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The Teachers-Day Edition Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Apple Launches New Resources For Teachers, Expands Education Grant Program, by Apple

In celebration of World Teachers’ Day, Apple today launched all-new free classroom resources to help educators and students embrace creativity in any lesson, and is celebrating educators through special collections and offerings across Apple services. Additionally, the company announced a major expansion of its groundbreaking education grant program into 100 new schools and communities, reaching students and teachers across six continents with free grant-funded STEAM programming.

Apple To Donate Towards Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts, Tim Cook Says, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

"We're thinking of all those facing the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Helene," said Cook. "Apple will be making a donation to help with relief efforts on the ground."

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Apple Asks US Judge To Toss App Store Injunction, by Mike Scarcella, Reuters

Citing the new rulings, Apple said its practices were not unfair and that any injunction should be limited to benefiting only Epic, and not other developers.

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Max Miss, by Basic Apple Guy

So, if you plan on buying AirPods Max, walk-in level-headed about what these are and aren't. They're heavy but stylish, sound great but lack the features of other AirPods and competitive products. Apple has also made the asinine decision to do away with supporting wired playback. So buy with caution, enjoy the hell out of them (I do), and maybe, if we're lucky, one day we'll get the AirPods Max update we deserve.

Forever ✱ Notes: A Simple, Flexible, And Free Approach To Organizing Your Apple Notes, by John Voorhees, MacStories

The best workflows are the hardest to design because they require restraint. It’s easy to throw complexity at a problem to create the illusion of a grand solution, when it’s often the simplest solutions that reflect the most thoughtful approach to a problem. That was my immediate reaction to Forever ✱ Notes, a systematic approach to note-taking that uses Apple Notes as its foundation.

Best iPhone 16, Plus, Pro & Max Cases, by Simon Jary, Macworld

Buy yourself an iPhone 16 case to protect your precious mobile after splashing a ton of cash on it, and add some style to make your new handset more personal.

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The marketing and the Max naming of AirPods Max do make it sounds like the headphone should always be the best in everything, discounting form-factor. Yeah, it is never meant to be ultra portable, and the case is a little unfortunate, but I don't think most of us expected it to be updated like an iPhone SE or the Mac mini of yore.

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