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Work from Home Kit with Telescopic Phone Stand, Smart Lens, Light Set: $99.99
We have a deal on the Work from Home Kit, which includes a telescopic phone stand, the Smart Lens, and a light set. The wide-angle lens clicks onto your phone or laptop, providing a 160º angle to capture more than your face. The smart light gives you studio-quality lighting to look great and keep your colleagues focused on what you have to say. The Work from Home Kit is $99.99 through our deal.
Apple Shares Entrepreneur Camp Participants' Inspiring Stories
Apple runs an Entrepreneur Camp in which participants are supported to develop and create new products. It shared the story of some of those involved in the program (pictured above).
Hopscotch founder Samantha John wanted to create an app that ignited the imaginations of young girl coders. Hopscotch is a code-learning app that enables kids to learn to think creatively and learn the fundamentals of code by building their own games, art, and stories. Kids and teens can publish their creations to Hopscotch’s fully moderated community where they can can play and learn together. John first learned the power of code through her coursework in college, but she noticed that a lot of her male friends had learned coding much earlier. “I wanted to make something for little me!” says John. “All my male coder friends had learned when they were kids, and it had not been something on my radar. I wanted to change that for the next generation.”
Get 20 Percent Off Nomad Accessories For Apple Devices
Nomad makes a variety of accessories for Apple devices – including AirTags and AirPods. It is part of the Mission Brand Alliance a group of companies that have come together to push forward social justice causes. As part of a summer sale from the Alliance, Nomad is offering a 20 percent discount on its products with the code MISSIONBRAND.
Apple Looks to Hire Business Manager With Cryptocurrency Experience
Apple posted a job listing on Wednesday for a Business Developer Manager for alternative payments, signaling strong interest in this area.
App That Forced Users to Leave Positive Review Removed From App Store
Apple has removed from the App Store an app that forced users to leave a good review before they could use it, iMore reported. It was, though, possible to leave bad reviews in other ways, such as on the web.
Kosta Eleftheriou highlighted the strange behavior of the app in a tweet. The video appears to show a review prompt that can’t be bypassed, and one that won’t accept anything lower than a three-star review before only letting users hit ‘submit’. The app does have plenty of bad reviews, but these are all about being forced to leave good ones. It is unclear how a developer would be able to bork the App Store review prompt so comprehensively like this, but Eleftheriou claims the developer has more than 15M downloads and “$MILLIONS” in revenue, of which Apple receives a commission.
Which Devices Support Lossless Audio With Apple Music, and Which Don’t?
Support for lossless audio with Apple Music has arrived but not all devices will be able to get the benefit of the new feature.
Antimicrobial PopGrip Launches on June 1
On June 1 PopSockets will launch a new product called PopGrip Antimicrobial to protect against germs and bacteria.
Flaw Found in M1 Chip Lets Apps Secretly Communicate
A security researcher found a flaw baked into M1 chips that could let any two apps to secretly exchange data.
USB-C Spec Update Could Support Up to 240W
The USB Implementers Forum introduced a version 2.1 update to the USB Type-C specification. We could see the standard support power levels of up to 240W.
Cables supporting 240 watts will have additional requirements to accommodate the new levels. And USB-IF will require the cables to bear specific icons “so that end users will be able to confirm visually that the cable supports up to…240W,” USB-IF said in the specification document.
Apple Via del Corso in Rome Opening Thursday, May 27
Apple Via del Corso, located on the historic Palazzo Marignoli, in Rome, Italy, will open its doors on Thursday, May 27.
Tidal and Spotify Now Support Music Downloads on Apple Watch
Apple Watch music fans who use Spotify and/or Tidal can now download tracks and listen to them via the wearable. (The feature is already available with Apple Music.) iMore summed up the recent developments.
Tidal says the app will bring music streaming and playback control to Apple Watch independent of your iPhone, and you can even listen offline, downloading your favorite songs for playback anywhere. Spotify added the same feature to its app earlier this week. Spotify is today rolling out downloads to Apple Watch so that users can listen to content without their phone.
