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Thu. 01/21 – Mark Gurman Dishes On The Apple VR Headset

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Apple’s first foray into VR is coming next year, says Mark Gurman, but the real game is in AR and that’s a ways down the road. Amazon wants to help roll out the vaccines. Are laptops getting taller? One chat app to unify them all? And everybody wants a dark mode, even the White House.
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Apple’s First Headset to Be Niche Precursor to Eventual AR Glasses (Bloomberg)

LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021 (The Verge)

Amazon sends letter to President Biden, says it is ‘ready to assist’ with U.S. vaccination efforts (GeekWire)

Facebook refers Trump ban to independent Oversight Board for review (Axios)

Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio (The Verge)

Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app (The Verge)

WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode (The Verge)

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