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- Apple is about to spend $1 billion on NVIDIA servers for AI - 9to5Mac
Rumor for sure, but like most tech products you have hardware and software. Apple needs to get the software right here, and is probably better positioned to do the hardware right…
- Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac
Surprising announcement from Apple, and a good one. Getting away from plain SMS and MMS will be a good thing for all.
- iOS 17.1 finally lets you pick the album to use for the Photo Shuffle lock screen - 9to5Mac
This may not seem like a big deal but it is. I loved the Photo Shuffle on the Lock Screen but it would find photos from 15 years ago. Limiting it to a single album is way better!
- iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on - 9to5Mac
Step in the right direction but not enough. More is required to fight surveillance in URLs . ✊
- Tim Cook condemns Facebook business model, says valuing engagement over privacy leads to ‘polarization' and 'violence’ - 9to5Mac
I admire that Tim Cook is outspoken on privacy and pushing for real activity to help consumers. “As I’ve said before, if we accept as normal and unavoidable that everything in our…
- Exclusive: Apple planning $4.99/month price for Arcade game subscription service after free trial, works with Family Sharing - 9to5Mac
If $5/mo is the price this is would be an easy decision for me. Our family enjoys playing occasional games and having a curated set of new games seems perfect.
- iOS 13: How to share iCloud Drive folders from iPhone and iPad - 9to5Mac
Finally iCloud will allow you to share folders! 🤨
- iOS 13 cracks down on location permission settings - 9to5Mac
This looks like a great way to highlight for the user what they are about to share. 🙌
- Siri Shortcuts and Screen Time coming to the Mac - 9to5Mac
The Shortcuts app coming to macOS would be a big deal for me. Just a rumor so far though. 🧐
- Apple revamping Find My Friends & Find My iPhone in unified app, developing Tile-like personal item tracking - 9to5Mac
Makes sense. Sounds like a clone of Tile .
- iOS 13: Dark Mode, detachable panels, Safari and Mail, more - 9to5Mac
Bunch of leaks of possible new features in iOS 13. 😎
- Exclusive: Apple Watch Series 4 revealed — massive display, dense watch face, more | 9to5Mac
Every millimeter matters on a display as small as the Apple Watch. 👍⌚️
- Exclusive: This is ‘iPhone XS’ — design, larger version, and gold colors confirmed | 9to5Mac
I know what my next iPhone will be now. 📱
- iOS 9.3 makes it abundantly clear if your work iPhone is being tracked by your employer
If your iPhone is being tracked by the company, it is now clearly marked in the About page of Settings and the Lock Screen. It’s hard to get more clear than a permanent ‘This…
- Siri takes initiative to learn how to pronounce names in iOS 7
I just spent a few minutes trying to do this on my phone until I read that it is an iOS 7 feature. When Siri first launched, many users found lots of names were pronounced…
- Have a Schmidty day, Google chases the ‘iWallet’
Schmidt speaks at Web 2.0. Lots of Apple-related nuggets. Quick rundown for the time-challenged: NFC support as Android apes Apple on ‘iWallet’ Android is for touch, Chrome OS for…
- John Gruber talks about iOS at Web 2.0 conference
Web 2.0 Expo NY 2010: John Gruber, “Apple and the Open Web”
- MacSpeech gets upgraded to Dragon Dictate 2
Wow. So MacSpeech is no more. First MacSpeech ditched their own speech recognition engine for the market and technology leader Nuance in 2008. Then, Nuance bought the Macintosh…
- Keep your Mac notebook battery in good shape
We like the look of Watts, a new application from Binary Tricks designed to keep your MacBook or MacBook Pro battery in good shape. The application will calibrate your laptop…
- Google is Evil -Consumer Watchdog
This one is for the Google h8rs:
- HBO coming to iPad in 6 months
HBO Go is a service which allows paid HBO subscribers to access HBO original TV shows, movies, and sports on their computers all in HD. This service is phenomenal for those who…
- Amazon: Cheap Kindles selling like wildfire, digital sales now more than paper
Weve reached a tipping point with the new price of Kindlethe growth rate of Kindle device unit sales has tripled since we lowered the price from $259 to $189, said Jeff Bezos,…
- MobileMe: Much improved Calendar open now for beta testing
Yet another MobileMe improvement slipped out the mothership overnight a new breed MobileMe Calendar app, now available in beta.
- Wikipedia Coming to an iPhone/iPad/iPod search near you
Heres some more interesting information from the 3.2 SDK while we wait for the developer site to come back up. It isnt a biggie like Bing, but you will be able to set your search…
- Apple execs seek LED flash components for future iPhones?
Thats the problem with the iPhones camera - not only is it pretty low res at 3.2-megapixels, but it captures terrible snaps in low lighting conditions. Fortunately, it seems Apple…
- Early 2010 Mac Pros to have Intel Core i9 processors with 24 logical cores?
