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My thanks to Rogue Amoeba, the very first Six Colors sponsor, for once again sponsoring Six Colors this week!…

Emergency draft! In this bonus episode, Jason and Myke predict what will happen at Tuesday’s Apple media event. Will there be new iPad Pro models, and if so, will new accessories accompany them? Will we finally see a new iMac design? What other unexpected…

Non-hyperbolic Apple Event predictions and electric cars.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.

I was frankly flabbergasted to see a post on The Verge this morning, reporting that Amazon has—finally!—added the ability to show the cover of whatever you’re currently reading on your Kindle’s lock screen.…

Stacey Higginbotham of Stacey on IoT has some details on the upcoming launch of products based on the new Connected Home over IP standard that counts Apple, Amazon, and Google as members:…

Last week we visited my mother in Arizona for the first time in more than a year. Driving 1800 miles and trading sitting isolated in one house for sitting isolated in another isn’t the most pulse-pounding Spring Break you’d ever imagine, but there was one…

What we’d track with Apple Find My, our Samsung Unpacked predictions, what we expect from Apple’s April event, and a rant about Apple TV.…

At long last, our origin story revealed.…

Back in 2016, the FBI and Apple clashed over unlocking an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter, Syed Rizwan Farook. Things looked tense for a bit, as a showdown over encryption loomed, but the FBI ultimately unlocked the device without Apple’s…

I’ve gotten to know Paul Campbell over the past few years because he was the co-organizer of the Apple-focused Úll conference. But he’s also the co-founder of Tito, a company focused on event ticketing. (Disclosure: A few years back I was paid to perform…

David Smith released a new app today. This isn’t news. He’s one of the most productive app developers on the planet.…

Sometimes if you stare at something too long, you begin to see patterns that aren’t really there. I’m worried that this is happening to me when it comes to pondering Apple’s smart home strategy. Has it been rebooted? Are we about to see Apple sweep back…

The Verge’s Nick Statt has an in-depth story on customers who have run into mysterious “white spots” when trading their devices in to Apple via its partner Phobio:…

Apple announced (and pre-announced) that it’s holding a virtual event next Tuesday at 10 a.m. “Spring Loaded” is the tagline.…

MacRumors reports that the beans have been spilled on the upcoming spring Apple event from an unlikely source:…

Ben Smith of the New York Times wrote an excellent piece about the rise of writers building their own businesses, most prominently newsletters based on the Substack platform. This part, about competitors to Substack, struck me for some obvious reasons:…

This week we ponder Apple’s moves both outdoors (additions to the Find My network) and in (possible new smart home products). Apple’s also launching new original podcasts tied to Apple TV+ projects, and we discuss why some of Apple’s product launches…

With Loopback it’s trivial to pass audio from one application to another on your Mac. Need to play a recording into Zoom? Add sound effects into a podcast? Include music in a streamed event? Loopback gives you the power to do just that with just a few…

Late on Friday, as befits disappointing news, Logitech announced that it would be discontinuing its Harmony remote line:…

Apple has made several attempts to make a go of the game market over the years—anyone remember when Apple had Game Evangelists? Pippin? Game Sprockets? And each and every time, just like boss battles in classic Nintendo games, those efforts have largely been…

My thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring Six Colors this week. Magic Lasso Adblock is an efficient and high performance ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. It runs as a native Safari content blocking extension, and blocks intrusive ads, pop ups and…

No AirTags, driving to the Apple Store, and why you might not need your own wiki.… Become a member to listen to our exclusive weekly podcast and get more benefits.

Apple Newsroom:…

Tim Cook was on a podcast. But not this podcast.…

Apple’s latest Arcade updates, LG exits the smartphone market, rumors of an iMac with a bigger display, and our automation and Stream Deck experiences.…

Here’s Brent Simmons on chasing the perfect organizational system:…

A few years ago, I switched from Chrome back to Safari, wanting a more fluid experience between my Macs and iOS devices. While I now enjoy having my bookmarks, tabs and history everywhere I go — as long as iCloud is working — there is one Chrome feature…

Really great read from Lauren Goode at WIRED about the persistence of digital memory, even in the face of things you might prefer to forget:…

It’s a big news week! Myke and Jason break down Tim Cook’s podcast interview with Kara Swisher, and discuss some big changes at Apple Arcade. There’s also WWDC 2021 and Apple’s rumored augmented-reality headset to talk about.…

Kara Swisher of the New York Times interviews Tim Cook on her podcast this week:…