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Lees meerMarvel has revamped its Unlimited app, and The Verge’s Chaim Gartenberg has the details. One big part of the push are “Infinity Comics”, which are designed vertically, to be scrolled on an iPhone: Marvel is investing big on Infinity Comics, too. …
Lees meerDaniel A. Gross, writing for The New Yorker: The high prices of e-book rights could become untenable for libraries in the long run, according to several librarians and advocates I spoke to—libraries, venders, and publishers will probably need to …
Lees meerHow we’d upgrade our tech setups if we had the space, the tech parts of our emergency preparedness plans, our thoughts on cashierless “just walk out” stores, and whether we would add digital IDs to our Apple Wallets.…
Lees meerTim Cook reportedly wants to usher in one more new product category before retiring. Here, he can be seen practicing hailing a driverless cab. (Or just greeting a keynote audience. Your call.)For years, it has been rumored that Apple has been workin…
Lees meerIt’s official: Apple’s next product-launch event will come on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak announced it on Twitter and the emailed invitations followed. As always, Six Colors will bring you coverage of…
Lees meerIn the last week, Apple has announced that it’s making a few changes to its App Store rules. These have run the gamut in importance, with some potentially having substantial ramifications to the status quo, while others seem to do little more than p…
Lees meerAs Jason and Myke wait for the announcement of an iPhone launch event, they discuss Apple’s curious set of incremental changes to App Store policies, what those changes mean, and how they inform Apple’s possible future strategies.…
Lees meerAs relayed by TechCrunch and many other outlets, Apple has announced it’s delaying the release of its CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Media) scanning features. Here’s the statement Apple PR furnished to media outlets: Last month we announced plans for f…
Lees meerThis week’s episode of Upgrade was a “call-in show,” in which we answered audio questions sent in by listeners. I’ve heard from a few people who wondered how we put the show together, so I thought I’d provide some of the details. (I use this same se…
Lees meerLate Wednesday, Apple said that, prompted by an investigation from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), developers of “reader” apps—a category that Apple has previously defined as programs that primarily let users consume previously purchased con…
Lees meerChina’s new limit on video games for those under 18, the software features that are gone but not forgotten, Apple Watch exercise accuracy, and our writing on paper vs. typing preferences.…
Lees meerIt’s been a rough few weeks for AgileBits, the company that makes password-manager 1Password. It announced that the new version of its Mac app would be built on a new, powerful and consistent code base, ensuring a consistency of product and a faster…
Lees meerOn iOS, translate an Apple News URL into a real one via Shortcut.A Six Colors subscriber writes: If you have an Apple News link, is there a way to get the internet source link from it? Apple News has this annoying habit of refusing to generate p…
Lees meerIt’s the first-ever Upgrade Call-In Show! This week, Myke and Jason answer listener questions about Apple, themselves… and popular dance steps. Go ahead caller—we’re listening.…
Lees meerI picked up the Sonos Roam on a whim. As we’ve gotten prepped to move to our new house, I’ve decided to switch up my TV audio setup from my old stereo receiver and bookshelf speakers to a soundbar, the Sonos Arc.1 When I made the purchase (on Massac…
Lees meerApple Newsroom: Apple today announced it has acquired Primephonic, the renowned classical music streaming service that offers an outstanding listening experience with search and browse functionality optimized for classical, premium-quality audio,…
Lees meerGreat resource from Jim Salter at Ars Technica that runs through the basics of three useful command-line programs: grep, sed, and awk: Trying to read the man pages for the utilities most frequently seen in these extended command chains didn’t mak…
Lees meerThe design of Safari 15 on the iPhone has gone to a better place, but Stephen Hackett reminds us that trouble on the Mac and iPad remain: The ordering of the UI elements at the top of the screen… divorces the tab — which includes the name of the …
Lees meerTed Lasso, upcoming Macs, and Apple’s gross lobbying efforts.…
Lees meerWhether we see ourselves one day carrying foldable phones, our thoughts on drone and robot delivery, changing the rules of copyright, and designing our own computers.…
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