Theranos fights back

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Eerie similarity with the Amazon battle with the New York Times, now Theranos is battling with the Wall Street Journal. A new forum for the court of public opinion.

iOS 9 hits 61% adoption rate

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Two things:

  • iOS 9 hit an adoption rate of 61%
  • iOS 8 or newer hit an adoption rate of 91%

All the new emoji

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From Emojipedia, here are all the new emoji that shipped with iOS 9.1. Apple now has all the emoji.

Some Facebook iPhone battery tips

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Ally Kazmucha, writing for The App Factor, walks through the various settings that can impact Facebook’s drain on your iPhone battery.

How to use your iPhone EarPods like a pro

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this article, written by Christian Zibreg for iDownloadBlog is jam packed with useful information about your EarPods. Even if you are an EarPod ninja, I’ll wager there’s a trick or two in this post that is new to you. Read on for my favorite.

Apple TV and accessibility

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Stephen Aquino, writing for iMore, hasn’t yet got his hands on one of the new Apple TVs. Nonetheless, he uses the tvOS specs to lay out the accessibility elements built in to the new Apple TV.

Apple tells U.S. judge ‘impossible’ to unlock new iPhones

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Nate Raymond, writing for Reuters:

Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be “impossible” with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the “technical ability” to help law enforcement unlock older phones.

In defense of The New York Times

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The New York Times wrote a blistering expose on the Amazon workplace a few month’s ago. Amazon responded, very publicly, a few days ago. And Ben Thompson dug in, with a brilliant analysis. Read on for the details.

Steve Jobs, Apple design, and Japanese aesthetics

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From the Matcha Tea blog comes this fascinating discussion of the influence Japanese culture had on Steve Jobs and, as a result, on Apple and the design of Apple products.

Need a sound effect? Try Soundsnap

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Soundsnap has a library of over 200,000 high quality sound effects. They are not free, but they are reasonably priced. Check them out.

When a dev dies, their apps should live on

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If the developer of your favorite app stops paying for their developer account, when Apple cancels the account, do the apps immediately get pulled from the app store? Does Apple have a policy that covers this?

How a drummer lost his arm, got a robotic prosthetic, learned to drum again

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[VIDEO] This is incredible. There’s the core of the story, a drummer recovering his ability to drum again after losing his arm. But this goes deeper, into the world of robotics and the very essence of music. Is Jason’s newfound musical ability robotic in nature? I found the whole thing fascinating.

When the weapon was pointed at me

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Brent Simmons shares his perspective on Twitter bullying. Read and, if you agree with his perspective, pass along.

Google’s digital library wins Court of Appeals ruling

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Alexandra Alter, writing for the New York Times:

A United States appeals court ruled on Friday that Google’s effort to build a digital library of millions of books was “fair use” and did not infringe on the copyrights of authors.

Google scans books, puts them on line in some form. Authors Guild has fought this, next stop Supreme Court. More details in my post.