“Ironically enough, the only traditional socket that remains on the new MacBook Pro is the traditional headphone jack. That's right: After the heated controversy that accompanied the release of the iPhone 7, they've opted to give the beloved aux plug another lease on life—on our laptops, at least. An…”— Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com
“"Siri, put Apple CEO Tim Cook on my calendar for Tuesday, Sept. 15. Oh, and come up with some questions to ask him."”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com
“3D Touch shortcuts on the home screen are much more useful now as apps can put live information directly in the 3D Touch popup. Similarly, you can deep press on a widget in the Today View to see this baby version of your apps.”— Romain Dillet, techcrunch.com
“The iPhone 7 is being launched in September. It’s strongly rumored that the new phone won’t include the phone’s traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, in a bid to make the phone slimmer.”— John Earls, nme.com
“I was trying to buy an AirPort Extreme today from the Beverly Hills Apple Store and an employee told me that Apple had asked for all of them back from all the stores”— Anonymous Tipster, macrumors.com
“Apple released an update to iTunes today that's supposed to give it 'a simpler design', supposedly making it easier to navigate between sections to find what you're looking for. To do that, it brings back an old iTunes standby: the lefthand navigation bar, which disappeared a while back.”— Jacob Kastrenakes, theverge.com
“There is a very real tension here — criminals either have encryption like the rest of us, or no one does — and it's on us to make the argument that we collectively have much more to lose than criminals have to gain”— Ben Thompson, stratechery.com
“Let me be absolutely crystal clear: this bill, absent massive changes (which, given the previous statements of its authors — Democrat Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Richard Burr of North Carolina — is highly unlikely) is an unmitigated disaster. The only way for any company to abide by…”— Ben Thompson, stratechery.com