Rene Ritchie had the chance to interview Sumbul Desai, MD, Vice President of Health at Apple. The entire interview is interesting, especially the way Rene lays out detailed Health tracking scenarios, pulls together background info/footage as lead-i…
Lees meerFabian Braunlein, Positive Security (via AppleInsider): Recently, reports about AirTags being used to track other people and their belongings were becoming much more frequent. In one exemplary stalking case, a fashion and fitness model disc…
Lees meerApple: Apple Original Films today announced that audience favorite “CODA” will be re-released in theaters for a limited theatrical run following its history-making Academy Award nominations, including a nomination for Best Picture. The film will…
Lees meerThis week, Dave and I talk about a twitter thread that has a lot of Mac tips and tricks—things that are really useful that you may not have known about. We also talk about Google's new stance on privacy and what they said about Apple. Finally, we lo…
Lees meerAbsolutely love this Twitter thread from 9to5Mac: https://twitter.com/9to5mac/status/1493957202721357833 So many great Mac tips and tricks. Just start scrolling. And if you have a Mac tip that's not represented already, reply to the tweet to add i…
Lees meerIf you find it hard to search for content on Netflix, follow the headline link and start scrolling through the list of genre/subgenre codes (like 3269, which is the code for Independent thrillers). Once you find a genre that interests you, click on…
Lees meerWesley Hilliard, AppleInsider: Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac all have a free password manager made by Apple called iCloud Keychain. Here's how to use it, set up two-factor authentication, and never have to remember a password again. Nice little e…
Lees meerAnthony Chavez, VP, Product Management, Android Security & Privacy at Google: Currently over 90% of the apps on Google Play are free, providing access to valuable content and services to billions of users. Digital advertising plays a key role in…
Lees meerSultans of Swing (original video here, Apple Music here) is a darling of Classic Rock, a rite of passage for guitar players, a song that demands to be covered. The cover embedded below is one of my favorites. The sound is clean, the performance lai…
Lees meerChance Miller, 9to5Mac: Apple today released the third betas of macOS Monterey 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4. These updates contain the long-awaited Universal Control feature, and today’s macOS Monterey 12.3 beta continues to iterate on the feature — spe…
Lees meerAs usual, this Rene Ritchie explainer is a firehose of information, but really well explained. What I found most interesting is the comparison of the iPhone processors, like the A14, to their Mac counterparts. As you watch Rene walk through the var…
Lees meerAntoinette Siu, The Wrap: TikTok can circumvent security protections on Apple and Google app stores and uses device tracking that gives TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance full access to user data, according to the summaries of two m…
Lees meerHeather Kelly, Washington Post: Starting this week, Uber passengers can see what ratings drivers such as Clarke have left them, though they are kept anonymous for everyone’s safety. In the past, riders were able to see an average score based on …
Lees meerThis is a terrific collection of artifacts up for auction. My favorites: Apple Computer Inc check signed by Steve Jobs and Woz, dated 1976, with an address of 770 Welch Road (adjacent to Stanford campus) Steven Jobs, Vice President, Apple busines…
Lees meerAnother excellent Apple Support video. This one walks through the process of syncing your Apple TV watching experience with other folks on a FaceTime call. Interesting that the Mac is not mentioned, even though SharePlay via FaceTime was introduced…
Lees meerDaniel Deakin, NotebookCheck: Xiaomi built its well-regarded reputation by selling affordable Android smartphones under its Mi, Redmi, and POCO brands, which consisted of devices that frequently “borrowed” popular features and design language fr…
Lees meerPeter Kafka, Recode: Facebook built one of the most amazing money machines the world has ever seen. Then Apple came and threw a wrench in the gears. That’s one of the narratives that sprang from last week’s news, when Facebook’s parent comp…
Lees meerFollow the headline link, click on dailydordle or freedordle. Both will display a Wordle-like word guessing setup, with two words being guessed in parallel. Once you get one of the words (all green), that word will lock and you'll be left working o…
Lees meerMalcolm Owen, AppleInsider: A nursing student in Australia is encouraging Apple Watch owners to enable heart rate notifications, after the wearable device detected symptoms of a thyroid condition months before being diagnosed. And: "Instea…
Lees meerCrypto rivals Coinbase and FTX spent big on these two Super Bowl ads (first two videos embedded below). Clearly, the Coinbase ad (with its floating, corner-seeking QR code) was incredibly successful, as it saw the Coinbase ad shoot from 186th place …
Lees meerDave and I talk about a few things we would like Apple to add or fix in their current software. We also look at how dominating Apple has become in the headphone industry with its AirPods line of products. Finally, is realityOS finally coming to the …
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