For the first time since iOS 14 was released to the public in September, Apple has updated its developer webpage with adoption information for this year’s update. Apple’s new data indicates that iOS 14 is now installed on 81% of iPhones introduced in the last four years.
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| Read more »In a new video uploaded to the Apple TV+ YouTube channel, viewers can get an insider's look into what it's like to be a real spy, and see how they are utilized in Apple's spy thriller "Tehran."Yola Reitman, a former spy, sat down with Apple to discuss the methods spies use to gather crucial information. The video features spliced in footage of Apple's "Tehran." Reitman begins by telling a story of how she was able to obtain secret information while in spy training, involving tricking a cab company into giving her the address of one of the drivers.
| Read more »Zendure likes its beefy power banks, like the 100W one I tested back in the summer, but the Zendure SuperBase 500 has got to be the ultimate one. As the name suggests, it offers a huge 500Wh of capacity (518Wh to be precise). It provides both AC and DC power and can cope with up to a massive 600 watts of simultaneous output.
Of course, that kind of capacity requires a huge battery, so this thing isn’t small or light– but it is a fair bit smaller than the competition …
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| Read more »AirPods Max is a great accessory, and has more capability than it appears on the surface. Here are a few tips and tricks to ensure you get the most out of Apple's new high-end over-ear headphones.Here are several tips for AirPods MaxGet into those settings
| Read more »Apple has started a new developer beta cycle for iOS 14.4, iPadOS 14.4, tvOS 14.4, and watchOS 7.2 which likely contain bug fixes for the recent public release.Apple releases new developer beta for major operating systemsThe latest builds of each operating system can be acquired from the Apple Developer Center for devices enrolled within the testing program, as well as via an over-the-air update on hardware already using beta software. A public beta build usually arrives some time after the developer counterparts, as part of the Apple Beta Software Program.
| Read more »Burgeoning newsletter platform Substack launched a new web app today that brings together all of your subscriptions in one convenient inbox. The new web app is in beta, but it already shows lots of promise. It offers rapid access to all of your subscriptions in a sidebar on the left, and even lets users throw their favorite RSS feeds into the mix. It’s a much cleaner experience than sifting through your email inbox.
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| Read more »Discord is the latest video chat app to add iOS and Android screen sharing support. The feature is rolling out to users starting today and has been optimized for game streaming and remote YouTube/TikTok/etc. viewing parties.
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| Read more »elago has created a new line of accessories for Apple’s MagSafe and is transitioning to the new MagSafe norm.
MagSafe is the wireless charging tech/product that debuted with the iPhone 12 line-up. According to Apple, MagSafe improves wireless charging for a better, more efficient experience and introduces an ecosystem of easy-to-attach accessories that complement iPhone 12 Pro models. The tech giant says it “delivers a unique experience to iPhone, featuring an array of magnets around the wireless charging coil, optimized for alignment and efficiency, that perfectly connects to iPhone every time.”
The first products of the elago collection are the elago Charging Tray for MagSafe and the elago Charging Tray Duo for MagSafe. The former includes a cutout that holds the MagSafe charger and has a designated spot for other items such as keys, wallets, or other items. The charging tray provides cable management by including cutouts to help reduce...
| Read more »Apple is releasing the first developer beta of iOS 14.4 today. The update comes two days after iOS 14.3 was released to the general public. Apple has also released the first developer beta of iPadOS 14.4 today as well as tvOS 14.4 beta 1 and watchOS 7.3 beta 1.
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| Read more »A group of major U.S. news publishers have joined the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), the advocacy group urging increased regulation over app stores and fair treatment for all developers, reports TechCrunch.
The publisher trade association now joining CAF is Digital Content Next, a representative for the AP, The New York Times, NPR, ESPN, Vox, The Washington Post, Meredith, Bloomberg, NBCU, The Financial Times, and others, the article adds. The organization is now the 50th member for CAF and the first to represent the news and media business in the U.S.
The CAF says it strives to ensure that the forthcoming EU regulation on gatekeeper platforms reflects the 10 "...
| Read more »Proving to be a hot seller this holiday season, multiple configurations of Apple's new M1 Mac mini are in stock and discounted exclusively for AppleInsider readers just in time for holiday gift giving.Limited quantitiesThe discounts on Apple's new M1 Mac mini are both link and promo code activated at Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama, with prices starting at $625 with code APINSIDER using the step-by-step instructions below.
| Read more »Today’s best deals include a third-party Apple Watch Sport Loop band for $12, latest Mac mini on sale, and various iPad Pros discounted. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
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| Read more »[VIDEO] I’ve watched a number of AirPods Max reviews, picked a few that clicked for me. I appreciate that, for the most part, these revel in the things the AirPods Max do well, and point out the issues (like weight, or the case design) that are worth knowing before you buy in. The videos are embedded in the main Loop post.