If things progress as expected, the next Mac Pro won't have any problem competing with high end iMacs for the speed crown amongst Apple machines. HardMac (via MacRumors) profiles…
- Apple no longer pursuing ZFS as the next generation file system for OS X
Today, the ZFS repository on MacOSforge was closed, likely meaning the end of Apple's pursuit of Sun's next generation file storage system for use in Mac and Macintosh OSX Server.…
- Another Snow Leopard Tip: Option-Click Sound menu and get input/output options
David Pogue tweets (update: MacOSXHints had it yesterday) a pretty cool little tip for those of you whove upgraded to Snow Leopard: <Option-clicking> on the sound menu item at the…
- Snow Leopard shipping status now moved to "PREPARED FOR SHIPMENT"
A few readers have mentioned that their Snow Leopard shipments have been locked in and are still expected to arrive on August 28th. They can no longer make changes to the order.…
- VideoLAN finally hits 1.0
It isn't just GMail. Quicktime w/Perian alternative VideoLAN just came out of beta today. VLC offers you a way to watch just about any video out there on the net. It also a...
- Apple's new batteries are bewildering MacBook Pro owners
"Battery technology simply doesn't evolve this fast." - Reviews of Apple's new MacBook Pros seem to indicate there are significant battery improvements. Notice that Apple doesn't…
- Another iPhone 3 mockup
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera Body for $2,500 + free shipping
From the Toys Section: Best Buy offers the Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera Body, model no. 2764B003, for $2,499.99. (Add it to your cart to get this price.)…
- Zune fawned over
Gizmodo had a chance to take a look at the Zune. Surprisingly, they really liked it, though none of its differentiating factors were available. Brian Lam said: The device is…
- Kindle 3?
There is some social commentary in here somewhere...if we read more, we'd be on top of it.
- Apple Push Notification server open to developers
Apple told developers today that their Push Notification servers were ready for testing. Those developers whose application hope to operate behind the scenes will need to use this…
- New DroboPro packs eight storage bays
Today, Drobo is announcing their newest product, DroboPro. It basically doubles the amount of drive bays to eight and puts a reasonable $1300 price tag on the setup. It has the…
- Installer hits the desktop, allows jailbroken apps without jailbreaking
Dan Moren at Macworld reports on an interesting development in the Jailbreaking wars. Installer.app now has a desktop application that lets you install those nasty jailbroken apps…
- Airphones turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless headset
A new app just hit the App Store that brings some pretty interesting funtionality to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. Airphones (iTunes link) takes any sound that would be coming…
- Boxee removes Hulu, time for Understudy
Boxee got a little letter in the mail this week from ol' Hulu requesting that they no longer incorperate Hulu in their little system. Rather than go up against a consortium of the…
- Toys weekend deal: 500GB Pocket Drive, $104.99
We talked this week about the 500 GB sweet spot in laptop hard drives. Another good option has popped up. J&R just marked down the Western Digital 500GB USB External WDME5000TN…
- 10.5.6 here snappieness ensues
10.5.6 is out, go grab it from Software update (377mb here!) or via the standalone installer.
- IPhone 2.2 coming on November 21...just in time for Thanksgiving
iPhone Hellas (via Giz) is hella sure that the newest version of the iPhone OS 2.2 (including the Google Maps features, application scoring and direct download of podcasts) is…
- 1TB hard drives dipping below $100 retail for the first time
Another milestone has been reached as hard drives keep getting bigger and bigger and cheaper and cheaper. The sub 10 cent Gigabyte era is upon us as a few retailers are selling…
- Interesting possibilities for MacBook dock
As you can see from the Chinese spy shots below, the new MacBooks will have all I/O ports on the left and optical drive on the right. While this seems somewhat trivial, it does…
- Apple working on networked HDTV?
Apple hasnt really had the same experience with AppleTV. While there are many compelling reasons to get one, it isnt a "must have". Yet. Perhaps if Apple innovated up the value…
- iPhone heart monitor is a creative way to use iPhone sensors
This one belongs in the "what will they think of next category". Some enterprising programmers managed to make a heart monitor out of the microphone in the iPhone headset. While…
- Part-time apps developers getting rich
Now that Apple is letting Apps developers know how many downloads their Apps are receiving, some successful coders are getting quite the positive "shell shock". Part-time…
- Apple games assault begins
Sit back and look forward to new generations of voice-controlled games on the Mac, beginning with their debut on the iPhone. What's making this happen is that a company that…
- 10.5.4 Leopard update brings fixes, prepares for MobileMe
Apple today released Leopard update version 10.5.4. Today's update prepares the OS for the MobileMe Service.
- Any joy in the Zune division?
It has arrived. The limited-edition (500-only) Joy Division Zune, carrying artwork derived from Factory Records design guru, Peter Savilles, Unknown Pleasures.
- Apple updates Time Machine and Airport - Now working together
Apple has now filled what was a gaping hole in their Time Machine backup ecosystem. You can now use Airport connected HFS+ Formatted USB hard drives to backup your Leopard…
- New iPhone applications to appear tonight
We're just hours away from Apple's bells-and-whistles meeting where it will reveal the real deal on iPhone application development, and new information's beginning to trickle…
- Opera coming to the iPhone
An Opera developer has stated that they are working on an iPhone version of their browser to be released alongside the iPhone SDK whenever it comes out.
- The Internet is going to get a whole lot slower next week
However, next week, Apple will almost definitely launch its iTunes movie rental store, and millions of people will start downloading like they never have before. One and a half…
- Turn Leopard's Screen Sharing into a better Apple Remote Desktop lite
Today, Macworld's Rob Grifiths shows us how to turn Leopard's built-in Screen Sharing into a full-fledged screen sharing application - with a lot of he features that are sold in…