Bonus episode! Jason and Myke interview Apple’s Tim Millet and Tom Boger about the new iPad Air and Apple silicon. Afterward, it’s time to fearlessly predict what will happen at Tuesday’s Apple media event in the only way Upgrade knows how—via a com…
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Lees meerIn a not particularly surprising move, Apple is extending Apple TV+ subscriptions through February 2021. Here’s Matthew Panzarino at TechCrunch: Apple told me today that it will be extending AppleTV+ subscriptions that are set to end November 1, …
Lees meerSean Hollister at The Verge reports on other app developers who say they were pressured by Apple to add in-app purchases to their apps, presumably so Apple could reap revenue from the transactions: [ProtonMail] revealed to Congress that it — just…
Lees meerArs Technica’s Kate Cox has a really great overview of the recently released Congressional report on anticompetitive behavior in the tech market, including Apple: The committee found internal documents showing that company leadership, including f…
Lees meerApple event expectations, paying for cable even when we’re not, early tech adoption, and the home gear we wish were smarter.…
Lees meerApple Maps has come a long way since its debut. On the only road trip I’ve taken since the whole world situation went to pot1, we ran into a strange issue where Google Maps wanted to take us on a bizarre route that would have taken an hour longer th…
Lees meerA report this morning from security firm ironPeak alleges that the Apple-made T2 chip found in most recent Macs may have an unpatchable flaw, leaving it vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The exploit used to take advantage of the flaw is checkm…
Lees meerApple sent out invitations this morning to an event next week, at which the company will presumably announce new iPhones. The invitation says, “Hi, Speed,” features a series of overlapping circles, and invites all of us (we’re all in this together!)…
Lees meerIt’s all about what’s next at Apple this week, as we discuss the ramifications of some early A14 speed tests and ponder the challenges of succession planning at Apple. And what’s next for us is an interview with two Apple executives, so it’s time to…
Lees meerThe great joy of technology is in what it can do for us—especially those tasks that we don’t want to spend our own precious time on. Over the last few years, Apple has taken strides to bring automation capabilities to iOS in a variety of forms, incl…
Lees meerI’ve had it on my agenda since iOS 14 was released to write about my favorite widgets, and I somehow haven’t gotten around to it. I imagine that as different apps ship new versions with new widget implementations, and as I gauge how I actually use h…
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Lees meerIn an era where Apple liked to show concepts from its design lab in public, one weird Mac prototype somehow became a real product, and was unveiled at the end of the worst Apple keynote in history.…
Lees meerThe people have spoken. Apps like Widgetsmith and Color Widgets sit at the top of the App Store charts. iOS 14 has provided users with the ability to customize the look of their devices like never before. Apple’s not dumb. It has to be considering h…
Lees meerJust naming board games. No reason.…
Lees meerSaw this post by Juli Clover over at MacRumors about email aliases not working correctly in iOS 14: Those aliases are not working as intended as of the iOS 14 update, with the Mail app on iPhone and iPad ignoring the preferred alias that’s sele…
Lees meerPatrick McGee, a reporter for the Financial Times, live-tweeted yesterday’s hearing for the Epic v. Apple case in a lengthy thread that’s well worth reading if you’re interested in the case. Highlights have been pulled out elsewhere, including from …
Lees meerThis week widget mania sweeps the nation, Jason goes to an Apple Store to buy a Solo Loop, and Tim Cook ponders Apple’s work-from-home culture.…
Lees meerServices: they’re so hot right now. Earlier this year, Apple beat its self-stated goal of doubling Services revenue in 2020 with time to spare, and the company has not only recently announced that it will be launching a new service, Apple Fitness+, …
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