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The Seamless-Editing Edition Saturday, March 25, 2023

Sports Videographer Shares His Take On Editing Action Footage On The iPad, by Gloria Fung, The Sporting News

Sports videographer Owen Yu has spent the last two decades travelling the world creating videos with skateboarders and is constantly embracing new technology to bring new visual experiences to the audience. Among some of the gadgets in his arsenal are the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPad.

Being able to edit on the iPad seamlessly allows Yu to take advantage of his time on the road and produce content in real-time.

Apple’s Live Activity For Timers Already Needs A Refresh, by Stephen Hackett, 512 Pixels

I understand that Apple’s apps are often able to do things that third-party apps can’t, but these features make the timer Live Activity behave so differently than other Live Activities that it can be frustrating to use. It’s easy to cancel a timer, but hard to open the app that manages the timer itself.

Is Apple Really Joining The WFH Counter-revolution?, by Jonny Evans, Computerworld

To my mind, news of the crackdown on attendance hints at an autocratic lack of autonomy and agency in the model Apple seems to embrace. My fear is that this cultural lack of vision could extend itself elsewhere across the company.

Tim Cook's in Beijing

Apple CEO Praises China's Innovation, Long History Of Cooperation On Beijing Visit, by Reuters

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday used his first public remarks on his visit to China to praise the country for its rapid innovation and its long ties with the U.S. iPhone maker, according to local media reports.

Tim Cook And Ray Dalio Among Few US Chiefs Attending China Business Summit, by Bloomberg

Some corporate leaders like Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Pfizer Inc.’s Albert Bourla are scheduled to be physically present, according to a preliminary list of attendees seen by Bloomberg, but the bulk of the confirmed companies aren’t from the US.

While US companies may not have been the biggest contingent in past editions either, this year’s tepid lineup is indicative of a desire by American companies to keep a low profile around their corporate activities in China for fear of drawing unwanted attention back home, according to one Beijing-based executive familiar with their thinking.

After TikTok Chief's Grilling In Washington, Apple's Tim Cook Is All Smiles In Beijing, by Kathleen Magramo and Jake Kwon, CNN

On Friday, Cook had posted a picture of himself smiling with customers and staff at the Apple store in the shopping district of Sanlitun on China’s Twitter-like social media site Weibo.

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China’s state media was quick to seize on the apparent contrast between the two CEO’s experiences.

Stuff

App Of The Day: Glass, by Jamey Tucker, WPSD Local 6

If you're looking for an app where people just share photos, Glass is a good alternative. Glass is photos. Just photos. No ads, no silly videos, and no algorithm pushing things it thinks you'll like.

Develop

Wallaroo: A Journey From iOS To macOS (Part 3), by Craig Hockenberry, IconFactory

As I look back on the challenges during this project, the biggest source of friction was Apple’s SwiftUI documentation. While they have done a fantastic job at getting folks started, things start to fall apart when you’re in the thick of things.

Notes

This Woman Left Her AirPods On A Plane. She Tracked Them To An Airport Worker's Home, by Julia Buckley, CNN

We’ve had people tracking their bags when airlines can’t find them. Now here’s something new: a passenger tracking an item she left on a plane – to an airport employee’s home.

From Netflix To Disney: How Much The Top 7 Streamers Will Spend On Content In 2023, by Tony Maglio, IndieWire

Aggravatingly, Apple says nothing publicly about its TV+ budget, or its TV+ subscribers. If you thought Amazon Prime Video was a loss leader, double that for Apple TV+ (and its , and its new standalone Major League Soccer service).

The Internet Archive Has Lost Its First Fight To Scan And Lend E-books Like A Library, by Jay Peters and Sean Hollister, The Verge

A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library.

Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more than create “derivative works,” and so would have needed authorization from the books’ copyright holders — the publishers — before lending them out through its National Emergency Library program.

Intel Co-founder Gordon Moore Dies At 94, by Steve Johnson and Mack Lundstrom, San Jose Mercury News

Gordon Earle Moore, who became a legendary Silicon Valley figure by cofounding microchip makers Intel and Fairchild Semiconductor and for formulating his famous law about the inevitable advances to come from chip technology, died Friday. He was 94.

Intel’s phenomenal growth inspired legions of tech entrepreneurs across the valley and elsewhere while making Moore one of the richest men on the planet. But he was a down-home, self-effacing person who was rarely happier than when he was off in some wilderness fishing. And he was praised for donating much of his wealth to environmental and other causes.

Bottom of the Page

I am grateful e-books and e-book readers -- with their adjustable fonts and font sizes -- exist. I went and dig out some of the old paperbacks that I purchased long ago, and realize my old eyes do not reading these old paperbacks.

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