’t very filling (Member Post)
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This Week in Apple: This Apple Values Meal isn’t very filling
Apple has another great quarter and is on track to deliver the thing that it previously failed to deliver. The company is also set to...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/10/this-week-in-apple-this-apple-values-meal-isnt-very-filling/
10 days ago
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The Back Page: Questions & no answers (Member Post)
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The Back Page: Questions & no answers
Four times a year, Tim Cook gets powered up to talk to financial analysts about the Apple's quarterly results. It's a rare opportunity to get...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/10/the-back-page-questions-no-answers/
10 days ago
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Surveys, immersive videos, and results reactions (Member Podcast)
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Surveys, immersive videos, and results reactions
iPhone buying habits, experiments with immersive video, and the audio version of our Thursday evening YouTube stream breaking down Apple's latest financial results....
https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2025/10/surveys-immersive-videos-and-results-reactions/
10 days ago
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Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged
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Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged
Tim Cook signals for victory! On the day that Apple announces its quarterly fiscal results, as it did on Thursday, there's a little ritual that...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-results-holiday-dunks-and-questions-dodged/
11 days ago
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This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q4 2025 financial call
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This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q4 2025 financial call
Every quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with analysts to detail the quarter...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/this-is-tim-transcript-of-apples-q4-2025-financial-call/
11 days ago
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Charts: Apple caps off best fiscal year with Q4 record
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Charts: Apple caps off best fiscal year with Q4 record
Apple announced the results of its fiscal fourth quarter on Thursday. The company generated $102.5B, a Q4 record which also closed its fiscal year as...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/charts-apple-caps-off-best-fiscal-year-with-q4-record/
11 days ago
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Hello, Robot: Sandwich launches “immersive commercial”
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Hello, Robot: Sandwich launches “immersive commercial”
If there's a company that's not shy about experimenting with video possibilities on the Vision Pro, it's Sandwich. Adam Lisagor and his crew have built...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/hello-robot-sandwich-launches-immersive-commercial/
11 days ago
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iPhone fans always want this year’s model, but what about everyone else?
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iPhone fans always want this year’s model, but what about everyone else?
We've passed through another new iPhone season, that glorious time of year when everyone gets a new phone. Right? If you read enough Apple news...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/iphone-fans-always-want-this-years-model-but-what-about-everyone-else/
12 days ago
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Shortcuts updates in this year’s OSes (Link)
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Shortcuts updates in this year’s OSes
Apple has a page documenting all the updates to Shortcuts in iOS/iPadOS/macOS 26, including new and updated actions: For those building custom shortcuts, some actions...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/shortcuts-updates-in-this-years-oses/
13 days ago
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Mail rules run amok!
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Mail rules run amok!
A friend of mine, Larry, asked for a little help with some various email and sync problems. On a Zoom call with him, I diagnosed...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/mail-rules-run-amok/
14 days ago
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This Week in Apple: Tone policing (Member Post)
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This Week in Apple: Tone policing
Apple makes Liquid Glass optional, iPhone 17 sales go through the roof, and the UK cracks down on the App Store. This one goes to...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/10/this-week-in-apple-tone-policing/
17 days ago
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Notify! (Sponsor)
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Notify!
My thanks to Notify! for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Notify lets you stay effortlessly up-to-date with any changes on websites or RSS feeds that...
https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2025/10/notify/
17 days ago
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A decade later, has the iPad Pro fulfilled its destiny? (/Jason Snell)
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A decade later, has the iPad Pro fulfilled its destiny?
It's not quite right to say that for the first five years of its life, the iPad was an iPhone with a really big screen...
https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2025/10/a-decade-later-has-the-ipad-pro-fulfilled-its-destiny/
17 days ago
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Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?
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Creative neglect: What about the apps in Apple?
One of the things that I think about from time to time is Apple's collection of apps. Some are the crown jewels, like Apple's pro...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/creative-neglect-what-about-the-apps-in-apple/
18 days ago
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M5 week and the Vision Pro’s future (Member Podcast)
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M5 week and the Vision Pro’s future
It's always M-day. Also: This week revealed just how early to the party the Vision Pro really was and is....
https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2025/10/m5-week-and-the-vision-pros-future/
18 days ago
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Charting the course of the M5 processor
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Charting the course of the M5 processor
This week's Apple updates are, to some quarters, boring. Yes, it's true, there were no real exterior changes this week. Instead, it was just another...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/charting-the-course-of-the-m5-processor/
19 days ago
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M5 MacBook Pro review: The ultimate computer?
