It’s only a matter of time before FIDO happens but it won’t be a quick or easy fix.
What does it really cost to run a restaurant?
Really interesting article, whether you want to run a restaurant or not.
NetNewsWire for iOS and iPadOS review
While reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, RSS isn’t a particularly popular piece of tech. But NetNewsWire is well done and well thought out. If you need a full-featured RSS reader on the Mac or your iOS device, you won’t find a better one than NetNewsWire.
ARM-ed Mac: Not again or for real this time?
I’m not really much of a “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” kind of guy so I ignore most of the rumours but this switch seems inevitable.
Apple sells fewer than 500,000 smartphones in China in February amid coronavirus
This will be the same story for other smartphone vendors as well as just about any sector that relies on China for sales.
Laptop battery life estimates are rarely accurate — here’s how they vary by brand
Good news for Mac laptop users.
iPad Air (3rd generation) service program for blank screen issue
This program is very specific to these iPads only but if you’re affected, Apple has you covered.
Apple offers work from home this week to many global employees
Things are going to get worse before they get better. This all but ensures Apple will cancel WWDC. It’s just a matter of time before they make the announcement.
Apple Music & Lady Gaga team up to celebrate International Women’s Day
And check out Apple’s home page today.
A telescopic look at Twitter’s intergalactic troll: Neil deGrasse Tyson
IMO, Neil deGrasse Tyson is the very definition of the word “annoying.”
SXSW 2020 has been canceled following Coronavirus fears
The SXSW organizers should have made this decision on their own and not been “forced” into it by city officials. Your move, Apple.
The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world’s most wickedly weird hybrid
There will come a day when automakers will stop making insane supercars but today is not that day.
Apple TV+ “Home Before Dark” official trailer
Trailer looks good. The 10-part series has the potential to be “too kid-friendly” but it’s an interesting plotline.
Sonos kills its device-bricking ‘recycle mode’
Another example of a PR disaster that shouldn’t have happened.
TV tech terms demystified, part one: Screen size, resolution, and speed
There are few things in tech more frustrating than trying to compare tech specs of big-screen TVs. This article might help make sense of some of the terms used by manufacturers.
The Iconfactory Tot review: An elegant, essential ‘scratchpad’ notetaking app
Tot is an interesting app with an even more interesting pricing model – it’s free on macOS but $20 on iOS. I wish the nice folks at Iconfactory much success with this app.
Apple is rejecting coronavirus apps that aren’t from health organizations, app makers say
Some will say Apple (and Google) are being too heavyhanded on this issue but with so much false information and so many sleazy people trying to take advantage of it, it’s prudent for the companies to take this action.
When NASA crash-landed a jetliner full of fuel
I’d seen the end of this video many times but this is the first time I’ve read about the whys of it or seen what came before the fireball.
Apple, Google, and others asked to avoid travel and cancel big events
As I said on Wednesday night’s Your Mac Life show, Apple should just announce the cancellation/postponement of WWDC now. It’s obvious that they are going to do it eventually. Sooner rather than later is best – release all of those people from the stress of not just planning the trip but also of having to deal with this issue.
“Insert Coin” – Midway Games documentary trailer
You may have to be “of a certain age” to enjoy this trailer but, if you are, prepare to be hit by a tsunami of nostalgia for your misspent youth and remember how many literal thousands of dollars many of us pumped into these machines. I want to know – where the hell did I get all that money?
Black Ink lets you do crossword puzzles on your Mac
My only knock on this is that it is Mac only. I’d love to be able to do these crosswords on my iPad.
SETI@home to shut down after two decades of crowdsourced alien hunting
In the early days of the internet, I was more than happy to lend my “extra” computing power to this project.
“Drifting Through The Night” startrails timelapse
My son has discovered the fun of star trail photography which is a giant pain because it’s still cold here at night!
The siege of Gondor: professionals talk logistics
This is really long and detailed but absolutely fascinating if you have any interest in real-life warfare tactics and strategy overlaid on to a fantasy world setting.
Apple cofounder falsely speculates family sinus infection made him ‘patient zero’ for coronavirus
I thought there might have been something fishy about this when I first saw the tweet. Nowadays, why would you wait two months to get a “bad cough” diagnosed? And as 9to5Mac says, Woz tweeting that “he and his wife “may have been patient zero” for coronavirus in the United States” is an incredibly irresponsible thing to say without any evidence.
Apple sends care packages to employees stranded in China’s Wenzhou City and Hubei province by Coronavirus
What a lovely gesture by the company.
Four reasons why a removable battery for the iPhone is a horrible idea
I couldn’t agree more. While there certainly is a subset of users who want/need replaceable batteries, I’d bet most users no longer see it as much of an issue.
Apple to pay up to $500 million to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow iPhones
Hopefully, this will get extended to those of us who had those phones but live outside the US.
8K vs 4K TVs: Double-blind study by Warner Bros. et al reveals most consumers can’t tell the difference
The results are predictable and exactly what many of us suspected.
Coronavirus 2020 tech conference cancellations list
And this is just the list of tech conferences affected. All kinds of conferences in many other sectors are being affected. MotoGP motorcycle races in Qatar and Thailand have been canceled as well.