It’s plausible that these companies figure out a balance here, as regular users actually encounter this stuff, relegating text summarization and generation to the real contexts where it’s effective, accurate, and unintrusive. For now, though, in assuming that everything should be summarized, they risk the opposite effect: Making everything feel like work.
The campaign will showcase creatives, developers and artists who have challenged norms and share their stories of success across the App Store, Apple Music and Apple TV, in an effort to inspire everyone to start realising their own dreams.
One of these Indie developers is Joan Low, the founder and CEO of ThoughtFull Chat, who had left her banking job to devote herself full-time to her app after she was profoundly impacted by her experience taking care of a loved one battling mental health challenges.
The four new models — likely to be called the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max — won’t look meaningfully different than current versions or add major new features.
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But the more important changes will appear next September with the iPhone 17. That lineup will offer a new type of smartphone — what I call the “fourth iPhone model.”
Flipboard is an innovative alternative to experiencing news content. By centering the reader’s experience around flipping pages, and curating magazines, the creators have produced an app that stands apart from almost all other news apps.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney don't often appear in movies together, which is why I think Apple changing its release plan so drastically is such an irritating waste of what should be a landmark event. The actors are both amazing at their craft, and they're still two of the biggest names in Hollywood - despite the industry's ever-changing landscape. Their past collaborations have resulted in not just some of the best George Clooney movies, but the best Brad Pitt movies too. So, while I'm still thrilled to see their upcoming project, Apple's decision has impacted how I planned to enjoy it.
Charging more, cracking down on passwords, and subjecting users to advertising are relatively safe bets when you’re still growing, and a reasonable response to growth slowing down. Once you’ve hit the top — especially if you’ve started spending less on actual content for people to consume, as many streaming platforms have — they turn risky.
If Mr Mark Gurman's reported rumors turn out to be true, then I will also agree that we will not see a huge spike in iPhone sales this year, AI or no AI.
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