Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I examine the widening gap between consumer and enterprise apps, asking what happened to prosumer and small business app market. This episode is sponso…
Lees meerToday, YouTube introduced a new version of its premium service called Premium Lite. YouTube Premium has been around for a long time offering ad-free video viewing, downloads, and the ability to listen in the background for $13.99/month in the U.S. S…
Lees meerToday, Apple announced the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip, a new sky blue finish, and a reduced starting price. This update brings the latest generation of Apple silicon to the MacBook Air while keeping the external hardware mostly the same – save…
Lees meerSource: Apple. Today, Apple revealed the new Mac Studio featuring both M3 Ultra and M4 Max options. It’s an odd assortment on its face, so let’s take a closer look at what’s going on. As with the original Mac Studio, today’s update can be configured…
Lees meerYesterday, the Financial Times reported that Apple has filed a complaint against the UK government seeking to overturn a secret order demanding that it create “back door” access to iCloud. Apple has not commented on whether it received an order beca…
Lees meerWelcome to NPC XL. Ever since Brendon, John, and I started our podcast about portable gaming – NPC: Next Portable Console – last year, I knew I’d found something special. It’s not just that the three of us are obsessed with handhelds and portable co…
Lees meerAlongside today’s announcement of the M3 iPad Air and A16 iPad, Apple also revealed the all-new Magic Keyboard for iPad Air. The iPad Air line has traditionally inherited previous versions of the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, so this Air-exclusive ve…
Lees meerThe new iPad Air. Source: Apple. Apple today introduced an update to the iPad Air featuring the company’s M3 chip and a new base model iPad with the A16 chip and more starting storage at 128GB. According to Apple’s press release, the new Air is almo…
Lees meerGemini for iOS. When I last wrote about Gemini for iOS, I noted the app’s lackluster integration with several system features. But since – unlike others in the AI space – the team at Google is actually shipping new stuff on a weekly basis, I’m not t…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Chris has a first look at a new iPad stand, Matt is ready to drop out and have some fun, and a our Coldplay challenges pushes some of the gang to their limits. MacStories Un…
Lees meerYesterday, Raycast unveiled AI Extensions as yet another addition to the app’s ever-expanding feature set. As we’ve covered on MacStories before, Raycast is a powerful launcher and command bar for the Mac with a sizable ecosystem of built-in and thi…
Lees meerBrendon Bigley, my co-host on NPC: Next Portable Console, is getting married soon and planning a honeymoon to Japan. Before leaving, he and his partner decided to learn Japanese together. In doing so, Brendon has done a ton of research, quizzing fri…
Lees meerGood post by Parker Ortolani (who’s blogging more frequently now; I recommend subscribing to his blog) on the new (and surprisingly good looking?) Alexa+ and where Apple stands with Siri: So here we are. Everyone is caught up, except for Apple. Siri…
Lees meerPokémon Champions artwork. Source: Pokémon.com. Today is Pokémon Day, and, as they do every year, The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Presents keynote showcasing the latest updates coming to their slate of titles, including a gameplay reveal for the …
Lees meerIt’s been a very long time since I reviewed an iMessage app, but past issues of MacStories Weekly and this site chronicle the hundreds of iMessage apps Federico and I tried and wrote about. Today, though, I was reminded that there’s still fun to be …
Lees meerxSearch for Safari. Earlier this week, OpenAI’s official ChatGPT app for iPhone and iPad was updated with a native Safari extension that lets you forward any search query from Safari’s address bar to ChatGPT Search. It’s a clever approach: rather th…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I make five app predictions for the next five years covering everything from App Intents and automation to the fate of the App Store. This episode is s…
Lees meerEarlier today, John Siracusa released a Mac app called Hyperspace. The app scans any folder on your Mac, identifying duplicates. When the scan is finished, you can review the results and choose whether to reclaim the unnecessary space taken up by th…
Lees meerI’ll cut to the chase: Aqara’s G5 Pro is the best HomeKit-compatible camera I’ve ever used. The device’s capabilities go far beyond its HomeKit integration, and I’ll touch on those below. However, given how hard it can be to find high-quality hardwa…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt has a lot of feelings about podcast players, Niléane has gone on an adventure where the sounds are just warmer and somehow better but she can’t quite explain why, and C…
Lees meerJony Ive has often been a mysterious and guarded personality, and any insight into his mind has always been interesting. So Ive’s appearance today on the BBC’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ was sure to be appointment listening. Ive touches on some interesti…
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