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The Disappeared-Speakers Edition Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Apple Stops Selling Rival Earphones, Speakers Ahead Of Launches, by Mark Gurman, Bloomberg

All headphones and speakers from Bose, speakers from Logitech’s Ultimate Ears brand and Sonos’s latest smart speaker disappeared from Apple’s online store at the end of last month, according to checks by Bloomberg.

Employees at Apple’s physical retail locations were also instructed to remove the products for sale at stores in recent days.

Apple Releases tvOS 14.0.2 With Bug Fixes For Apple TV Users, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

tvOS 14.0.2 is now rolling out with bug fixes and performance improvements, coming just under two weeks after tvOS 14.0.1 was released to the public.

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UK Apple Maps Rollout Review Including Look Around And Cycling Directions, by Jonathan Reed, Smallbites

Apple Maps’ new rollout is excellent, adding a lot more richness to their maps.

Review: Apple's Eighth-gen iPad Is Powerful And Expectedly Boring, by Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider

It's a mobile workhorse that is exactly what you need and little else. That is what Apple has delivered here. It has the same single-core performance as the latest iPad Pros which will guarantee its use for years to come.

PSA: First Free Year Of Apple TV+ Subscriptions Ending, Expect Charges On October 31, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

For those who signed up for Apple TV+ right when it was available on November 1, 2019, those free year-long Apple TV+ accounts are expiring at the end of October.

Spotify Catches Up With Apple Music With New Lyric Song Search Feature, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

In those cases, it’s common to search the web for the lyrics before heading to your music service to play or add the track. Now Spotify has simplified that problem as the service on both iOS and Android has added the handy option to type in lyrics to search for songs.

Scribblet Is A New App That Lets You Easily Create iOS 14 Widgets Using PencilKit, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

To design your own widget, you can draw with your finger on the iPhone or use the Apple Pencil on the iPad.

HEY Email App Gains iOS 14 Update With Widgets, Support For Third-party Browser Links, More, by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac

Now with the latest 1.1 update today comes widgets and support for opening links in a third-party browser.

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Tim Cook Tweets In Memory Of Steve Jobs On 9th Anniversary Of Apple Co-founder’s Passing, by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac

Tim Cook has tweeted in memory of Steve Jobs, on the 9th anniversary of the passing of Apple’s co-founder, quoting poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.

20 Macs For 2020: #11 – Macintosh Portable, by Jason Snell, Six Colors

The Macintosh Portable was groundbreaking, while also being a colossal misfire. In many ways, it illustrated all the decisions that a company like Apple had to make in those days when it came to building a portable computer—and many of those decisions were simply the wrong ones.

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