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Apple's foldable iPhone named 'Duo' echoes Microsoft's Surface Duo, but also its own 1992 PowerBook Duo

Apple has unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, drawing comparisons online to Microsoft's Surface Duo foldable line. Critics have accused Apple of copying the name, but Apple previously used 'Duo' for its PowerBook Duo laptop in 1992, predating Microsoft's product by decades.

engadget.com · 2026-09-27

Apple once shipped a distinct Canadian Mac keyboard with unique symbol icons

A retrospective look at old Apple keyboards reveals that Canada had its own layout variant in the late 1990s and early 2000s, distinct from both the US and European versions. While it shared the same physical layout as the European keyboard, it used entirely different pictograms for keys like Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Caps Lock, Esc, Enter and the arrow keys.

unsung.aresluna.org · 2026-09-19