Mike Masonic of TechDirt about social-media moderation and why Trump’s stream needed to be shut down: The regular rules could never apply to Trump because Trump is not a regular person. And, no, not even comparisons to foreign leaders are apt, be…
Lees meerInput reports that Apple has put right-wing social media site Parler on notice: In an email sent by Apple to Parler this morning (Pacific Time) and obtained by _Input, _the company provided numerous examples of Parler users explicitly calling for…
Lees meerStephen Hackett is spending this entire year chronicling the 20th anniversary of 2001. It was, to be fair, a huge year for Apple. First stop? Macworld Expo San Francisco: This Macworld keynote is jam-packed with stuff that would really change App…
Lees meerA lot of people are baffled when I explain that I do most of my writing on the Mac inside Bare Bones Software’s BBEdit, which is a text editor that’s loaded with features for software and web developers. BBEdit has been my primary writing tool for m…
Lees meerWe may shift gears and become a productivity podcast, because we’re tired of Apple Car rumors and are trying to put them in our rear-view mirror.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerThere’s an iOS music utility I’ve been loving for a while now, and when I praised it during the 2020 Upgradies I realized I’d never written about it. It’s Longplay, a $3 app by Adrian Schönig. What it does is incredibly simple: It shows you the albu…
Lees meerKiller apps for AR and VR, video chat etiquette tips, how we’ll use tech differently in 2021, and the advertising and marketing decisions that we’d toss out the window.…
Lees meerJust as I wrapped up a series I worked on most of last year about the most notable Macs of all time, I received a comment on Twitter about a specific peculiarity about my list that I’d never considered. “It’s super interesting to me that only one In…
Lees meerI first wrote about HazeOver when Mojave’s Dark Mode debuted. It’s a utility that can change the appearance of your background windows, so in Dark Mode it’ll squelch any windows that are too bright. With the arrival of Big Sur, of course, there are …
Lees meerAs I filed my final entry in the 20 Macs for 2020 project, I decided to dig around in my document archive to see if I could find when the project really got started. While I had been noodling over the idea in late December of 2019, the moment that t…
Lees meer2021 has arrived, so it’s time for Jason to predict what he thinks Apple will do this year. But it’s also time for Myke to look back on his 2020 predictions and judge how well those came out. Also, DC joins Marvel in amplifying streaming-service pro…
Lees meerHere’s the thing about being one of the most prominent—and, by some measurements most valuable—company in the world: it paints a heck of a target on your back. Apple’s long found itself on the receiving end of attacks from competitors, smaller chall…
Lees meerGood morning! We’re so glad you could join us today, here at Apple Park. We’ve got a lot of exciting announcements to share with you, but before we get started, I want to take a moment to look back at everything Apple has achieved in 2020. Even in t…
Lees meerIt was the late 90s and Apple was on the ropes. Steve Jobs knew the company needed a lifeline, fast. And 10 months after Jobs took back control of the company, he announced the product that would fund Apple’s resurgence and change its future forever…
Lees meerCall me Nostradamus. Every year in this space I make a slew of predictions for the coming year, a combination of analysis and wishcasting that can be a fun exercise in gauging our expectations and understanding what Apple might be planning. And a ye…
Lees meerMacs running on Apple silicon are pretty great. But whenever there’s a major hardware transition, many wise people point out that it’s safer to wait rather than rushing in, because there are always growing pains. In the case of the M1 Macs, the grow…
Lees meerTech we’re looking forward to in 2021, our schedules for buying M1 Macs, favorite gadgets of 2020, and holiday tech gifts.…
Lees meerAs the year comes to an end, it’s time for the Seventh Annual Upgradies! Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2020, take the input of many Upgradians, and hand out awards in numerous categories! Only the finest will walk away with the most cove…
Lees meerThe last 12 months haven’t been the year anybody expected, but as we forge ahead into 2021, we’ve all got our collective fingers crossed for a brighter future. This was a year of major moves for the company, some of which set the stage for more big …
Lees meerThe year in review—and can you believe we’re talking about Apple and cars again?… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.
Lees meerAfter the failure of the Macintosh Portable, Apple took a different approach to designing a laptop. The result helped tip the balance of power between humans and computers.…
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