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Apple’s Newsroom Blog Debuts New ‘Quick Read’ Post

Jeff Perry

Apr 11, 2023

Jarrod Blundy writing at HeyDingus:

Tonight, I noticed something curious about Apple’s latest post to their official Newsroom, a blog of sorts where the company makes public statements and press releases. The post regarding the opening dates for their two newest retail stores is categorized as a ‘Quick Read’, complete with a lightening bolt icon and pop-up interaction from the main Newsroom feed.

Still, it’s nice to see Apple join in on the return of personal blogging with something new, however minor it may be, on their blog.

Jarrod also makes a list of a lot of posts from Apple with similar word counts but significantly different categories.

It is interesting to see yet another distinction without a difference though.

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