This post rocketed to the top of Hacker News yesterday. I couldn't post it because of this. But time passes and the post eased out of the top spot, the web site became accessible again. Take a look. Don't get caught in the "but it's not usable" tr…
Lees meerAt first blush, I liked this purely for the chance to see all the artwork in one place. But then I started thinking about the questions Stephen Hackett posed in the text. Pretty, pretty good. If the Hunting workout icon is standing in a cloud, who…
Lees meerEdward Ongweso Jr, Motherboard: DoNotPay, the family of consumer advocacy services meant to protect people from corporate exploitation, is launching a new app aimed at helping end our long national nightmare surrounding robocalls by giving you a…
Lees meer. New York Times: Once considered one of Silicon Valley’s most promising hardware technology start-ups, Essential had raised $330 million in outside funding because of the track record of Mr. Rubin, who is widely credited with creating Google’s…
Lees meerSarah Perez, TechCrunch: With the added Siri integration, you’ll be able to ask the assistant both informational queries, plus those requiring real-time information. For example, you may ask Siri something like “When are the California prim…
Lees meerFirst things first, this from Geoffrey Fowler, writing for The Washington Post, commenting on Samsung's new phones, announced yesterday: With prices ranging from $1,000 to $1,400, either one is hard to justify as much more than a luxury. Grube…
Lees meerKQED News: An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on the same stretch of Silicon Valley freeway. His complaints were detailed in a trove of do…
Lees meerAdi Robertson, The Verge: Apple has restored the email app BlueMail to the Mac App Store after its developer began a campaign to rally small developers. Blix, founded by brothers Dan and Ben Volach, has been locked in conflict with Apple for sev…
Lees meerSteven Levy, Wired: I took it in stride that Zuckerberg looked even younger than his 21 years. I'd been covering hackers and tech companies for long enough to have met other peach-fuzz magnates. But what did shake me was his affect. I asked him …
Lees meerApple Pay, failure. Apple, doomed.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerEver wanted to learn how to program? If you've got an iPad, Swift Playgrounds has been your solution for years. But thanks to Catalyst, Swift Playgrounds is now available on the Mac. I like Swift Playgrounds because there's zero programming experie…
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Lees meerThe Japanese dedication to this principle is remarkable.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerThe fact that Voyager 1 and 2 are still operational is amazing. When the news came that Voyager 2 had gone dark, I thought its mission was over. But NASA engineers "kept working the problem" and managed to fix it - from 11+ billion miles away.∞ Read…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This video (embedded in the main Loop post), from a few years ago, was near the top of Hacker News this morning. Pretty cool. It shows an Apple II, connected to an acoustic coupler, connecting to the net via a rotary telephone. That's about…
Lees meerCounterpoint Research: Apple expected to lead the true wireless hearables market, selling more than 100m units in 2020. Competition for second place will remain fierce, especially in the premium market. From the hearables Wikipedia page: T…
Lees meerFollow the headline link, start scrolling. It's a market for film and music royalties: Artists turn to Royalty Exchange to raise money and take control of their financial future. We connect them with private investors through the world’s first o…
Lees meerWall Street Journal: A judge's approval of T-Mobile US Inc.'s takeover of Sprint Corp. will usher in a new balance of power in the U.S. wireless market and test whether three giants will compete as aggressively for cellphone users as four unequa…
Lees meerJoseph Cox, Motherboard: The popular Edison email app, which is in the top 100 productivity apps on the Apple app store, scrapes users' email inboxes and sells products based off that information to clients in the finance, travel, and e-Commerce…
Lees meerPro tools for iPadOS and iOS? You betcha. Video and Film makers can create pro storyboards fast with Previs Pro, then share in AR, digitally or in print. Get the Free trial here.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerThat was one hell of a blast. I hope everyone in the area knew about it because that would scare the bejesus out of you if you were just out walking the dog.∞ Read this on The Loop
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