Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at $68.7 billion, using its largest acquisition by far to grab a videogame heavyweight that has been roiled by claims of workplace misconduct.…
Lees meerDavid Nield, Wired: If you pay for iCloud storage, then you automatically have access to the extra perks that Apple bundles together under the iCloud+ name—and one of those perks is the iCloud Private Relay service. And: If you open the Se…
Lees meerThis week Dave and I talk about Apple's most revolutionary products and how each one transformed the company. As you might expect, we do have some disagreements on which products go on that list. We also talk about iMessage and how people view the b…
Lees meerApple: Today the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards announced that Apple TV+ has been recognized with 12 SAG Award nominations across Apple Original films and series including “CODA,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “Ted Lasso” and “The Morning Show.” …
Lees meerMalcolm Owen, AppleInsider: The concept of smart glasses runs into a problem when it comes to people who normally wear glasses to see. Those who can wear contact lenses could feasibly use a typical smart glasses setup without too much issue, but…
Lees meerJuli Clover, MacRumors: Apple in November settled a long-running lawsuit over employee bag checks, with the Cupertino company agreeing to pay $29.9 million to employees who were subjected to off-the-clock bag searches, and now details about the …
Lees meerFollow the headline link, pick a city from the list (upper-right), sound on. Don't miss the walking speed, and street noise controls. And there's a volume slider for a local radio station, too.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerJohn Gruber, Daring Fireball: As of today, Apple’s App Store is lousy with Wordle rip-offs. I mean not just the concept — there’s a long history of “guess the word” games, including a defunct game show called “Lingo” that was clearly an inspirat…
Lees meerThe series drops starting February 4th. I've definitely added this one to my watch list. Has a bit of a "Defending Jacob" vibe, an early Apple TV+ series I loved.
Lees meerSarah Perez, TechCrunch: At the high end of consumer spending, there were 233 apps and games that pulled in more than $100 million in 2021, and 13 titles that generated over $1 billion. This is up 20% from 2020, when there were then 193 apps and…
Lees meerJohn Voorhees, MacStories: Apple is also in a unique position given the vast size of its Find Me network. That puts the company in a different league than competitors like Tile, which carries greater responsibility with it. In a story on Pe…
Lees meerFollow the headline link, start scrolling or swiping up. You'll start with the emoji that represents the smallest real world object, slowly increasing in scale to bigger and bigger objects. See if you can guess the emoji that represents the bigges…
Lees meerFirst things first, though Apple did poke its head above the $3T market cap level, as of this writing, Apple's market cap sits at $2.81 trillion. But I digress. The core of the linked article is a list of the five products that made Apple what it …
Lees meerKorea Herald: Apple will allow alternative payment systems in South Korea in compliance with a new local law that bans app store operators from forcing their own in-app payment systems, the country's telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. …
Lees meerYesterday was the 15 year anniversary of that fantastic Steve Jobs iPhone announcement (video embedded below). One of my favorite "iPhone is never going to succeed" quotes and, I believe, the origin of the John Gruber coined "claim chowder" is this…
Lees meerTim Higgins, Wall Street Journal: Soon after 19-year-old Adele Lowitz gave up her Apple iPhone 11 for an experimental go with an Android smartphone, a friend in her long-running texting group chimed in: “Who’s green?” And: That pressure to…
Lees meerTim Hardwick, MacRumors: Ever since Apple removed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 in 2016, rumors have swirled that Apple eventually aims to ditch the Lightning port next for a completely portless design. Indeed, analysts originally predicted…
Lees meerBarrowclift: There’s new and exciting developments every year in the realm of iOS third-party music players, and 2021 was no exception. While 2019 enjoyed an explosion of new players like Power Player and Albums that through time came to lead th…
Lees meerIf we all pay for premium TV channels, what happens to all the television ads that we currently watch? That's one of the topics Dave and I dig into on this week's show. We also talk about the documentary, Street Gang, which focuses on Sesame Street,…
Lees meerNice little bit of nostalgia for long time Mac users.
Lees meerAnkur Thakur, iDownloadBlog: In this tutorial, we will go over how to clear up iCloud storage, and we will see what happens when iCloud is full. Down below the "how to manage iCloud storage" walkthrough are sections telling you what will happe…
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