9to5Mac Daily: February 26, 2024 – AirPods with cameras, iOS 18 redesign rumors
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I’d love to have a hardware focus/zoom ring for the iPhone
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Here’s how much it costs Apple to make the $3,500 Vision Pro
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Gurman: iOS 18 to include redesigned UI elements, macOS ‘revamp’ to follow later
In today’s edition of Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reports that Apple is working on redesigning iOS and macOS.
It sounds less drastic than the visual changes seen in the iOS 6 to iOS 7 transition, though. He writes “the company is i...
Gurman: Apple exploring future wearable ideas including AirPods with cameras, smart glasses
In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman writes that Apple is exploring various form factors for future wearable products.
That includes smart glasses similar to the Amazon Echo Frames or the Meta Ray-Bans, which offer some smar...
Microsoft tried to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, according to Google court filings
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Philips Hue is finally addressing one of its biggest limitations
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