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https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/apple_tv_new_fanfare Daring Fireball: Apple TV’s New Fanfare Netflix’s “tadum” is so iconic that it’s the name of their company blog. HBO’s static + chanted om is the OG standard-setter. 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I suspect Apple was ready to go from the start with web downloads — they knew the EC *might* demand it — and so they opened their hand January 25 with the... daring fireball appleoffer directadjustsdmaplan https://daringfireball.net/2010/05/apple_verizon_political_calculus Daring Fireball: Apple-Verizon Political Calculus, 2010 Edition You can see why Verizon wants Android phones — and now tablets — regardless if they’re soon getting the iPhone. daring fireball appleverizonpoliticalcalculus2010 https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/apple_japan_msca_compliance Daring Fireball: Apple Announces Changes to iOS in Japan for Compliance With the Mobile Software... It’s the practical results of legislation and regulation that matter, not the intentions. The Japanese government seemingly gets that, and acts accordingly. daring fireball appleannounces changesmobile softwareiosjapan https://daringfireball.net/2024/03/apple_epic_reinstatement Daring Fireball: Apple Reinstates Epic’s EU Developer Account If Apple had just let Epic proceed from the start, they’d have looked magnanimous. But as it stands, Apple looks bitter, and from the EC’s perspective, in need... daring fireball appledeveloper accountreinstateseu https://daringfireball.net/2009/02/apple_google_palm Daring Fireball: Apple, Google, and Palm Regarding Apple’s relationships with Google and Palm. daring fireball applegooglepalm https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/apple_giveth_apple_taketh_away Daring Fireball: Apple Giveth, Apple Taketh Away Safari is no longer breaking my menu-item-icon despising heart on MacOS 26 Tahoe, but the best trick to block the Tahoe “upgrade” notice on MacOS 15 Sequoia no... daring fireball appletaketh awaygiveth https://daringfireball.net/2009/02/apple_on_the_mind Daring Fireball: Apple on the Mind at MWC Apparently the iPhone is hindering innovation because it’s innovative. daring fireball applemindmwc https://daringfireball.net/2008/01/aapl_q1_2008 Daring Fireball: Apple First Quarter 2008 Results A look at Apple’s financial results from the just-completed holiday sales quarter. daring fireball applefirst quarter 2008results https://daringfireball.net/2023/10/apple_again_hikes_prices_for_services Daring Fireball: Apple Again Hikes Prices for Its Media Services Of the three component services whose standalone prices went up, TV+ and Arcade seem justified. News+, however, does not. daring fireball applehikes pricesmedia services https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/apple_pulls_advanced_data_protection_from_the_uk Daring Fireball: Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection From the UK, in Defiance of UK Demand for... The UK’s demands are simultaneously infuriatingly offensive, mathematically ignorant (regarding the nature of end-to-end encryption), dangerous (as proven by... daring fireball appleadvanced datapullsprotectionuk https://daringfireball.net/2016/08/apple_gun_emoji Daring Fireball: Apple and the Pistol Emoji On Apple’s intention to change the pistol emoji from a realistic gun to a water pistol. daring fireball applepistolemoji https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro-with-no-plans-to-bring-it-back Daring Fireball: Apple Discontinues the Mac Pro With No Plans to Bring It Back Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/ daring fireball applemac prodiscontinuesplansbring https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/28/apple-should-set-and-enforce-some-basic-standards-for-custom-video-players-on-tvos Daring Fireball: Apple Should Set and Enforce Some Basic Standards for Custom Video Players on tvOS Link to: https://daringfireball.net/2024/03/quickly_toggling_closed_captions_on_apple_tv daring fireball applecustom videosetenforcebasic https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/apple_is_delaying_the_more_personalized_siri_apple_intelligence_features Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features This announcement is disappointing, but unsurprising. 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Link to: https://www.macstories.net/news/coming-soon-whats-next-on-apple-tv-and-apple-arcade-in-april-2026/ daring fireball appleseven monthsstilljessicaice https://daringfireball.net/2007/04/apple_computer Daring Fireball: Apple Computer Apple TV’s official UI has fewer options than competing products, but its unofficial capabilities offer far more hackability for nerds. daring fireball applecomputer https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/10/11/the-savant-apple-tv Daring Fireball: Apple Has Indefinitely Postponed Jessica Chastain's Apple TV+ Thriller 'The... 