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Computer History Museum talks with Scott Forstall, others, about history of the original iPhone

This is pretty interesting. This week, the Computer History Museum posted a full two hour round table lecture/discussion about the creation and release of the original iPhone in 2007. The panel, moderated by John Markoff includes Hugo Fiennes, Nitin Ganatra and Scott Herz as well as a follow-up conversation with Scott Forstall.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for mandatory coding requirement at Trump administration tech summit

This is sort of nifty. On Monday, at a technology summit with President Donald Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly suggested making programming a mandatory subject in the country’s schools. Cook, who was among other tech executives, was among the representatives for the first gathering of the White House’s American Technology Council. Over the course […]

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Beta version of NVMe driver in High Sierra builds hints towards Apple’s acceptance of third-party NVMe drives for future Macs

Apple may have removed restrictions on the NVMe driver in the High Sierra beta, a move that might suggest that future Macs won’t be limited in which mass-storage flash drives may be used, possibly including both the “modular” Mac Pro and the iMac Pro. The improved driver was first noted by the cool cats over […]

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IKEA partnering with Apple to develop AR-based app for iOS 11

This could prove nifty. IKEA has partnered with Apple and is working on an augmented reality app that shows what certain IKEA furniture will look like inside your home. Executive Michael Valdsgaard offered the following: When it launches, the app will let customers choose which IKEA product they want and then use an iPhone or […]

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FDA initiates program towards streamlining approvals for digital devices

This may help Apple’s plans to help make HealthKit ubiquitous and to get digital patient records out in a timely manner. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week released a statement on how the government agency is aiming to streamline innovation of digital health and medical technology through a new […]