I’ll start with MKBHD and his turn-of-phrase “Luxury Listening”. I think this phrase does a solid job capturing the essence of the AirPods Max experience. If fit and finish don’t matter to you, you’re not going to see the value in the AirPods Max. These are true luxury goods.
Next up is Dave Lee and his down-to-Earth, pragmatic analysis. Very personal, not necessarily scientific, but very well explained.
And last but not least is Flossy Carter (expletives, if you care about such things). This review is, to me, the most entertaining of the lot. Flossy made me want to buy them almost from the very start of the video. You’ve been warned.
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| Read more »Facebook is continuing its media blitz to try to force Apple to stop its plans to limit ad tracking across Apple platforms, with the launch of a new sub-site talking to small business owners railing against ad tracking protection in iOS 14.New Facebook initiative seeks to undermine Apple's privacy moveA new blog post on Facebook's business page asks readers to "tell your story." Small business owners are expected to download a toolkit containing frames and social media image tools to help voice their opinion of Apple's ad tracking decision.
| Read more »Starting on Wednesday, "Cyberpunk 2077," "Destiny 2," and many other Stadia games are playable on the iPhone or iPad, as Google is launching an iOS-friendly version of its game-streaming service.Stadia launches today as a web app for mobile SafariGoogle announced last month that mobile Safari support was coming soon to Stadia. To play Stadia on an iPhone or iPad, iOS users will merely need to navigate to the Stadia website in mobile Safari, though the company advises installing it as a progressive web app by tapping Share > Add to Home Screen. At the time of publication, the beta isn't yet available, but The Verge reports it will be...
| Read more »Barely a week after Google announced that Apple Music was now available as a default service on Google and Nest speakers, another Apple service has crossed over into unchartered waters. Beginning next year, the Apple TV app will be available on the new Chromecast with Google TV devices, the companies announced Wednesday.
The Apple TV app will work on the latest Chromecast devices that include the new Google TV interface and “even more devices powered by Android TV OS in the future” in the future. That opens the door to Apple TV+ support on Sony and Hisense Android TV-powered sets as well as Nvidia’s Shield boxes.
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| Read more »If you are interested in Apple Fitness+, cycling or not, this is a great detailed look (with lots of images) at where Fitness+ excels and what’s missing, at least at the moment.
| Read more »David Carnoy, CNET:
Are they worth $549? Ultimately, that’s going to be up to you to determine. All I can do is describe my experience using them and let you know that they’re excellent (though not perfect) headphones, with top-notch sound, rock-solid wireless connectivity and noise canceling that’s arguably a touch better than what you find on competing models at the high end.
This is a great read. Anecdotal, but very up front about what’s fact and what’s opinion.
A few details:
This review is based on several days with the headphones. I’m still evaluating battery life and wired audio performance (among other things), which may or may not alter the final rating.
And:
The first thing you notice when you open the box is that their build quality is like nothing that’s out there in the $300 to $400 range. OK, there’s some stuff that’s close: The Bowers and Wilkins PX7 (down to $340 from its list price of $400) is sturdily built with an eye-...
| Read more »A trade association representing major U.S. news publishers has joined the Coalition for App Fairness, the group known for criticizing Apple's App Store policies.Credit: Coalition for App FairnessDigital Context Next, which represents media outlets like The New York Times, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, and NPR, joined the Coalition for App Fairness as its 50th member and the first group to represent the news and media industry.
| Read more »After confirmation came just a few weeks ago, Google Stadia is now fully playable on iOS devices including the iPhone and iPad, courtesy of a Safari web app or Progressive Web App.
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| Read more »A group of major U.S. news publishers have joined the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), the advocacy group pushing for increased regulation over app stores and fair treatment for all developers. The publisher trade association now joining CAF is Digital Content Next, a representative for the AP, The New York Times, NPR, ESPN, Vox, The Washington Post, Meredith, Bloomberg, NBCU, The Financial Times, and many others. The organization is now the 50th member for CAF and the first to represent the news and media business in the U.S. From a report: It joins other media organizations who are already CAF members, including the European Publishers Council, News Media Europe, GESTE, and Schibsted, as well as CAF founding members like Basecamp, Blix, Blockchain.com, Deezer, Epic Games, Match Group, Prepear, Protonmail, Skydemon, Spotify, and Tile, plus a growing number of smaller developers. DCN's members, combined, reach an audience over over 223 million unique visitors and 100% of the U.S....
| Read more »The Coalition for App Fairness was formed back in September by founding members Epic Games, Spotify, Tile, and more. The goal is to draw attention to their issues with Apple’s App Store practices to create change. In a big development, major US news publishers including The New York Times, NPR, ESPN, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and many more have joined the coalition to push against what the coalition calls the “Apple tax.”
