Luke Kurtis, Quartz: A few months ago, I purchased an iTunes gift card off of a popular discount website. And: About a week after I redeemed the gift card, I noticed my iTunes account wasn’t working. When I tried to log in, it said my acco…
Lees meer[VIDEO] There's a clip flying around the internet of Bill Hader being interviewed by David Letterman. Hader does impressions of Al Pacino and Tom Cruise. But in this Deep Fake version of the clip, Hader's face morphs into Pacino and Cruise as he shi…
Lees meerFirst things first, this is a terrific Apple Card explainer by Juli Clover for MacRumors. But have a bit of fun and click on the Apple Card image in the middle of the post. Type in any name you like and see the Apple Card with that name come to lif…
Lees meerBloomberg: U.S. airline safety regulators banned select MacBook Pro laptops on flights after Apple Inc. recently said that some units had batteries that posed a fire risk. In a statement, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was…
Lees meerThe BMW logo is one of the most recognizable in the world. Its always been assumed it represented propellers and, up until now, BMW didn't confirm or deny that interpretation. Interesting story.∞ Read this on The Loop
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Lees meerA rare bit of clarity from Macworld. The Apple Card, is it presently stands, is in the middle of the pack when it comes to "the best card." But Apple will undoubtedly offer more and better features and options as time goes by.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerHow many of us were told this as kids? How many of us believed it?∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerWilliam Gallagher, AppleInsider: With Apple Card slowly rolling out to more users, Apple has been busy preparing a slew of support documents that explain how to use the new credit card —and it includes explanations of many things we'd been left …
Lees meerApple: In the coming school year, more than 100,000 college students will enjoy the ease and convenience of carrying their student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. Students at Clemson University, Georgetown University, University of Tennessee, Uni…
Lees meerJohn Voorhees, MacStories: CarPlay fascinates me because it’s a relatively rare example of a successful Apple software product that isn’t tightly integrated with the company’s hardware. Of course, CarPlay runs from an iPhone, but it also relies …
Lees meerThis is an incredible story. At the heart of it: Pornography. Yahoo bought Tumblr which, back in 2013, was a hotbed for pornography. Yahoo banned porn, and site traffic plummeted. According to the linked Wall Street Journal article: Verizon Co…
Lees meerApple: “Salmon to our people is absolutely the most important aspect of the whole environment,” says Allen Edzerza, a Tahltan Nation elder and advisor to the British Columbia First Nations Energy and Mining Council. “But … in the pursuit of the …
Lees meerThat's....inconvenient.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerAs I said in this morning's YML Daily, this serves to illustrate what I've always said about CES — never believe any announcements coming out of CES until the product actually ships.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerApple is rolling out more teases for the upcoming Apple TV + streaming service.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meer[VIDEO] Susan Kare is the designer behind the original Mac icons and fonts. Her work is foundational, incredibly influential. But few people outside Apple have heard her speak. The video embedded in the main Loop post was posted on Andy Hertzfeld's…
Lees meerJoseph Cox, Motherboard: I plugged the Apple lightning cable into my iPod and connected it to my Mac, just as I normally would. My iPod started charging, iTunes detected the device, and my iPod produced the pop-up asking if I wanted to trust thi…
Lees meerAndroid Police: That's right, Samsung is once again spamming Galaxy phones with advertisements, this time for the Note10. This time around, push notifications advertising the Note10 are being sent out by at least three pre-installed applica…
Lees meerDavid Pierce, Wall Street Journal: The Apple Card makes quite an impression. The white titanium slab contains no numbers or expiration date—only your name, an Apple logo and the chip. Whip it out of your wallet and it clatters onto a table with …
Lees meerFascinating deep dive into Steve Jobs' beloved bicycle analogy. Here's the quote: "When we invented the personal computer, we created a new kind of bicycle…a new man-machine partnership…a new generation of entrepreneurs." —Steve Jobs, c. 1980 Aft…
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