I missed this Verge interview with Michele Turner, the senior director of Google’s home ecosystem, from back in May. It’s an interesting dive into the forthcoming Matter standard, how it works, and Google’s approach to the whole thing.… | Continue reading
Apple announced a new series of developer-focused events, Ask Apple, this week: Ask Apple will be an ongoing series, with the first round of opportunities coming October 17-21. Current members of t… | Continue reading
Samuel Axon of Ars Technica reports on an announcement Wednesday that pushes two tech giants a little closer together: Microsoft and Apple announced a number of deeper integrations of Apple services on both Windows PCs and Xbox game consoles, including Music and TV apps for both … | Continue reading
Maybe the first Ask Apple question should be what their favorite rollercoasters are.… | Continue reading
Microsoft and Apple’s are friends now? Plus, Apple pulls away Charlie Brown’s football, Meta’s got a new VR headset, and Stage Manager still needs some work.… | Continue reading
What’s in a name? Myke and Jason wrestle with what to call a rumored new Apple display and whether “laptop” is better than “notebook.” Also, Matter is almost here to save us from our smart homes, the USB-C iPhone approaches, and Jason tries to keep mini magic alive.… | Continue reading
Here’s a quick look at how iCloud Shared Photo Library—coming soon!—works on macOS and iOS. … This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
In 2021, our company went through the SOC 2 Type 1 audit, and we found out just how challenging it can be to prove compliance to a third party auditor. We also learned firsthand something our custo… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. Kolide takes a different approach to endpoint security and fleet management. They help companies meet compliance goals by enlisting the support of their users with a structured, message-based approach.… | Continue reading
When is a store not a store? When it’s an Apple Store. Since their mythic inception, forged in the crucible of Ron Johnson and Steve Jobs and their hippie-dippy retail ideas, the Apple Store has always been an anti-store.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a membe … | Continue reading
Apps we live in every day, whether we pay for premium-priced movie rentals, the smart speakers we use, and providing tech support for our parents.… | Continue reading
The Dynamic Island has nuances. As prompted by Jordan Krahn, I’ve been tapping and wiping on it to figure out some of the subtler gestures it accepts. And then Ryan Jones came along and made … | Continue reading
Everything is great. Just great. Groan.… | Continue reading
An accidental Sports Corner, understanding Peacock’s slow growth, EPIX becomes MGM+, a “House of the Dragon” / “Rings of Power” check-in, Apple’s “Luck”, Julia and Parrot provide data to creators, and a listener explains Canadian TV quirks.… | Continue reading
So my friend John Siracusa sends me a tweet that took me down a rabbit hole ending in something I worked on 26 years ago: If you need to reach me, I'll be cybersurfing over at The Internet Mall.… | Continue reading
It’s pretty late in the game, but Stage Manager on iPadOS keeps changing—most lately adding support for older iPad Pros while temporarily dropping support for external displays.… | Continue reading
“When was the last time you restarted it?” If you’ve ever worked at a service desk, you’ve probably wanted to tattoo this question on your forehead. Ditto for: “What device drivers do you have inst… | Continue reading
Okay, Apple, listen up. I’m calling you on the carpet. Stop stealing my gig. Oh, sure, play innocent. But I’ve been watching for you for years.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
I’m a big fan of the Kobo e-reader line, but it’s only fair that I post a link to a negative review of the Kobo Sage by my pal Scott McNulty: If you’re looking for a premium ereader get a Kindle Oasis.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week. I love Rogue Amoeba’s apps. As a podcaster, I rely on Audio Hijack and Loopback to do my job. I’ve praised Audio Hijack he… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on a slidable, resizable laptop, our countdown events, our iPhone photography habits, and our favorite pinball games… | Continue reading
Apple makes some changes to Stage Manager which gets us talking about glitches.… | Continue reading
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and once again, my friends at Relay FM are raising money for St. Jude. A lot of money. Members of our community have already given more than half a million dollars this month, and more than two million dollars since Relay began doing … | Continue reading
Jason reviews the iPhone 14, we speculate about how Apple could make an October Mac event worth having, Myke solves his iPhone migration problems, and we answer your Dynamic Island questions!… | Continue reading
