A look at the latest apps, services, trends, and breakthroughs in tech with a focus on software and productivity.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Apple’s new M1 chip changed the industry. No, really this time.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator is the closest you can get to being an actual pilot.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Project Catalyst is already successful at breathing new life into the Mac app ecosystem.
Reading Time: 3 minutes watchOS 6 has some mighty fine improvements and one weird change.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The goal is to track spending and work towards financial goals in a slick looking app — if you’re okay giving a company your bank passwords.
Reading Time: 2 minutes A small software development company made a difficult decision, abandoning work done by its own staff to embrace a centralized standard. It did the right thing.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stockpiling multiple tools just to get access to Twitter (and other blocked websites)
Reading Time: < 1 min This isn’t your grandpa’s RSS reader.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every trip to Mainland China seems to uncover new ways of government control. The latest forces travelers to submit their passports to get a personalized password to use free WiFi at the airport.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Numerics integrates with dozens of services to present custom data on iOS devices — including the Apple TV.
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s a bit of a thrill contributing to a website that I’ve read and admired for so many years.
Reading Time: < 1 min Facebook’s problems are reaching new lows, so it might be time to reconsider who’s in charge.
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you type away on a computer all day with a tablet or phone nearby, you might fall in love with this app. If you type away on a computer all day with a tablet or phone nearby, you might fall in love with this app.
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Japanese designer is injecting some flair into wallpaper designs.
Reading Time: 7 minutes RSS readers have quietly become powerful tools while no-one was watching.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Facebook, infested with negativity and gossip, has lost its usefulness.
Reading Time: 4 minutes I am not a vegetarian but I’ve always been somewhat intrigued by vegetables made to taste like meat. There are vegetarian Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong, where tofu steps in for chicken or fish. Then
Reading Time: < 1 min We must never turn away from the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it might make us. Which brings us to Apple and an app called Metadata+. The app was first released in 2014 and provided a
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