Apple Robots, Apple anniversaries, and the good and bad of Spatial Video on the AppleInsider Podcast

The Apple Car is gone but instead Apple is said to be working on robots. It's all a long way from Apple's origins this week in 1976, and even quite a long way from the original iPad which in 2010 was the last product announced by Steve Jobs.

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LINKS FROM THE SHOW:

Apple Robotics

• Apple's next big thing could be a home robot

Anniversaries

• Computing would be totally different had Apple not been formed 48 years ago, today
• Apple's iPad is still showing the world how to do tablets, 14 years later - April 3

Apple Vision Pro

• Apple Vision Pro's first new immersive video in months is 5 minutes of old soccer clips
• Spatial Personas adds 3D calling to FaceTime on Apple Vision Pro

Destroying the web as a service

Arc promises to "browse for you" by eliminating the middle man and present information directly to you. The company doesn't have a business model or a way to make money. It just scrapes data from websites and presents it to users.

• The Browser Company poaches Apple Safari design team member

Misc.

• Apple Savings APY to decrease for first time on April 3
• Beats Solo 4 release imminent with FCC regulator listing
• Apple Pencil 3 could have new squeeze gesture
• iPhone 16 Pro may get new colors using iPhone 15 glass technology

• (00:00) - Intro

(00:44) - Getting down with Apple Services

(03:30) - Robots

(16:40) - Losing digital films

(19:54) - Apple anniversary

(22:42) - Pirates of Silicon Valley

(27:40) - iPad anniversary

(39:45) - Apple Vision Pro

(52:27) - Where is the Apple Vision Pro content?

(57:45) - Spatial personas

(01:02:55) - Arc The Browser Company

(01:16:25) - Outro

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