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I was an early user of the original Bose noise-canceling headphones and, while I liked them well enough, I’ve switched to noise attenuating earphones and on the motorcycle, simple earplugs that do a great job of reducing decibel levels.

Dave posted about dynamic wallpapers on Monday and I thought this would be a nice addition to that story.

I’m looking forward to testing this out. The “perfect” browser hasn’t been made yet and it’s not likely this will be it either but competition is good.

This is a wonderful silly game reminiscent of the “paper route” games of years ago but that music has to go.

I’m glad to see this issue seems to finally be coming up on Cook’s radar. Parents are hungry for options to help them manage the screen time and content on their children’s’ devices.

None of the efforts to break up these companies will actually come to fruition – as the article points out, US anti-trust laws are mostly about high prices – but it may bring about additional regulation of the companies, something that must be worrisome to the companies involved.

I love these videos and, while the car usually wins, the results here were actually surprising.

Dave and I talk about the story that broke last weekend about Apple’s stance on Parental Controls on iOS, as well as a new poll on voice assistant usage.

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Unsurprisingly, it ain’t easy.

If you were around Apple in 1987, you can be forgiven for believing this was a viable future for the company in ten years. The reality was much less rosy though.

Spectacular.

This is such a weird and wonderful quirk of US liquor laws. I still remember my first visit to the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg and saying, “let’s go to the pub afterward!” and being incredibly disappointed by the response.

Good news for Apple in general. Warren Buffett is seen as a bellwether for stable, sane stock market analysis that doesn’t chase trends.

Will you be getting a pair?

I think this story is full of crap.

How much fun would she have been to take classes or lectures with?

Regardless of what you think of Microsoft, its “resurrection” under the guidance of Satya Nadella is remarkable.

This will definitely get me to unsubscribe from Adobe’s Creative Cloud. Interestingly enough, the Canadian Adobe Creative Cloud page still lists the $9.99/month US price point.

While Apple could do more/better, it is rightfully lauded for its commitment to assistive technologies. Even better, many of these highlight functions anyone can use.

Not surprising at all considering almost anyone can just jump on one of these things and start riding.

There’s the Apple Watch and then there’s everything else.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you have a system that can take advantage of this new “‘high-quality’ audio” for your Apple TV?

Sadly, far too many people would actually buy this.

The truth, as is usually the case, is likely somewhere in the middle.

Nice little bump.

“It wasn’t an overly strong tornado.” Yeah but I flew my drone on the edge of light fog and lost it in the ocean. No way I’d fly it near a tornado.

I can confidently predict Apple will lose this battle.

Snell always has the best charts.

Apple is on the wrong side of this issue and it makes them seem anti-consumer.

Jim Dalrymple and I have discussed this on a couple of occasions on the Your Mac Life podcast. It’s an interesting question and problem for Apple. Do they let “the creatives” hold the reins come what may or do they shoot for the largest possible audience with G-rated content?