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Straight to jail
Oliver Darcy on his new, excellent Status newsletter: Zucker-Bucks Under Pressure
Notably, Zuckerberg's GOP-friendly behavior comes after Trump
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You might be wrong
There’s a common refrain in online discussions about software that “most people don’t use or need that, it’
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How dare you want more
Allison Johnson writing for The Verge: European iPhones are more fun now
Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime,
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“What is a photograph?” is just getting more complicated
Allison Johnson for The Verge: Google’s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos
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Netflix is more serious about games than you might expect
Yesterday, Netflix announced that Monument Valley 3, the next game in a what has been an iconic game series on
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Cartoons are so back (members post)
I’m watching more cartoons this year than maybe ever before. Today we explore some of the reasons I think that might be.
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The “hot” feature people want in the new iPhones
Steven Knight from SellCell: iPhone 16 Pre-Launch Survey: 62% of iPhone Users to Upgrade to iPhone 16
The second rumored
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Everywhere you want to be
Myke Hurley talking about Apple opening the NFC chip to other payment apps on the iPhone during today’s episode
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My movies tier list for 2024 (members post)
Today I'm attempting the impossible: 71 movie tiers handed out in half an hour. Can it be done?! Well, I did it already, so yes, but it was a lot of fun along the way.
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Shareshot is my new favorite way to share screenshots
Marc Palmer: Launch Day! Shareshot 1.0 Is Live in the App Store 🎉
Today we launched Shareshot! We’ve been
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What is X in 2024?
Casey Newton on Platformer: X Is Just a Political Project Now
The Trump years were characterized by constant (and almost
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Is this the slow decline of the Apple “cult”?
My “quirk” on this blog years ago was the fact that I, an Apple fan, would try using Android and
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Apple opens up NFC to payment apps world wide, not just in the EU
Apple today: Developers can soon offer in‑app NFC transactions using the Secure Element
Starting with iOS 18.1, developers
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Some high-profile app updates are getting roasted. Here's what I think happened (members post)
A few high-profile app updates have recently gone down like a lead balloon. I have a lot of sympathy for the developers involved, and today I wanted to explain what I think happened with Overcast specifically.
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It’s bad for consumers and it’s bad for Patreon, but what are you going to do, not ship on iOS?
John Gruber: Nick Heer on Patreon Creators Paying the Full 30 Percent App Store Rate for New Subscriptions
The whole
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just closing down my twttr
Not going to make a big deal of it, but today I decided to officially close my Twitter (sorry, X)
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Power tools and RSI
John Gruber: The Mac Is a Power Tool
Safety by default, but don’t get in the way of power
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Apple gets its pound of flesh from struggling creators
From the Patron blog today:
As we first announced last year, Apple is requiring that Patreon use their in-app purchasing