Apple Watch Apple kills plan to turn iPhones into walkie-talkiesCult of Mac - Ed HardyAn odd-ball scheme to let iPhone users talk to each other directly, device-to-device has reportedly been shelved. This walkie-talkie feature would have required special hardware, and been used when cellular-networks
Apple Watch Dark Days Are Closing In On AppleForbes - Stephen McBrideChances are pretty good you’re holding one in your hand right now… Apple (AAPL) has sold roughly a TRILLION dollars’ worth of iPhones since 2007. If the iPhone were a company, it would rank #30 on the
Sender These Mac Mail rules clean up your inbox so you won’t have toCult of Mac - Charlie SorrelApple’s Mail app — the Mac one, not the iOS one — has a secret weapon for automatically cleaning up your inbox. It’s called Rules, and you can use it to process all arriving emails, so you don’t have Mail
Apple Watch Expect ceramic and titanium Apple Watch Series 5 casingsCult of Mac - Ed HardyBuried in the watchOS 6 beta are a couple of images showing that this fall’s Apple Watch will be apparently available with titanium and ceramic casings. It seems early details about Apple’s 2019 wearable
Apps Learn these 16 crucial gestures to navigate your iPadCNET - by Jason Cipriani iPadOS makes multitasking better.
More than 200 apps won’t work with macOS CatalinaCult of Mac - David PieriniYou are ready to embrace macOS Catalina. Then start saying your goodbyes to a list of 235 apps that won’t work with Catalina. A third-party software developer running a beta version of Catalina discovered
iPhone Tons of iPhone users are joining the dark side by switching to SamsungTNW - MixIt seems Apple fans are finally shaking off the iPhone mania: compared to last year, fewer people are trading in their old iPhones for the latest models. iPhone retention this year is down 15.2 percent
Everything new in iOS 13 developer beta 4Cult of Mac - Charlie SorrelThere’s good ness and bad news in iOS 13 beta 4 — the good news is that the next version of iOS has gotten some polish, lots of bug fixes, and at least one great new feature. The bad news is that new have
Mobile Technology 14 hidden iPhone features in iOS 13 you need to know aboutCNET - Jason Cipriani We combed over Apple's latest OS (now in beta) to find the hidden gems.
Review: The Beautyrest Sleep Tracker Provides Complex, Accurate ReportsiPhoneLife - Todd BernhardI must admit, I was skeptical when Beautyrest wanted to send me its Sleeptracker ($199). It seems like every hardware maker is trying to sell a sleep tracking device but they are all wearable. Beautyrest
Fear of iPhone chip shortage spurs Apple trip to KoreaCult of Mac - David PieriniApple reportedly flew a team to Seoul as the tech giant sweats a trade dispute between South Korean and Japan that could lead to a shortage in iPhone chips and OLED panels. The meeting with Samsung, the
It’s sad how easily iPhone XR and XS screens scratch, but you can protect yours for $2bgr.com - Maren Estrada Apple’s current-generation iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max are by far the best iPhones that Apple has ever made. But they’re not perfect, of …
Best Electronic Keyboard for Beginnersbgr.com - Tim Kohut For those enamored with the world of music, having at least one musical instrument around the house is a necessity. This goes double for keyboard …
Apple Music The 2020 iPhone is already stealing the spotlightCNET - by Vanessa Hand Orellana The iPhone 11 launch is still two months away, but we're already hearing about the next year's iPhone which is rumored to have some standout features and promising sales forecasts.
Apple Park valued at over $4 billion, making it one of the world’s most expensive buildings9to5Mac - Chance MillerApple’s futuristic spaceship campus in Cupertino has been valued at over $4 billion, according to the Santa Clara County assessor. This valuation comes as Apple has pushed back against property valuations
Three Important Features For Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3Forbes - Ewan SpenceAs well as the transformative Surface Book and the ultraportable Surface Pro, Microsoft is expected to update the Surface Laptop later this year. Since the release of the second iteration last October,
Minix’s amazing USB-C hub is also a 240GB hard drive [Review]Cult of Mac - Ed HardyThe Minix Neo Storage is one of those inventions so clever they make you ask, “Why didn’t someone think of this before?” It combines into one small package two accessories many people carry around: an
YouTube Music We found these 9 hidden YouTube featuresCNET - by Katie Conner These tips make watching YouTube so much better.
Play button This Truly Brilliant Ad Will Make You Think About Your iPhone In a Way You Never Have BeforeInc Magazine - Chris MatyszczykAbsurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. There's no way out, even if Apple occasionally tells us there should be. These days, our iPhone
IPad Pro iPad Pro 12.9 Vs Google Pixel Slate 12.3: Summer 2019 Long-Term Comparison ReviewForbes - Brooke CrothersGoogle's Pixel Slate and Apple's 2018 iPad Pro are radically different takes on the tablet. Over the long haul, one prevails. Review backgrounder: I've used both the 12.3-inch Pixel Slate with Google's
WSJ: How Jeff Williams became more involved in product development at Apple than Tim Cook9to5Mac - Chance MillerApple announced last week that Jony Ive would depart the company later this year to form his own independent design firm. In place of Ive, Apple COO Jeff Williams will take over management of Apple’s and
Firewalls Trick those #!@% spam calls with a fake phone numberCNET - by Jason Cipriani This app redirects unwanted calls away from your phone.
Play button Get VideoProc Mac video editor with GPU accelerated 4K processing for free9to5Mac - Sponsored PostVideoProc is an affordable Mac video editor that offers features you won’t find in iMovie but for a fraction of the price of using Apple’s more expensive Final Cut Pro X suite. It also offers an intuitive
What to Look Forward to in MacOS CatalinaWIRED - Lauren Goode The iPad may be getting impressively close to Everyday Computer territory, but there is still something about the desktop software experience on a …
7 iPhone Apps That’ll Change Your LifeBuzzFeed - Parker OrtolaniWanna spice up your life? There's an app for that. 1. Online shopaholics will love Deliveries Are you someone who orders a ton of stuff online? Deliveries is a must-have. Deliveries makes it so easy to
iPhone iPhone Exclusive: Apple's New Design ConfirmedForbes - Gordon KellyFor iPhone fans, we already know 2019 is the year to skip your iPhone upgrade. This is not just because Apple’s 2020 iPhones look incredible, it is because the 2019 models have dropped features and look
macOS Catalina beta 3 adds a beautiful new screensaver option: ‘Drift’9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoApple doesn’t change up the stock screensaver selection in macOS very often, but the latest beta of Catalina comes with a surprise in that area: a new screensaver called Drift. The screensaver depicts
Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in 2019 MacBook Air and 2020 MacBook Pro9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoApple is apparently set to ditch the butterfly mechanism used in MacBooks since 2015, which has been the root of reliability issues and its low-travel design has also not been popular with many Mac users.
Google Chrome Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple?The Guardian - Jack SchofieldI have concerns about the likes of Google and Apple slurping up as much info as they can about me from my phone. I’ve tried looking online for alternatives and found mentions of things like /e/, Lineage,
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