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In a big coup for Apple TV+, the service has signed a deal with longtime “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart to host a series of hourlong single-subject TV shows. Lacey Rose of The Hollywood Reporter has the details:…

For all the sound and fury about how iPhone updates are boring and incremental—and make no mistake, incremental improvement year over year is how Apple plays this game—it’s important to note that it’s a rare moment when Apple restyles the exterior of…

New Apple hardware season is in full swing! We review the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and fourth-generation iPad Air. Myke and Jason find themselves drawn to different models for aesthetic reasons. And in Upstream, we discuss why James Bond is probably not…

The original iMac was defined by the shape of the CRT display at its heart. Fairly early on in the process of designing it, Apple decided to set aside an alternative version that used a laptop-style flat-panel display as being too expensive and impractical.…

Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, writing at Bloomberg:…

It’s iPhone day! Dan’s iPhone is on a truck. Jason has all of the iPhones, and an iPad Air, too.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.

For a couple of years in the mid-90s, the Mac market was enthralled by a clonemaker with great deals and riotous marketing.…

I used to think that screen shots1, images captured from a computer screen, were only for tech journalist types like me. But is there any clearer example of the public hijacking a computer feature originally intended for a very nerdy purpose than the…

The episode between new phones being announced and new phones shipping.…

Google in the government’s antitrust crosshairs, politicians streaming video games, our cloud storage habits, and what the heck is going on with 5G.…

The future is here. Yes, this week marks the release of the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad Air. But it’s also the week we all finally get to meet Apple’s latest processor design for the first time. The A14 is here, and it’s going to be playing a…

Apple is at its best when it’s so confident in its product plans that it repeatedly challenges and one-ups itself. Think of that quintessential moment when Steve Jobs announced that he was discontinuing Apple’s best-selling product, the iPod mini, because…

The promise of playing Xbox games on my iOS devices has been tempting me for a while; though I’m not a hardcore gamer, there are a number of titles I like to play on my Xbox One, most recently Star Wars: Squadrons. Plus, the ability to still do some gaming,…

This week we’re picking up the pieces on last week’s October Apple event. What have we learned about the HomePod and iPhone 12? There’s a lot to unpack here. And in other news, Apple has decided that 2020 is the right time to become MTV.…

A recurring theme in this series is that the middle of the 1990s was not Apple’s best era. With Windows 95 on the march and Apple’s market share waning, the company made a series of questionable decisions as it struggled to find a way to stabilize and grow…

There was big news out of Cupertino last Tuesday—big news! Apple announced a new, smaller version of one of its products at a cheaper price point, potentially opening it up to a whole new class of customers.…

Six Colors member Mark writes, presumably while pondering a new iPhone 12 rather than a 12 Pro:…

Way back in the late ’90s and early 2000s when I was first creating websites on a relatively frequent basis, the view of security on the web was a little bit different than it is today.…

As rumored, Apple has extended the free subscriptions it handed out to its TV+ streaming service until February. I, and other subscribers, received the following email this morning:…

Dan orders a new iPhone. Magnets, how do they work? And we solve Apple’s digital home strategy.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.

When it comes to the size of the iPhone, a lot of us who tend to buy the most mainstream iPhone are a bit like the proverbial frog in the gradually boiling pot of water. In upgrading from the iPhone 4 to 5, from 5s to 6, and from 7 to X, our phones just keep…

Live, right after Apple’s event about 5G and only 5G.…

What Apple didn’t announce this week, whether the smartphone is ready to be our only computer, the portless iPhone of the future, and how we decide which iPhone to buy.…

Dieter Bohn of The Verge cautions against getting caught up in 5G hype:…

There’s a new update for BBEdit out today, version 13.5, with the usual bevy of new features. When I’m on my Mac, I do almost all of my writing in BBEdit, and I use its text-processing features all the time.…

(Update: As of pre-order time on Friday, Oct. 16, Sprint and T-Mobile have been added to the $30 discount deal on Apple’s site. If you want to use an alternative carrier or buy a phone SIM-free, you’ll still pay a $30 penalty.)…

Jason and Myke break down Apple’s iPhone 12 and HomePod mini launch event. Having four new iPhones with different pricing structures and camera options is a bit overwhelming, but they do their best to process it all and provide initial reactions.…

It was our second Apple event in a month, and as with the previous endeavor, Apple kept it tight and focused, discussing only two product lines: the HomePod and the iPhone.…

Apple held its latest media event, and introduced new iPhones and a new HomePod.…

What’s better than one fall Apple event? If you answered “two fall Apple events” then you’re in luck, because the Cupertino-based company is revving up the product announcement engine once again. On Tuesday, the company is scheduled to take the wraps…