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Perhaps Acquiring Pixelmator Is Not About Competing With Photoshop and Lightroom, Per Se, but the Adobe Creative Cloud Bundle

9to5mac.com/2023/05/09/final-cut-pro-logic-ipad-subscription-price/

Zac Hall, writing at 9to5Mac back in May 2023: Now that Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad are official, let’s talk about pricing. These apps coming out on a random day in May is surprising. Subscription pricing? Not so much. Nevertheless, pricing for these long overdu...

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WorkOS

workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=q42024

My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. With WorkOS you can start selling to enterprises with just a few lines of code. It provides a complete User Management solution along with SSO, SCIM, and FGA. The APIs are modular and easy-to-use, allowing integrations to be completed in minutes instead of months.

Today, some of the fastest growing startups are already powered by WorkOS, including Perplexity, Vercel, and Webflow. For SaaS apps that care deeply about design and user experience, WorkOS is the perfect fit. From high-quality documentation to self-serve onboarding for your customers, it removes all the unnecessary complexity for your engineering team.

Check out WorkOS’s Launch Week announcements to see their latest.

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★ Apple Tends to Do Right by Apps It Acquires

Pondering the future of Pixelmator by looking at the history of Apple’s app acquisitions.

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Shazam Hits 100 Billion Song Recognitions

apple.com/newsroom/2024/11/shazam-hits-100-billion-song-recognitions/

Apple Newsroom: Shazam has now officially surpassed over 100 billion song recognitions since it launched. To help put that into perspective: That’s equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth. A person would need to use Shazam to identify a song every s...

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Android Authority Reports Google Has Cancelled the Pixel Tablet 2

androidauthority.com/pixel-tablet-2-canceled-3502094/

Mishaal Rahman, reporting yesterday for Android Authority: Android Authority has learned that Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, the presumed name of Google’s second-generation Pixel Tablet. This is disappointing for Pixel fans who were waiting for Google to refresh...

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‘The Blurred Line Between X and the Trump Administration’

msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-musk-partnership-x-twitter-files-rcna180427

Mike Masnick, writing for MSNBC: Turns out for the “Twitter Files” crew, “creeping authoritarianism” isn’t so creepy when it’s your team doing the creeping. Before, we were told that White House officials’ merely reaching out to social media companies about election mis...

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★ Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack

My advice to any writer looking to start a new site based on the newsletter model would be to consider Substack *last*, not first.

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Apple Is Selling Apple News Ads Directly for the First Time

axios.com/2024/11/19/apple-news-ads-direct-sales-publishers

Sara Fischer, reporting for Axios: Apple has started selling its own advertising inventory for Apple News, two sources familiar with the effort told Axios. It’s pitching new ad units that it hopes will maximize revenue for itself and its publishing partners. [...] Publ...

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Bob Iger Inadvertently Reveals Percentage of Disney+ Subscribers on Ad-Supported Tier

deadline.com/2024/11/bob-iger-hot-mic-disney-earnings-streaming-1236176581/

Dade Hayes, reporting for Deadline: Fielding a question from a Wall Street analyst about the growth outlook and pricing strategy of Disney+, Iger divulged how many Disney+ subscribers take the ad-supported tier in the U.S. (37%) and globally (30%). The disclosure was unu...

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‘Can You Take a Photo of Us?’

youtu.be/SOKSqLOKaEU

Delightfully clever sketch from Tiny Idea.

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‘Inside the Rather Bizarre Relaunch of Jaguar’

cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/hallucinogenic-sci-fi-movie-inside-the-rather-bizarre-relaunch-of-jaguar/310077

James Baggott, writing for Car Dealer Magazine: Jaguar unveiled a new look, logo and direction for its cars at what was quite possibly the most bizarre automotive media launch I’ve ever attended — here’s what happened. Embargoed until today, the event felt like a halluc...

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★ Dr. Oz

I met Dr. Oz ten years ago.

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Texas Education Board to Vote on Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools

nytimes.com/2024/11/18/us/texas-bible-school-curriculum.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.E1EE.8ytVLHLcHcjP&smid=url-share

Troy Closson, reporting for The New York Times (gift link): The optional curriculum, one of most sweeping efforts in recent years to bring a Christian perspective to more students, would test the limits of religious instruction in public education. It could also become ...

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Airport — A Typeface Revival

airport.revolvertype.com/

Lukas Schneider: On 13 November 1961, the Oceanic building at London Airport opened to handle long-haul flight departure. In 1979, German publisher Ravensburger brought out a game designed to help children learn to count. Around Christmas 2023, I stumbled across a copy o...

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Android Authority: ‘Google Is Transforming ChromeOS Into Android’

androidauthority.com/chrome-os-becoming-android-3500661/

Mishaal Rahman, reporting for Android Authority: While both Android and ChromeOS have seen huge success in different markets, they’ve struggled to compete in one product category where they overlap: tablets. The high-end tablet market is dominated by the Apple iPad, and ...

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Inside ISIS’s Graphic Design Team

404media.co/graphic-design-for-isis-is-his-passion-fbi-alleges-in-filing/

Jason Koebler, writing for 404 Media: According to the filing, which was first reported by our friends at Court Watch, Said was an aspiring ISIS graphic designer who was working with ISIS’s second-in-command graphic designer. That person told Said that ISIS’s chief desig...

