Apple’s “Cozy” WWDC, Vision Pro Apps, Vision Pro and App Bridges
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Apple’s “Cozy” WWDC
Vision Pro Apps
Vision Pro and App Bridges
We will kick off a new week of updates with Apple Vision Pro and apps. The discussion looks at a small event Apple held at Apple Park last week for developers. We then look at Apple Vision Pro apps and the idea of app bridges.
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A Few Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro Passthrough, Google Has Juno Pulled From App Store, Microsoft Discontinues HoloLens 2
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A Few Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro Passthrough
Google Has Juno Pulled From App Store
Microsoft Discontinues HoloLens 2
Hello everyone. Some follow-up to our Apple/OpenAI discussion from Monday. The Financial Times is reporting OpenAI asked companies investing in its latest capital raise to not back rival companies. If true, that could have played a role in Apple backing out of an OpenAI investment. It is not necessarily in Apple’s interest to see OpenAI exceed or excel while OpenAI competitors struggle. Apple Intelligence can benefit from integrating various third-party multimodal models.
Shifting to today’s update, there will be an Apple Vision Pro / headset theme to the discussion.
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Oura Talks Smart Ring Financials, Smart Ring Hesitation, The Button’s Resurgence in Tech
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Oura Talks Smart Ring Financials
Smart Ring Hesitation
The Button’s Resurgence in Tech
Welcome to October. We will kick off a new month by discussing Oura and smart rings.
We haven't talked much about smart rings in these daily updates. The most recent discussion was found in the February 27th update (Samsung's Galaxy Ring and sketchy Apple smart ring rumors).
We will conclude today's update with an interesting story on the button's apparent resurgence in tech.
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Apple Reportedly Backs Out of OpenAI Investment, Apple Dials Back on Blockbusters, Silicon Valley vs. Hollywood Confusion
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Apple Reportedly Backs Out of OpenAI Investment
Apple Dials Back on Blockbusters
Silicon Valley vs. Hollywood Confusion
Hello everyone. Welcome to a new week. Today’s update will focus on two news items that came across my radar over the weekend.
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Meta Connect 2024, Meta’s Orion Prototype, Mark Zuckerberg Is Gaslighting Us
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Meta Connect 2024
Meta’s Orion Prototype
Mark Zuckerberg Is Gaslighting Us
Hello everyone. My notes from Meta’s Connect 2024 came out to a few daily updates worth of discussion. After much editing, today’s update does a good job of capturing my views and perspective. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s jump right in.
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The Design Story Behind AirPods 4, Google Stresses Antitrust Long Game
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The Design Story Behind AirPods 4
Google Stresses Antitrust Long Game
Happy Wednesday.
Tomorrow’s update will be dedicated to discussing Meta's Connect 2024 event. What took place at Menlo Park marked a new kind of low for the consumer tech industry. We will discuss it all tomorrow.
For today’s update, we are going to focus on AirPods. The discussion will then turn to a quick update on the Google antitrust front.
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The Sonos App Fiasco, Sonos Earnings, YouTube Premium Is Having A Moment
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The Sonos App Fiasco
Sonos Earnings
YouTube Premium Is Having A Moment
Hello everyone. We will begin today's update by focusing on the Sonos app fiasco. Our attention will then shift to Sonos earnings. The update concludes with an observation regarding YouTube Premium, YouTube's ad-free subscription offering.
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Unpacking and Decoding the NYT’s Jony Ive / LoveFrom Profile
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Unpacking and Decoding the NYT’s Jony Ive / LoveFrom Profile
Hello everyone.
This past Saturday, The New York Times published a profile on what Jony Ive has been up to since leaving Apple in 2019 and starting his LoveFrom design consultancy.
While a fair amount of the information found in the piece had been previously known, such as Airbnb and Ferrari being LoveFrom clients, there were new disclosures regarding some of Jony’s business dealings involving San Francisco real estate. The piece seemed to be timed with an upcoming fundraising effort for a new company Jony is involved in with OpenAI.
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Apple’s Philosophy on Photography, Why Memory Protection Is a Big Deal, Snap Unveils Spectacles 5.0
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Apple’s Philosophy on Photography
Why Memory Protection Is a Big Deal
Snap Unveils Spectacles 5.0
Hello everyone. We begin today's update with Apple drawing a line in the sand regarding photography and generative AI. It’s fascinating how much of a Big Tech outlier Apple is on this photography versus generative AI debate. We then turn to my thoughts on Snap unveiling its fifth edition of Spectacles smart glasses.
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Addressing iPhone Pessimism
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Addressing iPhone Pessimism
In today’s update, we will take a closer look at some of the iPhone pessimism that materialized following Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event. Let’s jump right in.
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More on Apple’s New Devices, What’s Next for iPhone?, What’s Next for Apple Watch?
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More on Apple’s New Devices
What’s Next for iPhone?
What’s Next for Apple Watch?
Hello everyone. Yesterday, we finished our review of Apple’s event. There are a few additional topics worth visiting that aren't so much about Apple's event but rather what comes next. Where does Apple take the iPhone and Apple Watch from here? Let’s discuss.
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (iPhone)
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (iPhone)
Happy Monday. Today's update will conclude my Apple event review. We will go over the iPhone segment of the presentation.
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (AirPods)
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (AirPods)
Hello everyone. We will continue our Apple event review, focusing on the AirPods segment of the presentation. Monday will be focused on everything iPhone.
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (Apple Watch)
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Deconstructing Apple’s Product Event (Apple Watch)
Hello everyone. We will continue our Apple event review.
Yesterday’s update was focused on the big picture.
My preference is to go deep into one section (Apple Watch, AirPods, iPhone) before moving on to the next section. For today, we will focus on the Apple Watch part of the presentation. Tomorrow, we will talk about AirPods. That discussion will end up including something of a State of AirPods section that extends behind just what was announced this week. There has been a lot going on with AirPods sales. Monday will be focused on everything iPhone.
Let’s jump in.
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Apple Just Held Its Strongest September Event in Years
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Apple Just Held Its Strongest September Event in Years
Hello everyone. Today’s update will go over my initial impressions from Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event. The discussion will have more in the way of big picture takeaways. We will get to the specifics, including my thoughts on the features, on Wednesday and possibly Thursday.
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