Sunday
May302021

Jony Ive was involved in with the M1 iMac's design, but we don't know how much

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It takes years to redesign a product, so it's not surprising that the revamped M1 iMac's design was crafted with the help of former design executive Jony Ive. According to Wiredhe was involved in this first new iMac redesign in a decade, but the company won't reveal when and how Ive was involved. Apple just said, "he had worked on it."

He left the company back in 2019 and then went off to put up an independent design firm called LoveForm. Apple was said to be a client of the company, but we don't know what that relationship is like.

Via: 9to5Mac

Saturday
May292021

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 5/23 – 5/29

Friday
May282021

Apple pushes back Podcasts subscriptions to June

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Apple was supposed to roll out its Podcasts subscriptions this month. But after some creators ran into problems with the feature, the company has decided to push back its release to June to ensure they are "delivering the best experience for creators and listeners." Apple made this announcement to the creators via an email sent on Friday. Some of the issues included creators' inability to log into Apple's Podcast Connect portal or seeing delays in new episode availability. Apple said it fixed these "disruptions" already.

Apple's Podcasts subscriptions will offer subscribers to participating podcasts additional perks like early access to episodes and ad-free listening. The service will launch in 170 countries.

Source: The Verge

Friday
May282021

Here's another look at Twitter's Facebook-like reactions

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A few months ago, we already heard about Twitter trying out adding emoji reactions to tweets. Now, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong is giving another look at potential emoji reactions. She shows reactions like "Likes," "Cheer," "Hmm," "Sad," and "Haha." Some of them only have placeholder emojis. 

As The Verge noted, Twitter added "makes you think" and cheer options but leaves out Facebook's "angry" expression. When Twitter was asked to comment about this feature, it said the same thing as before. According to the company, it is "always exploring additional ways for people to express themselves in conversations."