Announced during this week’s F8 conference, Facebook is planning an ambitious redesign that emphasizes the Groups, Marketplace, and Watch sections of the service. (Link) The Verge has a detailed review of MrSpeakers’ new $2,000 high-resolution Ether 2 headphones, which it gave a 9/10 rating. (Link) The New Yorker looks at how Airbnb is changing the...
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Keep It, Federico has a tip about a very well hidden Files feature, Johntakes a tour of his Mac menu bar, Ryan checks in on News+ after a month with the service, plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
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