Jim and Merlin talk about TextExpander’s new business model, Apple Watch vs Fitbit, and more on voice UI.
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I absolutely love Yamaha. My very first acoustic guitar was a Yamaha FG420—it’s over 30 years old and still works great!
Amazing story.
Zack Wylde, one of the greatest guitarists of all, on Friday released a new acoustic album, “Book of Shadows II.” The album is a follow-up to “Book of Shadows” released in 1996. […]
Thanks to Mighty Deals for sponsoring The Loop this week.
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Listen to the sound of this. Incredible.
Thank you to all of our customers who have offered feedback on the new TextExpander, and thank you again for your long-term support. In our enthusiasm to release, we missed some details we’d like to address here.
Tough day for the folks at Smile. I do love the people at this company.
Smile launched TextExpander as a subscription service. Michael Tsai has a great roundup of reactions.
Dave Caolo is right, this is a great feature.
It is with tremendous sadness that I write this post today. I have tried to figure out a way for The Loop Magazine app to work on the App Store, for the last few months. It turns out, it just won’t. This morning, I removed the app from the App Store. […]
You know I’ll be getting one (or more) of these. A Wylde guitar for $1,000 is too much to resist.
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A newly discovered Siri search handling bug allows nefarious users to bypass passcode protected lock screens on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus handsets, granting easy access to Contacts and Photos data. The vulnerability is likely applicable only to a subset of devices, however.
That’s not good.
I have this plug-in from Universal Audio and love it. What this company does to allow people to make music is outstanding. Watch the video.
Fraser Speirs, who has written extensively about iPads in classrooms, takes us through setting up the new Apple Classroom.
Michael Gartenberg:
VR has been part of that club for the last thirty years. When, and if Apple does bring a VR product to market it will look very different from anything we’ve seen before or see today. That kind of leap is what Apple looks for prior to making things that are virtual into reality.
Apple does not follow trends unless there is a way they can innovate and bring it to the masses. Don’t expect anything from them until they can do that.
But even if the government walks away from that battle, the growing number of state and local authorities seeking the FBI’s help with locked phones in criminal probes increases the likelihood that the FBI will have to provide it. When that happens, defense attorneys will cross-examine the experts involved.
Although each lawyer would mainly be interested in whether evidence-tampering may have occurred, the process would likely reveal enough about the method for Apple to block it in future versions of its phones, an Apple employee said.
You know that Apple engineers have been all over this since the FBI first announced they found a way into the phone. If they haven’t already found the weakness, they will as soon as these cases go to court.
Tesla Motors Inc said orders for its new Model 3 electric sedan topped 253,000 in the first 36 hours — a fast start for the company’s first mass-market vehicle, which may not begin to reach customers for another 18 months or more.
That’s impressive.
This is an incredible story and one of the reasons I love Apple so much. They care and they do things to help.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has assured law enforcement across the United States that it will help unlock mobile devices such as iPhones involved in investigations when it is allowed by law and policy.
I’m thinking local law enforcement expected a bit more cooperation than this.
I love Field Notes notebooks. Whenever I go to an interview or an event, this is what I take with me. Normally, I order the original 3-pack beige notebook. Today, I went crazy and ordered “Pitch Black.”
I recently went to Yosemite for the CoacoConf conference and took some pictures with my DxO ONE 20.2 megapixel camera for iPhone. I’m not a great photographer by any stretch, but I do love this camera. I thought I’d share some of the pictures I took on my walk. […]
Holy shit, the thief got pissed off and emailed the company he stole the software from. People are absolutely crazy.
Volvo’s North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker’s semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
“It can’t find the lane markings!” Kerssemakers griped to Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the wheel. “You need to paint the bloody roads here!”
I doubt this will get fixed any time soon.
Releasing the new iPhone SE was a clever business move from Apple that will satisfy a segment of customers that didn’t want the larger iPhone 6 design. I believe it will also satisfy many of the customers that did upgrade to the larger iPhones when they were released. […]
Zakk is one of the most amazing guitarists I’ve ever had the pleasure to spend time with. As his new acoustic album shows, he’s also one of the most versatile singer/songwriter/guitarists in the business.
Moments after successfully unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone, the F.B.I. rendered the phone permanently useless by spilling a glass of water on it, an F.B.I. spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
I nearly chocked because I was laughing so hard.
I love the quality of the company’s products. I have several bags from them for my MacBook and other devices.
The U.S. Department of Justice will disclose over the next two weeks whether it will continue with its bid to compel Apple Inc to help access an iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
I suspect they’ll try the same method they used with the San Bernardino and go from there. As others have said, this battle is from over.
Whether it’s calling mom or ordering take-out, we rely on our phones to help reach the people and things that matter. And while mobile phones have pushed us toward the future, home phone service is still important to many families. Landlines can be familiar, reliable and provide high-quality service, but the technology hasn’t always kept up. That’s why today, we’re introducing Fiber Phone as a new option to help you stay connected wherever you are.
This isn’t something that appeals to me, but I can see how it’s still important to a lot of people.