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https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/reuters_report_on_apple_dropping_plan_for_encrypted_icloud_backups Daring Fireball: Regarding Reuters’s Report That Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting iCloud Backups This isn’t about Apple foiling law enforcement. It isn’t about Apple helping criminals. 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Regarding the iPods Touch, Nano, and Classic. daring fireballobservations regardingmiscellaneousgadgets https://daringfireball.net/2010/03/thoughts_regarding_windows_phone_7 Daring Fireball: Assorted Brief Observations and Thoughts Regarding Windows Phone 7 There’s an old saying that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Microsoft found themselves in a hole the day Apple unveiled the iPhone, but... windows phone 7daring fireballassortedbriefobservations https://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2 Daring Fireball: The iPad Air 2 (And a Few Cursory Words Regarding the iPad Mini 3) I don’t think performance is any longer a reason to buy a MacBook Air instead of an iPad Air. 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The bottom line is that users setting up new Apple Watches in the EU will now get a somewhat slightly worse experience in the name of parity with accessories... daring fireballregarding appleexploringdetailcompliance https://daringfireball.net/2019/10/correction_regarding_an_erroneous_allegation Daring Fireball: Correction: Regarding an Erroneous Allegation in ‘Richard Stallman’s Disgrace’ As soon as I read this, I was nearly certain my email correspondent had made exactly this mistake, conflating Stallman with Raymond, and that I had passed the... daring fireballcorrectionregardingerroneousallegation https://daringfireball.net/2018/04/scuttlebutt_regarding_ui_project Daring Fireball: Scuttlebutt Regarding Apple’s Cross-Platform UI Project It’s no longer called “Marzipan”, almost certainly isn’t coming this year, and is probably a declarative user interface API. cross platform uidaring fireballscuttlebuttregardingproject