Apple (iOS release notes, iPadOS release notes, Hacker News): iOS 15 is packed with new features that help you connect with others, be more present and in the moment, explore the world, and use powerful intelligence to do more with iPhone than ever …
Lees meerTim Hardwick: At its WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that iCloud is getting a premium subscription tier called “iCloud+,” which includes tentpole privacy features like Private Relay and Hide My Email. Another feature included in iCloud+ that…
Lees meerMichael Grothaus (via John Wilander, Alex Guyot): The obvious comparison people will make is that iCloud Private Relay is Apple’s version of a VPN (something I have called for in the past for the company to offer). But from an engineering perspectiv…
Lees meerSami Fathi (Hacker News): DuckDuckGo today announced its brand new Email Protection feature that will allow users to save themselves from being tracked by trackers embedded into emails by forwarding them to a free and personalized DuckDuckGo email b…
Lees meerApple: In the Mail app, Mail Privacy Protection stops senders from using invisible pixels to collect information about the user. The new feature helps users prevent senders from knowing when they open an email, and masks their IP address so it can’t…
Lees meerJason Cross: Apple is always expanding privacy features, and with iOS 15 you have a powerful new tool to find out which apps are accessing your phone’s features and data. […] This will record a 7-day summary of exactly when and how often all your ap…
Lees meerJames Thomson: And, that’s the iOS 15 build of Dice by PCalc rejected for… mentioning iOS 15. It feels like we’ve been down this road before. It’s a longstanding unwritten rule, though in this case Apple had already posted the iOS 15 release candida…
Lees meerNick Heer: Remember how, back in March, all links to Shortcuts just stopped working? Frans Rosén (via Federico Viticci): I found some permission issues when hacking Apple CloudKit. I wrote about three of them @detectify labs, one where I accidentall…
Lees meerJason Snell: Here’s a funny thing about Tuesday’s announcement of the A15 Bionic: Apple didn’t compare its performance to the A14. In the past, Apple has compared the power of its iPhones to previous models. But this year, Apple has chosen to procla…
Lees meerNilay Patel (Decoder): Since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for microchips has far exceeded supply, causing problems in every industry that relies on computers. […] My guest today is Dr. Willy Shih. He’s the professor of management practi…
Lees meerTom Maxwell (Hacker News): But one, seemingly minor product announcement has caused a stir in the developer community: the new full software keyboard that Apple is adding to the Apple Watch. It was just last month that Kosta Eleftheriou, the develop…
Lees meerMarco Arment (tweet, Hacker News): I think the most likely long-term outcome isn’t very different from the status quo — and that’s a good thing. I would like to see big changes, but I think he’s probably right that we won’t. Apple will still require…
Lees meerMatthew Bickham: Magic Lasso seamlessly blocks all YouTube ads with a combination of custom, efficient content blocking rules using Safari’s native content blocker API along with a new permission-restricted ‘Magic Lasso Pro’ web extension. Unlike ot…
Lees meerRobin Kunde: This attribute will produce a warning if the selected Swift version is available in the version of Xcode you’re using. For 5.5 for example, this would generate a warning in Xcode 13.0 but not Xcode 12.5. […] This attribute will produce …
Lees meerIntuit (Hacker News): The planned acquisition of Mailchimp for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock advances Intuit’s mission of powering prosperity around the world, and its strategy to become an AI-driven expert platform. With the acquisiti…
Lees meerApple (release notes): Xcode 13 includes everything you need to create amazing apps for all Apple platforms. Includes the latest SDKs for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Don’t delete your beta version because this build removes the Monterey SDK. Seem…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Apple today introduced iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, the next generation of the world’s best smartphone, featuring a beautiful design with sleek flat edges in five gorgeous new colors. Both models feature major innovations, includ…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors): Apple today announced Apple Watch Series 7, featuring a reengineered Always-On Retina display with significantly more screen area and thinner borders, making it the largest and most advanced display ever. The narrower borders allo…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today introduced the powerful new iPad mini — with a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display — in four gorgeous finishes. Featuring the brand new A15 Bionic chip, the new iPad mini delivers up to 80 percent faster…
Lees meerApple (MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today introduced the new iPad (9th generation), featuring the powerful A13 Bionic chip that packs even more performance and capability into the most popular iPad, all while retaining its all-day battery life. St…
Lees meerNick Heer: The nearly two hundred page order is very readable and well-written, but the injunction ordering Apple to scrap the last sentence of the first bullet in App Store rule 3.1.1 leaves plenty of ambiguity over what developers can do and what …
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