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This is another of those articles I love – ones that turn out a lot more interesting than they have a right to be.

This is just hilarious. Much respect, Wendy’s.

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Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters by no longer counting some things – like media attachments or @ replies towards the character count. However, it didn’t begin testing the change with @ replies until last fall. Today, Twitter says this change to replies is rolling out to all users across the web, iOS and Android.

Great news.

The built-in macOS app switcher is great if all you use are one-window applications. But you probably have many windows open in many apps, possibly with many tabs, and navigating them all is a pain. Enter Witch, with which you can switch everything.

These guys do a great job.

This won’t actually “protect your privacy” but the idea is interesting – make your search history useless to advertisers. And, if you’re bored, watching the site do its searches is weirdly fun.

Watch on the biggest screen you can.

Do people really want to put this stuff on their home burgers? Granted, I haven’t had a MacDonald’s burger in 20+ years but I don’t remember the sauce being so spectacular I’d want to buy a jar of it myself.

You can’t buy individual web history but it will be able to be bought in the future in aggregate. This article explains and has some good advice how to minimize the affect on you.

Jim Coudal made the announcement on his site today. This is who The Loop and others used to display the one small ad on the sidebar. I’ll be working with companies to fill sponsorship spots on the The Loop, as well as a new membership backend, so those that want to, can help support the site too.

A big thanks to Jim for all that he did with The Deck.

I love the old, mechanical pinball machines of my misspent youth. The newer electronic ones don’t compel me to pump quarters into them.

I hope I’m never important enough to need this.

Readdle has hired former Apple Mail engineering manager Terry Blanchard in a position that will focus on creating the “future of email” for Readdle’s popular email client “Spark,” working with an entirely new team of his choosing in Silicon Valley. Blanchard’s new role, per his LinkedIn page, is vice president of engineering for Readdle.

It’s hard to argue that this isn’t a good move for Readdle.

I’ve never been nor will I ever be in the market for a Rolex. But we’ve all seen the fake ones on street corners around the world. Those are easy to spot. But how good have professional fakes gotten? Watch this video and see that they are frighteningly well done.

I don’t think Apple is getting enough credit for pulling this off without a hitch. Remarkable achievement.

How much fun would it have been to be inside that truck?

This is an utterly amazing operation and the balance the NYPD has to maintain between security and the revelers is remarkable.

The folks at National Geographic have forgotten more about photography than I will ever know.

I’m seeing widespread reports of this call. Please warn your friends and family who aren’t tech savvy.

As mentioned by many on Twitter, the other notable aspect of this document is the plain English writing style. Very much appreciated by those of us who have to wade through such things.

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There were a lot of updates on the security front.

Seriously, this is absolutely amazing.

An eatery in Trenton, NJ, previously known as Weedman’s Joint — that sells food only in a weed-themed setting — is rebranding as “Weedbukx”. I give it 30 days before Starbucks AND Exxon file a trademark suit against them.

I can’t imagine it’ll take that long.

This week I’m joined by iMore’s Rene Ritchie to talk about WWDC and its move to San Jose; Tim Cook’s assertion that creative pros are important to Apple; The MacBook Pro and Mac Pro; iPad sales; and Pandora Premium.

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I am so happy to announce that for the seventh straight year I’ll be holding a party at WWDC as a way to say thank you to developers. The party is being held at the City National Civic Center in San Jose—directly across the street from WWDC. The event will be on Monday, June 5, 2017 from 8-12 pm.

Apple on Monday kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference ticket lottery. This gives developers the opportunity to purchase a ticket for the event, but doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get one. […]

Regardless of the “I don’t have anything to hide” argument, this is something everyone should be concerned with.

I won’t lie – I’ve always wanted to do this. I’ve gone through four sets of motorcycle tires in 2 years and I’d love to burn the rear off.

I’m not a big box store fan but this story about Costco was fascinating.