Yes, Mini-LED MacBook Pros ARE Incoming! (CultCast #499)
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🗓️ 2 July 2021
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This week: a new report provides even more proof that new 14” and 16” mini-LED MacBook Pros are right around the corner—we discuss! Plus: Apple’s planning new iPads with HUGE screens, iPhone 13 is getting a big camera upgrade, and Apple’s whacky new scheme to keep employees from leaking! This one is hilarious.
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MacBook Pro with mini-LED display could land this year in 2 sizes
- Apple is teaming up with two new suppliers to bring mini-LED displays to MacBook Pro later this year, according to a new report. The next-generation machines are expected to come in 14- and 16-inch sizes.
Going beyond 13 inches, Apple reportedly ‘exploring larger iPads’
- Someday, Apple could make tablets as large as the biggest MacBooks. The company is reportedly investigating making super-size iPad models with displays larger than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, according to a reliable source for insider info.
iPhone 13 Pro may pack improved Ultra Wide camera with autofocus
- Apple’s next-generation iPhone lineup will pack an improved Ultra Wide camera with autofocus, according to a reliable analyst. The iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max models are expected to get the upgrade first.
Apple allegedly requires employees to wear body cameras to stop leaks
- Apple is reportedly forcing some of its employees to wear “police-grade” body cameras in an effort to stop them from leaking proprietary information.
How to download Apple Watch’s new international Stripes faces
- Apple introduced new International Collection bands for Apple Watch on Tuesday, priced at $49 each. There are 22 available and each comes with an accompanying Stripes face you can download from Apple’s website.
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| 0:00.0 | It's an idea so powerful it can transform your business it's an idea so |
| 0:07.6 | personal it can transform your life it's an idea so intelligent it can |
| 0:18.4 | transform itself introducing power book duo from Apple |
| 0:31.3 | Hello and welcome to the Cassie Best 30 plus minute of conversation you're |
| 0:35.5 | gonna hear all week long I'm your host here for a large join me today if he |
| 0:40.9 | were a pro wrestler he'd be called El Boracho and his signature move would be |
| 0:44.7 | called the Boracho bomb where he pretends he's passed out and then when his |
| 0:48.9 | opponent turns to celebrate he gets up and hits him with a folding chair |
| 0:52.2 | Lambo right over the head it's a signature move he's a fan of Coltomac |
| 0:56.7 | Leander can he is here also with us he's installed a Tesla coil in the |
| 1:02.0 | Coltomac riding room so he can zap riders who aren't typing fast enough |
| 1:05.5 | without even leaving his chair it makes one hell no it's too when that arc |
| 1:10.2 | zaps across the room it hits him right in the neck he's the manager |
| 1:13.5 | of Coltomac oh it's Wallace is here it's really an awe-inspiring sight you know |
| 1:21.2 | it's actually not that idea you can sell it for teams set it up in the middle of |
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