Ambient Noise App ‘Dark Noise’ Updated for M1 Macs
Ambient noise app Dark Noise updated to version 2.4, and this brings support for M1 Macs with other improvements: 2.4 is a minor update with optimizations for running on the new M1 Macs; On a Mac unsupported features should no longer show up in settings; The volume slider on the player page will now work by only changing the audio of Dark Noise while running on a Mac.
Patent Suggests Apple Looking to Make iPhone Display Glass Thinner
Apple is looking to make the glass used for the iPhone’s display thinner. That’s according to a patent spotted by AppleInsider.
In a patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday titled “Insert molding around glass members for portable electronic devices,” Apple says you can have the same glass cover that can stick out from the rest of the enclosure like curved glass, but while also maintaining the thinness of the main glass sections across the screen. Apple’s solution is to incorporate a glass structure around the edge of where the glass cover will sit. This glass section acts as an intermediary between the main enclosure and the thin glass cover.
Merino Wool Felt and Leather iPad Pro and iPad Air Sleeve: $79.99
We have a deal on the Hampshire iPad Pro (11″) and iPad Air (10.9″) sleeve. This sleeve is made from Merino Wool felt and leather, and it features a pocket and a loop for your Apple Pencil, too. It’s also designed to hold the Magic Keyboard with your iPad, and the front flap closes with a magnetic clasp. It’s $79.99 through our deal.
The New Pride Apple Watch Faces Have an Easter Egg Feature
There is a new rectangular Pride Edition Apple Watch Face and a circular one, and both offer a bit of interactivity via the Digital Crown.
iPad Through The Ages – TMO Daily Observations 2021-05-25
Bryan Chaffin joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss the history of the iPad, from the early rumors to the newly available M1 version.
End of 'The Line' — Media+
Jeff Gamet returns to discuss the dramatic ending to Apple TV+ podcast ‘The Line’ and why Charlotte was wrong about the series.
Adding Participants to Apple Card
Apple Card will let owners add iCloud Family members over 13. Apple released a new video showing how this simple process works. It accompanied a similar clip about adding co-owners.
Backblaze Announces Spring Release for B2 Cloud Storage Platform to Add Mobile Uploads, Server-Side Encryption, and More
On Tuesday Backblaze announced the spring release for its B2 Cloud Storage platform. The company enhanced its ransomware and security protections and more.
2021 Pride Edition Apple Watch Straps Now Available in Store
The 2021 Apple Watch Pride straps are now available to purchase in-store and online, with new Faces also released.
WaterField Launches Crowdsourced AirTag Cases
On Tuesday, WaterField released a crowdsourced leather AirTag keychain as well as an AirTag luggage tag.
Notability Launches Feel Good Journal for Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month, and writing app Notability released a Feel Good Journal in the Notability Shop. It’s free to all users, providing zen doodling, self-care bingo, habit tracking, journal prompts, intention setting, and coloring. It includes motivating trackers, calming exercises, and grounding reminders to help you feel your best. Features include: Trackers: Set goals for the year, find daily gratitudes, acknowledge yourself, start new healthy habits, and even track the songs that add a skip in your step; Activities: Including coloring and completing a maze; Reminders: The journal also includes inspiring quotes to keep you motivated, and doodle and note pages so you can keep track — in your own way— of what made you feel good that day.
iFixit Posts Teardown of the 2021 iMac 24-inch
iFixit posted a teardown of the 2021 iMac on Monday, showing us the advances that Apple has made in its newest Mac.
Getting Dolphin Emulator Running on an M1 Mac
Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. In a blog post the team talked about getting it to run on an M1 Mac.
Using the Rosetta 2 translation layer with Dolphin’s x86-64 JIT, the M1 easily ran most games at full speed and handily outran like-class Intel Macs. The experience wasn’t entirely smooth due to jitter from Jitting a JIT, yet the processor proved itself more than capable of handling Dolphin.