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M5 MacBook Pro review: The ultimate computer?
The new 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro is very much like its M4 predecessor, in that it’s got all the advantages of being a MacBook Pro,...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/m5-macbook-pro-review-the-ultimate-computer/
20 days ago
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M5 Vision Pro, Dual Kit Band, PSVR2 controller review: Apple’s experiment continues
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M5 Vision Pro, Dual Kit Band, PSVR2 controller review: Apple’s experiment continues
Did the Vision Pro need an update? On the one hand, no: Apple's cutting-edge VR computer hasn't exactly taken the world by storm. It's a...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/m5-vision-pro-dual-kit-band-psvr2-controller-review-apples-experiment-continues/
20 days ago
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M5 iPad Pro review: Promise fulfilled
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M5 iPad Pro review: Promise fulfilled
It's been ten years since Apple released the first iPad Pro. In 2015, there were already people trying to integrate the five-year-old iPad platform into...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/m5-ipad-pro-review-promise-fulfilled/
20 days ago
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Slam Mac windows shut without saving
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Slam Mac windows shut without saving
When I was in college, a friend told me about working a summer job at one of those art stores that sold extremely average factory-produced...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/slam-mac-windows-shut-without-saving/
21 days ago
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This Week in Apple: This unit must survive (Member Post)
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This Week in Apple: This unit must survive
Apple released new M5-based devices this week as Eddy Cue gives us a wink and a nod about Apple TV. AI continues to do… whatever...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/10/this-week-in-apple-this-unit-must-survive/
24 days ago
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The many faces of the M5 (Member Podcast)
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The many faces of the M5
Somewhat-new Apple hardware powered by an entirely new Apple chip, and Apple climbs in the cockpit with Formula 1....
https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2025/10/the-many-faces-of-the-m5/
24 days ago
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Apple strikes five year deal for Formula 1 rights
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Apple strikes five year deal for Formula 1 rights
As widely expected (and teased by none other than Eddy Cue), Apple announced on Friday that it's zoomed into a five-year deal with Formula 1 to...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-strikes-five-year-deal-for-formula-1-rights/
24 days ago
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Don’t call it “chargergate” (Link)
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Don’t call it “chargergate”
Perhaps you've heard the tempest in a wall wart over Apple not including a charger in the MacBook Pro in Europe. While some have been...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/dont-call-it-chargergate/
24 days ago
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Phil Schiller donates $9 million to New England Aquarium (Link)
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Phil Schiller donates $9 million to New England Aquarium
Truman Dickerson writing at The Boston Globe: The New England Aquarium received a $9 million philanthropic donation - the largest private gift in its 56-year...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/phil-schiller-donates-9-million-to-new-england-aquarium/
25 days ago
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Apple wants “to own a sport end to end” (Link)
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Apple wants “to own a sport end to end”
Apple SVP Eddy Cue was the guest on this week's episode of The Town (Apple Podcasts, Overcast) with Matt Belloni. The whole interview, which is...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/apple-wants-to-own-a-sport-end-to-end/
26 days ago
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The iPad Pro gets the M5 treatment
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The iPad Pro gets the M5 treatment
Is the M5 iPad Pro the ultimate computer? We'll find out soon enough! Apple announced the latest update to its pro level tablet today, bringing...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/the-ipad-pro-gets-the-m5-treatment/
26 days ago
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The MacBook Pro with M5 is alive
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The MacBook Pro with M5 is alive
Continuing the company's cavalcade of M5-related announcements, Apple today announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by its latest processor. But hold on, you might...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/the-macbook-pro-with-m5-is-alive/
26 days ago
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Apple launches M5 powered Vision Pro with new Dual Knit Band
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Apple launches M5 powered Vision Pro with new Dual Knit Band
Now see this: Apple today announced the first major revamp to the Vision Pro, bringing its brand new M5 processor to the device, along with...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-launches-m5-powered-vision-pro-with-new-dual-knit-band/
26 days ago
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How to tell what’s playing audio on your Mac
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How to tell what’s playing audio on your Mac
My friend and editor Joe and I were trying to talk.1 But something on his end continued to produce sound, and he couldn't tell what...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/how-to-tell-whats-playing-audio-on-your-mac/
27 days ago
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Maybe it’s time to rename the Apple TV 4K
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Maybe it’s time to rename the Apple TV 4K
So on Monday, Apple whispered a name change in a press release, and now Apple TV+ is just Apple TV. I'm okay with the decision....
