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Apple Didn’t Solve Our Horrible Gadget-Charging Mess and Nobody Else Has, Either

I love these videos from Joanna Stern. They are both informative and entertaining.

From the Wall Street Journal

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A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ – The New York Times

Interesting. It’d be pretty tough to introduce manufacturing back into the US. It’s nice that Apple tried, but the economics of it all makes it not very plausible.

A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ – The New York Times:

But when Apple began making the $3,000 computer in Austin, Tex., it struggled to find enough screws, according to three people who worked on the project and spoke on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements.

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Jony Ive interview: Apple design guru on how he created the new iPad – and the philosophy behind it | The Independent

Jony Ive interview: Apple design guru on how he created the new iPad – and the philosophy behind it | The Independent:

“I think your responsibility actually goes further back than that,” he says. “It starts with the determination not to fall into the trap of just making things different. Because when a product has been highly regarded there is often a desire from people to see it redesigned. I think one of the most important things is that you change something not to make it different but to make it better.

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Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines – The New York Times

Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines – The New York Times:

In a quiet corner of the third floor, Apple is building a newsroom of sorts. About a dozen former journalists have filled a few nondescript offices to do what many other tech companies have for years left to software: selecting the news that tens of millions of people will read.