Keep in mind, this is so far limited to some Brazilian users but it may be a portent of things to come.

Blew my mind when I first read it and I’ve devoured everything by him since. One of my great joys was seeing him in a local pub (he lives here in Vancouver) and being able to buy him a pint.

They’re not wrong – ladder commercials have never been this funny. Coincidentally, with all the work we’re doing around the house under lockdown, I’m in the market for a new ladder. Sadly, this can’t be delivered to us in Canada without paying the purchase price again in shipping charges.

This is quite a long list.

After all the kerfuffle over this app, it’s good to read something about how it actually works.

Welcome news to those of you lucky enough to have an Apple Card.

Lots to digest here but the bottom line is Apple seems to be hitting on all cylinders.

This might be a big deal or it might be a nothing burger depending on the skills and knowledge set of the various congresspeople asking the questions. I don’t hold much confidence in their skills though.

Like many providers, Apple TV+ has some very good titles. But I don’t think they have found – yet – that one series that makes people sign up for the service. I’m not saying they need that. But pickings are definitely slim once you’ve gone through the starting slate of shows.

It may give them hope but few if any have the ability execute across the board like Apple does.

This is insanely cool. We’ve all seen movies and TV shows of the inside of various aircraft cockpits so this walkthrough from a veteran F-15C Eagle fighter pilot is the best 15 minutes you’ll spend all day geeking out on awesome tech.

I have the world’s worst sense of direction so GPS is literally crucial to me. I first used a Magellan system in a Hertz rental car 20 years ago and, while it was buggy, got me to my destination in Ohio from Nashville, TN and back with so little fuss (except for when I ignored it because I thought I knew better) that I almost wept with joy knowing my frustration with constantly being lost was almost over.

This is a really interesting if techy post on how malware hunters do their thing.

AnyList is my go-to app for collecting and sharing recipes and grocery lists with my wife. While most of us will love the “Sign in with Apple” feature, this is an interesting look at how it would be a PITA for some developers.

So many people want to see this feature in their Apple Watch.

“…one of the first…” If Apple doesn’t get its Apple News ducks in a row, The New York Times won’t be the last.

Once again, Apple leads in ways others won’t. This is a program the credit card companies should have instituted years ago.

Thanks to David Pogue, I got hands-on time with the original iPhone a few days before the review embargo lifted. I was blown away by all the things it could do – which obviously now pale in comparison to what the latest models can do – and couldn’t wait to get my own.

I was one of the thousands of people in line at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store 24 hours before launch (I was being paid to be there by Macworld magazine) and was 65th in line. I can still, 13 years later, remember the excitement both personally and professionally.

Happy 13th birthday, iPhone.

As always, there are some beautifully designed apps listed. But of course, that’s the point.

This trailer feels kind of sanitized but I think the series will still be watchable. It’s always fascinating to get insights into the minds of elite athletes. I’ll skip over the Tom Brady segments though.

I’m hearing about this being an issue for people so stay informed about the changes Big Sur can make to your system.

There have always been kludges or other apps to accomplish this but it’s finally becoming a native feature.

Take a look at the list of APIs being blocked. As Jan Wildeboer said on Twitter, “The browser is becoming a backdoor, almost malware with all these possibilities.”

A lot of websites, biog and small, can now breathe a sigh of relief.

This is utterly delightful.

I would never do this but if you’re brave enough, have at it.

Apple: Friday closed out WWDC in a big way. We learned how to design for location privacy, the latest in Swift Playgrounds, a crash course in background task timeout, and tons more. This week was all about ground breaking technology … Continued

Gruber does his usual Talk Show during WWDC but this year, it’s being done remotely. I could have done without the ten minutes of sponsorship ads off the top though.

I’ll quibble with the “has long required remembering keyboard shortcuts” (my wife’s MBA refused to boot this AM and I had to Google the various shortcuts. No need to remember them), but it will definitely be a welcome change regardless.

This is another one of those “small” acquisitions Apple makes of a company most of us have never heard of but, at some point in the future, will become very important to many of us.