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Touch Bar-equipped 2016 MacBook Pro notebooks do away with classic startup chime sound

The Apple startup chime you know and love has gone the way of the dodo with the new Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro. Pingie noticed that the new notebook’s NVRAM reset instructions lacked a reference to the startup chime. They later said they were able to confirm the change after getting their hands on a new […]

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Hardware iPad News

Disney animators test out iPad Pro, comment on “textured” surface

This is pretty interesting. Apple apparently allowed Pixar’s staff to play around with the upcoming iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil. A week later, Apple let Disney’s Feature Animation studio take a crack at it. The animators commented that the device’s screen surface has “tooth,” or textured roughness, to augment drawing feel.

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Aaron Sorkin appears on Studio 1.0, discusses efforts going into Steve Jobs biopic

The good news is that the mighty Aaron Sorkin is hard at work on writing a Steve Jobs biopic. The mixed news is that he thinks cocaine could possibly help the writing process – even if he’s joking about it. Bloomberg’s Studio 1.0 with Bloomberg Television’s Emily Chang, which aired at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT featured […]

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iPad News Software

Sketchbook Pro Updated to 2.0

I’m reporting from my iPhone at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco where I am surrounded by incredible examples of design and technology from a number of different categories. My favorite being the 3D television that doesn’t require 3D glasses. Tonight’s event is to introduce the impending release of Sketchbook Pro 2.0 which adds a […]