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⌥ Old Man Yells at Cloud
Hinted at earlier this week and made official today, MacOS 12...Hinted at earlier this week and made official today, MacOS 12...
Universal Control in the Newest MacOS and iPadOS Betas
Juli Clover, MacRumors: The iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12...Juli Clover, MacRumors: The iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12...
iOS 15.4, Now in Developer Beta, Has an Option to Use Face ID With a Mask
First spotted by Brandon Butch, iOS 15.4 will offer support for Face ID while wearing a mask...First spotted by Brandon Butch, iOS 15...
The Curious Case of MacOS 12.3
Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: Dropbox today announced that users who update to macOS 12...Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: Dropbox today announced that users who update ...
Months-Old iCloud Bug Causing Syncing Issues for Third-Party Apps Fixed
Sorry for the heavier posts today. My mind has been churning on some stuff for a while...Sorry for the heavier posts today...
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Google Ends Security Updates for Its Pixel 3 Line Just Three Years After Launch
Aaron Gordon, Vice: I think of phones in much the same way I think of refrigerators or stoves...Aaron Gordon, Vice: I think of phones in much the same way I think of re...
The Inside Story of iBeer
Speaking of the early days of iPhone apps, here is Quinn Myers, writing for Mel: On July 10, 2008, Steve Jobs teased the opening of Apple’s highly ...Speaking of the early days of iPhone apps, here is Quinn Myers, writing ...
MacOS Widgets Deserve Better
Stephen Hackett: Notification Center is a real mess. Even on a Pro Display XDR, you get three visible notifications. That’s it...Stephen Hackett: Notification Center is a real mess...
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- #Steve Jobs
Apple Moved Quickly to Clean Up the Wordle Clones in the App Store, but There Is Still Far to Go
This article by Jason Cross, writing in Macworld, is harsh but mostly fair...This article by Jason Cross, writing in Macworld, is harsh but mostly fa...
Apple Confirms It Has Stopped Issuing iOS 14 Security Updates
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica: Apple told Ars that it always intended the iOS 14 security update option to be temporary...Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica: Apple told Ars that it always intended ...
Technology Trade Group Issues Statement on the ‘Banning Surveillance Advertising Act’
This statement from Information Technology and Innovation Foundation VP Daniel Castro is a ride: Online advertising pays for the vast majority of f...This statement from Information Technology and Innovation Foundation VP ...
U.K. Home Office Launches Anti-Encryption ‘No Place to Hide’ Ad Campaign
James Ball, Rolling Stone: The UK government is set to launch a multi-pronged publicity attack on end-to-end encryption, Rolling Stone has learned...James Ball, Rolling Stone: The UK government is set to launch a multi-pr...
Safari 15 Does Not Respect Same-Origin Policy for IndexedDB, Permitting Extraordinary Cross-Site Tracking
Martin Bajanik, of FingerprintJS: In Safari 15 on macOS, and in all browsers on iOS and iPadOS 15, the IndexedDB API is violating the same-origin p...Martin Bajanik, of FingerprintJS: In Safari 15 on macOS, and in all brow...
Custom 3D Landmarks in Apple Maps
Justin O’Beirne: As part of its 2021 cartographic redesign, Apple replaced 213 of its existing 3D models of landmarks and other venues with new, ar...Justin O’Beirne: As part of its 2021 cartographic redesign, Apple replac...
- #iOS
User-Friendly Diagnostics Should Be a Core Part of Any System
Howard Oakley: Software engineers are hopeless optimists when they design and code only for success...Howard Oakley: Software engineers are hopeless optimists when they desig...
‘Modern’ Browsers
Jim Nielsen’s mom could not access a website from her computer or iPad to register for volunteering: So I looked at the version of Chrome on my par...Jim Nielsen’s mom could not access a website from her computer or iPad t...
Faking an iPhone Reboot
ZecOps, a security research company (via Bruce Schneier): We’ll dissect the iOS system and show how it’s possible to alter a shutdown event, tricki...ZecOps, a security research company (via Bruce Schneier): We’ll dissect ...
German Company’s Use of Google Analytics ‘Breached GDPR’
Lindsay Clark, the Register: Datenschutzbehörde, or DSB, has found that a German publisher, not named in the case, was in breach of Article 44 of t...Lindsay Clark, the Register: Datenschutzbehörde, or DSB, has found that ...
An Early Look at Leica’s New M11
A new Leica flagship means there is a lot to be dreaming of if you are the kind of person who, like me, are charmed by the particular blend of new ...A new Leica flagship means there is a lot to be dreaming of if you are t...
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⌥ Responsible
I cannot remember controversy over one of Apple’s products like that which it is experiencing from AirTags...I cannot remember controversy over one of Apple’s products like that whi...
Consistency Sin
Craig Hockenberry: My answer is something I call “consistency sin”. Understanding the cause lets us avoid similar situations in the future...Craig Hockenberry: My answer is something I call “consistency sin”...
Concerns About AirTags Show Up on the ‘Today Show’
Is this report on NBC’s “Today Show” a killer example of nuanced investigative journalism? Not really; about as much as you would expect from a mor...Is this report on NBC’s “Today Show” a killer example of nuanced investi...
AirTags Are a Classic Story of a New Technology With Benefits That Are Also Concerns
Lucas Matney, TechCrunch: Apple has arranged so much of their wearable product marketing over the last few years on how their devices function in e...Lucas Matney, TechCrunch: Apple has arranged so much of their wearable p...
The United States’ Most Prestigious Business Publication Addresses ‘Green Bubbles’
Tim Higgins, Wall Street Journal: That pressure to be a part of the blue text group is the product of decisions by Apple executives starting years ...Tim Higgins, Wall Street Journal: That pressure to be a part of the blue...
Lawsuit Alleges Google Paid Apple to Stay Out of Search
Tim Hardwick, MacRumors: Apple has an agreement with Google that it won’t develop its own internet search engine so long as Google pays it to remai...Tim Hardwick, MacRumors: Apple has an agreement with Google that it won’...
iCloud Private Relay White Paper
Apple (PDF), via Michael Tsai: iCloud Private Relay is a new internet privacy service from Apple that allows users with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or macOS...Apple (PDF), via Michael Tsai: iCloud Private Relay is a new internet pr...
Ming-Chi Kuo: Second-Generation AirPods Pro to Support Lossless Audio
Hartley Charlton, MacRumors: Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro will feature support for Lossless audio and a charging case that can emit a soun...Hartley Charlton, MacRumors: Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro will ...
SKRWT Updated With Better Support for Recent iPhones and Android Phones
Mathäus Jagielski has updated SKRWT, making one of my very favourite iPhone photography utilities even better...Mathäus Jagielski has updated SKRWT, making one of my very favourite iPh...
Apple Becomes First U.S. Company Worth $3 Trillion
In the time Tim Cook has been CEO of Apple, the company’s value has grown from around $350 billion to today’s high of just over $3 trillion...In the time Tim Cook has been CEO of Apple, the company’s value has grow...
⌥ Something New in Something Old
In late December, for a few years now, I have tweeted out a big list of albums I enjoyed...In late December, for a few years now, I have tweeted out a big list of ...
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