This week, on the 30-minute tech show that’s powering through, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Jeremy Burge and Kathy Campbell to discuss our app preferences on macOS and iOS, if we’re TikTok’in’, our sleep-tracking habits (or lack thereo…
Lees meerI’m not a Neil Young fan. I don’t really like most of his music, though I have enjoyed some of it. I appreciate him more as a songwriter than as a performer. But what I really don’t like about Neil Young is his recent refactoring into becoming a use…
Lees meerWell, here we are again. Apple once again announced its biggest financial quarter of all-time on Tuesday. During the three months that ended calendar 2019, Apple generated a staggering $91.8 billion in revenue, up from the previous record of $88.3 b…
Lees meerSo, another record fiscal quarter for Apple. Are we surprised? Not really, I suppose, though it’s interesting to remember that last year’s holiday quarter was actually smaller than the previous year’s, which set the record. 2019 is now the champ, wi…
Lees meerHere’s a transcript of the (ongoing) Apple conference call with financial analysts. It will continue to be updated. Tim Cook: Good afternoon and thanks to all of you for joining us. We’re thrilled to report Apple’s biggest quarter ever, which set n…
Lees meerMoments before the presentation started. It’s the tenth anniversary of the iPad’s announcement. Here are some links for your enjoyment: This week’s Upgrade goes into detail about the iPad’s legacy over the past 10 years. Last week I wrote my Ma…
Lees meerIt’s the 10th anniversary of the announcement of the iPad! Myke and Jason discuss why the seeds of the iPad’s success were visible on day one, the changes in the iPad’s life cycle over time, and how the iPad fits in our daily lives today.
Lees meerApple spends a lot of time talking up its secret sauce: that combination of hardware, software, and services that allow it to make what it believes are the best technology products on the planet. And, as users of Apple products, most of us probably…
Lees meerThis week, on the tech podcast that’s having the time of its life, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Jason Howell and Kelly Guimont to discuss digital wellbeing apps and features, movies and TV shows we thought would accurately predict the …
Lees meerThe rumors are getting louder all the time — Apple is apparently getting close to launching the iPhone SE 2, the successor to 2016’s compact iPhone that turned out to be an unexpectedly popular product. We have some of what we think are the details…
Lees meerI wrote a throwaway line in last week’s set of charts about just how the Apple of 2020 is not the Apple of 2010 just as the Apple of 2010 was not the Apple of 2000. I deleted the reference because I thought the thought deserved its own chart and its…
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent podcast that’s fully powered up for 2020, John’s got a bigger phone…sort of. Plus, Lex has some thoughts on notifications, Dan is still frustrated by browser changes, and everybody’s got their fill of euphemisms.
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute tech show whose longevity is no puzzle, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Lisa Schmeiser and Casey Liss to discuss our best security practices, the services we’d still like to see from tech companies, our thought…
Lees meerTech companies are still investing huge amounts of time and energy in smart-home products, as the recent Consumer Electronics Show displayed. A year ago, Apple hired a new head of home products—but it hasn’t yet resulted in a lot of visible changes …
Lees meerWith Myke reporting live from Hollywood, we discuss Netflix’s record Oscar nominations, and Apple’s first TV award and TV critic press tour. Jason makes a chart that explains why Apple execs can’t stop talking about Services and Wearables. Then we b…
Lees meerOver at TidBITS, my pal Adam Engst points out the last place that Apple uses the full word “Macintosh.” I have to admit, when I wracked my brain to try and figure it out, I couldn’t think of where it might be—and, of course, it was under my nose the…
Lees meerBuckle up, because we’re poised for another battle on digital security. The FBI has reputedly asked for Apple’s help unlocking phones belonging of the alleged shooter from the Pensacola air base incident last year. Apple, for its part, claims it has…
Lees meerJohn Siracusa has needs. Needs that weren’t being fulfilled by the modern Mac ecosystem. So he convinced a friend to write an app to solve his problems, and then he rewrote that app himself and put it in the Mac App Store: Front and Center i…
Lees meerIt’s come to my attention that it’s been five years since I updated my story about how I rip DVDs and Blu-Rays on my Mac. It was so long ago that I was still using iTunes Sharing to make those videos available on my Apple TV! These days it’s all abo…
Lees meerLast week, Brydge, the company that makes my favorite add-on keyboard for the iPad, announced a new iPad Pro accessory that includes both a keyboard and a trackpad. Adding external pointing devices to the iPad wasn’t possible until iOS 13 added supp…
Lees meerOn MacStories, Federico Viticci reviews LaunchCuts, an $8 Shortcuts utility: LaunchCuts is the latest entry in a series of meta-utilities designed to extend Apple’s Shortcuts app with new functionalities… [it’s] is the most peculiar and niche I’…
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