Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it’s integrating Jony Ive’s hardware startup, I’ve been struggling with what to write about it. Struggling because it’s obviously an important technology topic, and needs to be taken seriously.…
Lees meerHere’s the problem with CarPlay Ultra: It’s still CarPlay. Based on what we’ve seen of CarPlay Ultra, Apple believes that if it controls the appearance of the displays in cars, then using the car will be a good experience.…
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Lees meerThe future of CarPlay is here, sort of, as we break down Apple’s sales pitch for CarPlay Ultra. Also, Tim Cook’s India iPhone plan gets noticed, Apple and Epic go around again on Fortnite, and Bloomberg portrays Apple’s internal AI struggles.…
Lees meerHoward Oakley notes the deprecation of the Apple Filing Protocol, which used to be the foundation of peer-to-peer file sharing on the Mac. (These days most Macs share files using the SMB protocol.)…
Lees meerThe rise of sports as a driver in streaming, NBC’s big 2026, and Netflix’s live reality moves. Plus: our TV picks. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: ESPN and WB’s solid branding decisions and Fox’s smart strategy.]…
Lees meerAlmost three years after announcing what was then called next-generation CarPlay—or, colloquially, CarPlay 2—Apple on Thursday celebrated rolling out what it now calls “CarPlay Ultra” in a single automaker’s vehicles.…
Lees meerGui Rambo provides some nerdy tech detail on an iOS bug featured on the Search Engine podcast, in which it’s revealed that Messages will not deliver any audio messages containing the phrase “Dave & Buster’s”: At the time I’m writing this post, th…
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Lees meerThe Verge’s Andrew Liszewski reports that Amazon’s Kindle app for iOS now provides a button to go get an ebook: Contrary to prior limitations, there is now a prominent orange “Get book” button on Kindle app’s book listings.…
Lees meerThings are weird in Apple-land. Legal judgments are piling up in unexpectedly bad ways. Tariffs threaten large parts of Apple’s business. This year’s banner Apple Intelligence features got delayed indefinitely.…
Lees meerEvery quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and its CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with analysts to detail the quarter gone by, give a peek at what’s to come, and creatively avoid answering any pointed questions f…
Lees meerOn Thursday, Apple reported its second-quarter 2025 fiscal results. Revenue was $95.4 billion, up 5% versus the year-ago quarter. Mac revenue was up 7%, iPad revenue up 15%, iPhone revenue up 2%, and Services revenue up 12%.…
Lees meerMy friend John Siracusa launched his Mac utility Hyperspace back in February. The app uses a clever feature of APFS, the Apple file system, to purge a disk of duplicate data without disrupting any files.…
Lees meerIf you noticed the ground shaking, don’t bother checking USGS1: it’s not an earthquake, it’s just a court order upending Apple’s App Store model.…
Lees meerTim Cook specifically approved enhanced “scare screen” language, according to the court ruling. U.S. District Court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled largely in Apple’s favor in the Epic v.…
Lees meerShōgun gets another season, Match Game re-revived, binge behavior calculated, bonus content promoted, Netflix results parsed, Apple TV+ losses pondered, and our TV picks explained.…
Lees meerHow sycophantic we want our chatbots to be, Google ending Nest support, what we’ve learned from Reddit recently, and whether developer conferences are still about developers.…
Lees meerThe Apple watch continues.…
Lees meerJason Snell and Weldon Dodd are back on the Mac Admins Podcast to discuss this year’s Apple in the Enterprise Report Card. How did the last year go for Mac Admins with Apple Products?…
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