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The Product-Database Edition Saturday, January 26, 2019

New iPad Mini And Entry-level iPad Are Around The Corner, by Romain Dillet, TechCrunch

Apple has registered new iPad models in the Eurasian Economic Commission reference database. The Moscow-based commission keeps a product database pretty much like the FCC in the U.S. And it sounds like Apple is about to launch a new iPad mini 5 and an updated entry-level iPad.

iOS 12.2 Beta Includes References To Four New iPad Models, New iPod Touch Model, by Guilherme Rambo, 9to5Mac

The four iPad models are referenced as iPad11,1, iPad11,2, iPad11,3 and iPad11,4 and represent Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + Cellular variations. There’s currently no indication the new devices will include Face ID.

What’s even more interesting is a reference to a new iPod Touch model identifier, iPod9,1, which apparently does not have any sort of biometric authentication such as Face ID or Touch ID.

Images Show Apple Preparing News App In iOS 12.2 For New Magazine Subscription Service, by Guilherme Rambo, 9to5Mac

It looks like the subscription service will be called “Apple News Magazines” and it will be associated to the user’s iTunes Store account, just like Apple Music. There are many mentions of “bundle subscription” in this beta, which makes us believe this can be a part of Apple’s plan to release an all-in-one media subscription which will include Apple Music, TV shows and magazines.

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Apple Revamps Documentation For App Subscriptions, Details How Billing Amounts Should Be Clearly Presented To Users, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

The revamp reorganizes existing advice into a more modern design with clearer segmentation of sections, as well as clearly detail some ground rules for the first time.

Why Are Young People Pretending To Love Work?, by Erin Griffith, New York Times

I saw the greatest minds of my generation log 18-hour days — and then boast about #hustle on Instagram. When did performative workaholism become a lifestyle?

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Apple Must Give Grieving Husband Access To Cloud-stored Family Photos, Judge Rules, by Andrew Keshner, MarketWatch

The ruling in the Scandalios case showed a recurring theme of cloud storage companies not wanting to hand over access too readily, Walsh said. “They still want courts to confirm what the others have already confirmed: That you get access.”

Apple's Aussie Profits Grew But Its Tax Bill Went Down, by Patrick Hatch, The Age

Technology giant Apple's sales in Australia grew by more than $1 billion last year lifting its profits, as our commitment to its iPhone remains unshakable, but the amount of tax the multinational paid fell.

The Pros And Cons Of Placebo Buttons, by The Economist

But it turned out that even inoperative buttons serve a purpose. Pedestrians who press a button are less likely to cross before the green man appears, says Tal Oron-Gilad of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. Having studied behaviour at crossings, she notes that people more readily obey a system which purports to heed their input.

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Apple News Magazine? Seriously? The last good software name, as far as I can remember, is Safari.

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