Apple’s Qingdao store closure was announced Tuesday, now two more stores will close…

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The number of Apple stores closed in China due to the coronavirus outbreak has risen to three.
Tim Cook announced the closure of Apple’s Qingdao store (pictured) during Tuesday’s earnings call.
Now, stores in Fuzhou and Nanjing have also been closed.

The number of Apple retail stores closed in China due to the coronavirus outbreak has risen to three.

As reported by CNET:

Apple has temporarily shuttered two more stores in China, bringing the total closed as of Wednesday to three, as worries about the coronavirus rock the globe.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said Apple had closed its Qingdao store earlier this week as a precaution. Two more stores, in Fuzhou and Nanjing, are now also closed because the malls they’re located in have been temporarily shuttered.

The coronavirus death toll has risen to a least 170. Confirmed cases as of January 29 were 7,711, and a …

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Yes, we are onto 2021 rumors already…

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A budget iPhone coming in 2021 may have a power button with Touch ID integrated into it.
That’s according to Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the device will come in the first half of next year.
He also says that Apple will eschew Face ID to drastically reduce the size of the notch on the front of the iPhone.

A new research note from Ming-Chi Kuo claims that a low-cost 2021 iPhone may feature Touch ID integrated into the device’s power button, instead of Face ID.

According to MacRumors:

Apple plans to release an iPhone with a Touch ID power button on the side of the device in the first half of 2021, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

In a research note with TF International Securities, obtained by MacRumors, Kuo has now revealed that the iPhone will feature an LCD display, further suggesting that it will be a lower-cost model. Last month, Kuo claimed the device will lack Face ID, allowing it to have a nearly edge-to-e…

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Tyler Stalman is a photographer and video creator.
He’s been testing a Mac Pro.
His latest video runs through his thoughts on whether creatives need one or not.

Need and want are two different things.

Apple’s new Mac Pro has been around for a few weeks now but we still can’t quite get enough of it. Sure, it’s overkill for 99% of people and it costs more than some small cars, but that’s part of the charm. But some people do need all that power and photographer Tyler Stalman has been wondering whether creative professionals are some of those people.

Stalman has been testing a pretty spec-heavy Mac Pro along with an Apple Pro Display XDR. The video doesn’t focus on the latter at all, but Stalman’s thoughts on the computer are interesting. Especially given the machine he was given for review.

That Mac Pro has a 3.2GHz 16-core processor, 192GB of RAM, 4TB of storage, and two Radeon Vega Pro Vega 2 graphics cards. And that’s a lot of horsepower. As Stalman …

But the number one show might surprise you…

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A report suggests that in Q4 of 2019, 6 of the top 10 streamed shows came from Apple TV+.
Breaking the top 10 were See, The Morning Show, Dickinson and For All Mankind.
Servant also made the list, but the most popular show was Truth Be Told, which was the number four show overall.

A report from Business Insider suggests that 6 of the 10 top streamed shows in Q4 of 2019 came from Apple TV+.

According to the report:

The data company Parrot Analytics provided Business Insider a list of the top 10 streaming original premieres in the US for the fourth quarter of 2019 and six of them are Apple series.

Parrot Analytics measures demand expressions, its globally standardized TV demand measurement unit that reflects the desire, engagement, and viewership of a series, weighted by importance.

While the mega-hits ”The Witcher” and ”The Mandalorian” topped the list, the prevalence of Apple’s shows is notable.
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Apple continues to bring on big talent for Apple TV Plus.

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Apple has signed Carmi Ziotnik to a multi-year exclusive producer deal.
Ziotnik just recently stepped down from his role of President of Programming at Starz.
The executive joins former HBO CEO Richard Plepler who is also making content for Apple TV+.

Apple continues to build its team for Apple TV+, the company’s foray into original programming. Reported by Deadline, Apple has just signed Carmi Zlotnik, the former President of Programming at Starz, to an exclusive producer deal.

Zlotnik had just stepped down from his position at Starz, and the reason for his departure is now obvious: he is joining Apple next month to produce original content for the company’s streaming service. The executive had been with Starz since 2010, working on original series for the company like ’American Gods’, ’Black Sails’, and ’Spartacus’. Before his departure, he had been helping to develop a few new upcoming series lik…

Fantastical already did pretty much everything I ever need a calendar app to do. Now it does things I never knew I wanted, but now I can’t live without.

Flexibits just updated its Fantastical line of apps across the board to its third iteration. It’s got so many new and awesome features that you won’t even notice all of them right away. From weather reports to collaborative meeting time proposals. Fantastical has it all and then some. I’m finally ready to let go of my other calendar apps and just stick with this one. There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s get started.

Fantastical 3

Bottomline: With this update, Fantastical basically has it all. And with a premium subscription, you’ll also always get the updates even if it doesn’t currently have everything you need.

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Beautiful redesign
Tons of new features
Dozens of fea…