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The Tribune Publishing Company, owner of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and more is rebranding:

Tribune Publishing Co. today announced that the Company will change its name to tronc, Inc., a content curation and monetization company focused on creating and distributing premium, verified content across all channels. tronc, or tribune online content, captures the essence of the Company’s mission. tronc pools the Company’s leading media brands and leverages innovative technology to deliver personalized and interactive experiences to its 60 million monthly users.

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Long before Jony Ive would be locked in his all-white room, Apple used product videos to show off new products. Here’s the iMac’s:

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This isn’t great. iCloud Music Library/iTunes Match/Whatever The Hell It Is Called has been up and down for a couple of days now.

Update: It’s now way worse.

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Apple loves a good television ad. Here are a bunch from the iMac G3 era:

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This is going to take a lot of getting used to, AP Stylebook. Standing here today, I’m not a fan of the change.

Of course, I can’t buy a digital copy of the 2016 AP Stylebook in iBooks, for the Kindle or even as a PDF yet. The 2015 version is still the newest on digital shelves, but all the AP is currently offering is a spiral-bound book or an online subscription.

Sigh.

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Nine months after announcing the Five Flavors, Steve Jobs took the stage to rev the iMac G3s again.

These new iMacs all had three main new features: a slot-loading optical drive, Airport capability and a tweaked case that allowed for fanless operation.

Jobs opened the iMac pitch with the optical drive. Gone was the tray-loading drive, replaced with a slot-loading drive. This may seem odd now, but according to Walter Isaacson, it was important to Jobs. Here’s a story from the time leading up to the original iMac’s 1998 launch:

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Yes, please.

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This week on Connected:

The team catches up on pre-WWDC rumors concerning MacBook Pros, the Apple TV and Siri.

My thanks to our sponsor:

• Backblaze: The unlimited, native backup solution for your Mac and PC.

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This document defines the term “pixel anomaly”, explains why such anomalies occur, and describes what to do if you feel your LCD panel has more than an acceptable number of pixel anomalies.

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This week on Upgrade, I joined Myke and Jason to discuss the product that changed Apple’s fortunes: the original iMac.

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When first introduced with Mac OS X Tiger, Spotlight offered fast and accurate file and metadata searching on the Mac.

Spotlight made the jump to the iPhone with iPhone OS 3, giving users a quick way to find apps, contacts, emails, events and music.

Today, things are messier. Spotlight is still mostly about search and Siri is still mostly about being a helpful digital assistant, but the lines are more blurred then ever.

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This is a fun post. I wish some of these existed in much higher resolutions.

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