Products and features need to resonate with an audience in order to succeed. People feel, sometimes immediately, when a feature resonates with them, and it’s that feeling that gives them a sense of whether a related product is revolutionary and not the other way around. The iPhone was almost immediately and universally recognized as a […]
Author Archives: Jack Wellborn
Joe Rossignol, at MacRumors: When the feature is turned on, iPhone users are required to authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID for additional actions, including viewing passwords or passkeys stored in iCloud Keychain, applying for a new Apple Card, turning off Lost Mode, erasing all content and settings, using payment methods saved in Safari, […]
Inspired by the folks over at MacStories adding a new section dedicated to their setups, I figured now would be a good time to write about my own workspace. It’s actually something I’ve been meaning to write about for some time now as I’ve made several upgrades over the past year and have never been […]
I spent a few minutes on Black Friday messing around with ChatGPT. Given how much I enjoy Columbo, the series of made for TV murder mysteries, I asked ChatGPT the following: Write me the synopsis of the perfect Columbo murder mystery. What I got in return was I think the perfect example of the power […]
According to Walter Isaacson’s1 authorized biography, this is what Steve Jobs had to say about Apple’s lawsuit against HTC in 2011: Our lawsuit is saying, “Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off.” Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny […]
Tom Warren, reporting for The Verge: Nvidia and AMD are both reportedly planning to launch Arm-based CPUs for Windows-based PCs. Reuters reports that Nvidia has started designing Arm-based CPUs in what could be a major expansion of Microsoft’s Windows on Arm work. Nvidia and AMD could both be ready with PC chips as soon as […]
Here’s the opening of Satya Nadella’s statement, as reported by The Verge After nearly 20 years at the company, Panos Panay has decided to leave Microsoft. Panos has had an incredible impact on our products and culture as well as the broader devices ecosystem. Under Panos’ leadership, the team created the iconic Surface brand with […]
Launch Origin, which can’t update, log in, or reset password. Search the web, find that Origin has been rebranded to “the EA app” (I think “Origin” is a better name, but whatever.) Download and install the EA app, which requires the PC to restart. Nothing suspicious there. The newly downloaded EA app requires a password […]
To my great surprise, I find myself agreeing with a take from The Verge, where Allison Johnson writes… I don’t think we’ve seen everything that the Dynamic Island can do. More apps will start using it, especially if the whole iPhone 15 lineup adopts the feature like the rumors suggest. But it’s definitely not an […]
While I have switched to HomePods for other rooms in our house, they aren’t really suitable for our kitchen due to limited counter space. For that room, I have been using a traditional receiver and speakers above the cabinets. This isn’t acoustically ideal, but it works well enough. The main issue I’ve had with this […]