Big Sur brings a frustrating interface change to notifications. This post documents the change in great detail. It's all about the process of dismissing a notification, which is much harder than it used to be, both in terms of fine motor control req…
Lees meerGlen Weldon, NPR: Wolfwalkers, from Cartoon Saloon, the production company behind 2009's The Secret of Kells and 2014's Song of the Sea, isn't made for kids. Or at least, not just for kids. Because there are a lot of other thematic elements…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This ad (embedded in main Loop post) dropped last month, an homage to Signing in the Rain, but designed to sell Burberry product. I love this ad, wonder how much of this is CGI, how much practical effects. No matter, to me, has all the feel…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This was full of interesting nuggets, beginning to end (video embedded in main Loop post). Even the fit and finish bits, of which I thought I'd heard all there was to say, had some new insights. Great video.
Lees meerHow many HTML tags can you remember? My score was embarrassingly low, but it was fun anyway.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerDana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal: Jeff Bezos built Amazon.com Inc. from his garage with an underdog’s ambition to take on the establishment. He imbued staff with an obsession to grow fast by grabbing customers using the biggest selection and l…
Lees meerBuzzfeed News: Last Tuesday, Facebook launched what it portrayed as a full-throated defense of small businesses. In taking out full-page ads in major newspapers and creating a webpage encouraging people to “Speak Up for Small Businesses,” the so…
Lees meer[VIDEO] Embedded in the main Loop post is a five minute chunk of Peter Jackson's coming Beatles movie. It's far more than a trailer. What I found most amazing about this treat is how much footage there is that I've never seen before. Enjoy. Coming…
Lees meerThe New Yorker: In 1977, Shigeru Miyamoto joined Nintendo, a company then known for selling toys, playing cards, and trivial novelties. Miyamoto was twenty-four, fresh out of art school. His employer, inspired by the success of a California comp…
Lees meerCheck out the images embedded in this tweet: https://twitter.com/ralph_goducks/status/1340696467116212224 It's coming on awards season and this is part of Apple's campaign for Ted Lasso to bring home some trophies. These appeared in the LA Times p…
Lees meerComicBook.com: While it has not yet been widely reported, Lawrence said as much on an early December episode of Fake Doctors, Real Friends, a Scrubs rewatch podcast hosted by series stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison. Lawrence refers to Scrubs…
Lees meerJuli Clover, MacRumors: Apple recently shared a manual that outlines the steps that one should take to protect their devices and their data when personal safety is at risk. This is designed for people who need to protect themselves from being tr…
Lees meerThe sound behind five decades of landmark albums, API consoles are legend for good reason. From Stevie Wonder's Talking Book and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, to The Cure's Pornography and Radiohead's Hail to the Thief — the mid‑forward punch of API's…
Lees meerBBEdit is ready for macOS 11 Big Sur and the new M1 machines! Bare Bones Software is offering a BBEdit & Yojimbo holiday bundle that's a perfect gift for a friend (or yourself) for just $59. I've been using BBEdit for over 20 years—it's one of the f…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This is a remarkably clever video (embedded in main Loop post), using specially designed binaural ear microphones to bring the sound of whatever hits the mics to your ears. As close to hearing the benefits of the AirPods Max as you can get w…
Lees meerJean-Louis Gassée: Today, an unstructured, sentimental reminiscence and acknowledgment of my debt to Apple. A company that, warts and all, was gratifying to have worked for and continues to be enjoyable to watch. This is an interesting read, a…
Lees meerBen Schoon, 9to5Google, on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds Pro: Perhaps most notably, though, is a copy of Apple’s “Spatial Audio” feature for the Galaxy Buds Pro. That feature, which is available on AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, can creature a fa…
Lees meerGoogle Experiments: Create your own opera inspired song with Blob Opera - no music skills required ! A machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture Follow the headline link, tap the Launch experiment butt…
Lees meerHave an M1 Mac? Use Zoom? If both, head over to the headline-link, then click the Download Center link to get to the download page, then look for this sentence: Or, for Macs with the M1 processor, click here to download The word here is the l…
Lees meerDid you know that Siri can make animal sounds? With a new update, the voice assistant can help you with that. Dave and I also talk about the latest information on the AirPods Max, as well as Facebook spewing garbage about Apple and privacy. Subscri…
Lees meerGiven all the Facebook hand-wringing about how Apple is ruining their good fun with all this user-protection Apple seems insistent on, it might be good to listen to Steve Jobs original take on privacy. The video embedded in the main Loop post was r…
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