Joe Rossignol, MacRumors: In an internal memo last week, obtained by MacRumors, Apple has indicated that it will assist its third-party repair partners around the world with COVID-19-related expenses, such as cleaning supplies and personal prote…
Lees meerFollow the headline link for the award page and to see the ad. But also interesting is the award show itself, all presenters filmed at home. Eerie sign of the times. Also, also, Apple won Client of the Year as well (about 2:28 in).∞ Read this on T…
Lees meerI'll quibble with Gassee's headline - there are no "missing pieces." There's only the hope, wishes and fever dreams of people who want this to happen without ever examining the question Gassee asks, "Why would Apple do this?"∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerThat explains why I woke up to dozens of apps needing to be "updated" this AM.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerThere are some cute shows here. Unfortunately, my 14-year-old is a little too old for most of them. Ironically enough, we adults love "Home Before Dark."
Lees meerWhat an abomination, not only of the steering wheel but also the dash and the doors. Thank God this never went into production.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerI never thought I'd learn anything from TikTok but there are some cool tricks listed here.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerA few years back I got into a public argument with a Twitter employee. Since then, the company has been petty to anyone at The Loop. Dave and I also talk about "Defending Jacob," and "Home," two relatively new shows on Apple TV+. Subscribe to this …
Lees meerJohn Gruber: Nilay Patel asked this of Siri on his Apple Watch. After too long of a wait, he got the correct answer — for London Canada. I tried on my iPhone and got the same result. Stupid and slow is heck of a combination. This is an odd and…
Lees meerNPR: Tucker, who works at a Sephora beauty store in San Jose, Calif., had never heard of the Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO until a couple years ago, when she began fielding a steady stream of calls and text messages intended for him. And: …
Lees meer[VIDEO] Apple: From Emmy-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, Dear... profiles game-changing icons and the people whose lives they’ve inspired. 10 icons, 10 episodes, all dropping June 5th. Watch the trailer (embedded in the main Loop post) to get …
Lees meerMonica Chin, The Verge: Nick Bryner, a high school senior in Los Angeles, had just completed his AP English Literature and Composition test last week. But when he snapped a photo of a written answer with his iPhone and attempted to upload it to …
Lees meerMichael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post: When the covid-19 crisis abruptly canceled its season, Spence launched a weekly series of rebroadcasts to fill the silence. These broadcasts, even with their modest virtual attendance of 100 or so viewers …
Lees meerThis is a great PR move by Netflix. According to Netflix, "inactive accounts represent less than a half of one percent of its overall member base," so it won't affect the company's bottom line by much but they get a nice "we're the good guys!" bump …
Lees meerThe story of BlackBerry's epic fall from the top of the tech mountain is a cautionary tale for many companies, Apple included.
Lees meer[VIDEO] Scott Forstall, via Zoom, tells audience at Code Break about meeting Steve Jobs for the first time. The video is embedded in the main Loop post. Very entertaining. His part of the interview starts at about 31:51. Scott starts by talking abou…
Lees meerTwitter blog: Before you Tweet, you’ll be able to choose who can reply with three options: everyone (standard Twitter, and the default setting), only people you follow, or only people you mention. Tweets with the latter two settings will be labe…
Lees meerThis is a fascinating Hollywood Reporter interview with Mythic Quest series creators Megan Ganz and Rob McElhenney. Here's just a taste, where McElhenney talks about the technical process: HR: So you're all on Zoom? McELHENNEY: Yeah, you'd …
Lees meerApple rolled out iOS 13.5 yesterday (can it already be 13.5? Feels like yesterday when it was this unnumbered thing called iPhoneOS - but I digress). A big part of this update was the public release of Apple's Exposure Notification API. First thing…
Lees meerUniversal Audio released an update that fixed an issue preventing UAD authorization on some Catalina systems. Obviously, this is a big issue if you encountered it, but they fixed it very quickly. The update also includes the Neve 1084 Preamp & EQ w…
Lees meerWhile some of us are waiting for sports to come back, we can argue about this list.∞ Read this on The Loop
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