Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president for internet software and services, who has been at the company since 1989, has told partners that “the two things we will never do are hard-core nudity and China,” one creative figure who has worked with Apple told me.
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Apple TV+, which started a year ago, has struggled to find its feet in a climate in which its top creative executives, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, appear to be constantly trying to guess what Mr. Cook and Mr. Cue might like, or might object to. That has mostly ruled out the sort of prestige drama that defined other breakout streaming services.
"We do not want people using our products too much," Cook said. "We want to create them in such a way people get the most out of them in short periods of time to free themselves up to do whatever it is that they want to do."
Wireless chargers typically come in the form of a little tray or a hockey puck upon which you rest your device, and while many of these have become quite stylish—I recently checked out one made of marble—they still take up a lot of space on your desk, doing nothing for you when they’re not in active use.
Kew Labs offers a nifty idea to fix this issue: It secrets a Qi charger underneath your desk or table so it’s functionally invisible, cleaning things up and minimizing clutter. Naturally, this approach has its share of challenges.
“Our teams are in close touch with the local authorities and we’re offering our full support to their investigation,” the company said in a statement.
Apple demands its suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, act fairly and ethically, and use environmentally responsible practices wherever they make products or perform services for the company.
Different studios will make different shows, and some studios will not make ceertain shows. No big deal.
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I have so many stuff from Apple that contain non-removable re-chargable batteries. Just on this table that I am working right now: keyboard, mouse, AirPods, AirPods case, iPhone. (And my iPad is somewhere near me.) And all of them will die one fine day when their time run out.
Maybe Apple should start a monitoring service that just automatically sell and deliver me new stuff when the batteries' health level drops below a certain threshold. Included in the delivery should then be a box for me to send back the old stuff for recycling.
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Thanks for reading.