This past weekend I sat around a table with three friends and spent an hour or so cracking jokes, shooting the breeze, and playing a little poker. I’m in the Bay Area, but they were in San Diego, North Carolina, and Canada. Yep–we played VR poker,…
Lees meerThe old trope that old people are hopelessly illiterate when it comes to technology is somewhat unwarranted. The home computer revolution is decades old at this point, and smartphones have been around for over 15 years. Seniors may not operate the…
Lees meerThere are plenty of reasons to want to use Apple Music as your subscription service of choice over Spotify. Perhaps recent controversies have you re-thinking where you want to send your money, or maybe you’re an Apple One subscriber and don’t want…
Lees meerHaving multiple iOS devices should make your life more convenient, not create a full-time job figuring out where all your pictures, files, and messages are. iMazing iOS Manager is an amazing iOS control hub for iOS devices, and right now it’s only…
Lees meerIf you really want to make the best use of your laptop, tablet, and phone in today’s always-connected world, you need a cloud storage service. Storing files in the cloud may have started as a way for consumers to back up their data in case of disa…
Lees meerWe all know how annoying group conversations can be when one of the bubbles is green, but it’s about to get better. Google’s solution to iPhone “tapbacks” is rolling out to Android phones beginning today and it looks pretty slick. We haven’t go…
Lees meerApple loves fashion. Just adores it, as far as I can see, obsessively and almost uncritically. Sometimes, in fact, you feel like Apple would rather be in fashion than tech–which makes sense when you think about the overlaps. Lifestyle marketing, s…
Lees meerDid you know that February is American Heart Month? And did you know that the Apple Watch has a few features to monitor your heart activity? It can notify you of high, low, or irregular heart rates, but of the current models, only the Apple Watch …
Lees meerThe iPhone may have begun as a web app-only device when it launched in 2007, but in 2022, web apps are treated as second-class citizens when it comes to notifications. That may change in a big way in iOS 15.4. According to Maximiliano Firtman o…
Lees meerFirst, an apology. Last September when the Macalope challenged Paul Thurrott’s assertion that Epic won big in its case against Apple, he made a mistake and for that, he apologizes. It wasn’t in noting that it was Apple that had won big and Epic…
Lees meerThe 24-inch iMac brought a new design and a faster chip to Apple’s all-in-one machine, but we’re still waiting for its bigger, faster sibling to replace the current Intel-based 27-inch iMac. Bloomberg reported in May that Apple had put the larger …
Lees meerEvery year without fail, Apple delivers one of the best cameras on any smartphone in its newest iPhone. Basically any iPhone you buy—even last year’s model— will snap excellent photos and record videos in stellar quality. It’s that consistency,…
Lees meerWant to know every device that’s logged into your iCloud account? It’s a breeze to find out—and may assuage any fears you have that someone has tapped into your accounts. In these uncertain times, the Mac 911 mailbox routinely hears from readers w…
Lees meerFirst, an apology. Last September when the Macalope challenged Paul Thurrott’s assertion that Epic won big in its case against Apple, he made a mistake and for that, he apologizes. It wasn’t in noting that it was Apple that had won big and Epic…
Lees meerApple has announced several initiatives in honor of Black History Month, including an Apple Watch band, and special Apple Music 1 and Time to Walk episodes, but the coolest is the Afrofuturism-inspired Unity Lights Apple Watch face. But it’s no…
Lees meerOne of the most underrated features of iOS is the built-in password manager that lets you store and sync your logins across all your devices. And it’s about to get even better. While you’re already able to create your own logins without needing…
Lees meerChromecast, Apple TV, and AirPlay 2 are great, but they can’t handle every kind of video. Airflow Video Streaming: Lifetime Subscription makes it so they can, and it’s $15.99 (Reg. $19) right now. Airflow lets you stream 4K HDR HEVC files to t…
Lees meerPeople are going crazy over Wordle, the simple word game created by Josh Wardle. Wardle published the game on the web and told the New York Times that since it was a “labor of love,” he’s not interested in creating an app version of it. Wordle is …
Lees meerApple is rumored to be preparing a refresh to the iPad Air with a faster processor and better camera, but the current model is still one of the best tablets you can buy. And now it’s cheaper than ever: Best Buy is selling the iPad Air with 64GB of…
Lees meerApple’s list of currently available content for Apple TV+ continues to grow, but there’s an even faster-growing list of projects in the works. Films, limited series, specials, and multi-season series, Apple’s got lots of irons in the fire for all …
Lees meerAchievement 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 …
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