Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch: In response to concerns raised by a Guardian story last week over how recordings of Siri queries are used for quality control, Apple is suspending the program world wide. Apple says it will review the process that …
Lees meer[VIDEO] So opens Apple's latest Behind the Mac ad, officially called "Test the Impossible" (video embedded in main Loop post). I love great writing and, to me, this is a great open. It speaks to me. Gives me permission to fail. Addresses the same s…
Lees meerDuring its third quarter earnings call earlier this week, Apple delivered good news as it beat estimates and saw revenue reach a new June quarter record. Chief among the reasons it did so was its services category which continues to grow exponent…
Lees meerThe Federal Trade Commission is probing Facebook Inc to check if the social media company’s acquisitions were aimed at snapping up potential rivals before they could become a threat, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar wi…
Lees meerApple is hosting a new Music Lab that will allow attendees to create their own unique remix of Billie Eilish's song “you should see me in a crown.” The sessions will be held in every Apple Store worldwide, starting tomorrow, according to Apple.
Lees meerI'm amazed that this level of typing is even possible. Watch the video embedded in this tweet. It's even better on a big screen. Keep an eye out for the commas. Pretty cool. This is a beta of the FlickType Notes app, not something Apple has shippe…
Lees meerI really like posts like this one: Very visual, easy to make your way through, focused on a single topic. In this case, it's a series of GIFs showing the key gestures your want to master to get the most out of iPadOS. Worth your time, if only to ma…
Lees meerThe Tape Drive: A bundle called IncompatibleAppsList.bundle found in /Library/Apple/Library/Bundles/ in macOS Catalina contains a of list of 235 apps that are incompatible with Catalina. This list is used by the Catalina installation process to …
Lees meer[VIDEO] Watch the new ad, embedded in the main Loop post. Me, I'm disappointed. Where's the clever?
Lees meerAre you a bit of a gym rat? Perhaps a circuit all laid out with different days for, say, chest, back, and legs, with some cardio in there for good measure? If this sounds like you, take the time to check out the newly released SmartGym 4. SmartGym …
Lees meerWhen the opening riff of Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” came through the radio in 1969, everything changed. Jimmy Page altered the course of popular music with a single guitar: his 1959 Fender Telecaster. Co-designed with Page, the Fender …
Lees meerTimed with the spread of its first-party mapping data, Apple is giving the Maps app a big upgrade in iOS 13 that represents the company’s biggest push yet to overtake Google Maps as the world’s most trusted, go-to mapping service. Apple Maps in i…
Lees meer[VIDEO] From way back in 1988, this video shows how the world was changing for musicians. All courtesy of Macintosh. Video embedded in main Loop post.
Lees meerWilliam Gallagher, AppleInsider: If you spent any time looking into which Mac desktop or notebook to buy before you paid out for a shiny new machine, you'll have seen Apple's website extolling the fact that many of them have T2 security chips. T…
Lees meerNice quick scan of what's new in the latest iOS 13 beta, all shown with pictures and tweets.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meer[VIDEO] Three excellent videos (embedded in the main Loop post), all shot using the iPhone XS, capturing performances by Florence + the Machine, Kamasi Washington, and FKA twigs.
Lees meerOne thing that Apple has always been good at is being doomed. They were doomed when the Macintosh was only a year old, when they didn't sell as many Macs as the market analysts thought necessary. [...]
Lees meerBen Evans: Amazon is so new, and so dramatic in its speed and scale and aggression, that we can easily forget how many of the things it’s doing are actually very old. And, we can forget how many of the slightly dusty incumbent retailers we all g…
Lees meer"In terms of exclusions, we've been making the Mac Pro in the U.S.," Cook said. "We want to continue to do that. So we're working and investing currently in capacity to do so, because we want to continue to be here. And so that's what's behind th…
Lees meerApple on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion, which is up 1 percent from the year-ago quarter.
Lees meerMany of you may have missed the "good old days" of the drive-in theaters (and today's movie-going experience is in many ways vastly better) but there was a time when this was the best way to see a movie. We went often when I was a kid in high school…
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