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| Read more »The Apple TV app with Apple TV+ is coming to the Chromecast with Google TV—Google's set-top-box competitor.Apple TV app coming to Chromecast with Google TVThe Apple TV app has been available on multiple set-top-boxes, smart TVs and even game consoles, but it has always eluded Google's hardware, until now. The Apple TV app and all of its content is coming to the Chromecast with Google TV set-top-box.
| Read more »[VIDEO] Imagine trying to capture already difficult nature scenes at night, in almost pitch darkness. So many problems to solve to get it right, to truly capture the majesty of the moment.
This behind the scenes video (embedded in the main Loop post) gives you a taste of what these crews went through to capture these stunning scenes.
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| Read more »The Verge:
Facebook is publicly criticizing Apple’s upcoming iOS privacy changes in full-page newspaper ads today. “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere,” reads the headline on an ad inside the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal today. Bloomberg News reports that the ads are related to Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes that will make it more difficult for companies like Facebook to target users with ads.
Anyone buying this stance from Facebook? That Facebook is standing up for small business owners and not actually (and only) concerned about an existential threat to their ad revenue stream?
Developers will need to ask iOS 14 users for permission to gather data and track them across mobile apps and websites on an iPhone and iPad soon. Apple had planned to implement these changes with the initial iOS 14 release in September, but delayed enforcing them until early next year. These changes will impact Facebook’s ad...
| Read more »Honda is continuing its recalls over software problems. The AP reports the automaker is recalling 737,000 Accord gas and hybrid cars (from 2018 to 2020) and Insight hybrids (2019 to 2020) after discovering a glitch in the Body Control Module software...
| Read more »On Android, Apple’s streaming service is currently only available on Sony televisions. That’s changing next year when an Apple TV app comes to Chromecast with Google TV.
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| Read more »Apple says its Employee Giving Program celebrated its biggest year this year. The company’s volunteers made up the largest corporate team participating in 2020.
For every hour an employee volunteers or dollar they donate, Apple matches that with a monetary donation to the same organization. Since the program’s inception in 2011, Apple employees have raised almost US$600 million in total donations — including more than 1.6 million hours volunteered — for more than 34,000 organizations.
This is on top of the corporate donations Apple’s Community Investment team makes each year to nonprofits around the world, including Feeding America, FIRST, Malala Fund, Simplon, and many others. Apple is also investing in a multimillion-dollar annual grant program geared toward supporting organizations in communities where Apple teams live and work,...
| Read more »For years, critics have all but begged social media platforms to take a tougher stance on misinformation and disinformation. But Facebook and Twitter were once more resistant to these calls. Mark Zuckerberg has for years said Facebook should not be a...
| Read more »A new mobile spyware is targeting both iOS and Android users in what appears to be an extortion campaign tied to illicit websites.Credit: LookoutThe malware, dubbed "Goontact," can steal data like contacts, SMS text messages, photos, and location information from an iPhone or Android. It's currently appears limited to Chinese-speaking countries, Korea, and Japan.
| Read more »The newest version of Apple's video editing app Final Cut Pro introduced new features for sharing to Facebook — but it also took away sharing directly to YouTube. Here's how to work around it.Final Cut ProPreviously on Final Cut Pro, you could edit a video and then send it directly from that app to YouTube. You'd skip creating a local copy and you'd even skip having to log in to YouTube, with one click, you just sent your video where you wanted it to end up.
| Read more »In a year plagued by the pandemic and hardships, Apple's Employee Giving Program donated more dollars and hours than ever in 2020.Apple's Giving Program has raised nearly $600 million since 2011The Apple Giving Program matches employee donations and volunteer hours with monetary donations to the same organization. Apple announced today that the program had its biggest year to date in 2020.
| Read more »Apple’s Employee Giving Program saw its best year ever, says the company. The iPhone maker said that 2020 was “a landmark year of giving” by its employees.
