Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS: USB used to mean one kind of connector for a computer: Type-A, which was flat, rectangular, and had one correct orientation. A peripheral either had a directly wired cord or sported a Type-B USB port: blocky, nearly squ…
Lees meerFound this on Reddit yesterday. Follow the headline link, then click/tap on the image that appears. If you click and hold, you'll get that familiar THX movie deep note. If you click and let go, you can go in, then back out again. Sound on, obviousl…
Lees meerJuli Clover, MacRumors: With the launch of iOS 15.2, Apple is adding a new "Parts and Service History" section to the Settings app that will let users see the service history of their iPhones and confirm that components used for repairs are genu…
Lees meerRichard Lawler, The Verge: People started noticing problems at around 10:45AM ET, and just after 6PM ET the AWS Status showed “Many services have already recovered, however we are working towards full recovery across services.” That's a pretty…
Lees meerCame across this on Hacker News last night. Absolutely fascinating. Follow the headline link, start scrolling. Bigger screen == better. You'll start with the December 2013 first gen AirPods (have they really been in the wild that long?) As you scr…
Lees meerAnkur Thakur, iDownloadBlog: This tutorial shows you the steps to sign out of iCloud and your Apple ID (both are the same) on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. It also mentions the steps to sign in again. The entire process is easy but ha…
Lees meerFollow the headline link to get to the NASA's Eyes home page. There are simulations/data visualizations for the solar system, Earth's vital signs (think air temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide levels, etc), exoplanets (scroll, scroll, scrol…
Lees meerJuli Clover, MacRumors: With the iOS 15.1 update that launched in late October, Apple added SharePlay, a feature that's designed to let you do more over FaceTime. Using SharePlay, you can watch movies, listen to music, and use apps with friends …
Lees meerSaw this ad on TV over the weekend, video still not showing up on Apple's YouTube channel. An old ad? New? Well, it's new to me. There's this AirPods silhouettes ad from about a month ago, similar style, but definitely different. It's on Apple's ch…
Lees meerYork Regional Police (via MacRumors): Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them. Brand name ‘air tags’ are place…
Lees meerMere Civilian: A few months ago, the balance on my Apple account was running low (less than $100), and therefore, I attempted to add funds to my account using my credit card. My first attempt resulted in an error, and I decided to try again in a…
Lees meerAnother terrific video from Apple Support. This one tells you how to enable Assistive Touch, shows the blue ring that indicates that Assistive Touch is enabled, and walks through gestures like the double-fist-clench, pinch, and double-pinch. I love…
Lees meerDave and I catchup from the holiday week and then talk about the proper way to clean your AirPods. We also talk about Apple Music Replay, the service's playlist of your most popular songs of year, and where to find it. Dave discusses using camera a…
Lees meerApple: Apple today revealed the 2021 App Store Award winners, recognizing the 15 best apps and games that helped users tap into personal passions, discover creative outlets, connect with new people and experiences, and simply have fun. And: …
Lees meerFollow the headline link, then log in to Apple Music in Safari. Apple Music will build your Replay playlist, then update the list weekly. Click the Add+ button to add the playlist to your library. It might take a bit to make its appearance, but it …
Lees meerBloomberg: Apple Inc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand. The company has told its component suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has weakened, people familiar with the m…
Lees meerTwitter blog: As part of our ongoing efforts to build tools with privacy and security at the core, we’re updating our existing private information policy and expanding its scope to include “private media.” Under our existing policy, publishing o…
Lees meerApple: Over the past 15 years, Apple customers have played a critical role in (RED)’s fight to end AIDS through support to the Global Fund, which provides critical access to healthcare services in communities most in need in sub-Saharan Africa. …
Lees meerFollow the headline link, start scrolling for a walk through Apple prototype collector Giulio Zompetti's prototype tweets. Interesting that Apple builds these prototypes in this way. Is it cheaper to pour with translucent material? Is it so enginee…
Lees meerFisher Price: Introducing the special edition Fisher-Price® Chatter Telephone™ — a phone smart enough not to come with any apps. Its intuitive bulky face design comes with a 'super-advanced' rotary dial and connects to your mobile device via Blu…
Lees meerBenjamin Mayo: I can’t quite believe how much ink has been spilled these last few months about a concept that doesn’t exist and is — at best — a pipe dream. The metaverse is not a thing. It’s meaningless. Facebook had an hour long keynote event …
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