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/maybe-its-time-to-rename-the-apple-tv-4k/
27 days ago
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Looking for the red flags in Apple’s Formula 1 TV deal
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Looking for the red flags in Apple’s Formula 1 TV deal
Apple's been working closely with international racing circuit Formula 1 for a few years now, bringing "F1: The Movie" to the big screen and, on...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/looking-for-the-red-flags-in-apples-formula-1-tv-deal/
27 days ago
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Apple launches new environmental initiatives…in Europe and China (Link)
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Apple launches new environmental initiatives…in Europe and China
Apple Newsroom in the UK and China: Apple is significantly expanding its clean energy projects across Europe with new large-scale solar and wind farms now...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/apple-launches-new-environmental-initiatives-in-europe-and-china/
27 days ago
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Apple TV+ gets a new, familiar name
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Apple TV+ gets a new, familiar name
A vibrant new identity. As a little addendum to the press release announcing when "F1: The Movie" would be available to stream Apple changed the...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-tv-gets-a-new-familiar-name/
28 days ago
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This Week in Apple: The red shirt diaries (Member Post)
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This Week in Apple: The red shirt diaries
An Apple event may be nigh as the company shakes up its organization. Apple’s so busy, no wonder it needs to lie down! One day...
https://sixcolors.com/member/2025/10/this-week-in-apple-the-red-shirt-diaries/
about 1 month ago
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Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad and Mac apps (Sponsor)
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Magic Lasso Adblock: Block ads in iPhone, iPad and Mac apps
My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. With over 5,000 five star reviews; Magic Lasso Adblock is simply the best Safari...
https://sixcolors.com/sponsor/2025/10/magic-lasso-adblock-block-ads-in-iphone-ipad-and-mac-apps-6/
about 1 month ago
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Immersive live NBA games coming to Vision Pro (Link)
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Immersive live NBA games coming to Vision Pro
Apple has shown some immersive sports events, including NBA All-Star weekend, after the fact. But live streaming immersive video hasn't happened yet. After much anticipation,...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/immersive-live-nba-games-coming-to-vision-pro/
about 1 month ago
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iPhones, AirPods, and AI (Member Podcast)
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iPhones, AirPods, and AI
Reviewing some iPhones, responding to AirPods, and trying to parse the wild world of AI hype....
https://sixcolors.com/member-podcast/2025/10/iphones-airpods-and-ai/
about 1 month ago
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14 years later, Siri is again the key to Apple’s future (Macworld/Jason Snell)
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14 years later, Siri is again the key to Apple’s future
I was there on that early October day 14 years ago when Apple--led on stage by Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, and Scott Forstall--rolled out iOS...
https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2025/10/14-years-later-siri-is-again-the-key-to-apples-future/
about 1 month ago
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Starlink moves conflict with Apple’s satellite strategy (Link)
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Starlink moves conflict with Apple’s satellite strategy
Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports about how Elon Musk's satellite broadband ambitions are clashing with Apple's current strategy: Apple is partnering with satellite company...
https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/10/starlink-moves-conflict-with-apples-satellite-strategy/
about 1 month ago
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iPhone 17 Pro review: Orange you glad you’ve gone Pro?
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iPhone 17 Pro review: Orange you glad you’ve gone Pro?
My iPhone is orange. I mean, really orange. Not "brown but if you hold it in a certain light, it kind of looks orange if...
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/iphone-17-pro-review-orange-you-glad-youve-gone-pro/
about 1 month ago
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