Rene Ritchie interviews Erik Neuenschwander, Head of User Privacy at Apple. Terrific conversation, filled with detail. If nothing else, jump to 1:25 and listen to Rene lay out a wide variety of privacy aspects that Apple has to address. Very intere…
Lees meerWashington Post, on yesterday's quarterly Meta/Facebook earnings report: Facebook lost daily users for the first time in its 18-year history — falling by about half a million users in the last three months of 2021, to 1.93 billion logging in eac…
Lees meerFortune: Just as it dominates our economy, Big Tech now dominates Fortune’s annual ranking of corporate reputation. For the third year in a row, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft rank first, second, and third, respectively, based on our poll of some …
Lees meerThe AirPods Max retail for $549 (though you can get them for $449 from Amazon, at least for the moment). And for an additional $980, you can have a Gucci case to go with. Follow the headline link and check out that first image to get a sense of wha…
Lees meerWant to play Wordle for the foreseeable future? Here's how: Launch Safari on your Mac Select File > Save As... Choose "Web Archive" from the Format menu, then tap Save That's it. The web archive contains the entire dictionary of Wordle words, so…
Lees meerFrom the Silverstein Properties press release: For supported corporate offices, add your corporate access badge to Wallet and then use your iPhone and Apple Watch to access locations where your corporate badge is accepted. Tap to unlock your off…
Lees meerThe first one is about finding an AirPod in the snow. Follow the headline link to read. But the second one is down in the comments, quoted here: Their pods + case would always stay hidden away in their car, hidden from view and wirelessly charg…
Lees meerThe New York Times: The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. And: Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software enginee…
Lees meerIf you like the Apple Watch braided loop look, check out the new Unity loop, part of Apple's celebration of Black History Month. Available today.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerAnother clear, concise video from Apple Support. This one digs through the "Notify When Left Behind" options and setup. Definitely worth sharing with folks you tech support.
Lees meerUniversal Control is now available in the latest iPadOS and macOS Monterey betas. If you're not familiar, below is an embedded video of Craig Federighi, from last June's WWDC, showing how it works (via 9to5Mac). Definitely worth watching. To make t…
Lees meerThere are rumors that Apple is releasing a variety of new hardware products this fall. Dave and I talk about what that means for Apple and for the consumer. We also look at Intel's Core i9 benchmarks and they outperform Apple's M1 Max—but not so fas…
Lees meerOn the idea that Spotify should dump Rogan's podcast: When Rogan took his show to Spotify, exclusively, his listenership and apparent influence dropped significantly. That’s the nature of exclusivity. If Spotify broke up with him, Rogan’s show w…
Lees meerNot sure if this has ever happened before, but Apple has posted the complete first episode of the new Apple TV+ series "The Afterparty" on YouTube (embedded below). No Apple TV+ subscription required. The show has a nice Rashomon spin to it, with e…
Lees meerApple on Thursday posted revenue of $123.9 billion for its fiscal first quarter, up 11 percent over the year ago quarter. This represents an all-time revenue record for the company. [...]
Lees meerKillian Bell, Cult of Mac: Apple fans who take a virtual stroll through Palo Alto inside Apple Maps and Google Maps no longer get to see Tim Cook’s house. The modern, four-bedroom condo has had a giant digital wall erected right in front of it. …
Lees meerJoe Rossignol, MacRumors: Benchmark results have started to surface for MSI's new GE76 Raider, one of the first laptops to be powered by Intel's new 12th-generation Core i9 processor. And: Geekbench 5 results show that the GE76 Raider with…
Lees meerMark Gurman, Bloomberg: Apple Inc. is planning a new service that will let small businesses accept payments directly on their iPhones without any extra hardware, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company has been working…
Lees meerHollywood Reporter: Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young’s catalog of music from its service after the artist published — then took down — an open letter with an ultimatum: Deal with the vaccine misinformation coming from Joe Rogan’s…
Lees meerRyan Pickren: My hack successfully gained unauthorized camera access by exploiting a series of issues with iCloud Sharing and Safari 15. While this bug does require the victim to click "open" on a popup from my website, it results in more than j…
Lees meerThe Merc: Apple has been granted a restraining order against a Virginia woman it said has been stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year, emailing him photos of a loaded pistol and trespassing at his home, according to court filings. An…
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