Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, occasionally we’ll direct your attention to articles from various other sources worth your time.
° Manhattan Village, located in the heart of Manhattan Beach (Los Angeles), will welcome a collection of dining, lifestyle, and retail establishments this year (including Apple) as it completes its major redevelopment project. Go to www.shopmanhattanvillage.com to follow updates on the phased project, upcoming events, and new tenant opening dates.
° Apple must continue fighting a consumer privacy lawsuit in open court and can’t move it behind the closed doors of private arbitration, reports Bloomberg.
° Apple has released new 3C39 firmware designed for the AirPods Max designed to fix reported battery drain issues.
° According to MacRumors, Apple will soon be making a significant change to its serial number format for future products that will see some key information stripped out.
° In a new interview with the Verge, Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter head of consumer products, addressed the the platform’s new “Super Follow” feature and sharing a 30% cut with Apple.
° Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disney+ now has over 100 million paying subscribers, just 16 months after the service first launched.
° A security vulnerability in a popular iPhone call recording app exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations, according to TechCrunch.
° T-Mobile is planning to automatically opt its customers into an advertising program that will see user web and mobile app usage shared with advertisers, reports The Wall Street Journal.
