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The Spotlight-Showcase Edition Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Apple Spotlights iPhone 12 Photography, by John Voorhees, MacStories

For the past several years, Apple has shown off some of the best photos taken with the current-generation iPhone. In a press release today, the company highlights 17 beautiful images taken around the globe, as a showcase of what the iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max can do.

Apples Podcasts Adds Spotlight Editorial Feature, by John Voorhees, MacStories

Today, Apple unveiled a new monthly editorial feature for Podcasts called Spotlight, which showcases up-and-coming podcast creators. The first podcaster featured is Chelsea Devantez, whose show Celebrity Book Club debuted late last year and discusses the memoirs of celebrity women.

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$49 Beats Flex With Apple’s W1 Chip Now Available In Two New Color Options, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Packing Apple’s W1 chip for seamless connectivity to Apple devices, the Beats Flex have proven to be a popular choice for budget shoppers. Today, Beats is further expanding the Flex lineup with two new color options: Flame Blue and Smoke Gray.

Apple Sets First Apple Watch ‘Unity' Activity Challenge For February In Honor Of Black History Month, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

The first-ever “Unity Challenge” will be held from February 1 through February 28, and it encourages Apple Watch users to celebrate Black History Month by closing their Move ring seven days in a row.

iFixit Tears Down Apple’s $550 AirPods Max Headphones, by Samuel Axon, Ars Technica

All in all, iFixit called servicing the AirPods Max "surprisingly painless, particularly for an AirPods product." The ear cushions attach magnetically, and the headband can easily be detached.

MindNode For Mac Gains Support For Outlining Alongside Mind Mapping, by Oliver Haslam, iMore

The updated app has a few improvements this time out, but the biggest is a newly redesigned outlining tool that now includes support for editing, adding, removing, and rearranging entries.

Doodle Jump 2 Review: A Modern Take On A Classic, by Alex Guyot, MacStories

Doodle Jump 2 is instantly familiar to anyone who has played the original. The controls haven’t changed at all, nor has the core idea of The Doodler bouncing its way to ever-increasing heights. However, the game’s art and animations have been completely revamped, with tremendous results.

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I can't wait to see what Apple is doing for podcasting. But I doubt I will want to pay for it. I already have too much stuff to listen.

(I am paying for audiobooks.)

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