With a press release following an otherwise packed keynote at CES (which John and Brendon, my NPC co-hosts, attended in person last night), NVIDIA announced that their streaming service GeForce NOW is going to natively support the Apple Vision Pro…w…
Lees meerSource: Apple. Apple has announced a slew of additions to its fitness subscription service, Apple Fitness+, including new workout programs for strength, yoga “peak poses”, breath meditation, and even training for pickleball. New editions of the Arti…
Lees meerSource: espresso Displays. Late yesterday, espresso Displays announced the addition of a new portable display to its Pro lineup. The espresso 15 Pro joins the company’s 17 Pro, which was released last year. Highlights of the 15.6” display include a …
Lees meerShazam has released the Shazam Fast Forward 2025, a group of artists that the music recognition service expects to break out in 2025. As explained on its dedicated Shazam Fast Forward 2025 website: These are Shazam’s Predictions for breakthrough art…
Lees meerPowerPhotos is the ultimate toolbox for Photos on the Mac. It works in conjunction with the Apple Photos app, filling in missing features that Photos itself doesn’t provide. PowerPhotos allows you to work with multiple Photos libraries and store th…
Lees meerToday, I began packing my bag full of the gear I’m bringing to CES. I’m excited because it’s shaping up to be a very NPC CES. Brendon, Federico, and I started NPC: Next Portable Console because we each sensed that handheld gaming had reached a tippi…
Lees meerPacking for CES has been a little different than WWDC. The biggest differences are the huge crowds at CES and the limits the conference puts on the bags you can carry into venues. My trusty Tom Bihn Synapse 25 backpack isn’t big, but it’s too large …
Lees meerNPC has been a lot of fun to produce this year. If you haven’t tried the show yet, this week’s episode is a good place to start because it brings together so much of what we’ve covered since launching the show in June. NPC: Next Portable Console To …
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I round up the tech and productivity projects we have planned for our annual holiday break. On AppStories+, I explain the refinements he’s made to my r…
Lees meerYesterday, the team at Lux announced that they are working on the next major release of their pro camera app, Halide, which will be dubbed Halide Mark III. The next iteration of Halide, which Lux hopes to release in 2025 will focus on three areas: C…
Lees meerIn 2024, I came to grips with the fact that I’ll never be an E Ink-first reader. Most of my reading is web-based, and I like having all of my reading-adjacent apps available too much to use a Kindle, Boox Palma, or other reading-first device regular…
Lees meerWinterFest 2024: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic new collection of carefully crafted software for writing, research, and thinkings. Innovative software often comes from small teams, fired with imagination and a vision of …
Lees meerAbout six months ago, Josh King posted on the SBCGaming subreddit about a 3D printed iPhone game controller he’d created called the M-Con. The post was accompanied by a YouTube video walkthrough that lent credibility to the Sony PSP Go-like design, …
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane has a new webcam, Chris is downing in keyboards, and everyone installs some web-ass web apps. Magic Rays of Light Sigmund and Devon share their favorite shows, films…
Lees meerIn September, I wrote about two interoperability proceedings commenced by the European Commission (EC) against Apple. As I wrote then: In a nutshell, the EC is unhappy with connectivity between iOS and third-party devices and plans to tell the compa…
Lees meerMy 11” iPad Pro. For the past two years since my girlfriend and I moved into our new apartment, my desk has been in a constant state of flux. Those who have been reading MacStories for a while know why. There were two reasons: I couldn’t figure out …
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories [[audio_player]] This week, Federico and I explore the trends that shaped the App Store in 2024. NPC: Next Portable Console As the year comes to a close, handheld makers haven…
Lees meerDelta, the MacStories Selects App of the Year, received an important update today that allows users of the game emulator to support its development via Patreon from inside the app. Existing patrons can connect their Patreon accounts from Delta’s set…
Lees meerApple’s App Store has published its year-end list of the top free and paid apps and games, along with its top Apple Arcade games. The top free apps are about what you’d expect. There are social networks, shopping apps, a few streaming music and vide…
Lees meerHave you noticed an increase in unwanted robocalls or texts? At best, spam calls are an annoyance and a total waste of time. At worst, they’re targeted attempts to scam you for money or collect data that can be used for fraudulent purposes. Why You’…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she’s created a sticky note-based task manager, and everyone gives the iPad some much …
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