I love the shots of the old workstations and guys smoking.
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Connected 42: Intellectual Ambiguity⇢
This week on Connected, Myke and I talk to Russell Ivanovic about Google Photos and then go on to make their WWDC predictions.
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Kbase Article of the Week: eMac - Technical Specifications⇢
Got an original eMac hanging around? This support document can settle arguments about the level 2 cache and system bus speed.
‘Apple Phone’⇢
The Verge’s Chris Ziegler makes the argument that with iOS and OS X probably moving to the San Francisco font — coupled with Apple’s recent naming scheme — “iPhone” doesn’t work anymore:
Disclaimer: This theory is definitely bunk, and I will surely be proven wrong both this year and next. But hear me out.
“i” is an endangered letter at Apple: the iBook died many years ago, and we now have Apple Watches on our wrists, not iWatches. iThings are passé.
Microsoft buys Wunderlist⇢
Donated Apple I fetches $200,000⇢
Sharon Noguchi at the San Jose Mercury News:
A South Bay recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976.
Which Apple Watch Glances I’m using
I’ve had my Apple Watch for a month now and feel like I’ve settled into a routine with it. I deal with the handful of notification types I allow to show up on my wrist. I don’t use many third-party apps, and — unlike some people I know — actually use and like Glances.
In this pre-SDK era, third-party Glances are pretty simple, so I’m only using a couple of them. However, Apple’s can be interactive, and by mixing them with the couple of critical third-party ones, Glances have become a quick way for me to know what’s going on with my devices and jump into the apps I use most.
A pair of awesome Apple hardware videos
I love when people get something old to work with something new.
Apple Watch to Mac 512K
Apple II to Cinema Display
Pinpoint⇢
Marco Arment’s Bugshot app is back and better than ever, powered by the awesome folks at Lickability. It’s free with a $5 worth in-app purchases for additional colors for the markups. If you work with iOS screenshots, this app should be on your phone.
Connected 41: Seven Minutes of Empty Exercise⇢
This week, Myke, Federico and I follow-up on a bunch of various topics before discussing Spotify, Flipboard and Jony Ive’s new job title.
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Google launches ‘Photos’⇢
Anil Sabharwal, Head of Google Photos:
Google Photos gives you a single, private place to keep a lifetime of memories, and access them from any device. They’re automatically backed up and synced, so you can have peace of mind that your photos are safe, available across all your devices.
And when we say a lifetime of memories, we really mean it. With Google Photos, you can now backup and store unlimited, high-quality photos and videos, for free. We maintain the original resolution up to 16MP for photos, and 1080p high-definition for videos, and store compressed versions of the photos and videos in beautiful, print-quality resolution.
‘Well the car is the ultimate mobile device, isn’t it?’⇢
Jeff Williams, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Operations, spoke at the Code Conference today. It’s an interesting read about the Watch, among other things.