Final Cut Pro X now has over 2 million users, Apple says

Final Cut Pro X now has over 2 million users, Apple says: "Final Cut Pro X —once a controversial redesign of Apple's professional video editing suite —has topped 2 million users, the company announced at this week's National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas."

The love-hate relationship has ended. Only the love remains.

All-new Mac Pro with modular design, Apple-branded pro displays coming in 2018 - Future Apple Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums

All-new Mac Pro with modular design, Apple-branded pro displays coming in 2018 - Future Apple Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums: "In a wildly uncharacteristic move, Apple disclosed future product plans to a group of journalists, including John Gruber of Daring Fireball, at its corporate headquarters. Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said the company is "completely rethinking the Mac Pro.""

Hoorah, hmmm, hoorah!

Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly • The Register

Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly • The Register: "Would it be different, though? Monocultures are brittle, vulnerable, and difficult to change. Certainly this is true in crops, and it has been true in the past on the web with IE6."

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

UK site The Guardian drops Apple News in bid to boost ad & subscription revenues

UK site The Guardian drops Apple News in bid to boost ad & subscription revenues: ""Our primary objective is to bring audiences to the trusted environment of the Guardian to support building deeper relationships with our readers, and growing membership and contributions to fund our world-class journalism.""

Smartphone App killed the website star.

Data suggests tens of millions of iPhone users ready to fuel 2017 'supercycle'

Data suggests tens of millions of iPhone users ready to fuel 2017 'supercycle': "According to statistics published in comScore's 2017 U.S. Cross-Platform Future in Focus report, Apple's latest iPhone 7 and 7 Plus accounted for 15 percent of the estimated 85.8 million U.S. iPhones — an all time record — in operation as of December."

Thoooperthycle.

Teen iPhone ownership hits all-time high, interest in Apple Watch ticks up

Teen iPhone ownership hits all-time high, interest in Apple Watch ticks up: "Apple's mobile products continue to rise in popularity amongst U.S. teens, as fresh survey data from Piper Jaffray shows more than three out of every four teens now own an iPhone and even more intend to buy."

[Whitney Houston song here]

Renovated Fifth Avenue Apple store will get Beats 1 broadcasting zone

Renovated Fifth Avenue Apple store will get Beats 1 broadcasting zone: "When renovations are complete, one addition at Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store will include a special space for Beats 1 broadcasting, according to an AppleInsider source."

Yessss.

AWS plants fresh roots in green-leaning Sweden • The Register

AWS plants fresh roots in green-leaning Sweden • The Register: "Innovation and enterprise minister Mikael Damberg described AWS's decision to pick his home country as a "recognition of Sweden's competitive position within the European Union, with the highest levels of renewable energy, in the power grid, in the EU."

Sweden leads other European nations in its use of renewables, with more than half its grid power generated using hydro and wind."

Schweeden.

As Apple's GPU plans go public, Imagination fears becoming a tech orphan

As Apple's GPU plans go public, Imagination fears becoming a tech orphan: "This suggests that Apples move away from Imagination--a company it has small vested stake in--is not driven by costs as much as a desire to move to radically new technology that Imagination itself couldn't deliver and that Apple doesn't want to share with its competitors."

I guess Apple doesn't want to subsidize inexpensive GPUs for Android devices. Is this a surprise?