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Most project management software (a) takes a lot of time to configure, (b) is not built for cross-functional teams, and (c) takes focus away from releases. The status quo is that engineers spend precious time wading through tickets.…

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Antony Johnston — best known as the creator of the excellent and right-up-my-alley Atomic Blonde — hosts a podcast devoted to writing, and he was kind enough to invite me on. I could talk about writing — what I do, how I do…

Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman, reporting for The New York Times:…

So let’s just get this out of the way: Rogue Amoeba was last week’s sponsor here at DF but the sponsorship was for Loopback, for which I just posted my end-of-the-week thank-you. But this week they also released a major update to another of their excellent…

My thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring DF last week to promote Loopback, their amazing Mac audio utility that makes it easy to move audio between applications. Stuck on Zoom calls? Pipe in music and sound effects, or enhance your microphone. Podcasters,…

Mark Gurman tweeted a reminder of this story he reported back in March:…

Apple, in its legal filing:…

Running this statement through my Applespeak-to-English decoder ring, what I hear is not that they won’t allow Xbox Game Pass because they can’t review each game separately. What I hear is that game streaming services are not allowed in the iOS App Store.…

Brian Krebs:…

I wound up looking into the etymology of “cherry-pick” while writing this post earlier today, and I’m simply astounded by this note from Merriam-Webster:…

Simon Sharwood, writing for The Register:…

Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac, reporting for BuzzFeed News:…

Ryan Mac, reporting for BuzzFeed News:…

Sam Byford, The Verge:…

Molly Hensley-Clancy and Caroline O’Donovan, reporting for BuzzFeed News:…

Heather Kelly, reporting for The Washington Post:…

Jules Wang, writing for Android Police, “Wear OS Will Lose Google Play Music Months Before a YouTube Music App Exists”:…

New York Times correspondent Vivian Yee, from Beirut:…

Using Loopback, moving audio between applications becomes trivial. Stuck on Zoom calls? Pipe in music and sound effects, or enhance your microphone. Podcasters, merge your mic with other audio sources, then pass it all on to remote guests. Loopback makes…

August is sold out on the DF weekly sponsorship schedule, but September is mostly open. (October too, if you’re planning ahead.)…

I noted this morning regarding the updated 27-inch iMac that the high end RAM configurations are pricey — $1,000 for 64 GB and $2,600 for 128 GB. You can get the same DDR4 memory upgrades from OWC for $300 and $600, respectively, and the new 27-inch iMac…

Craig Mod:…

“One small step for a man, and one giant leap for wireless networking.” Fantastic backstory on this stunt on ATP last March (28:00).  ★ 

Apple Newsroom:…

Speaking of Jason Snell:…

Jason Snell on today’s 27-inch iMac update:…

Isabel Kershner and Pam Belluck, reporting for The New York Times:…

Apple Newsroom:…

Dan Primack, on Twitter:…