(leonov.o / Shutterstock.com) I had a thought while I was watching the latest iPhone launch event—other than, “This is what I’m doing with my free time?”—and…
Lees meerBig day on Tuesday, as iPhone Days usually are. I think Apple’s big event this year was actually more impressive than it’s been for quite a while, and despite the flurry of leaks and rumors, I still managed to be surprised by several elements.…
Lees meerThoughts on Apple’s iPhone colors this year, whether we’d try the new TechWoven cases, if we’re doing any AI-related work on our phones, and whether there’s still room for innovation in the iPhone compared to Apple Watch or AirPods.…
Lees meerI really enjoyed today’s Stratechery piece by Ben Thompson, which tries to understand how Apple can have an impressive roll-out of some really good new products, and yet it all seems so much quieter than it used to: I have, for the last several y…
Lees meerI found myself thinking about satellite connectivity during today’s Apple event, during which the company announced that the Apple Watch Ultra 3 would include the feature.…
Lees meerFrom the iPhone Air to the iPhone 17 models, from AirPods Pro 3 to the new Apple Watches, we break down all the announcements from the September Apple Media Event!…
Lees meerLike our vestigial appendix, which can sometimes burst and cause us trouble, the origins of “modern” networking date back so far that weird shapes and forms still guide us under the surface as we conduct our cyberspace 3D adventures.…
Lees meerNow that David Ellison owns Paramount, what’s next? Also, your letters and our TV picks! [Downstream+ subscribers also get: K-Pop Demon Hunters, Wheel & Jeopardy & Sesame Street stream, Apple TV+ price hike, and binging “The Paper.”]…
Lees meerWriting at The Verge (paywalled), Ash Parrish talks to Apple Arcade senior director Alex Rothman about the state of the service. It’s not the most in-depth of interviews, but it’s always interesting when an Apple executive is willing to go on the re…
Lees meerGoogle’s antitrust woes (or lack thereof), encounters with buggy apps in betas, camping tech, and how thin is too thin when it comes to technology.…
Lees meerFor more than a decade, we’ve all been wondering why Instagram doesn’t have an iPad app. I’m not sure we ever got a good answer—but earlier this year reports said one was coming, and here we are—on Wednesday Instagram released an app update that s…
Lees meerWell, the good news is, all three hosts are here this time. Two of them are in Lex’s office. One of them is not a nickel.…
Lees meerJason and Myke preview what will happen at next week’s Apple event. What form might a thinner iPhone Air take? Will the AirPods Pro come roaring back?…
Lees meerCraig Hockenberry of the Iconfactory on what troubles him about Liquid Glass in macOS Tahoe: If you’re someone who’s only using email, a web browser, and some messaging apps to get stuff done, changes to your desktop appearance aren’t going to be…
Lees meerThe Find My system lets you find lost things and alerts you when you leave something behind. But because devices (things that can contact the Internet) and items (things like AirTags that can transmit Bluetooth signals) are so trackable, it means y…
Lees meerJohn Scalzi: For the new release of the Pixel 10 Pro (and the 10 Pro XL, which is mostly the same phone, just larger), Google has introduced something called the “Pro-Res Zoom,” a process by which, once you zoom in with the camera over about 30x …
Lees meerEvery year at this time1, my pals at the Relay podcast network raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.…
Lees meerApple’s OS betas are nearing completion, but not all betas for developers are OS Developer Betas: On Thursday Apple released Xcode 26 beta 7, which adds direct support for the new OpenAI GPT-5 model and lets users add existing paid Claude accounts t…
Lees meerI appreciate what Adobe is doing with Project Indigo. It’s a free iOS camera app, but it is heavily disclaimed as being experimental with unique features you can’t find in other apps.…
Lees meerThe read-it-later service Pocket has shut down, and with it went its integration with Kobo e-readers. Fortunately, earlier this summer Kobo owner Rakuten announced that Instapaper would replace Pocket as its new read-it-later service of choice.…
Lees meerTim Cook on stage in Chicago in 2018. Fourteen years ago this month, Steve Jobs resigned and Tim Cook became the CEO of Apple. Given Jobs’s ongoing health issues, Cook’s ascension wasn’t unexpected; he had, in fact, filled the role during Jobs’s mul…
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