Zac Hall

Interested in Threads but not using your iPhone all day? Threads for the web has officially arrived, and it makes for a decent web app on the Mac.

Cord-cutters still hooked on cable news only want one thing from CNN: a standalone streaming subscription to the channel. Maybe this new CNN Max product will be that? Not a chance.

Apple broke the internet, or at least some people’s muscle memory, when it moved the search bar on Safari in iOS 15. Fast-forward a couple years, and now Chrome is adopting the same design change.

Apple Vision Pro is still months away from arriving in the US, and developers are already hard at work on crafting spatial computing experiences with their apps. Today Apple is sharing some of the insight from our favorite developers who have taken advantage of hands-on time with the headset.

It’s new beta day for iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. Apple has released iOS 17 beta 7 alongside macOS 14 Sonoma beta 6. For macOS, the release comes a couple weeks after the prior build. iOS, on the other hand, is seeing more frequent releases ahead of its September debut.

Update: Apple is now rolling out the same updates to public beta testers. You can read the original article below.

Beats Studio Buds Plus will soon come in two new metallic colors: cosmic pink and cosmic silver. Both colors are launching at select retail stores next month.

I’m not crying, you’re crying! Why? This duo of videos showing how a small business is leveraging the iPhone 14 Pro camera system to help make custom prosthetics for pets in need.

As we await Apple’s iPhone 15 announcement, juicy charging cable rumors keep spicing up the month. The latest tidbit adds to the number of ways Apple might be improving its charging cords.

Apple is expected to announced the iPhone 15 line in three weeks and begin shipping hardware in four weeks. The highest end iPhone with the most advanced camera system may face delays into October, however, due to image sensor readiness.

Apple is holding its annual Apple Pay promotion to benefit national parks this week. From now through August 27, the company is donating $10 to the National Parks Foundation for every transaction using Apple Pay on Apple.com, through the Apple Store app, or at an Apple Store. Apple caps its donation to the NPF from the promotion at $1 million.

Apple Podcasts is introducing three new updates for podcast producers today including a subscription analytics dashboard.

We’re three weeks out from when we expect Apple to officially announce the iPhone 15 line, and that’s plenty of time for a new round of rumors to come to life.

How much storage space does a spatial computer need? Probably more than most iPhones, according to findings shared from a hands-on developer experience.

There’s a new software update out today for Macs running macOS Ventura.

macOS 13.5.1 is available for all Mac users and includes a fix for an issue with System Settings (no, not the layout):

Updated with more reports of stolen motorcycles found with AirTags that cannot be recovered.

AirTags are great for finding lost bags, pets, and keys. Apple’s item tracker, however, is no match for property theft — especially when vehicles are involved.

The risk associated with Bluetooth has been on display at this year’s Def Con hacker convention, but it’s not the kind of security threat you should lose sleep over.

The clock has been ticking on TikTok’s fate in the United States for several years now. No national policy affecting the China-owned video app has been set in stone though. However, New York City is the latest government to ban TikTok on work-issued phones.

Netflix recently shipped the “Game Controller” app for iPhone and iPad ahead of its big push into video game streaming. Today the company has more to say about how and when its new iOS app can be used.

8/14: Saturn has submitted an update to the App Store that could address the most obvious privacy concerns. As you’ll read below, however, we’ll need to compare the words on their blog with how the app actually works.

What if I told you there was a new app that let anyone easily look up names and social media accounts for local teenagers? Creepy much? That’s exactly what a new app called Saturn does. It’s also currently one of the top 15 iPhone apps on the App Store.

Prior to leaving Apple in January, Peter Stern was widely considered the eventual successor to Apple Services boss Eddy Cue. Fast-forward to today and Stern has popped back up as the new head of software and services integration at Ford.

Something I thought we’d see at the WWDC 2023 keynote is more attention given to the Dynamic Island. Apple introduced the new design element with the iPhone 14 Pro in September, and iOS 17 will be the first major update since then.