Parker Ortolani: Nearly two months after macOS Big Sur’s public release, the Apple human interface team has finally released an updated Sketch library optimized for its top to bottom redesign. User interface designers and developers have been anxiou…
Lees meerTucows (via Andy Baio): We have made the difficult decision to retire the Tucows Downloads site. We’re pleased to say that much of the software and other assets that made up the Tucows Downloads library have been transferred to our friends at the In…
Lees meerPhil Stokes (Hacker News, Patrick Wardle): macOS.OSAMiner has evolved to use a complex architecture, embedding one run-only AppleScript within another and retrieving further stages embedded in the source code of public-facing web pages.Combining a p…
Lees meerOWC (via Dimka, MacInTouch): For the first time ever, the OWC Thunderbolt Hub lets you consolidate and simplify the connectivity between all your devices with all the Thunderbolt ports you’ve always wanted. The OWC Thunderbolt Hub’s four Thunderbolt…
Lees meerEd Colligan in late 2006 was like the captain on The Titanic dismissing any concerns about icebergs as nonsense. Pat Gelsinger, speaking in early 2021, knows that Intel fell behind years ago — in an industry where it’s notoriously hard to catch up. …
Lees meerHartley Charlton: New universal chat app “Beeper” combines 15 different chat platforms into a single inbox and offers iMessage on Android and Windows (via The Verge).[…]The app is “using some trickery” to achieve this, with the website’s FAQ reveali…
Lees meerNathaniel Strauss: EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) no longer exists on Apple silicon and along with it has gone EFI passwords. In the past, EFI passwords secured recovery and prevented Macs from using most boot modifiers at startup. A user could…
Lees meerBen Thompson: In fact, the x86 business proved far too profitable to take such a radical step, which is the exact sort of “problem” that leads to disruption: yes, Intel avoided Microsoft’s fate, but that also means that the company never felt the fi…
Lees meerJeff Carlson: But the issue wasn’t just that Camo gives you better picture quality. I wanted to dig into why webcam technology is so far behind. Even today, in 2021, the Logitech C920 is recommended by many, many magazines and outlets as being the b…
Lees meerA scanning app is essential for any attorney using an iPhone and/or iPad. By converting a physical document into a digital form, you can read it on a back lit screen and zoom in to see the fine print, annotate...
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