Since the near-simultaneous arrival of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017, Apple has been on a mission to split the iPhone product line into two distinct sets of models: a more expensive set that incorporates all the cutting-edge features Apple can dream up, and a set that trades … | Continue reading
Since 2002, Rogue Amoeba has been making amazing audio apps for the Mac. Whether you’re a podcaster, musician, or just someone who listens to audio on their Mac, Rogue Amoeba can make your life better.… | Continue reading
Josh Renaud notes the 30th anniversary of a fixture in the pre-Web Internet: Each newsgroup was like a messageboard dedicated to a topic: fans of Atari’s 16-bit ST computers would post messages in comp.sys.atari.st.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Daylite for sponsoring Six Colors this week. For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.… | Continue reading
Here’s the same location, shown in Explore, Driving, and Transit modes in Maps. Each screen is a bit zoomed in, and they’re all shown in Dark Mode.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts, and community.. | Continue reading
Julia’s under the weather, so Jason asked our editor, Steven, to join him to talk about Amazon’s NFL broadcast, Apple TV+ exclusivity of MLB record-breaking games, the insolvency of Bally Sports, and the mystery of NFL Sunday Ticket.… | Continue reading
Our computer and desk setups, the feature we’d add to iOS to make the biggest impact on how we use our iPhones, our device-protection habits, and whether the iPad is living up to its potential.… | Continue reading
This week we take a look at the iPhone 14 Pro and talk about mistakes we made.… | Continue reading
After reviewing the iPhone 14 Pro and discussing the pros and cons of the Dynamic Island and the new 48MP camera, Jason and Myke discuss the current pace of upgrades and innovation across all of Apple’s product lines.… | Continue reading
One fun thing to do while you’re out on parental leave is to redo literally your entire office technology setup.1 This came about for a few reasons, some of which were of my own volition, and others of which were borne out of necessity, but the end result is that my tech setup no … | Continue reading
Unlock your sales potential with the new Daylite Opportunities Board For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. If you build a dystopian and cynical security program born out of fear, mistrust, and suspicion, then you will inevitably make your fellow employees your enemies.… | Continue reading
Dan and I showed off the new iPhone 14, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max in advance of their arrival tomorrow. We tried to answer a bunch of questions. Check it out on YouTube. Obviously much more to come on… | Continue reading
Dries Depoorter built a project that captures the moment that an Instagram photo was taken and posts the results: How does this work? Recorded a selection of open cameras for weeks. Scraped all Ins… | Continue reading
The tech we use to sleep and wake, the small changes to iOS 16 we’re excited about, our thoughts on an iPhone subscription plan, and our predictions RE: the end of iPhone and the last numbered iPhone model.… | Continue reading
We discuss the Dynamic Island and the new iPhones, the new Apple Watch, the Apple event, iOS 16, and more.… | Continue reading
iOS 16 favorite features, weather apps, and wedding cakes. Typical Rebound fare.… | Continue reading
Products on display in the hands-on area at the Steve Jobs Theater.John Gruber wrote a bit today about Apple’s in-person event presentation: Media reaction to this was, at least from the peers I spoke with, mostly positive.… | Continue reading
Five days later, we take stock of last week’s Apple announcements, disclose our pre-orders, ponder future changes to the iPhone product line, and discuss our favorite features of iOS 16.… | Continue reading
Oh what a widget-ful world. Fifteen years after the launch of the iPhone, you might be thinking that Apple gazes upon its domain and weeps for the lack of worlds left to conquer. But then comes alo… | Continue reading
“If you build a dystopian and cynical security program born out of fear, mistrust, and suspicion, then you will inevitably make your fellow-employees your enemies.” That’s a quote from Honest Security, Kolide’s mission statement and North Star.… | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. Kolide knows how challenging it can be to prove compliance to a third-party auditor–they just went through it themselves. They learne… | Continue reading
Dan’s back! And we’re talking about the Apple Event.… | Continue reading
Our thoughts on the Apple Watch Ultra, whether we do clean installs on our Macs, which iPhone 14s we’re getting, and what we’d change about Apple’s event presentations.… | Continue reading