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Rumors backed by credible (albeit circumstantial) evidence indicate Apple is poised to release a new software product called “iWork” at Macworld Expo next week. daring fireball appleoffice suiteannounce https://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash Daring Fireball: Apple, Adobe, and Flash If Adobe needs Apple to grant them further access to the hardware to make the *Mac* version of Flash Player better, what are the odds that they’d get that sort... daring fireball appleadobeflash https://daringfireball.net/2022/09/apple_watch_ultra Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Ultra It *almost* feels more like having an adorable little iPhone Nano strapped to my wrist than a huge Apple Watch. daring fireball applewatch ultra https://daringfireball.net/2018/07/new_macbook_pros Daring Fireball: Apple Updates MacBook Pro Models With Touch Bar https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/07/apple-updates-macbook-pro-with-faster-performance-and-new-features-for-pros/ daring fireball applemacbook protouch barupdatesmodels https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/01/apple-marks-50 Daring Fireball: Apple Marks 50th Anniversary Link to: https://www.apple.com/ daring fireball applemarks 50th anniversary https://daringfireball.net/2021/02/apple_mail_and_hidden_tracking_images Daring Fireball: Apple Mail and Hidden Tracking Images Apple should offer defenses against email tracking just as robust as Safari’s defenses against web tracking. daring fireball applemailhiddentrackingimages https://daringfireball.net/2017/09/apple_watch_series_3 Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Series 3 With the addition of cellular networking in Series 3, Apple Watch gains something essential: independence. 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Steve Jobs meets with Universal Music CEO Doug Morris. daring fireballtranscriptupcomingnegotiationsapple https://daringfireball.net/2017/09/thoughts_on_apple_tv_4k Daring Fireball: Thoughts on Apple TV 4K In short, it’s the Apple TV you know and love (and/or hate), only faster, and with 4K support I can’t test. daring fireball thoughtsapple tv 4k https://daringfireball.net/2008/10/apple_ram_prices Daring Fireball: Good RAM Prices From Apple on New MacBooks Apple’s memory prices for the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros is actually very competitive. daring fireballram pricesnew macbooksgoodapple https://daringfireball.net/2010/05/this_is_how_apple_rolls Daring Fireball: This Is How Apple Rolls While we’re out here poking and prodding at the iPad, they’re back at work in Cupertino. They’ve got a little gem of a starting point in hand. 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The point should be to make the question “*Which iPad should I buy?*” as easy to answer as possible. usb c portdaring fireballnew applepencilthoughts https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/29/the-verge-apple-50-ranking Daring Fireball: The Verge: 'Rank the Best Apple Products From the Last 50 Years' Link to: https://www.theverge.com/cs/tech/900477/apple-50-anniversary-rank-products best apple productslast 50 yearsdaring fireballvergerank https://daringfireball.net/2010/03/regarding_old_apple_microsoft_suit Daring Fireball: A Thought Regarding the Old Apple-v.-Microsoft ‘Look and Feel’ Lawsuit Good ideas are meant to spread. daring fireballold applev microsoftthoughtregarding https://daringfireball.net/2015/09/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_hey_siri_event Daring Fireball: Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s ‘Hey Siri’ Apple Event This was it: one big event for *all* of Apple’s late 2015 product announcements. daring fireballbrief thoughtsobservations regardingapple event https://daringfireball.net/2009/10/regarding_apple_tv Daring Fireball: Regarding Apple TV You can argue that Apple should have released major new Apple TV hardware in time for this holiday season, but it’s not fair to complain that a software update... daring fireball regardingapple tv https://daringfireball.net/2019/04/why_apple_settled_with_qualcomm Daring Fireball: Why Apple Settled With Qualcomm Now is the time that fundamental early decisions for those 2020 iPhones need to be made, and it seems painfully clear that Apple determined they could not... daring fireballapplesettledqualcomm https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/zuckerbergs_notes Daring Fireball: Regarding Mark Zuckerberg’s Unused Talking Points on Tim Cook and Apple Zuckerberg should stick to the “some companies work hard to charge you more, other work hard to charge you less” angle. Trying to say that Apple is in the same... daring fireball regardingtalking pointstim cookmarkunused https://daringfireball.net/2007/07/simple_inbox_sweeper Daring Fireball: Simple Inbox Archiving Script for Apple Mail An AppleScript for Apple Mail to move all unflagged, read messages from each IMAP inbox to an “Archive” mailbox. daring fireballapple mailsimpleinboxarchiving https://daringfireball.net/2022/04/more_friday_night_baseball_details Daring Fireball: Play Ball: Apple Announces More Details About ‘Friday Night Baseball’ on Opening... A diverse broadcast crew, including Melanie Newman calling play-by-play, but no pausing or fast-forwarding during games. daring fireballapple announcesplaydetailsnight https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/02/28/cook-apple-ncppr Daring Fireball: Tim Cook Soundly Rejects Politics of the NCPPR, Suggests Group Sell Apple's Stock daring fireball timsell applecooksoundlyrejects https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/my_2024_apple_report_card Daring Fireball: My 2024 Apple Report Card While there are several areas where Apple maintained consistent excellence in 2024, I can’t think of a single area where Apple levelled up. Not one. 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