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Apple over-ear 'AirPods Studio' rumor analysis
In 2016 we got the truly wireless EarPods-like AirPods. In 2017… make that 2018… we got the room-filling HomePod. In 2019, second-generation AirPods and, right at the end of the year, the in-ear AirPods Pro. Now, rumor has it, we may just be getting truly wireless over-the-ear headphones from Apple. StudioPods, so to speak. So, what… and why? Apple introduced AirPods at the...
Spring fling
Apple March 2020 Event Preview: iPhone 9, iPad Pro, AirTags
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If Apple does a March 2020 Event and there are no significant delays, if Apple holds either in one big event or a series of smaller releases, just what may Apple have in store for us this spring?
How Apple could fix iPad multitasking in iPadOS 14 (iOS 14)
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Since this week marked the 10 year anniversary of the iPad, it brought up a lot of praise and a lot of criticism from a lot of people, and the multi-window multitasking interactions were chief among them. So, what can be done about them?
It's trip-py!
The new Apple Maps — Now everywhere in the U.S.
Apple started the new Maps at home, in the United States, and today the company is announcing that they’ve finished re-mapping America.
Cha-ching
Apple Q1 2020: iPhone powers the ecosystem
The iPhone 11 is going to be so boring. So iterative. A real yawner. A letdown. You don’t need it. Totally. Completely. Must skip. Facepalm emoji dash thumbnail... OK Doomers.
Zero Entry
On Data Privacy Day learn how to lock down your iPhone
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If you're more concerned about someone stealing your data than you losing your data, then these are the iOS security tips you need to know!
Vector
Celebrate Data Privacy Day by locking your iPhone down!
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'Privacy now is like security in the days of Windows XP. No one cared about it until everyone cared about it.'
Multicam Magic
Hands-on with FiLMiC DoubleTake multi-cam for iPhone
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Back in September, Apple invited FiLMiC up on the big iPhone 11 event stage to show off something pretty damn incredible: multi-cam video capture. It wasn’t quite ready to ship back then. But it is now.
Happy Birthday
The Secret Origins of the iPad
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Not just a big iPhone but an iPhone gone IMAX, the original iPad was a big, approachable window to apps and the web and exactly the table the mainstream had been waiting for.
But YT tho
Why you still can't watch 4K YouTube on Apple devices
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It’s 2020 and I still can’t watch 4K YouTube on almost any of my Apple stuff. Why?
Not Today, Satan!
The Evil Cult of Apple
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Is Apple evil? Yes. Of course. 100%. But in a far more dangerous way than the cliched, cartoonish, contorted new Evil List article in Slate suggests.
Bigger and better
iPadOS 14 Wishlist: Beyond just better mouse support
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What I'd love to see from Apple for iPadOS 14 this June at WWDC 2020.
More for less
iPhone 9: What everyone is getting wrong
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iPhone 9 won't be for tech pundits... but it will be for a lot of customers.
iOS 14 Wishlist: What the iPhone needs next
What I'd love to see from Apple for iOS 14 this June at WWDC 2020.
Setec Astronomy
FBI vs. Apple: The politics of privacy and the assault on encryption
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This fight isn't over the ability to get into just a single criminal’s phone, but everybody’s phone. Yours and mine. And the ability for not just the FBI to get into it, but everybody. Foreign agencies and criminals.
iPhone camera wishlist: ND filter, Macro, Smart Zoom
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There are still lots of things Apple could do to improve and round out iPhone photography, even if it's in years to come.
Samsung phone launches are so different than Apple's...
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We’re not even a week into 2020 and Samsung has not announced a couple of new phones already, but an event to announce even more new phones. And… it's worth taking a look at, both from a Samsung and an Apple point of view.
More Like Apple Home
Fixing Apple HomeKit for 2020
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In light of some recent announcements, I figured I should step back and take a bigger, more pictured look at where HomeKit is and where I think it needs to be in 2020.
Rumor roundup
Apple 2020 preview: iPhone 12, Watch 6, iPad Pro 4, and more!
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2019 is over. Everything that would ship did ship. And now it's time to let the past die. Kill it if you have to. It's the only way for all of us to get what comes next. Wait, no, that sounds so nihilistic. And I'm, like, so totally optimistic about what this year could bring. So, let's go over it all.
The Future
iPhone XX — Imaging the next 10 years of Apple
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Sure, we have iPhone 12 coming up, and 5G, but beyond that, we have an even greater confluence of technologies, rapidly emerging, that when taken together that could make for an even bigger third leap forward. With iPhone XX.