Early next year, Apple is planning a retail launch of its Vision Pro headset in America with appointment-only sales and in-store promotions in its retail store chain. Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: The company will designate special areas in the stores with seating, headset demo units and tools to size accessories for buyers. While the device will be sold at all of Apple’s roughly 270 US locations, the company is planning the sections for the Vision Pro initially at stores in major areas — such as New York and Los Angeles — before rolling them out nationwide, according to people with knowledge of the plans. Apple said it will offer the headset in…

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Former Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive has revealed his latest project, a collaboration with British audio brand Linn to design a 50th anniversary edition of its Sondek LP12 turntable. The luxury $60,000 record player is the first non-Apple hardware project Ive is known to have been involved in since he and four other colleagues left the company in 2019 to found the design firm LoveFrom. The premium piece of audio technology features many of the classic hallmarks of an Ive-approved product, right down to the smoothed off aluminum edges, circular elements, and neutral, minimalist aesthetic. Speaking to Fast Company, Ive said he had owned multiple Linn products over the years, explaining that "music has always been profoundly important to…

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While the EU continues to appeal against Apple's tax deal with Ireland, alleged back taxes have been held in escrow — but the fund is shrinking.Apple IrelandApple's on/off dispute with the EU over its tax payments in Ireland is still continuing, with a 2016 ruling going against Apple, and a 2020 one backing up the company. As the European Commission is taking the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union, the money Apple may owe in back taxes is being held in an escrow account. Read more...

Apple wants to ensure the Vision Pro headset fits buyers' faces precisely. That's going to mean the company's most complex retail launch yet. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)