Apple’s first foray into VR is coming next year, says Mark Gurman, but the real game is in AR and that’s a ways down the road. Amazon wants to help roll out the vaccines. Are laptops getting taller? One chat app to unify them all? And everybody wants a dark mode, even the White House.

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Links:

• Apple’s First Headset to Be Niche Precursor to Eventual AR Glasses (Bloomberg)
• LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021 (The Verge)
• Amazon sends letter to President Biden, says it is ‘ready to assist’ with U.S. vaccination efforts (GeekWire)
• Facebook refers Trump ban to independent Oversight Board for review (Axios)
• Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio (The Verge)
• Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app (The Verge)
• WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode (The Verge)

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