August 23, 2021
Written by Dave Mark
This is some fun back and forth between the @AppleTV twitter team, representing Ted Lasso, and the opposition, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, representing the Wrexham AFC soccer team (which they own in real life).
Follow the headline link, read the whole thing. The mildest of spoilers on the latest Ted Lasso episode, so be mildly warned.
Side note: Interesting to me that the twitter account is @AppleTV and not @AppleTVPlus. Both of these are real Twitter accounts, but the former has a much bigger following. Simpler, for sure, and everyone knows the intent. But part of what makes the Apple TV+ branding a bit confusing. No matter, good stuff, worth a look.
Written by Dave Mark
That’s a lot of cheddar. Worth it, no doubt.
The handwritten part:
Julian, Your generation is the first to grow up with computers. Go change the world! steven jobs, 1980
Interestingly, it was also signed by Apple’s angel investor and former CEO, Mike Markkula.
Who was Julian?
“Julian” was a teenager at the time, son of entrepreneur Mike Brewer who had negotiated exclusive distribution rights for Apple products in the UK and later became the first Managing Director of Apple Computer (UK) Ltd. Julian recalls, “I was sitting in my bedroom writing games on my Apple II when Dad called me down to meet some guests. To my amazement it was Steve Jobs and Mike Markkula. I had the manual with me and only later understood how rare it was for Jobs to sign anything, let alone to write an inscription like this. He got on well with Dad, so I feel the inscription was made with care.”
The winning bidder was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who also bought David Gilmour’s black Strat back in January 2019.
Follow the headline link for a zoomable image and more background on this historic document.
Written by Dave Mark
Follow the headline link, scroll to explore various services. There’s the Apple Services ToS, down at the bottom.
Note the various grades. Only two “A” grades, one of them for Duck, Duck, Go.
If you’re on a desktop machine, hover over any of the terms for a tool-tip with more detail. Tap or click around to explore. An interesting project, started in 2012.
Related note: Here’s a link to Apple’s official Privacy Policy, last updated June 1st, 2021.
Written by Dave Mark
Back in July, I posted about a machine made by ASML, The most important machine in Apple’s universe.
From that post:
> The complex machine is widely acknowledged as necessary for making the most advanced chips, an ability with geopolitical implications. The Trump administration successfully lobbied the Dutch government to block shipments of such a machine to China in 2019, and the Biden administration has shown no signs of reversing that stance.
ASML makes the chip lithography machine that TSMC uses to produce Apple Silicon.
The tweet embedded below starts a thread filled with data, images, and video on ASML and that oh, so vital machine. A fascinating read.
August 20, 2021
Dave is interested in how many devices you have listed in your iCloud account, something he dubbed as your Apple Score. We also talk about the Apple TV+ movie CODA, and Spatial Audio in Netflix. Finally, reports came out this week about a double agent feeding Apple information from a community that deals in stolen iPhones and other data.
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