Apple supports charitable donations and volunteering by its employees by matching every dollar donated and giving an additional sum for every hour of voluntary service by its staff …
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| Read more »While Apple still needs to fully optimize the M1 processor and its software for the task, a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon performed nearly as well at a machine learning test as the 16-inch MacBook Pro with dedicated Radeon graphics.The M1 processor is up to 3.6x faster at ML training vs IntelBenchmarks for the M1 processor have been impressive so far with scores rivaling even the most expensive Intel MacBook Pro configurations. These are early days yet as software continues to be optimized for the processor, so some tasks and processes will see big speed jumps as developers take advantage of the hardware.
| Read more »Apple is making a huge change to settings on users’ iPhones in the name of privacy, but some in the mobile ad ecosystem the tech giant hasn’t given them clear guidance or communication along the way as they retool their apps, reports CNBC.
The new rules related to the tracking systems are known as Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA). Each iPhone comes with an individual IDFA, which behaves similarly to a browser cookie does for computers, letting third parties identify the user. The basis of Schems’ case is that, under EU law, individuals must consent to this tracking, but IDFA is activated by default inside iOS.
The identifier for advertisers or IDFA is the only means for advertisers to precisely target and track users within apps on iOS devices. Think of an IDFA as something like a cookie that is tied to devices...
| Read more »Americans have had the option of Alexa voice control for podcasts on Spotify since the end of 2019, but the rest of the world has had to sit tight. That creature comfort is finally reaching other parts of the world, though. Spotify has enabled Alexa...
| Read more »I’ll be honest: Razer blew me away with its Opus headphones earlier this year. Based on my experience with the company’s gaming headsets, I knew it had some decent audio chops, but I wasn’t expecting it to build a nearly complete package for $200. No...
| Read more »Think that because you own a Mac you don’t need an antivirus app? Think again! New viruses and malware appear every day, and Cylance is a next-generation antivirus for both Mac and Windows that leverages the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to protect you from emerging malware. It’s on sale today for $79.99 for a lifetime subscription
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| Read more »JumpCloud has added Conditional Access policies to its Directory Platform, enabling IT admins to adopt Zero Trust security from the same cloud platform that they use to manage and securely connect users to IT resources.
Conditional Access is policy-driven control that ensures only appropriate users from known networks, known devices and with appropriate privileges, be granted access to company resources. With this release, the folks at JumpCloud say they’re making it easier for IT teams to adopt a “never trust, always verify” model in their organization.
According to the August 2020 Forrester Research, Inc. blog post, A Look Back At Zero Trust: Never Trust, Always Verify, “Old-school approaches to security aren’t cutting it. Many organizations feel that Zero Trust is too hard, time-consuming,...
| Read more »According to iPhone in Canada readers, some are seeing their AirPods Max orders get a “hazardous materials” status update, only to note the package would then be returned to sender by the UPS. (At US$549, they’d certainly be hazardous to my bank account!)
With AirPods Max already sold out and delivering in 12-14 weeks, getting a replacement pair might be difficult, if supply constraints are indeed as they appear, the article adds.
The headphones combine a custom acoustic design, H1 chips, and software to power computational audio for a listening experience with Adaptive EQ, Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency mode, and spatial audio. AirPods Max come in five colors, including space gray, silver, sky blue, green, and pink.
Sony’s headphones and earbuds are some of our favorites but you’re often forced to decide if you want to drop hundreds on them or compromise a bit and save money. However, Sony’s WF-SP800N wireless sport earbuds combined a bunch of high-end features...
| Read more »A California federal judge appeared open Tuesday to tossing Apple and Intel's fresh complaint alleging that Fortress Investment Group is orchestrating an anti-competitive patent aggregation scheme, saying evidence of above-market pricing is "key" to the complaint's survival, but the suit's pricing allegations are "like taking a stab in the dark, reports Law360 (a subscription is required to read the entire article).
Apple and Intel allege that Fortress and firms it either owned or whose patent portfolios it effectively controlled - and which do no make any technology products - stockpiled patents for the primary purpose of suing technology companies and did so in a manner that violated U.S....
| Read more »The next generation (the third) of Apple’s AirPods will adopt the design of the AirPods Pro (pictured) but without the noise-canceling and transparency features of the Pro model, TheElec reports. The article adds they’ll be dubbed “AirPods Pro Lite,” cost around US$200 and a launch in the first half of 2021.
TheElec says Apple initially planned to launch a Lite version right after the AirPods Pro were launched in October of 2019. However those plans were purportedly canned as the Pros were selling better than expected.
The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks this report may be correct. On the other hand, the AirPods and AirPods are selling like gangbusters, and the pricey AirPod Max seems to be doing well, so is there really a need for AirPods Pro Lite?
The ad industry is accusing Apple of lack of clarity about the anti ad-tracking rules due to come into force next year.
There are various proposals for workarounds, but commenters say that it’s not clear which of them will be permitted by the Cupertino company …
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| Read more »If you’re running low on space in your iCloud account, it’s easy to upgrade if you’re willing to spend the money.
