Future versions of the Apple Watch could feature a band with a built-in camera, according to a patent published Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Apple envisions a watch band with an adjustable camera or some other kind of optical sensor at the end. The watch display would serve as the viewfinder. Apple’s …
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Bill Gates says Microsoft losing to Android was his ‘greatest mistake’
Bill Gates has conceded that his “greatest mistake ever” was failing to put Microsoft in Android’s position as the world’s biggest “non-Apple” mobile operating system. The Microsoft co-founder was reflecting on the era when the market was shifting toward mobile, in an interview at venture capital firm Village Global. “In the software world, particularly for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. …
Read More »AT&T 5G: Our tests yield the wildest speeds yet
It’s fitting that I tested AT&T’s 5G network at the Warner Bros. studio in Los Angeles. Both Hollywood and 5G aim to take our wildest ideas and make them real. In AT&T’s case, it’s the promise of high-speed mobile data over a cellular network, which could revolutionize how we use our phones, computers and connected devices. In the little time …
Read More »Apple updates Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS and Mac
Apple has added a bunch of new features to its Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps in an update across both iOS and MacOS. One common addition for all six apps is the ability to stylize your text by adding images, gradients and new outline styles. The three apps make up Apple’s iWork productivity suite. Some of the additions in Pages …
Read More »How to leave iOS 13 public beta and go back to iOS 12
Using beta versions of iOS or iPadOS takes a level of patience in dealing with bugs, poor battery life and features that just don’t work. If you recently decided to install iOS 13 or iPadOS when Apple launched the public beta, only to start regretting it a few days later despite all of the (sometimes hidden) new features — there’s …
Read More »Mouse support is hidden in iPadOS for a reason
A better browser, new multitasking, a smoother Pencil… and everyone’s excited by a mouse. Apple’s newest version of the iPad OS is here as a public beta for you to download (on a secondary device, please). And you can, indeed, pair a Bluetooth mouse and use it to control your iPad. It seems, at first, like wish fulfillment. I’ve wanted …
Read More »Amazfit Bip smartwatch dips to $64 (Update: Expired)
Honestly, I hadn’t touched my Amazfit Bip for several months. Most days I wear my Apple Watch, but with a four-day vacation looming and no desire to hassle with charging it, I reached for the Bip. I’m glad I did. It worked like the wellness champ I remembered it to be, and after five days off the charger, the battery …
Read More »MacOS Catalina’s 3 best features in the public beta
The public beta of MacOS 10.15 Catalina is here for everyone to try, now that Apple has released it early — along with the public betas for both iOS 13 and iPadOS. We’ve been testing the various Catalina betas since early June and we have hands-on insights on what’s in it and the best new features you’re going to be …
Read More »This $15 accessory changed how I use AirPods
Update, Oct. 28: Apple unveils AirPods Pro with new design and noise cancellation People have done some clever things to try to get AirPods ($100 at Amazon) to stay in their ears, from simply twisting them forward to putting waterproof tape on them to using different types of skins that make the AirPods a little more tactile. But there’s a $15 …
Read More »Apple’s iPadOS is here, and Hulu just reminded me my iPad 2 is obsolete
The latest and greatest iOS 13 and newly christened iPadOS arrived for public beta testing this week. Too bad my crotchety old iPad will never know the joys of a modern Apple operating system, just as it will never again stream a Hulu show. I stared in mild shock. What?! I had just tapped on the Hulu app icon on my …
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