XKCD survey

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It’s a survey. And it’s being pulled together by XKCD. Go do it!

Fantastic footage of blue whale, largest critter on the planet

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From the BBC One, Big Blue Live web site:

It’s the final show from Monterey Bay and the team are aiming for the ultimate wildlife encounter with the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. Catch up with the sea otters, sea lions, sharks and whales as Matt Baker, Liz Bonnin, Steve Backshall and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall conclude this extraordinary conservation success story.

Enjoy the spectacular footage.

Android hits the wall

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Android has really hit a sales wall. All the major OEMs are canvassed, and their results are horrid. While Apple flies.

Austin Mann: What to expect in the iPhone 6S camera

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Austin Mann is not just any iPhone camera user. He’s got world class chops as a photographer and his work has been part of several different Apple marketing campaigns. He just posted his thoughts on camera-related features rumored to be part of the iPhone 6s.

Definitely worth a read.

The Apple Cisco deal may change the world (not just the enterprise)

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Jonny Evans, writing for ComputerWorld:

The big news here is that Cisco networks and iOS devices will be optimized to work together “more efficiently and reliably”. That’s so important when you consider how essential Cisco is to networks across the planet with a huge presence in unified communications, SDN, the data center and wireless infrastructure.

There’s a lot more to this deal. Thoughtful read.

Apple eyes move into original programming

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Apple wants to get into the biz, so they’ll need their own original shiny content. It just makes sense. Exploration or flirtation, this seems a smart, and necessary, business move.

Ad blocking will push publishers to Apple News

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Is Apple giving users the switch so they can turn off the traditional access to advertising? Will Apple then step in and offer the News app as a white knight to save the day for bloggers who need ads to keep the lights on?

By popular request, bylines!

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Over the next few days you’ll see bylines appearing beneath our headlines. This is a work in progress, so please bear with us as we get our CSS just so. Hope you like!

iOS 9 content blocking extensions explained

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Earlier today, we posted Jean-Louis Gassee’s take on ad blocking and the bleak future for content publishers. Rene Ritchie put together this primer on iOS 9 content blocking that fills in a lot of the blanks on the whole mechanism.

A quick iPhone camera science experiment

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I stumbled on this yesterday, as my wife and I were working on a project involving infrared light. This is very simple, will take about a minute, and if you are even mildly into science, you might find it interesting.

Casey Liss and Trolls

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Casey Liss, of the Accidental Tech Podcast, writes about being trolled.

Apple Pay now works with PayAnywhere credit card reader

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CNBC:

Apple’s mobile payments service will now work with PayAnywhere, a credit card reader serving 300,000 locations across the country. The newest version of the PayAnywhere reader will be available exclusively in Apple Stores nationwide.

Apple Watch and cheating

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It sure seems like Ahrendts is pitching the Apple Watch as a cheating tool. This is not what I’d expect from Apple or from Ahrendts.