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A nice trick to quickly flip between two iPhone brightness settings

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There are other ways to change your iPhone screen brightness, but this one uses a triple-tap on the home button (via Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom) to toggle between day and night brightness settings.

Even if you have no need for this particular tweak, worth watching, since you can use this approach to tie other settings to the triple click.

The rules for Tuesday’s Apple, FBI court hearing are posted

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To address the limited space available in the Riverside federal courthouse, as well as other logistical issues, the court has posted a set of what they call Order Setting Procedures.

The main rules are listed in the post, including the one about recording devices.

Apple Events app live on Apple TV

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You can now download Apple’s new Apple Events app to watch Monday’s keynote. Details and a picture in the main post.

Google gets Apple to jump aboard its cloud business (though it may not last)

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Mark Bergen, writing for re/code:

In its bid to raise its name in cloud computing services, Google nabbed a big-name customer: Apple. The iPhone-maker recently started storing portions of its iCloud and services data with Google’s cloud platform, according to sources familiar with the deal.

I’m Steve Wozniak – Ask me anything

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Woz did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) yesterday. If you are a fan of Woz or of Apple history, this is worth a read. I really enjoyed it.

Now anyone can publish to Apple News

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Jonny Evans, writing for Computerworld, lays out everything you need to know to publish your own content on Apple News. Terrific post.

Apple’s reply to the FBI

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Technically, the brief Apple filed yesterday is in support of their motion to vacate the FBI’s requested court order. It’s the latest salvo in the back and forth. The post contains some important highlights from the brief as well as a brilliant quote from the conclusion.

Apple celeb photo hacking case: Pennsylvania man charged

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From the Department of Justice web site:

A Pennsylvania man was charged today with felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 100 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.

Now we know the cost of that particular type of crime.

Fantastic, entertaining, video interview with Apple’s Zane Lowe

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VIDEO: From the description:

One of the most important figures working in music today is a man named Zane Lowe. The award-winning journalist and DJ is originally from New Zealand, but made his name working at MTV and BBC Radio 1 until he joined Apple last year to help launch Apple Music’s Beats 1. Noisey met Zane in Los Angeles where he told us his story and what it’s like to continually be recognized as “the old guy who interviewed Kanye.”

I wish all Apple interviews were done like this.

Troubleshooting Handoff for Mac and iOS

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Handoff giving you trouble? Here’s a checklist walkthrough of all the settings to make sure you’ve got everything enabled properly.

Apple introduces sponsored ads to Apple News

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Kif Leswing, writing for Business Insider:

The new ad format would clearly label branded content in the app, as well as give publishers a new way to sell and promote sponsored posts, although it would come at a cost: Apple keeps 30% of the revenue it produces through iAd, a mobile-advertising platform.

Where Apple makes its money

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L. Adam Rothman, writing for Investopedia, digs into Apple’s geographic business units, showing which areas of the world make how much money for Apple.