David Pierce

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Oh and Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and I lost count but basically imagine a famous person and they're probably in this video — PolitiTweet.org

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We get a video explaining the new service. Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Sofia Coppola, M Night Shyamalan, Ron Howard all telling us about creativity. Nobody wrangles A-listers like Apple — PolitiTweet.org

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@sensiblemadman They both have big incentives to be open platforms, or people will pick the others — PolitiTweet.org

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Now we get to Apple’s original stuff. The new service: Apple TV+ https://t.co/rzV3dLGwPZ — PolitiTweet.org

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OK Apple now put iMessage on Android and let me pair my Apple Watch with my Pixel. Oh, and let me use Siri with Spotify and set Google Assistant as the default. Ready go. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple TV app update coming in May, and coming to Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio Smart TVs. Also coming to Roku and Fir… https://t.co/9zZA2Zv6Ok — PolitiTweet.org

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The big bet that Apple and everyone else are making is that customers hate entering login info and credit card numb… https://t.co/l1O63l6n9o — PolitiTweet.org

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The best thing about this Apple TV demo is learning that not even the people who make the app can scroll properly on that ridiculous remote — PolitiTweet.org

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This is... not a super impressive list — PolitiTweet.org

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This, Apple says, is how TV SHOULD work https://t.co/cG7lNKH6OI — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're a cable or live-TV-streaming subscriber, you can get it all in the TV app. Plus, Apple now has its skinny bundle: sign up for the channels you want, download stuff, watch ad-free. It's called Apple TV Channel — PolitiTweet.org

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Onto TV stuff, starting with an all-new Apple TV app — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple Arcade looks really cool, and Apple's smart to focus on the awesome games it already has, rather than try to worm into the high-end console wars. There are so many great iPad games already, and this is gonna make it even more fun to play — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple, before: Give us money every few years for a phone and a laptop and headphones Apple, now: Give us money every few years for a phone and a laptop and headphones and then more every month for your games and news and TV and pay for it all on our credit card — PolitiTweet.org

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Jony Ive doing a game-design video is easily the biggest surprise of the day so far — PolitiTweet.org

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We're onto games now. "A new kind of service designed specifically" for paid, high-end games. It's called Apple Arcade. — PolitiTweet.org

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I... am going to get this credit card — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple made an Extremely Apple video about its titanium card and I’m only sad Jony Ive didn’t tell me all about it https://t.co/RsswDbxKCr — PolitiTweet.org

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This feels like a VERY carefully worded slide https://t.co/LU8y5eoh0t — PolitiTweet.org

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@trippmickle The question is, does Apple Card get me into any sweet airport lounges, because if not what are we even doing here — PolitiTweet.org

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@trippmickle Apple's basically offering a really nice version of the card every single store tries to talk you into… https://t.co/Jomk4vn8TQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@trippmickle It's as much a budgeting app as a credit card, really. Apple must have noticed a lot of people using Mint, YNAB and the rest, and realized that a built-in service with rewards points---AppleCard offers 2% cash back, on a separate Apple Cash card--would work for lots of people — PolitiTweet.org

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@trippmickle AppleCard: you get approved on your phone, in minutes, and you can use it on all your Apple devices. It lives in the Wallet app, which is getting a bunch of upgrades to tell you more about your spending. You interact with the bank through text messages — PolitiTweet.org

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"Today we're introducing a brand new service, and we call it Apple Card." Apple is making a credit card, which @trippmickle has been telling you about forever https://t.co/fMx6b8HOXk — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple Pay coming to transit in the US---Portland, Chicago, and NYC---and if that means I can pay for the subway with my phone I'm moving back to NY immediately — PolitiTweet.org

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They left this slide up a LONG time https://t.co/Ru0vKIvn7R — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple actually did a nice job of making these mags feel like actual magazine issues, without just being awkward PDFs https://t.co/pekCGrXMfZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Apple News+ is the new subscription service for magazines and more, bringing all kinds of new stuff into Apple News — PolitiTweet.org

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This mix of curated and personalized is really important, and really fascinating. Google and Facebook go full algorithm, which has big side effects. Apple's trying to split the difference in a really interesting way — PolitiTweet.org

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Good services do six things, Cook says: Are easy to use Have an uncompromising attention to detail Keep your perso… https://t.co/8To9ueAnDK — PolitiTweet.org