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Apple Has Resumed Advertising on X for the First Time Since Late 2023

macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/

Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk. For example, the @A...

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The Apple TV App Is Now Available on Android

apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/the-apple-tv-app-is-now-available-on-android/

Apple Newsroom: The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play on Android mobile devices — including phones, tablets, and foldables — offering Android users access to hit, award-winning Apple Original series and films on Apple TV+, along with MLS Season P...

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How WikiTok Was Created

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/new-wikitok-web-app-allows-infinite-tiktok-style-scroll-of-wikipedia/

Benj Edwards, writing at Ars Technica: The original idea for WikiTok originated from developer Tyler Angert on Monday evening when he tweeted, “insane project idea: all of wikipedia on a single, scrollable page.” Bloomberg Beta VC James Cham replied, “Even better, an inf...

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WikiTok — Web App With TikTok-Style Interface for Exploring Random Wikipedia Articles

wikitok.vercel.app/

WikiTok is the creation of Isaac Gemal. The premise is that it’s a TikTok-style interface for random articles from Wikipedia. One thing at a time on screen, swipe up to scroll down to the next item whenever you’re ready, and you can keep going forever if you want. But instea...

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Allison Johnson Reviews the Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus: ‘Incredibly Iterative’

theverge.com/reviews/610404/samsung-galaxy-s25-plus-review-screen-battery-camera

Allison Johnson, writing at The Verge: Samsung’s Galaxy S-series is in its software era. Maybe the whole smartphone industry is, too, save for a few phones with hinges (Samsung’s included). But overall, we have exited the hardware-driven innovation cycle and are firmly i...

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The Information: Apple Chooses Alibaba as AI Partner in China

theinformation.com/articles/apple-partners-with-alibaba-to-develop-ai-features-for-iphone-users-in-china?rc=jfy0lk

Qianer Liu and Jing Yang, reporting for The Information (paywalled, alas — MacRumors summary): Apple has recently started working with Chinese internet and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group to roll out artificial intelligence features in China, according to one person with ...

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The United States of America is not a Silicon Valley company

I've had an experience few people have had, and it's relevant to the way all of us feel right now. The experience: Being part of a Silicon Valley company that was acquired by another Silicon Valley company. I was the CEO. It's not a very comfortable place. I recognize the f...

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iTools, Apple’s Original ‘Internet Strategy’, From January 2000

apple.com/newsroom/2000/01/05Apple-Unveils-Internet-Strategy/

From the Apple Newsroom archive, dateline “Macworld Expo, San Francisco — January 5, 2000”: Apple today took the wraps off its highly anticipated Internet strategy, introducing a new category of Internet services called iTools; a completely redesigned Apple.com web site ...

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If only political reporters had the same knowledge of their subject as sports reporters do.

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Apple Completes Pixelmator Acquisition

macrumors.com/2025/02/11/apple-completes-pixelmator-acquisition/

Juli Clover, reporting for MacRumors:

Pixelmator last year announced that it was being acquired by Apple, and today the company confirmed that the acquisition has been completed after Apple received regulatory approval. The Pixelmator for iOS, Pixelmator Pro, and Photomator apps were today updated with a new splash screen announcing the deal.

Previously: “Pixelmator Acquired by Apple; Future of Their Apps Uncertain”. Apple being Apple, they still haven’t dropped a clue what they’re going to do with Pixelmator (the namesake app) or Photomator.

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Apple Support: ‘About Migrating Apple Account Purchases Between Accounts’

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New Apple support document dropped today: You can choose to migrate apps, music, and other content you’ve purchased from Apple on a secondary Apple Account to a primary Apple Account. The secondary Apple Account might be an account that’s used only for purchases. You’ll ...

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‘The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show’

wired.com/story/true-story-behind-kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show/

Angela Watercutter, with a great behind-the-scenes look at the Apple-Music-sponsored halftime show by Kendrick Lamar: While “making it work” means one thing when you’re putting on a Madonna concert or the Democratic National Convention, it means something different when ...

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Trump and Trudeau chat

First, the New Republic is beginning to think like Musk and Trump. But they have to think a bit more and ask how does this all tie together? Remember you have to consider what would normally be unthinkable. And believe that Trump isn't actually president of the United State...

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If you depend on not considering the unthinkable in 2025 then you aren't really thinking.

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A note to users of feedland.org and feedland.com. We'll be turning the servers off sometime before the end of March. I haven't chosen the actual date yet. In the meantime, it's very easy to download a copy of your subscription list. You can also run your own FeedLand. I started a thread on the support site if you have questions, remember the comment guidelines. I've learned a lot from the experience of running FeedLand this way, looking forward to trying some other configurations. 😄

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★ Fox’s New Scorebug Graphic Design, and Our Innate Resistance to Change

Different doesn’t always mean better. But better necessarily implies different.

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★ Nike’s ‘So Win’ Won the Super Bowl

My favorite (and least favorite) ads from Super Bowl 59.

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It's past time to wake up

At some point soon we’re going to have to stop business as usual. Remember when we realized Covid was deadly and we’d have to radically change our lives to survive? Most of us did that. We’re going to do that soon re the overthrow of our government and looting of the economy.

It was remarkable watching the SuperBowl last night, you could conclude everything is normal. It’s not. We’re going to have to start shutting down all the services we can to make the point to our fellow citizens that we, the United States, are not coming back from this without major change.

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Musk roots the world economy

First, that's just a theory, but I need to get your attention. Rooting a computer means you own it. You have superuser powers. You can do anything, install or uninstall anything. Mostly journalism has been reporting "He has our social security numbers." Sigh. That's not nea...