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I’ve been a beta tester for Camo for a couple of weeks and, while it works mostly as advertised, $40/year to rent camera software seems steep for personal use considering simply plugging your iPhone into your Mac via USB and using the latest version of QuickTime accomplishes the same thing for free.

Fascinating story about one of the most important border crossings in the world.

Let the downloading begin.

Good news for those of you who want to spread those payments out.

It goes without saying, don’t send any money to that Bitcoin account.

I went out last night with the 14 year old and we could see Neowise with an old pair of binoculars. We’ll try and get some photos this weekend.

Along with deals from Verizon and Best Buy, as well as their own in-app offers, Apple seems to really be pushing to get more users for Apple News and subscribers to News+. Personally, I don’t think it’s going to work without an overhaul of the app and service.

Yet another streaming service launches. Will you sign up? Right now, I wouldn’t if only because there’s no content on it that I want to watch that I haven’t already seen.

Ignoring the tortured headline, this is great news.

Very helpful for those of you who want to take part in the settlement but no longer have the eligible iPhone.

When I watched it, I saw four bears feeding and hundreds of salmon trying to get upstream.

Just one more indication that things are not getting better in the US.

Now that the public beta is available and the full release of OS 14 is around the proverbial corner, lots of folks want to know how to use the new whiz-bang features of the latest version of iOS. Widgets look like they might be quite useful.

The answer isn’t as cut and dried as the article makes it seem. There are lots of reasons for seniors to use the internet but there are just as many valid reasons for them to avoid it.

This looks very silly and might be the only way to get Americans to watch soccer.

Definitely going out this evening with my son to see if we can spot this tonight.

The max you’ll get is $25 and this is good only for US owners of the affected devices.

Apple: The Underdogs are back, navigating their new normal with lots of unknowns but one reliable constant: Apple helps unleash their creativity and productivity even when they’re working from home. It’s still a world of deadlines, meetings, group chats, conference … Continued

It’s unlikely that my two lost iPods would be in this stuff.

Good to see these units won’t be reserved for Apple employees but will end up in the general housing pool and aimed at those most in need.

I’ve read various pundits saying this transition will have little to no effect on Intel. But Gassée argues it may create a seismic shift at Intel.

Sorry, Apple. Nothing significant has changed with News+. There’s no need for another trial subscription for me.

I have definitely been guilty of leaving my laptop plugged in for days on end.

iOS 14 Public Beta was just released, so Dave and I talked about a few features we found interesting in the new operating system, like the new real-time headphone audio level. Dave talks about his experience with Scribble on iPadOS, and we discussed the ability for consumers to make a reservation to shop at an Apple Store. Finally, we looked at a couple of new Apple TV+ releases coming out on Friday.

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Apple on Thursday released the first public beta of iOS 14. You can sign-up to download the beta on Apple’s Web site. I’ve been using the developer betas for a couple of weeks and have written some of my thoughts that I posted this morning.

Apple released iOS 14 Public Beta, giving users worldwide access to the next version of its operating system. I have been using the developer versions of iOS 14 since they were released and have been very happy with how well they have performed. I will say that what Apple talked about during the WWDC keynote just scratched the surface of what’s available in the new iOS, but several things stood out to me. […]

Looking beyond all the fake outrage over Hank’s comments over the weekend, I’m really looking forward to this film. My home town of Halifax, Nova Scotia was a key staging ground for these WWII Atlantic convoys.

The world can certainly use Larson’s brand of weird and funny right now.

For its time, Flash was an amazing piece of technology but it fairly quickly got turned into a beast we all hated to varying degrees. Few of us will mourn its passing.

Welcome news for those of us who blow through our data caps each month.