First look: the renovated Fifth Avenue Apple Store Flagship is bigger and brighter

The Fifth Avenue Store will always be my favourite. I spoke to Steve Jobs and his wife outside the location five years before Apple opened it. He was looking at the plaza and pointing things out to his wife. He knew then what the store would look like. I hope I get to revisit this store in the near future.

Iger departs board of Apple, Disney’s new streaming competitor

Everyone will read this as being due to to the competition between Apple TV+ and Disney+ but as Tim Bajarin said on Twitter, “Iger resigning is to avoid any possible conflict of interest since they both now have streaming services. They actually co-exist well but this takes any potential threat from Wall Street over conflict of interest out of the picture.”

Drone rollercoaster chase

I’ve flown a drone in the past but even in my wildest dreams, I couldn’t imagine flying one this well.

Hands on with the iPhone 11 cameras

I usually hate these “hands on” pieces because they are so limited but Snell has uncovered several details not shown on stage that make me even more excited about the new iPhones from a photography point of view.

Apple special event video

Apple has posted the full video of this morning’s Apple event in case you didn’t watch it live.

Really rude map

I’m just childish enough to happily show this to my son, to the chagrin of his mother.

The capital of kindness

I will take every opportunity to remind people, especially our American friends, of the kindness and generosity of the people of Newfoundland.

Car Talk’s long goodbye

I know literally next to nothing about cars – I don’t even bother lifting the hood if something is wrong because I don’t know a thing about what goes on under there – but I loved listening to the Magliozzi brothers.