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Data Security on Mobile Devices
It is baffling to me that, in 2021, I still do not know the security practices of the devices and cloud services I use more frequently than ever...It is baffling to me that, in 2021, I still do not know the security pra...
Spoiler Alert
Do you want to know what Apple’s 2021 Mac lineup looks like? Well, new reports from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman that dropped in rapid succession t...Do you want to know what Apple’s 2021 Mac lineup looks like? Well, new r...
Apple Announces Investments in Racial Equity
Apple last year pledged a hundred million dollars in a new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, promising big investments in underrepresented indi...Apple last year pledged a hundred million dollars in a new Racial Equity...
Chain Messages Are Back
Anthony Cuthbertson, the Independent: WhatsApp rival Telegram has seen a 500 per cent increase in new users amid widespread dissatisfaction with th...Anthony Cuthbertson, the Independent: WhatsApp rival Telegram has seen a...
Apple to Announce ‘Major Initiative’ in Interview With CBS This Morning
Gayle King of CBS This Morning interviewed Tim Cook for an initiative Apple is announcing tomorrow...Gayle King of CBS This Morning interviewed Tim Cook for an initiative Ap...
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The Future of the Mac’s Industrial Design
Jason Snell, Macworld: Now consider the current Mac product line. It would be instantly recognizable to a visitor from the early 2010s...Jason Snell, Macworld: Now consider the current Mac product line...
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Apple Tells Parler to Moderate Better or Lose Its App by Tomorrow
Ryan Mac and John Paczkowski, Buzzfeed News: In an email sent this morning and obtained by BuzzFeed News, Apple wrote to Parler’s executives that t...Ryan Mac and John Paczkowski, Buzzfeed News: In an email sent this morni...
The Mac App Store Turns Ten
From the Apple Newsroom on January 6, 2011 [sic]: Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ is now open for business with more than 1,000 fre...From the Apple Newsroom on January 6, 2011 [sic]: Apple® today announced...
The President of the United States Was Kicked Off Facebook Yesterday
Every four years, Americans go to the polls to pick a president and vice president; the following January, the House and Senate certify the results...Every four years, Americans go to the polls to pick a president and vice...
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Panic Releases an Audion Face Viewer
Michael Buckley of Panic: Once upon a time, we made one of the earliest MP3 players for the Mac, Audion...Michael Buckley of Panic: Once upon a time, we made one of the earliest ...
Microsoft Is Working on New Outlook Apps Based on Its Web App
Zac Bowden, Windows Central: Microsoft is building a universal Outlook client for Windows and Mac that will also replace the default Mail & Calenda...Zac Bowden, Windows Central: Microsoft is building a universal Outlook c...
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Surveillance in the Name of Health
Sara Morrison, Recode: I gave away tons of personal data to get the things I needed. Food came from grocery and restaurant delivery services...Sara Morrison, Recode: I gave away tons of personal data to get the thin...
App Reviewer Sues Apple After Firing
In the lawsuit (PDF), Trieu Pham, the App Store reviewer, alleges he was harassed at work on the basis of race and national origin — he is of Vietn...In the lawsuit (PDF), Trieu Pham, the App Store reviewer, alleges he was...
Apple Removes Tens of Thousands of Games From App Store in China as It Complies More Strictly With Local Policies
Pei Li, Reuters: Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadli...Pei Li, Reuters: Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thurs...
Apple Claims ‘Amphetamine’ Violates Illegal Drug App Store Policy, Threatens Removal
Amphetamine is a simple free app that sits in the menu bar and keeps a Mac awake — the spiritual successor to Caffine, which has not been updated i...Amphetamine is a simple free app that sits in the menu bar and keeps a M...
Save Dialog Deja Vu
Jon Gotow (via Michael Tsai): Yes, the Open and Save dialogs keep appearing at their smallest possible sizes in Big Sur 11.1...Jon Gotow (via Michael Tsai): Yes, the Open and Save dialogs keep appear...
‘20 Macs for 2020’ Concludes With the Correct Choice
In introducing this series in August, Jason Snell defined his ranking criteria as based solely on notability: Now, note my choice of words there: n...In introducing this series in August, Jason Snell defined his ranking cr...
Last Week’s Criminal Antitrust Accusations Were All About Google
Last week, in two separate lawsuits, Google was sued on antitrust grounds — first by the attorney general of Texas and nine other states, then by t...Last week, in two separate lawsuits, Google was sued on antitrust ground...
Facebook’s Laughable Campaign Against iOS’ New Tracking Permissions Prompt
Andrés Arrieta of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: In reality, a number of studies have shown that most of the money made from targeted advertis...Andrés Arrieta of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: In reality, a numb...
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Facebook’s Attempt to Vilify Apple
Kurt Wagner and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg: Facebook Inc. lashed out at Apple Inc...Kurt Wagner and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg: Facebook Inc...
Substack Launches Reader, an Inbox for Its Newsletters and an RSS Client
Substack: If you read a lot of newsletters, you might find it challenging to keep track of all your subscriptions...Substack: If you read a lot of newsletters, you might find it challengin...
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Slippery Notifications
Notifications remain a system feature that, at least on Apple’s platforms, asks a lot from users for such simple benefit...Notifications remain a system feature that, at least on Apple’s platform...
A Bottomless Budget Without Bottomless Scenes
Ben Smith, of the New York Times, reporting on how Tim Cook personally intervened to stop production of a show about a lightly-disguised Gawker: Bu...Ben Smith, of the New York Times, reporting on how Tim Cook personally i...
⌥ A Brief Look at ProRAW
When it first became possible to capture unprocessed iPhone camera data with the API introduced in iOS 10, I remember being shocked by the images I...When it first became possible to capture unprocessed iPhone camera data ...
New Apple Maps, Including Look Around and Guides, Are Now Available in Canada
Earlier today, Apple announced that the full new Maps experience was rolling out to Canadian users...Earlier today, Apple announced that the full new Maps experience was rol...
Facebook Profits as Users Are Ripped Off by Scam Ads
Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac, Buzzfeed News: A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that in relentlessly scaling its ad juggernaut — which is proj...Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac, Buzzfeed News: A BuzzFeed News investigati...
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Apple and Google Require Developers to Remove X-Mode From Their Apps
Byron Tau, Wall Street Journal: Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google will ban the data broker X-Mode Social Inc...Byron Tau, Wall Street Journal: Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc...
Shaking Up the Autonomous Car World
Julia Kollewe, the Guardian: Uber has ditched efforts to develop its own self-driving car with the multibillion-dollar sale of its driverless car d...Julia Kollewe, the Guardian: Uber has ditched efforts to develop its own...
20 Macs for 2020 — the Second-Generation MacBook Air
Jason Snell’s “20 Macs for 2020” series has been a delight this year...Jason Snell’s “20 Macs for 2020” series has been a delight this year...
Apple’s ‘EDR’ Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays
Earlier this week, I linked to Stuart Maschwitz’s Twitter thread about Extended Dynamic Range in MacOS...Earlier this week, I linked to Stuart Maschwitz’s Twitter thread about E...
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