When you set up iCloud, you automatically get 5GB of storage. You can use that space for your iCloud backups, to keep your photos and videos stored in iCloud Photos, and your documents up to date in iCloud Drive. You can buy more storage any time.
You can choose from a total of 50GB, 200GB, or 2TB. You can even share the 200GB and 2TB plans with your family. Your storage is upgraded immediately, and your monthly payment date reflects the purchase date for your plan. If you upgrade from one paid plan to another, we’ll cancel your existing plan and charge you the prorated cost of your new, larger plan.
You're billed every month for your storage plan unless you downgrade or cancel your plan. Each month you'll get an email to remind you of your upcoming payment.
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| Read more »Facebook is using full-page newspaper ads to criticize an upcoming Apple policy that will give iPhone and iPad customer the choice over whether advertisers can track them. The company claims in its advertisement that it’s “standing up to Apple for sm...
| Read more »Devotion is coming back. Or rather, it was. Earlier today, Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games announced that its first-person horror title would be coming to GOG.com on December 18th. It would cost $16.99, the company explained, and the in-game “co...
| Read more »Facebook is escalating its war of words with Apple's forthcoming data gathering restrictions in iOS 14, and is making how it feels clear with a series of ads in newspapers.Credit: AppleInsiderThe ads, headlined with "We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere" focus on Apple's ad tracking protection. Specifically, it takes issue with how Apple's changes will prevent tailored ads from being presented to customers.
| Read more »Some customers in Canada and the US are reportedly being notified by UPS that their AirPods Max will not be delivered because they contain "hazardous materials."As the first AirPods Max begin to arrive worldwide, an unknown number of customers are instead being told theirs will not be delivered. What UPS describes as an "irregularity" appears to be confined to customers in Canada, though the shipping company is stopping the orders while still en route from the US.According to iPhone in Canada, users are reporting that the return happens around halfway through the shipping process. One specifies that their package got to UPS's center in...
| Read more »We’ve seen Facebook attack Apple repeatedly of late, but the company is today really upping the ante by running full-page ads in at least three US newspapers.
The ads claim that Facebook is standing up to the iPhone maker on behalf of small businesses …
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| Read more »From Zoom to Quibi, the tech industry saw some companies rise to the occasion in 2020 even as others flamed out. Engadget editors have created their list of 2020 winners vs. 2020 losers, and after a year that felt more like a decade, maybe we remembe...
| Read more »Craig Federighi says that Apple's new privacy "nutrition" labels are the start of "something really ambitious," that the company wants its rivals to copy.Craig FederighiNow that Apple's new privacy or "nutrition" labels have appeared on the App Store, the company's Craig Federighi says that the current system is only the beginning.
| Read more »The latest in a long line of rumors about a lower cost version of AirPods Pro that lacks noise cancellation, claims that they are being quality tested now ahead of going on sale in 2021.Apple's AirPods ProFollowing previous "AirPods Pro Lite" claims, including that they were close to production in February 2020, a new report says they are being prepared for sale now. Specifically, supply chain sources have said that the lower-cost AirPods Pro are due to go through Apple's quality review before the end of 2020, and will ship between January and June 2021.
| Read more »Future Apple devices such as Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV set-top boxes could respond to an individual user’s voice, facilitating multi-user configurations, according to a newly granted Apple patent (number 10,867,608).
In the patent data, the tech giant notes that the number of electronic devices, and particularly smart devices, in users' homes continues to increase. These devices are required to perform increasingly complex tasks, including user-specific tasks in multi-user environments.
However, Apple says that some techniques for multi-user configuration using electronic devices “are generally cumbersome and inefficient.” For example, some existing techniques use a complex and time-consuming user interface, which may include multiple key presses or keystrokes. Existing techniques require more time than necessary, wasting user time and device energy.
Apple says it’s idea is for a technique that provides electronic...
| Read more »An AirPods supplier has backed earlier reports that Apple is working on third-generation AirPods, dubbed ‘AirPods Pro Lite’ – with a design which is either identical to the current AirPods Pro, or very similar.
We first heard reports of Apple’s plans for the next-gen non-Pro AirPods back in October …
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| Read more »Sonnet Technologies has launched the eGPU Breakaway Box 750 and eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex, the newest members of the company’s family of Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe graphics processing (GPU) card expansion systems.
Both systems support full-length, full-height, double-width GPU cards, and utilize large temperature-controlled fans that Sonnet says provide efficient and ultra-quiet cooling for the installed card.
