The Latest from Comfort Zone, NPC, Magic Rays of Light, and MacStories Unwind
Fri 3:54pm By John VoorheesEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone In this very special episode, the gang makes their “Pro” and “Pro Max” predictions for tech in 2025 and oh my, does it get wild! Who’s best clued into the tech coming this…MacStories Unwind Is Now Available as Video on YouTube
Fri 11:20am By John VoorheesMacStories’ video rollout on YouTube continues today with MacStories Unwind, the podcast where Federico and I swap funny stories about the differences between life in the U.S. and Italy and share media picks and deals. The show is released every Friday, just…NPC Special Podcast Episode: Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions and First Theories
Thu 1:29pm By John VoorheesEarlier today Nintendo announced the first official details about the Switch 2 console. There are still a lot of unknowns, but there are interesting details that can be gleaned from Nintendo’s video announcement. Join Federico, Brendon, and me for our…Our MacStories Setups: Updates Covering Video Production, Gaming, and More
Thu 11:13am By John VoorheesThe second half of 2024 saw a lot of change to my setup and Federico’s. We launched the MacStories YouTube channel, expanded our family of podcasts, and spent time chasing the ultimate portable gaming setup for NPC: Next Portable Console. The result was that…Default Browser: A Mac Menu Bar Utility for Quickly Switching Browsers
Thu 8:47am By John VoorheesSindre Sorhus has released more apps than most indie developers I’ve covered, and many are among my favorite utilities. I suspect that a big part of Sorhus’ success is the tight focus of most of those apps, which are designed to eliminate specific points…A Bluesky-Based Photo-Sharing App Is Coming
Wed 1:37pm By John VoorheesSebastian Vogelsang, the Berlin-based developer of Skeets, an alternative to Bluesky’s official client, is working on a new photo-sharing app called Flashes that is built on the same codebase as Skeets. As reported by Sarah Perez at TechCrunch: When…The Latest from AppStories and NPC: Next Portable Console
Tue 3:35pm By John VoorheesEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week on AppStories, Federico and John predict what we’ll see from Apple in 2025. From agentic AI to App Intents and Siri, they explore what will shape the year ahead and the…1Blocker: A Cleaner, Faster, and More Private Web Experience [Sponsor]
Jan 13, 2025, 9:31 am By MacStories TeamIntroducing 1Blocker 6, the most powerful version yet of the trusted Safari content blocker. Now available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, this update marks almost a decade of innovation and dedication to creating a better web experience. For ten years,…The Latest from Comfort Zone, Ruminate, Magic Rays of Light, and MacStories Unwind
Jan 10, 2025, 3:17 pm By John VoorheesEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane is out, so Chris and Matt are left to fend on their own. Chris steals like an artist and Matt defends a new purchase. Ruminate Some snack reviews from the festive period,…MacStories Won’t Stand for Meta’s Dehumanizing and Harmful Moderation Policies
Jan 10, 2025, 1:20 pm By John VoorheesJust over two years ago, MacStories left Twitter behind. We left when Elon Musk began dismantling the company’s trust and safety infrastructure, allowing hateful speech and harassment on the platform. Meta is now doing the same thing with Threads and…Razer Launches PC Remote Play for Streaming PC Games to the iPhone, iPad, and Other Devices
Jan 8, 2025, 12:11 pm By John VoorheesSource: Razer. Yesterday, Brendon and I wandered into a ballroom where Razer was showing off its latest hardware. We weren’t expecting much beyond super-powerful gaming laptops (✅) and lots of RGB lights (also ✅). However, just as our guided booth tour…A Tiny But Exciting CES Smartphone Controller Discovery
Jan 8, 2025, 11:24 am By John VoorheesOne of my favorite surprises during CES 2025 so far was when Brendon pointed to a small device sitting on a table at the GameSir booth and asked ‘What’s that?’ It turns out it was a prototype Game Boy-style smartphone controller that doubles as a battery…NPC @ CES: Exploring the Future of Handheld Gaming at CES 2025
Jan 8, 2025, 10:42 am By John VoorheesYesterday, Brendon Bigley and I walked over 8 miles on the CES show floor in search of ‘the next big thing’ in handheld gaming. We ended a long day against the backdrop of the Las Vegas Sphere to talk about what we’d seen and our initial impressions of…CES Is A Lot: A Gadget Roundup
Jan 7, 2025, 12:20 pm By John VoorheesCES kicked off Sunday evening with Unveiled, a press-only showcase of a subset of gadgets that I found a little underwhelming. It’s not that there hasn’t been interesting tech announced at the event, but it’s buried under strata of hype, over-the-top…“I Live My Life a Quarter Century at a Time”
Jan 7, 2025, 10:04 am By Federico ViticciTwo days ago was the 25th anniversary of Steve Jobs unveiling the Aqua interface for Mac OS X for first time at Macworld Expo. James Thomson published a great personal retrospective on one particular item of the Aqua UI that was shown off at the event: the…NVIDIA Announces GeForce NOW Support Coming to Safari on Vision Pro Later This Month