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Apple Devices May Learn to Ignore ‘Hey Siri’ Command From TV Ads

9to5mac.com/2024/11/07/apple-tv-ads-hey-siri/

Filipe Espósito, writing at 9to5Mac: Apple introduced the “Hey Siri” command with iOS 8 to let users easily interact with the virtual assistant without having to press any buttons. However, over the years, this has resulted in Siri being mistakenly triggered when the com...

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[Sponsor] WorkOS

workos.com/?utm_source=daringfireball&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=q42024

With WorkOS you can start selling to enterprises with just a few lines of code. It provides a complete User Management solution along with SSO, SCIM, and FGA. The APIs are modular and easy-to-use, allowing integrations to be completed in minutes instead of months.

Today, some of the fastest growing startups are already powered by WorkOS, including Perplexity, Vercel, and Webflow.

For SaaS apps that care deeply about design and user experience, WorkOS is the perfect fit. From high-quality documentation to self-serve onboarding for your customers, it removes all the unnecessary complexity for your engineering team.

Check out our Launch Week announcements to see our latest.

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The Talk Show: ‘Annoying Friendliness’

daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2024/11/18/ep-414

Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.

Sponsored by:

  • WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users.
  • Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order.
  • Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today.
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Upgraded

getupgraded.com/home-vp1/?utm_source=daringfireball

My thanks to Upgraded for sponsoring last week at DF. Upgraded’s basic premise is simple: it’s like Apple’s iPhone upgrade program, but for MacBooks. Through Upgraded, you can get a new MacBook every two years with low monthly payments, AppleCare+ coverage, and effortless up...

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DOJ Will Ask Judge to Force Google to Sell Chrome and De-Google Android

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly

Leah Nylen and Josh Sisco, reporting for Bloomberg: Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the biggest tech companies in the wor...

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[Sponsor] Upgraded

getupgraded.com/home-vp1/?utm_source=daringfireball

Greetings, Daring comrades!

Wish to dominate the creative realm with the finest Apple machinery? Your desires align with our grand plan.

Introducing the MacBook Upgrade Program: the ultimate strategy against obsolescence!

Here’s the operation:

  1. Select your instrument — the nimble Air (from $36.06/mo at 0% APR) or the formidable Pro (AppleCare+ included).
  2. Pay monthly over 36 months; upgrade after 24.
  3. After 2 years, exchange for a new MacBook, transfer data, return the old. We’ll refurbish it.

Prefer to keep your device? Finish payments, and it’s yours!

Seize the future; consign obsolete tech to oblivion!

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Netflix Claims 60 Million Households Streamed Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Fight Friday Night, Straining Quality to Breaking Point for Many

deadline.com/2024/11/tyson-paul-fight-glitches-netflix-1236178632/

Dominic Patten, reporting for Deadline Friday night: Netflix’s much hyped and much delayed live fight tonight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is taking some hits even before the former heavyweight champion and the YouTuber turned boxer have climbed in the ring. From ne...

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‘Here’s Why I Decided to Buy “InfoWars”’

theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO, in an op-ed for The Onion: Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society — values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrah...

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Mike Tyson Slaps Jake Paul in Face During Weigh-In

espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/42397251/mike-tyson-slaps-jake-paul-face-final-staredown

The winner of tomorrow night’s fight gets to be Secretary of the Treasury in the second Trump administration.

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars in Bankruptcy Auction

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936

Brandy Zadrozny and Erik Ortiz, NBC News: The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that...

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Bill Atkinson Has Pancreatic Cancer

facebook.com/bill.atkinson.9862/posts/pfbid02qwih6yMYUTsx3VmVXM8zbE1Ss6hoGsJkqowAdmeUqupBDG6RRXBndJyrJfyLSRSJl

Bill Atkinson, on Facebook, “Request for Prayers”: On October first, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Because of vascular involvement, surgery is not possible. I am taking weekly chemo treatments to shrink the tumor before surgical resection. I am tolerating the c...

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The Verge’s Compilation of Tech Leaders Congratulating Donald Trump

theverge.com/2024/11/6/24289649/big-tech-leaders-donald-trump-presidential-election

More comprehensive, if less punchy, than my list last week:

Some Big Tech CEOs, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Disney’s Bob Iger, and TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew didn’t post a message for Trump. Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos also didn’t comment.

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★ Disambiguating iPhone Model Names That Have the ‘S’ Suffix

Apple’s S suffix for certain iPhone models — 3GS, 4S, 5S, 6S, XS — has always been problematic in this regard.

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Also Now In Public Beta: Find My Enables Sharing Location of Lost Items With Third Parties, Including Airlines

apple.com/newsroom/2024/11/apples-find-my-enables-sharing-location-of-lost-items-with-third-parties/

Apple Newsroom: Apple has introduced Share Item Location, a new iOS feature that helps users locate and recover misplaced items by easily and securely sharing the location of an AirTag or Find My network accessory with third parties such as airlines. Share Item Location ...