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Austin Carr

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Features Writer at Bloomberg Businessweek

Features writer at @BW @business @technology. DMs open. Signal: acarr.54

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  • 4 days ago | bloomberg.com | Austin Carr

    Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr reports on the tech industry’s branding effort with Formula One racing, including Apple’s backing for a new movie to be released later this week.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Austin Carr

    From Airbnb’s new app icons to Apple’s “Liquid Glass” design, skeuomorphism is back and everything in the digital world has dimensionality again. Open Airbnb Inc.’s app today and you’ll find a row of animated, whimsical buttons adorning the top of its new user interface. Tap the cute house icon for home listings and its teeny front door pops open and porch light illuminates.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Austin Carr

    Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr writes that President Donald Trump’s public feud with Elon Musk last week provided a brief reminder of the way Twitter used to be a hub for shared cultural moments. Help us improve Bloomberg’s newsletters: Take a quick survey to share your thoughts on your signup experience and what you'd like to see in the future.

  • 1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Austin Carr

    Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr reports on the improvements recently announced to the major consumer chatbots that have made it easier for them to know more about their users.

  • 1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Austin Carr

    Microsoft’s flagship developer conference kicks off this afternoon, and artificial intelligence is expected to be a big part of the agenda. Austin Carr writes today about an unusual marketing decision the company has made, given its relationship with ChatGPT pioneer OpenAI. Plus: How Apple AI went wrong, and what executives listen to on their commutes. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.

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Austin Carr
Austin Carr @AustinCarr
9 Jun 25

Lovely to see how deep Apple is taking spatial UI with its new "liquid glass" redesign. Feels like the next generation of the translucency + parallax effects introduced with iOS 7. The depth seems much more immersive now yet it's still a very measured move beyond the flat era. https://t.co/s0wPy3fMK7

Austin Carr
Austin Carr @AustinCarr
6 Jun 25

RT @asallen: Our !Camera launch poster is of course an homage to the famous 1999 iMac "Yum" poster. At a time when everyone else was obsess…

Austin Carr
Austin Carr @AustinCarr
21 May 25

RT @MikeIsaac: in a joint interview at LoveFrom, Ive and Altman expressed what amounted to a complicated — and perhaps regretful — relation…