The new expansion systems are equipped with 750-watt power supplies capable of supporting “the most power-hungry GPU cards available.” The systems are nearly identical, except the eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex adds a built-in connection hub for USB devices and Ethernet connectivity.
The eGPU Breakaway Box 750 is available now from Sonnet at the suggested retail price of US$299.99. The eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex will be available from Sonnet in late December 2020 to early January 2021 at a...
| Read more »People accuse electronics manufacturers of built-in obsolescence: that hardware is designed to stop working or not be useful after a relatively short period of time. Apple has generally avoided that with Macs, letting many of its models receive OS X and macOS updates for five to seven years after the computer version’s initial release. And some people keep older systems running indefinitely, as I noted in a recent column that started with people’s love of 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, now over a decade old.
But Apple doesn’t provide a guide as such as to the “terminal” version of its operating system you can install on any given computer. That is, how do you find the last version your computer is compatible with?
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| Read more »Netflix is taking on podcasts, in a way, by rolling out on audio-only playback mode in its Android app, Android Police reports. The feature has appeared as a server-side update, and if you have it, you’ll see a new “Video Off” button at the top of th...
| Read more »Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it had updated several of its Microsoft 365 for Mac apps to offer native support for Apple’s new M1-based MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini computers. Core Office apps, including Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are now able to run faster on M1 Macs. Microsoft has used the […]
| Read more »If you have an older iPhone, this is important. Older iPhone users with devices that don’t support iOS 14, including the iPhone 6, can now access COVID-19 exposure notifications. As of Tuesday, Apple released iOS 12.5 for older iPhone models, thereby enabling devices like the extremely popular iPhone 6 will now be able to switch […]
| Read more »NPR and Spotify have been cozy since 2018, when the public radio and content powerhouse signed a deal to make select shows available through the music service. That agreement only covered the US though, so today the two partners are announcing a new...
| Read more »The new MacVoices Live! serves up the second part of the fifth Holiday Gift Guide. It concludes as Patrice Brend’Amour and Rosemary Orchard deliver their final gift picks for 2020.
MacVoices is an Internet show that delivers in-depth discussions with the most influential people in the Mac industry as well as the individuals who are out there making it happen on the front lines of the global Apple community. Founded as an audio program in 2005, the show has evolved into audio and video versions to offer the best of both worlds.
Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
This powerful robot vacuum/mop hybrid is easy to recommend, and there's an automatic dustbin emptier option available, too.
| Read more »Cord-cutters can get their fill of big nationally televised games, but local broadcasts are still left on the bench.
| Read more »The Galaxy Note line may not be discontinued anytime soon. A Samsung official told Yonhap News on condition of anonymity that the tech giant is preparing to release a new Galaxy Note model next year. Reports that Samsung is killing the product line s...
| Read more »Ahead of the scheduled trial over "Fortnite" and the App Store, lawyers for Epic Games are demanding that Apple's Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue be deposed.A still from Epic's parody of Apple's '1984' Super Bowl commercialThe dispute between Apple and "Fortnite" developer Epic Games over the App Store will go to trial in May 2021, but both companies are already preparing testimony and depositions. As part of this, lawyers representing Epic Games have told the court that it wants to depose both Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue.
| Read more »Microsoft’s Authenticator on mobile will soon be updated with password management and autofill capabilities, the company announced (as seen by Thurott). The passwords will be synced using your Microsoft account using Outlook, Hotmail and other Redmon...
| Read more »Jaguar has unveiled a follow-up to its first-ever electric sports car — but just like its predecessor, it’s a virtual vehicle meant for the Gran Turismo universe. The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV is an endurance racer that retains the silhouette of...
| Read more »Apple’s first laptops and desktop with its custom M1 CPU inside have already proven to be quite powerful and efficient, but they’re at their best with software updated to run natively on the new hardware. Now Firefox is joining Chrome by generally re...
| Read more »When Amazon launched early access for Luna, it left Android users out in the cold and made the cloud gaming service available on Fire TV, PC, Mac and iOS devices. Now, the e-commerce giant has edited Luna’s compatible devices and browsers list to rev...
| Read more »Building on the launch of Apple Fitness+ on Monday week, fitness club chain Life Time and retailer Best Buy this week announced promotional tie-ins with the Apple Watch-powered workout product.Life Time, an early adopter of Apple technologies like GymKit, on Monday announced plans to include Apple Fitness+ in its gym memberships. It is the first U.S. health & fitness club company to make such an offer, the company said in a press release."We are rapidly expanding the way the world connects to Life Time through technology - with the same high-quality experiences our brand has been recognized for delivering at our athletic resorts for nearly 30 years,"...
| Read more »A benchmark test published on Tuesday shows a massive performance gap between Mac computers powered by Apple's M1 chip and Windows on ARM machines running the latest 64-bit x86 apps via an official emulator.Conducted by PCWorld, the evaluation pits a Microsoft Surface Pro X against the new M1 MacBook Air, two devices that incorporate ARM processors.As noted by the publication, there are precious few ARM-based Windows boxes from which to choose as only two chips — Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx and Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 — power the platform. Microsoft's derivative SQ1 and SQ2 processors, designed in partnership with Qualcomm, are in the Surface Pro X.
