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The More-Mobile-and-Engaged Edition Sunday, April 20, 2025

iPhone Is Transforming Customer Service For An Iconic Boot Brand., by Apple

iPhone has replaced the traditional point of sale and transformed the shopping experience at R.M.Williams stores. Employees are more mobile and engaged and can better provide customers with a personalized, end-to-end experience in a more open, welcoming environment.

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App Of The Day: One Year, by Jamey Tucker, WPSD

One Year is an iPhone app designed to visually represent the passage of time throughout the year. Each day is marked by a dot, a hand-drawn plant, or an animal. As each day passes, another image appears, counting down what’s left in the year.

Super Simplifies macOS Updates For IT And End Users, by Bradley Chambers, 9to5Mac

Super is an open source script that helps IT teams enforce macOS minor updates, major upgrades, or even just an enforced restart with minimal user disruption. It installs as a background agent and includes customizable dialogs, notifications, scheduling, and deferral options. Everything can be tailored to fit your environment, and you can deploy it with a single script and optional configuration profiles.

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BBC Sounds International Closure Postponed: BBC Radio Overseas, And What's Next, by James Cridland

This is an utter mess - but an unsurprising one, given the BBC’s lack of coherence here (two different companies, just one brand).

China Pits Humanoid Robots Against Humans In Half-marathon, by Eduardo Baptista and Alessandro Diviggiano, Reuters

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

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I am confused with all the BBC Sounds drama, and I am wondering whether we will end up with a BBC Sounds app and a BBC Sounds International app.

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I was in the same Ikea store on both days of the weekend, and can now tell you the shortest path to get to the two departments that I were interested in.

The bad news is that we have miscounted on what we need, and will probably going to the same store again the upcoming weekend.

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