Cathay Pacific has added support for Apple’s Share Item Location feature, allowing passengers to share location information from Apple AirTags or other Find My network accessories with baggage service teams, to expedite the recovery of missing or delayed bags.
Milanote promises productivity with a side order of aesthetics. I use this app to make my to-do lists visual, allowing me to think big and get things done.
Bandbreite is an excellent tool for Apple Watch enthusiasts. It offers deep insights on all 840+ Apple Watch bands launched over the 10+ year old lifespan of the Apple Watch, allowing users to learn more about Apple Watch bands and keep track of their collection.
An AI device as sleek and irresistible in 2030 as the iPhone was in 2010 sounds like a great idea, as great as astonishing economic growth and all that free time. But the machine models aren’t able to give us any of that, and there’s scarce evidence Sam Altman or anyone else has yet figured out how to build them so they can.
The post-Jobs Apple era was one of great financial success, but the design failures and bizarre dead ends are there for all to see, and it’s hard not to imagine that an unchallenged Ive was a major part of that dynamic. Solid gold watches, butterfly keyboards to meet impossible laptop design goals, removing unsightly ports on pro laptops, and the introduction of a $3500 VR headset with sparkling chrome and a luxurious 3D knitted headband and a set of outward-facing displays to “encourage human connection.” To me, all of this is the legacy of Ive’s design culture.
In the book "Apple in China", Patrick McGee documented the saga of how the design team at Apple refused to listen to their colleagues on why the initial iMac design was impossible to manufature, and how they only backed down and modified their design when external experts told them the design was impossible to manufature.
Which reminded me of the butterfly keyboard, and how Apple refused to change the design and just applied duct-tape after duct tape, until external experts -- the customers and their wallets, as well as AppleCare -- told them otherwise.
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