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| Read more »In September Amazon revealed its Echo Show 10 with a rotating base, and announced that Netflix streaming would come to the platform. Today is that day, and if you have one of Amazon’s Alexa-connected smart displays, you should be able to queue up a f...
| Read more »We already know that the new Macs powered by the M1 chip have impressive performance that beats nearly all current Macs with Intel processors, but what about Windows PCs? PCWorld compared Microsoft’s Surface Pro X with Apple’s new M1 MacBook Air and the results put the Surface tablet far behind the Mac.
The post Benchmarks show how far behind Windows ARM machines are compared...
| Read more »Apple TV+ on Tuesday provided viewers a behind the scenes look at how camera operators and crew captured the stunning nighttime video in "Earth at Night in Color," and announced an official streaming date for the upcoming "The Snoopy Show."The behind the scenes look at "The Earth at Night in Color" published to the Apple TV+ YouTube channel today provides a brief look at the show's equipment, videography techniques and production process.Crew on the show turned to specialized camera setups including what looks to be a Leica APO-Telyt-R module, a modular telephoto lens for the brand's R series SLR cameras. Cinematographers often rely on adapters to mount fast — and sometimes very old — Leica glass onto modern video cameras.
| Read more »Servant was one of the first Apple TV+ original shows announced last year, and Apple confirmed today that the psychological thriller has been renewed for a third season. This comes ahead of its second season premiere on January 15, 2021.
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| Read more »B&H is launching an aggressive holiday sale, with cash discounts on iPad Pros, MacBook Pros, iMacs, Mac mini desktops and more. Plus, enjoy free overnight shipping on most Apple products.Cash savings + free next day shipping on many itemsBlack Friday has returned at B&H Photo this week, as the electronics retailer has slashed prices on Apple gear, including 16-inch MacBook Pros, Mac mini configurations, iPad Pros, MacBook Airs and more.
| Read more »Even though season two hasn’t aired yet, Apple has renewed “Servant,” the psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, for a third season. The second season premieres on January 15, 2021 on Apple TV+.
“Servant” is a psychological thriller spearheaded by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home. It was renewed for a second season earlier this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic hindered the start of filming,
The second season takes a supernatural turn with a darker future for all lying ahead as Leanne returns to the brownstone and her true nature is revealed. The 10-episode second season will debut globally with the first episode on Friday, January 15, 2021, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday, exclusively on Apple TV+.
The cast of “Servant,” including Lauren Ambrose,...
| Read more »Ben Smith has been doing crackerjack work writing the Media Equation column for The New York Times all year long, but his piece this weekend was pure mainline DF catnip. Headline: “Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out.”
The show was called “Scraper,” but it was clearly about Gawker
Media, the network of aggressive, transgressive blogs that created
mischief and headaches for America’s powerful until its targets
sued the company into oblivion in 2016.
Two Gawker veterans sold the idea to Apple TV+, the new streaming
service: Cord Jefferson, who left the site for a career writing
for TV, and Max Read, Gawker’s former editor in chief. Apple hired
two more former Gawker editors, Emma Carmichael and Leah Beckmann,
as writers, and they had completed several episodes, people close
to the production said.
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| Read more »After a buggy initial release in the US this past August, Microsoft’s Surface Duo will make its way to other countries next year. On Tuesday, the company announced its dual-screen Android phone will be available in Canada, France, Germany and the UK...
| Read more »Apple has released a pair of surprise updates to a pair of older operating systems, iOS 12.5 and watchOS 6.3, to bring COVID-19 exposure notification capabilities and an important security fix to older devices.
| Read more »Updates Apple's Web browser to patch a single security vulnerability. (Free, various sizes, macOS 10.15+ and 10.14+)
| Read more »Brings full compatibility with macOS 11 Big Sur to the three Rogue Amoeba audio apps, as well as support for M1-based Macs. ($49/19/39 new, free updates, various sizes, macOS 10.13+)
| Read more »Apple TV+ on Tuesday announced that it has renewed M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Servant" for a third season.Credit: AppleThe announcement comes ahead of the debut of season two of "Servant." The 10-episode second season will launch globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. New episodes will be released weekly every Friday.
