December 21, 2020

Ben Schoon, 9to5Google, on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds Pro:

Perhaps most notably, though, is a copy of Apple’s “Spatial Audio” feature for the Galaxy Buds Pro. That feature, which is available on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, can creature a faux surround sound system that changes the direction of the audio based on the direction of your head and the position of the phone.

Oh Samsung, you just couldn’t resist, could you. You did skip a step, though. You forgot to mock the feature when Apple shipped it before you started your copiers.

Google Experiments:

Create your own opera inspired song with Blob Opera – no music skills required ! A machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture

Follow the headline link, tap the Launch experiment button. Click and drag to create some operatic harmony.

Sound will play, so consider this before you start.

Have an M1 Mac? Use Zoom?

If both, head over to the headline-link, then click the Download Center link to get to the download page, then look for this sentence:

Or, for Macs with the M1 processor, click here to download

The word here is the link you want.

Or, avoid the back and forth and just click this download link.

The whole thing is a bit cryptic, but glad to see this update.

December 18, 2020

The Dalrymple Report: Siri, Facebook privacy, and AirPods Max

Did you know that Siri can make animal sounds? With a new update, the voice assistant can help you with that. Dave and I also talk about the latest information on the AirPods Max, as well as Facebook spewing garbage about Apple and privacy.

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December 17, 2020

Steve Jobs on privacy

Given all the Facebook hand-wringing about how Apple is ruining their good fun with all this user-protection Apple seems insistent on, it might be good to listen to Steve Jobs original take on privacy.

The video embedded below was recorded back in 2010, more than 10 years ago. So no one should be surprised by Apple’s stance here.