Happy New Year's Eve! Whether you are getting dressed up tonight to celebrate the end of the year in style or just taking it easy and watching TV until midnight, I hope that you enjoy this last day of 2022, and I wish you nothing but the best in 2023. Brett Burney and I finished up the year by recording Episode 81 of the In the News podcast. We start the...
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Friday, December 30, 2022
In the News
As we look back on the year 2022, I realize that I have been incredibly impressed by the content on Apple TV+ this year. It may have even been my favorite of all of the streaming services because it was where I watched my two favorite shows in 2022: Severance and the third season of For All Mankind. And while the pitch for Apple TV+ has always been quality over...
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Podcast episode 80: Freeform, Race Routes, and Helicopter Rescues
I did not expect for there to be so much to talk about this late in the year, but Apple's huge iOS 16.2 release this past week gave us lots to discuss. Brett and I start by talking about Freeform, Apple's new whiteboard app, and we also discuss Apple Music Sing and other new features. We also discuss European Union requirement that Apple allow alternate app stores...
Thursday, December 15, 2022
In the News
Apple's new Continuity Camera feature lets you use the superior camera on your iPhone instead of your lackluster webcam so that you can look better on videoconferences when you use a Mac. If you use a laptop, Belkin makes a simple mount that you can use to hold your iPhone in the right position ($19.99 on Amazon). But if you use an external monitor or an iMac,...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Apple releases iOS 16.2
Yesterday, Apple released a pretty major update to the iPhone and iPad: iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2. Going from 16.1 to 16.2 may not seems like a big increase just based on the number, but there a large number of new features in this early Christmas present from Apple. I’m sure I’ll be discussing them in much more detail in the future, but here are the highlights:
Built-in...
Monday, December 12, 2022
[Sponsor] SaneBox -- vastly improve your email Inbox
Thank you to SaneBox for sponsoring iPhone J.D. again this month. I started using the service about two months ago, and it has completely transformed my Inbox. When I check my iPhone J.D. email, I now typically see only one or two messages, and they are almost always real messages from real people that I want to read. This has been a radical transformation...
