Without Fail von Gimlet Media ist einer meiner neuen Lieblingspodcasts. In der vor wenigen Stunden veröffentlichten Episode erzählt Ron Johnson wie er zusammen mit Steve Jobs die Apple-Einzelhandelsgeschäfte entwickelte. The Apple Stores did really well during my time and they continue to flourish, but you can’t separate what the store was, from Apple’s incredible innovation

Just as Apple stole Sony’s leading position in portable audio players, it is now doing the same with headphones. When its three headphone brand categories are combined (EarPods, AirPods, Beats – an Apple company) Apple has the leading market share in headphone ownership with 24%. Sony is second with 22%, followed by fellow traditional CE

Now Ms. Kern leads roughly 30 former journalists in Sydney, London, New York and Silicon Valley. They spend their days consuming news across the internet, fielding 100 to 200 pitches a day from publishers, and debating which stories get the top spots. Ultimately, they select five stories to lead the app, with the top two

Die (wort )starke Rede von Tim Cook im Europäischen Parlament ist in seiner Vollständigkeit – die ganzen 19 Minuten – eure Zeit wert. “Platforms and algorithms that promised to improve our lives can actually magnify our worst human tendencies. Rogue actors and even governments have taken advantage of user trust to deepen divisions, incite violence, and

iOS 8 brachte Shazam zu Siri. Seitdem kann man die iOS-Sprachassistentin fragen: „Wie heißt dieser Song?“ Die aktuelle Shazam-App (universal; Laden) bringt keinerlei signifikanten Mehrwert gegenüber der bereits in iOS eingebauten Musikerkennung. Die Frage nach der 400-Millionen-Übernahme ist also gerechtfertigt. Daniel Eran Dilger leitet seine Erklärung nachvollziehbar her. With or without Shazam, Apple could already

➝ Video I vary between this info-dense watch face and the new ultra-minimal and very hypnotic Fire, Water, Liquid Metal and Vapor faces. And these faces are more special than Apple let on during their keynote. They’re not rendered—each face is high resolution video shot in a studio using real fire, water and vapor elements.

The first time I ever saw someone outside a lab carrying an iPod was Steve, right after the announcement. He was walking, iPod in hand, be-bopping across the quad. He had the hugest smile on his face. Steven Levy | Wired.com Speichert diesen Artikel in eurem Instapaper-Konto. Stopft euch AirPods in die Ohren. Startet noch

Nicht neu, aber eine Erinnerung wert: Sucht ihr in Apple Music nach „Today at Apple”, findet sich dort eine täglich aktualisierte Wiedergabeliste mit allen Songs, die an diesem Tag in den weltweit über 500 Apple Stores spielen.