| Read more »In 2019, Walmart started working with a company called Gatik to test autonomous delivery trucks on a two-mile route between a fulfillment center and a store in Bentonville, Arkansas. After those vehicles logged more than 70,000 miles with a human dri...
| Read more »Microsoft is rolling out an update today that brings native support for Apple's M1 chip to the Windows productivity suite. "The apps getting the updates are Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote," reports The Verge. "Notably absent, however, is Teams." From the report: The updates are making the apps universal ones -- meaning these versions will run on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, so any upcoming updates or features will be coming at the same time for both platforms. [...] Office users who have automatic updates turned on should have the new versions sometime today, and anyone else can update it through the Mac App Store or Microsoft's AutoUpdate software (depending on if you downloaded Office through the App Store or directly from Microsoft). Outlook users will get not only native Apple Silicon support, but support for iCloud accounts as well, allowing them to sync their email, contacts, and calendars to the app if they use Apple's service to store them. Teams isn't...
| Read more »Tuesday marked the launch of Apple's latest headphones, AirPods Max. We got our hands on a copy and have spent a few hours getting to know them to form some early impressions. Here's what we thought of these new cans.AirPods Max hands onDesign
| Read more »Apple has launched its RAW photo format called ProRAW with iOS 14.3 for iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. The new format brings the traditional benefits of shooting RAW but also includes Apple’s iPhone image processing. Follow along for why and how to use ProRAW on iPhone 12 Pro.
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| Read more »Twitter is officially shutting down Periscope, its standalone livestreaming service, in March 2021, though it will continue to offer its core capabilities through Twitter Live.Credit: TwitterThe microblogging platform acquired Periscope in 2015, and the livestreaming service eventually won an Apple App of the Year award that same year. Five years later, however, and Twitter says that Periscope has become unsustainable.
| Read more »Facebook took another swipe at Apple on Tuesday, saying it hopes Apple's power will be reigned in by new European Union draft proposals.Credit: Solen FeyissaThe European Commission on Tuesday introduced two pieces of draft legislation that would impose new regulations on tech companies in the EU, and levy hefty fines for noncompliance. One of those acts, the Digital Markets Act, would mean major changes for the Apple App Store.
| Read more »Enlarge / Apple Watch series 6, launched this September, offers health and fitness monitoring in a dizzying array of styles. (It can also tell you the time, if you're looking for that.) (credit: Apple)
There's a new version of watchOS, the operating system used by the Apple Watch, out today. WatchOS 7.2 includes support for Fitness+, Apple's new subscription-based fitness service, as well as new cardio fitness notifications.
"Including support for Fitness+" might actually be putting the cart before the horse—Apple Fitness+ requires an Apple Watch to...
| Read more »Should Doom Eternal's arrival on Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass have you hankering for even more demon slaying, then you're in luck. If you have the re-releases of Doom (the original one) and Doom II, you can battle a bunch more enemies in a mod...
| Read more »Twitter plans to no longer offer a standalone Periscope experience. In a blog post the company shared today, Twitter says it will discontinue the Periscope mobile apps by March 2021.“The truth is that the Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintena...
| Read more »Over the past five years, a company called Neverware has allowed individuals, schools and businesses to essentially turn their old PCs and Macs into a Chromebook with its CloudReady software. The beauty of the operating system is that it allows you t...
| Read more »Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Achievements are great motivators, and the achievement badges for the activity tracking on the Apple Watch have inspired many users to get more exercise.
If you want to maximize your badge count, you’re going to want to chase down as many activity achievements as you can. Most are available year-round, but there are also some time-limited special events to grab, too. Here’s a list of all the activity achievements for the Apple Watch and how to unlock them.
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| Read more »In the run-up to critical runoff elections in Georgia, Facebook will lift its ban on political advertisements in the state starting Wednesday, December 16th at 12pm ET. The company will work with authorized advertisers and prioritize those with direc...
| Read more »Apple’s next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is officially on the calendar. Apple’s annual “Ring in the New Year” challenge will run from January 7, 2021, through January 31, 2021. It encourages Apple Watch users to close all three rings for seven days in a row.
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| Read more »Microsoft is rolling out fresh versions of its Office apps that work natively with Apple’s M1 chip, the powerhouse of the new Macbook Air, Macbook Pro and Mac Mini. Specifically, the apps getting an upgrade are Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and On...
| Read more »Major tech companies are facing stricter rules and hefty fines for breaking them in the European Union. Officials could even break up companies that often engage in anti-competitive actions.The European Commission has unveiled drafts of two sweeping...
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