Which Apple Logo Was the Best? A Look Back

Did You Know?: The earliest commercial floppy disk had a magnetic film inside that was a whopping eight inches in diameter, but only stored 80 kilobytes of data. [Read in Browser]( [How-To Geek]() July 8, 2023 Did You Know? The earliest commercial floppy disk had a magnetic film inside that was a whopping eight inches in diameter, but only stored 80 kilobytes of data. 🍎Logos and Hot Deals Happy Saturday, everyone! We’re looking back today at [the history of the Apple logo](. We have a favorite, and we’re sure you do too. And speaking of look-backs, there were plenty of great articles from the last week worth taking a peek at if you missed them, like our overview of [Instagram’s new Twitter-killer Thread](, the [best ChatGPT plugins worth paying for](, and why you need to stop blurring sensitive information in photos (and [redact things correctly instead](). 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