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News items you should check out: February 21

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from some other sources.

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles you should check out:

° From AppleInsider: Purchased films upgraded to 3D by Apple will sometimes only play in 2D on an Apple Vision Pro if ownership was imported through Movies Anywhere — and there doesn’t appear to be a fix.

° From iMore: Apple is about to kick off an eight-month UK project to improve its Maps service that will see Apple’s cars and even backpack-wearing walkers traverse the country. 

° From 9to5Mac: Apple has updated the Apple Music Replay experience, available at replay.music.apple.com, with visualizations of your favorite music habits by month, rather than just by year

° From MacRumors: Apple has began offering refurbished versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M3 Pro and M3 Max chip options, offering the machines at a discount for the first time since their October 2023 release.

° From ZDNet: The average US subscriber pays almost $1000 a year for streaming subscriptions.

° From Bloomberg: Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is on a rare visit to Taiwan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Foxconn, the company that helped build the iPhone empire by assembling those devices to exacting standards in factories across China.

° From CBS News: A retired accountant in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is crediting his smart watch for saving his life.

° From MacVoices Live!: On the new episode, Industrial Designer James Stone of Ohsnap, shows off the newest iteration of their iPhone grip, the Snap 4 Luxe.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.