Take a look at the new emoji coming with iOS 14.5. Two notable highlights: The blood is removed from the syringe emoji, making it more representative of vaccines The headphone emoji moves from a more generic headphone to a very specific AirPods M…
Lees meer[VIDEO] The Apple Billie Eilish documentary, "The World's a Little Blurry" hits Apple TV+ next Friday, February 26th. The latest trailer is embedded in the main Loop post.
Lees meerFollow the headline link, click the play button, then make your way around the planet checking out all the radio stations. I'm currently in La Paz, Bolivia, listening to Radio Cumbia. Radio Garden is a great little rabbit hole.∞ Read this on The Lo…
Lees meer[VIDEO] John Voorhees, MacStories, digs into a new game from the creator of The Oatmeal. If you are a fan of The Oatmeal, read the review, take the game for a spin. The onboarding and the artwork alone are worth the download. It's free to try, in-a…
Lees meerTake a look at the video embedded below. Obviously, the concept is designed to work with some form of Apple AR glasses. https://twitter.com/domhofdesign/status/1359587098043568133 Makes me wonder about the future of devices with screens, if Apple …
Lees meerIf you are a fan of Ted Lasso, you might enjoy the linked review by Sara Stewart. And if you're still not on board, do read the review. It does a great job capturing the magic that is Ted Lasso. A taste: The Apple TV sitcom, which arrived last …
Lees meerEFF: Almost one year after EFF called on Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring to encrypt footage end-to-end, it appears they are starting to make this necessary change. This call was a response to a number of problematic and potentially h…
Lees meerThank you Daylite for sponsoring The Loop! Struggling to stay on top of client follow-ups and projects by relying on Apple Contacts, Calendar, spreadsheets, Siri reminders and your memory? Daylite to the rescue for all Apple lovers! Daylite is a na…
Lees meer[VIDEO] This is simply amazing to me. Back in 2011, someone wanted to demonstrate how to pay for real goods using BitCoin. So they did. That incredibly expensive lesson is shown in the video embedded in the main Loop post. To see the current value …
Lees meer[VIDEO] Think about replacing the battery on your iPhone. Or any other part. Then watch this video embedded in the main Loop post. Part of this is about me being a tinkerer, with a long history of taking things apart and putting them back together …
Lees meerSami Fathi, MacRumors: During a 2018 interview in the midst of Facebook's notorious Cambridge Analytica scandal, Cook was asked how he would lead Apple if it were to face a similar crisis. Cook responded by ruling the hypothetical situation out …
Lees meerA dungeon crawler, best played on the Mac. Hat tip to John Kordyback. This really takes me back. Back to my Unix sysadmin days, when I would while away the hours playing the original dungeon-crawler, Rogue, and the 3D multi-player, Maze War.∞ Read …
Lees meerK, so I've mixed two things together in that headline. But still. From Reuters: Germany’s Volkswagen is not concerned by any Apple plans for a passenger vehicle that could include the iPhone maker’s battery technology, its chief executive Herbe…
Lees meerScam and fake apps are upsetting developers, so Dave and I take a look at what Apple is doing and the pitfalls on both sides of this situation. We also talk about the new Waze-like features in Apple Maps and Dave tells an hilarious story about Phil …
Lees meerNot counting the two Steves, any guess as to the name of Apple's employee number one? Follow the headline link for the answer and an interview from back in 2016. And for a fun little rabbit hole, follow this link, which will take you to a list of o…
Lees meer[VIDEO] From the uncanny valley Wikipedia page: In aesthetics, the uncanny valley is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object's resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. The concept suggests th…
Lees meerSami Fathi, MacRumors: Starting with iOS and iPadOS 14.5, Apple will proxy Google's "Safe Browsing" service used in Safari through its own servers instead of relying on Google as a way to limit which personal data Google sees about users. And:…
Lees meerGive it a try. It has the acronyms you expect, like NAFTA, NASA, and SCUBA, but it's also a good place to turn when you encounter IIRC or SMH.∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerBen Bajarin: Helping Intel stay in the semiconductor manufacturing game should be among one of the highest priorities for all US-based technology companies. While TSMC is the leader in manufacturing process technology, they remain a geo-politica…
Lees meerSo you've watched all the episodes, and you're jonesing for some Ted Lasso goodness. Here ya go. Sound on, hit play... https://www.twitter.com/tedslasso/status/1359234771637919744∞ Read this on The Loop
Lees meerMichael Potuck, 9to5Mac, with a good read if you've got AirPods that work well, but suffer from aging batteries. What I found most interesting: PodSwap is a relatively new service, and it looks like a great option to get your AirPods batteries …
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