Jan 7, 2025, 9:38 am By Federico ViticciWith a press release following an otherwise packed keynote at CES (which John and Brendon, my NPC co-hosts, attended in person last night), NVIDIA announced that their streaming service GeForce NOW is going to natively support the Apple Vision Pro…well, sort…Apple Fitness+ Announces Strava Integration, New Workout Programs, and More
Jan 6, 2025, 2:32 pm By Jonathan ReedSource: Apple. Apple has announced a slew of additions to its fitness subscription service, Apple Fitness+, including new workout programs for strength, yoga “peak poses”, breath meditation, and even training for pickleball. New editions of the Artist…Espresso Displays Announces the 4K 15 Pro Portable Display
Jan 6, 2025, 12:40 pm By John VoorheesSource: espresso Displays. Late yesterday, espresso Displays announced the addition of a new portable display to its Pro lineup. The espresso 15 Pro joins the company’s 17 Pro, which was released last year. Highlights of the 15.6” display include a…Shazam Fast Forward 2025 Predicts 2025’s Emerging Artists
Jan 6, 2025, 10:54 am By John VoorheesShazam has released the Shazam Fast Forward 2025, a group of artists that the music recognition service expects to break out in 2025. As explained on its dedicated Shazam Fast Forward 2025 website: These are Shazam’s Predictions for breakthrough artists in…PowerPhotos: The Ultimate Toolbox for Photos on the Mac [Sponsor]
Jan 6, 2025, 9:10 am By MacStories TeamPowerPhotos is the ultimate toolbox for Photos on the Mac. It works in conjunction with the Apple Photos app, filling in missing features that Photos itself doesn’t provide. PowerPhotos allows you to work with multiple Photos libraries and store them…CES 2025: What to Expect from NPC and MacStories
Jan 2, 2025, 12:08 pm By John VoorheesToday, I began packing my bag full of the gear I’m bringing to CES. I’m excited because it’s shaping up to be a very NPC CES. Brendon, Federico, and I started NPC: Next Portable Console because we each sensed that handheld gaming had reached a tipping…What’s in My CES Bag?
Jan 2, 2025, 10:23 am By John VoorheesPacking for CES has been a little different than WWDC. The biggest differences are the huge crowds at CES and the limits the conference puts on the bags you can carry into venues. My trusty Tom Bihn Synapse 25 backpack isn’t big, but it’s too large for…The Latest from NPC: Next Portable Console
Jan 2, 2025, 9:20 am By John VoorheesNPC has been a lot of fun to produce this year. If you haven’t tried the show yet, this week’s episode is a good place to start because it brings together so much of what we’ve covered since launching the show in June. NPC: Next Portable Console To close…The Latest from AppStories and Comfort Zone
Dec 26, 2024, 3:15 pm By John VoorheesEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I round up the tech and productivity projects we have planned for our annual holiday break. On AppStories+, I explain the refinements he’s made to my reading…Lux Reveals Plans for Halide Mark III
Dec 24, 2024, 8:00 am By John VoorheesYesterday, the team at Lux announced that they are working on the next major release of their pro camera app, Halide, which will be dubbed Halide Mark III. The next iteration of Halide, which Lux hopes to release in 2025 will focus on three areas: Color…Astropad Bookcase Walkthrough
Dec 23, 2024, 12:03 pm By John VoorheesIn 2024, I came to grips with the fact that I’ll never be an E Ink-first reader. Most of my reading is web-based, and I like having all of my reading-adjacent apps available too much to use a Kindle, Boox Palma, or other reading-first device regularly.…WinterFest 2024: The Winter Festival Of Artisanal Software [Sponsor]
Dec 23, 2024, 7:17 am By MacStories TeamWinterFest 2024: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic new collection of carefully crafted software for writing, research, and thinkings. Innovative software often comes from small teams, fired with imagination and a vision of a better…The M-Con PSP Go-Style iPhone Game Controller Moves One Step Closer to Reality
Dec 21, 2024, 2:31 pm By John VoorheesAbout six months ago, Josh King posted on the SBCGaming subreddit about a 3D printed iPhone game controller he’d created called the M-Con. The post was accompanied by a YouTube video walkthrough that lent credibility to the Sony PSP Go-like design, that…The Latest from Comfort Zone, Magic Rays of Light, and MacStories Unwind
4:48pm By John VoorheesEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane has a new webcam, Chris is downing in keyboards, and everyone installs some web-ass web apps. Magic Rays of Light Sigmund and Devon share their favorite shows, films, apps,…EU Seeks Input on iOS and iPadOS Interoperability
Thu 10:52am By John VoorheesIn September, I wrote about two interoperability proceedings commenced by the European Commission (EC) against Apple. As I wrote then: In a nutshell, the EC is unhappy with connectivity between iOS and third-party devices and plans to tell the company how to…
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