Apple about to make AirPods A LOT better + Threads vs. Twitter! (CultCast #602)
The CultCast
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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2023
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
This week: We're talking BIG changes coming to AirPods, Apple's radical plan for new displays, and Twitter vs. Threads, battle of the the tech titans! Plus: Apple hits 3 TRILLION in market value, so Erfon's got another epic Apple stock update!
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This week's stories
Next-gen AirPods Pro could measure your body temperature
- In the Sunday edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman shared Apple’s future roadmap for the AirPods. The company wants to position AirPods as a hearing aid replacement. It has hired engineers from traditional hearing aid companies to boost its research in this area.
Apple plans to launch a monitor that stays on when you shut down your Mac
Vision Pro’s complex design forces Apple to make significant production cuts
- Apple reportedly made hefty cuts to its production goals for the Vision Pro due to the headset’s complex design, which makes mass production a challenge.
Lewis: Win a compact charger that juices up 3 devices at once [Cult of Mac giveaway]
- This is a rare repeat - but this time it's open to contestants worldwide!
How to use Threads, the new (new (new)) Twitter replacement
- Threads is the new social media platform with Twitter-like features, coming from Instagram.
Apple TV+ has a lot more subscribers than you might realize
- The number of Apple TV+ subscribers has more than tripled in the past two years, according to data from a market-analysis firm.
Apple passes $3 trillion mark cap … again
- Apple’s share price us up 53% this year!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Jennifer Graham. Last year, in my biology class, I refused to dissect a frog. |
| 0:07.0 | I didn't want to hurt a living thing. I said I would be happy to do it on an Apple computer. |
| 0:12.0 | That way, I can learn, and the frog lives. But that got me into a lot of trouble, and I got a lower grade. |
| 0:20.0 | So this year, I'm using my Apple T to study something entirely new. |
| 0:26.0 | Constitutional law. |
| 0:33.0 | Hello, and welcome to Cassie Best 30. Plus, in the Apple conversation, you're going to hear... |
| 0:38.0 | ...all week long, I'm your host, Airfrontal Edge. Join me today. |
| 0:41.0 | One day, when Leander Caini kicks the bucket, which will likely be soon, he'll be the new king of Coltomac, |
| 0:47.0 | which means he'll have access to the exclusive company car, the purple Lamborghini Marcialago. |
| 0:54.0 | He's the manager of Coltomac. Oh, his Wallace is here. |
| 0:58.0 | Oh, can't wait. Actually, I can't wait. I don't know. I'm scared of fast cars. |
| 1:02.0 | Also with us, with almost 140 followers, he's now got one of the most popular meta-thread accounts on the platform. |
| 1:09.0 | He's the newest writer, Coltomac. |
| 1:11.0 | Griffin Jones is here. |
| 1:15.0 | 140, wow. Griffin. That's more than Zach. |
| 1:20.0 | I know that is coming straight from Instagram. |
| 1:23.0 | And you said it connects to your mastodon account, too? |
| 1:26.0 | In theory, they didn't actually launch with that feature yesterday, but... |
| 1:32.0 | Well, once they get that connected, you'll be up over 200, no time. |
| 1:36.0 | That's like influencer area on threads. You'll be getting paid sponsorships, all that kind of stuff. |
| 1:43.0 | Alright, everyone. Let's see here. Before we dive in, you want to know what we're talking about today? |
| 1:47.0 | I like to give you the agenda in case you show up and you're like, this show is going to be boring. |
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