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Okay, Apple, listen up. I’m calling you on the carpet.…

I’m a big fan of the Kobo e-reader line, but it’s only fair that I post a link to a negative review of the Kobo Sage by my pal Scott McNulty: If you’re looking for a premium ereader get a Kindle Oasis.…

My thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring Six Colors this week. I love Rogue Amoeba’s apps. As a podcaster, I rely on Audio Hijack and Loopback to do my job.…

Our thoughts on a slidable, resizable laptop, our countdown events, our iPhone photography habits, and our favorite pinball games…

Apple makes some changes to Stage Manager which gets us talking about glitches.…

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and once again, my friends at Relay FM are raising money for St. Jude. A lot of money. Members of our community have already given more than half a million dollars this month, and more than two million dollars…

Jason reviews the iPhone 14, we speculate about how Apple could make an October Mac event worth having, Myke solves his iPhone migration problems, and we answer your Dynamic Island questions!…

Since the near-simultaneous arrival of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017, Apple has been on a mission to split the iPhone product line into two distinct sets of models: a more expensive set that incorporates all the cutting-edge features Apple can dream up,…

  Since 2002, Rogue Amoeba has been making amazing audio apps for the Mac. Whether you’re a podcaster, musician, or just someone who listens to audio on their Mac, Rogue Amoeba can make your life better.…

There are dozens–if not hundreds–of new features strewn across the major software updates Apple releases every fall. But for every one that gets top billing (iOS 16’s new customizable Lock Screens, for example) there are a whole slew that get little, if…

Josh Renaud notes the 30th anniversary of a fixture in the pre-Web Internet: Each newsgroup was like a messageboard dedicated to a topic: fans of Atari’s 16-bit ST computers would post messages in comp.sys.atari.st.…

My thanks to Daylite for sponsoring Six Colors this week. For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.…

Here’s the same location, shown in Explore, Driving, and Transit modes in Maps. Each screen is a bit zoomed in, and they’re all shown in Dark Mode.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become a member to get access to exclusive stories, podcasts,…

Julia’s under the weather, so Jason asked our editor, Steven, to join him to talk about Amazon’s NFL broadcast, Apple TV+ exclusivity of MLB record-breaking games, the insolvency of Bally Sports, and the mystery of NFL Sunday Ticket.…

Our computer and desk setups, the feature we’d add to iOS to make the biggest impact on how we use our iPhones, our device-protection habits, and whether the iPad is living up to its potential.…

Call it the Godzilla Problem. Apple is so big and influential that any move it makes will have enormous consequences for someone, somewhere. If Godzilla takes a walk, he leaves enormous footprints (and, let’s be honest, a bunch of crushed stuff) behind him.…

This week we take a look at the iPhone 14 Pro and talk about mistakes we made.…

After reviewing the iPhone 14 Pro and discussing the pros and cons of the Dynamic Island and the new 48MP camera, Jason and Myke discuss the current pace of upgrades and innovation across all of Apple’s product lines.…

One fun thing to do while you’re out on parental leave is to redo literally your entire office technology setup.1…

  Unlock your sales potential with the new Daylite Opportunities Board For small businesses, acquiring new business often means juggling multiple priorities at the same time, as each deal has its own time frame and different client requirements.…

With the launch of the new iPhones and Apple Watches, the annual fall season of the latest Apple tech is now fully upon us. But though the September event may be the first and most prominent in the run-up to the holiday season, there’s almost certainly more…

My thanks to Kolide for once again sponsoring Six Colors. If you build a dystopian and cynical security program born out of fear, mistrust, and suspicion, then you will inevitably make your fellow employees your enemies.…

Dan and I showed off the new iPhone 14, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max in advance of their arrival tomorrow. We tried to answer a bunch of questions.…

Dries Depoorter built a project that captures the moment that an Instagram photo was taken and posts the results: How does this work? Recorded a selection of open cameras for weeks.…

The tech we use to sleep and wake, the small changes to iOS 16 we’re excited about, our thoughts on an iPhone subscription plan, and our predictions RE: the end of iPhone and the last numbered iPhone model.…

There was a time when so much of the progress that came with a new iPhone could be encapsulated in its revolutionary new A-series processor, which added CPU cores, GPUs, or special processing engines to enable the model to be so much faster than its…

We discuss the Dynamic Island and the new iPhones, the new Apple Watch, the Apple event, iOS 16, and more.…

iOS 16 favorite features, weather apps, and wedding cakes. Typical Rebound fare.…

Products on display in the hands-on area at the Steve Jobs Theater.John Gruber wrote a bit today about Apple’s in-person event presentation: Media reaction to this was, at least from the peers I spoke with, mostly positive.…

Five days later, we take stock of last week’s Apple announcements, disclose our pre-orders, ponder future changes to the iPhone product line, and discuss our favorite features of iOS 16.…