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The No-Weather Edition Monday, December 4, 2023

How Weather Apps Are Trying To Be More Accurate, by Suzanne Bearne, BBC

He suggests that the lack of financial backing for such new weather app firms is, ironically due to weather. More specifically - because the Silicon Valley region of northern California, home to many tech investors, does not typically suffer from climate extremes.

"It's notable that Silicon Valley does not have [changeable] weather, meaning that its venture capitalists don't think about investing in it," he says.

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How I Use The iPhone To Listen To Music While Biking, by Adam Engst, TidBITS

I often like to listen to music or podcasts while riding, which would generally be a job for the AirPods Pro. However, it’s illegal to cover both ears while biking in New York State, and I don’t relish trying to explain Transparency Mode and Adaptive Audio to a state trooper. Dropping to a single earbud is legal and functional, but I hit on a different approach that I prefer—playing music through my iPhone’s speakers while it’s mounted on my handlebars.

Zoom Videoconferencing App Now Available On Apple TV, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

As promised earlier this year, the popular video meetings app Zoom is now available on the Apple TV 4K. Of course, the Apple TV box itself does not have a camera, so the app relies on using your iPhone with a stand like the Belkin MagSafe Mount to take advantage of the Continuity Camera feature.

Let Me Tell You About The Best Way To Read Books, by Fortesa Latifi, Slate

Obviously, everyone knows that libraries are a thing, but Libby brings the concept of “borrowing from a publicly funded supply of books” into our age of convenience and multimedia.

WhatsApp To Let iOS Users Share Pictures And Videos In Original Quality, by Jess Weatherbed, The Verge

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature on iOS that allows users to share photos and videos as a document to preserve their original quality.

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Where Is Apple’s Proposed ‘Next-gen CarPlay’?, by Lloyd Coombes, iMore

As would be expected from car manufacturers, they're hesitant to allow a third party to be so tightly integrated with a customer’s vehicle — especially with a company that appears to have its sights set on building its own vehicle in the future.

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Remember when we were all promised self-driving cars by 2020? :-)

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