My next vehicle will definitely have CarPlay.

It’s amazing the difference in sound the Neve 1073 Preamp plug-in makes.

Nice article from Tim Truby.

In this piece, I’d like to share some of the keyboard shortcuts and related functionality that I use every day on the Mac.

It’s amazing how many shortcuts I use everyday and don’t even think about.

All kinds of changes.

The ad, called Intelligent Details, is really nice. At the end they show a behind-the-scenes of how it was shit and put together.

It’s a free download.

I love this song.

Sensible words from Ben Brooks. Not being a good photographer myself, I take pictures with my iPhone and I’m happy that I had it with me.

This isn’t good for Avid—Bobby Lombardi in particular is a huge loss.

Coda 2.5 is essentially complete. But, we’re still encountering sandboxing challenges. So, in the interest of finally getting Coda 2.5 out the door and in the hands of you, our very eager and patient customers, we’ve decided it’s time to move on—for now.

In short: Coda 2.5 will not be sandboxed, and therefore will not be available in the Mac App Store.

It’s unfortunate, but the folks at Panic aren’t the only ones running into these issues.

Logic Pro X 10.0.7 was updated with a monster list of changes and improvements.

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a few new guest DJs and a new First Play on iTunes Radio. If you’re a fan of Coldplay, you’ll love this week’s First Play. […]

Sometimes we think too much in terms of how our tech gadgets are designed and not enough about how everything is designed. Om Malik has a few for us to look at.

Castro can now automatically play the next episode in your timeline. You can change the sort order of the timeline and have complete control over whether episodes will be streamed over cellular data or not.

Castro uses a new pitch shift algorithm which makes podcasts sound incredibly good when played at fast or slow speeds. No other podcast app sounds this good.

Nice app.

That is just an insane amount of money.

This came from Microsoft’s TechEd Conference. Good for them, and Apple.

"About 27 million downloads" of the Office for iPad apps around the world since launch.

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) May 12, 2014

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This is great, funny, and entertaining.

Looks fun. I don’t use this type of thing on The Loop, but a lot of sites do.

The move is a big upfront expense on Apple’s part, but could pay off in the long run if the company can lure online customers away from retailers such as Amazon.com Inc and Best Buy Inc, industry experts say.

According to retail-intelligence firm StellaService, customers who buy a product from Apple’s online store can get a refund in under a week, versus 10 days previously.

Anything Apple can do to increase customer satisfaction is a win.

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Marketing Insight, a South Korean firm that tracks users satisfaction rankings across a variety of factors, compared Apple’s iPhone 5s against Samsung’s latest Galaxy S5, LG G Pro2, Nexus 5 and other models. While Apple overall was significantly above average across every category, Samsung was ranked below average in design, display, processing speed, multimedia speed, size and weight, usability, response to touch, latest tech and UI design.

Sucks to be Samsung.

Email exchanges between National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander and Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt suggest a far cozier working relationship between some tech firms and the U.S. government than was implied by Silicon Valley brass after last year’s revelations about NSA spying.

In a 69-page decision (you can read it below), the three-judge panel ruled that Oracle can pursue copyright claims against Google for the parts of Java that it used in creating Android. Oracle has argued that Google used the code without authorization.

Google’s not out of the woods yet.

The Internet turned itself inside out last night with reports that Apple was in talks to purchase Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. It’s an interesting rumor, to be sure, but it has also baffled everyone.

Apple is stocking up on talent. I hope this guy can help the iPhone camera take better night shots.