Apple product debuts under Ternus:
AirPods 5
HomeView
iPhone Duo
Apple TV 4K
iPhone 18 Pro
HomePod Mini 2
iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple Watch Ultra 4
Apple Watch Series 12
Coming next week:
New iMac
New iPad Mini
Touchscreen MacBook
MacBook Pro w/M6 chip
Not a bad start.
"Apple will also introduce a new low-end MacBook Pro with an M6 chip, a refreshed iMac and a revamped iPad mini with a sharper screen."
More here, via Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Meta's Muse since launching September 8th—
#1 in Apple App Store
Downloads:
• Global - 2.8 million
• US/Canada - 1.8 million
Daily Active Users:
• iOS - 359,000
• Total - 642,000
Cross-App Users:
• 95% Facebook
• 63% Instagram
E-Commerce Deals:
• Shopify & PayPal
"Muse’s app on mobile devices has been downloaded more times during its first 12 days on the market than ChatGPT was in the 12 days after its debut. (US and Canada only.)"
More here, via TechCrunch: techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/me…
New Apple products and pricing:
• iPhone Duo - $1,999
• AirPods 5 - $129 / $149
• Apple Watch Ultra 4 - $799
• Apple Watch Series 12 - $399
• iPhone 18 Pro - $1,119 (256 GB)
• iPhone 18 Pro Max - $1,299 (256 GB)
#AppleEvent
It's John's Tern.
Apple's highly anticipated fall event will kick off at 1:00 pm ET (10am PT)
The company is expected to debut its first folding iPhone
It's John's Tern.
Apple's highly anticipated fall event will kick off at 1:00 pm ET (10am PT)
The company is expected to debut its first folding iPhone
Notable Apple moments and products from Tim Cook's tenure:
2011 • iCloud
2012 • Apple Maps
2013 • iTunes Radio
2014 • Apple Pay
2015
• Apple Music
• Apple Watch / Cook's first major hardware release
2016
• Airpods
• Apple sells its billionth iPhone
2017 • Apple Park opens
2018 • Becomes 1st company to hit $1T market cap
2019 • Apple TV
2020
• First Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 Chip)
• 1st US company to hit $2 trillion market cap
2021 • AirTag
2022 • Apple Watch Ultra
2023
• Global active devices top 2 billion
• 1st US company to hit $3 trillion market cap
2024
• Apple Vision Pro
• Apple Intelligence
2025
• Liquid Glass
• Market cap crosses $4 trillion
2026
• Siri AI update
• Global active devices top 2.5 billion
A lot can happen in 15 years...
Amazon's drone delivery is getting a major expansion
It plans to roll out the service to ~500 cities and towns by the end of 2026
New metros:
• Boise, Idaho
• Chicago, Illinois
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Syracuse, New York
Is Prime Air finally taking off?
Amazon's drone delivery is getting a major expansion
It plans to roll out the service to ~500 cities and towns by the end of 2026
New metros:
• Boise, Idaho
• Chicago, Illinois
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Syracuse, New York
Is Prime Air finally taking off?
"Prime Air drone delivery currently serves customers in cities across seven states, including Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Texas, with plans to launch in Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Idaho, and New York soon."
Official release: aboutamazon.com/news/transpo…
Notable OpenAI departures, since April:
• Brad Lightcap, COO
• Denise Dresser, CRO
• Kevin Weil, CPO Science
• Bill Peebels, Head of Sora
• Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications
• Srinivas Narayanan, CTO B2B Apps
Apple's rumored September product lineup
Headliners:
• The first foldable iPhone
• Apple's first smart home hub
The regulars:
• HomePod Mini
• Apple Watch Ultra 4
• Apple Watch Series 12
• New Apple TV set-top box
• iPhone 18, 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max
"Apple’s largest hardware event of the year (and John Ternus' introduction to the world as the replacement for Tim Cook) is nearly upon us."
More here, via Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
U.S. company Satyress is developing threehalves, a centaur-style robot designed for dangerous environments such as wildfires, rubble searches, toxic areas and confined spaces. The system combines a humanoid upper body with a quadruped mobility platform. #USA#Robotics#UGV#AI
Netflix has discussed adding live channels and streaming bundles to their home page.
• Streaming bundles would include sell subscriptions to other services through the Netflix app
• Live channels would include ones that constantly stream movies & TV shows from the same genre
(Source: wsj.com/business/media/netfl…)