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The Lying-Flat Edition Friday, July 12, 2024

Apple’s Tim Cook Shares Exactly How He Uses Vision Pro Headset Every Day, by Sean Keach, The Sun

“And so the ability for me to get in the position that I want to get in – including lying flat and putting the screen on the ceiling – is an incredible kind of experience.

“And of course, it's a 100ft screen. I mean, it's amazing the level of entertainment that it delivers.

Behind The Design: Gentler Streak, by Apple

Gentler Streak is a different kind of fitness tracker. In fact, to hear cofounder and CEO Katarina Lotrič tell it, it’s not really a fitness tracker at all.

“We think of it more as a lifestyle app,” says Lotrič, from the team’s home office in Kranj, Slovenia. “We want it to feel like a compass, a reminder to get moving, no matter what that means for you,” she says.

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Apple Brings Back Classic Beats Pill 'Dude' Campaign, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

There are four different new ads starring the Beats Pill Dudes currently airing. One of them makes fun of the new Beats Pill generation by calling the Dude characters “Nepo Babies.” Other ads promote features such as the 24-hour battery life and water resistance.

Shazam Users Can Now Find Artists’ Ticketmaster Events Through The App, by Daniel Tencer, Music Business Worldwide

Under the new partnership between Shazam and Ticketmaster, artists will be able to link their live events directly in the Shazam app, so that they appear whenever a user Shazams one of the artist’s tracks.

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TUAW Joins iLounge As An AI-Powered Zombie Site, by Adam Engst, TidBITS

In the end, situations like this are just depressing because everyone other than the scammer suffers. Readers receive poor information, publications and authors lose traffic, and search engine reputations are damaged.

Apple Defeats US Consumer Lawsuit Over Third-party iPhone Apps, by Mike Scarcella, Reuters

Apple won a ruling in California federal court on Thursday dismissing a proposed class action that accused the company of restricting technology used to build apps on the iPhone, causing consumers to pay more for their devices.

U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco said the plaintiffs did not have legal standing to pursue their antitrust claims for now that Apple made unlawful agreements with Google and other browser makers to block competing developer technology.

In China, The App Store Is Censored. Apple Should Expose Exactly How., by Washington Post

Apple says it must follow local laws in China, even those with which it disagrees, and that it is determined to remain engaged in China, a vital market. But Apple could be more transparent about China’s direct requests for app takedowns from the App Store. Right now, Apple lists the totals but does not say which apps China tried to remove. Casting some sunshine on this information would be a useful step toward fulfilling the company’s declared commitment to openness.

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I wonder if Mr Tim Cook eats anything -- popcorn? seven almonds? -- while he watches Apple TV+ shows on his Vision Pro? Are his engineers working on food passthrough for Vision OS?

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