Brian Hall
bhall.bsky.social
Brian Hall
@bhall.bsky.social
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Huh, some of the most wealthy orgs in the world collectively investing $250M sets a price over $100B. Can someone explain to me why that's not most likely performative favor giving to establish that "validated" valuation?
June 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Apple did due diligence on Doppler Labs in 2017 partly for this set of technology and hearing health know-how! There is no question Apple does long-term thinking and planning...
The Apple hearing study "found a lot of participants had hearing loss and knew it. Surprisingly, about 75% of them never chose to do anything about it.... people avoided hearing aids for obvious reasons such as cost, but also less obvious ones such as stigma" From: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
AirPods Pro hearing aid feature took six years to develop
In a new interview, Apple executives who worked on the AirPods Pro 2 hearing feature reveal how long the development was, and how the H2 chip proved to be crucial.
appleinsider.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM