Gender politics is on full display in Apple’s first trailer for its Dickinson original TV series. The show offers a reimagining of the life of American poet Emily Dickinson. With its hip 21st century take on an historical drama, Dickinson reminds me…
Lees meerTim Cook has donated more than $5 million worth of Apple shares to a charity, as revealed by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing posted this week. Cook’s decision to give away 23,700 shares of AAPL stock comes one year after he made a s…
Lees meerAugust 27, 1999: Apple replaces the striped, multicolored logo it used since 1977 with a new single-color version. The replacement of the iconic logo shocks many longtime Apple fans. However, it is part of a sustained, company-wide overhaul by Steve…
Lees meerAfter being announced way back in January 2018, Nintendo will finally release Mario Kart Tour on the iPhone next month. The gaming giant revealed the game’s September 25 launch date on Twitter. That’s just in time for the most enthusiastic of Apple …
Lees meerApple CEO Tim Cook reacted to the fires in the Amazon rainforest by promising that his company will donate to preserve biodiversity in this threatened region of the world. Cook took to Twitter to call the fires that have made headlines “devastating”…
Lees meerCheck out these Mac Mail rules for automatically cleaning up your inbox. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Lees meerA movie poster for Toy Story featuring the signature of its CEO, Steve Jobs, will be auctioned off in Los Angeles on Thursday. Starting bid: $25,000. Jobs, the legendary founder of Apple, ran Pixar Animations Studios when its first blockbuster, Toy …
Lees meerAn 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 aren‘t available. An iPhone walki…
Lees meerAn agreement between the U.S. and France will take some of the string out of a French digital tax against wealthy tech companies like Apple, according to an announcement today that closed the G7 Summit. In July, France enacted a 3 percent tax on rev…
Lees meerUS-based Globalfoundries filed multiple patent-infringement lawsuits against TSMC, the Taiwanese company that manufactures the processors used in all iPhone and iPad models. It also sued Apple, Google and others that make products with TSMC chips. T…
Lees meeriOS 13 lets you search the contents of podcasts thanks to a new podcast transcript search. ANd it's so easy that you might not even realize you're using it. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Lees meerApple just introduced an update to iOS 12.4 that likely fixes a security flaw that allowed a jailbreak to be created for this version — the first in years. There don’t appear to be any other changes in iOS 12.4.1. A brief history of jailbreaking App…
Lees meerThe extra-large Galaxy Note 10+ survived a series of drop tests just a bit better than the iPhone XS Max. Neither device came out unscathed from being dropped 1 meter onto cement as both are sheathed in glass. The question is whether the screen and …
Lees meerThe Zens Liberty is designed to overcome one of wireless charging’s hassles: it won’t be necessary to carefully arrange the handset on this pad thanks to its 16 charging coils. This was one of the promises of Apple’s AirPower, but packing too many c…
Lees meerUsing your computer is only as fast and effective as what you use to interface with it. That means your mouse and keyboard, so these upgrades from Azio offer a way to work and play better with your Mac. Azio MK MAC USB Keyboard – 20% off This backli…
Lees meerAugust 26, 1991: In their first joint interview, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates trade barbs and debate “the future of the PC” in Fortune magazine. The spirited discussion marks 10 years since the first IBM PC shipped. The piece also looks at what the fut…
Lees meerEven more leaked details give us our best picture yet of all the new features coming to iPhone 11 this fall. Plus, we might get a smaller Apple Pencil this year, and new HomePods and AirPods in 2020. Get the latest on Apple’s upcoming smartphone (an…
Lees meerApple is finally advancing the Reminders app to make it more functional and more competitive against third party task managers. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Lees meerApple’s facial-recognition system debuted on the iPhone and later expanded to the iPad. It’s high time Apple brought Face ID to the MacBook line, too. There are people who aren‘t fans of Face ID because they’ve only used it on on iPhone. Don’t fall …
Lees meerThis week we rock out with Queens’ Brian May, unsend email with Fastmail, read the news later with Feedbin, and way more. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Lees meerAugust 25, 2016: An ultra-rare Apple-1 computer raises $815,000 in a charity auction, one of the highest prices ever paid for one of the machines. Bidding actually reaches $1.2 million in the auction’s final minutes. However, that bid gets pulled se…
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