Source: Beats. It’s been six years since the original Powerbeats Pro debuted, so it’s no surprise that Beats has finally updated them. The new wireless headphones, which are great for running and other activities because they hook over your ears, ha…
Lees meerIn this week’s extended post-show for AppStories+ subscribers, Federico and I covered the AI tools we use. NotebookLM is one we have in common because it’s such a powerful research tool. The service allows you to upload documents and other files to …
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt made an app and brings a very, very unbiased take on it, Chris has solved some of his tech paper cuts, and Niléane probably won yet another challenge by bringing a real…
Lees meerJoseph Menn, writing for *The Washington Post*: Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with t…
Lees meerBusy day at Google today: the company rolled out version 2.0 of its Gemini AI assistant (previously announced in December) with a variety of new and updated models to more users. From the Google blog: Today, we’re making the updated Gemini 2.0 Flash…
Lees meerTapestry (left) and Reeder. Writing at The Verge following the release of The Iconfactory’s new app Tapestry, David Pierce perfectly encapsulates how I feel about the idea of “timeline apps” (a name that I’m totally going to steal, thanks David): …
Lees meerApple Invites is now available on the App Store as a free download. The app, which Apple just announced, is iPhone-only and allows users to send and receive invitations to events – yes, invitations, invites is not a noun. Here’s what the onboarding …
Lees meerAverage scores from the 2024 Six Colors report card. Source: Six Colors. For the past 10 years, Six Colors’ Jason Snell has put together an “Apple report card” – a survey to assess the current state of Apple “as seen through the eyes of writers, edi…
Lees meerBack in 2021, Silvio Rizzi, developer of the all-time great RSS client Reeder , released Mela, an app for importing, collecting, and sharing recipes. Right from the start, Mela stood out as a delightful take on the recipe app genre. Just like Reeder…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt is unable to defend himself as he’s on the lamb, Chris is exploring that Mac life, and Niléane has some snazzy new headphones. Then Chris edited with AI to pretty good …
Lees meerFascinating blog post by Vidit Bhargava (creator of the excellent LookUp dictionary app) about how he worked on his master thesis with the aid of Google’s NotebookLM. I used NotebookLM throughout my thesis, not because I was interested in it generat…
Lees meerApple’s Anhui, China store. Source: Apple. Last quarter, Apple reported revenue of $94.9 billion, which was a 6% year-over-year gain. Today, first-quarter 2025 earnings are out and Apple reported record revenue of $124.3 billion, a 4% year-over-year…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, for episode 420 Federico and John are joined by Matt Birchler, co-host of Comfort Zone and many other projects to talk about web apps, email, AI, and more. On AppSt…
Lees meerGame Tracker is a new videogame tracking app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac from Simone Montalto, who is probably best known to MacStories readers for developing the excellent Book Tracker. In fact, Montalto has created an entire suite of tracking apps t…
Lees meerBookshop.org launched in 2020 as a way to sell books online while still supporting local bookstores, which have become a rarity in the U.S. The company has seen success selling physical books online. As Boone Ashworth explains at Wired: For physical…
Lees meerBehold, the BlingPod. Source: Sotheby’s Sotheby’s is auctioning the estate of renowned designer Karl Lagerfeld. The auction house, which is auctioning the estate’s assets in multiple lots includes several collections of classic iPods and custom iPod…
Lees meerStarting them young. Source: Apple. The drip, drip, drip of Apple Intelligence continues with iOS and iPadOS 18.3. There are still some big-ticket features announced at WWDC 2024 that are yet to come, but with today’s release, Apple keeps ticking it…
Lees meerDeepSeek’s newfound popularity has made it impossible to log in as of the publication of this story. And just like that, ChatGPT has been dethroned from its perch at the top of the App Store’s free app list, replaced by DeepSeek, another AI app. Wha…
Lees meerSource: Apple. To honor Black History Month, which starts in February, Apple has released a new Black Unity Collection. Similar to 2024’s collection, the 2025 edition includes a Sport Loop band, iPhone and iPad wallpapers, and an Apple Watch face. A…
Lees meerWe’ve updated MacStories’ iPad hub. You may not have noticed before, but it’s linked right there in the masthead, and it’s an amazing resource. The iPad hub collects over a decade of Federico’s coverage of years of iPad hardware and iPadOS. It’s a f…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt has an announcement to make (and a cool app to talk about), Chris brought a bag of goodies, and Niléane brought a fun challenge around using our mice in interesting way…
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