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Apple’s Irish Tax Arrangements Explained As Company Denies Special Treatment

Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac

Hands-on With Places, Waze’s Latest Feature

Leah Yamshon, Macworld

Community-powered navigation app Waze got a major update on Monday, which introduces a new feature for sharing info about destinations. Dubbed Places, drivers can share information about local businesses and residences with other Waze users, providing tips and photos of places they’ve visited.

1Password 5 Touches New Heights In iOS 8

Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS

iOS 8 has given AgileBits the tools they needed to pull a lot of threads together. But because of Apple’s requirements and how AgileBits adapted some of 1Password’s current settings and thinking to iOS, it can be confusing how to make use of all the new options. Here’s some step-by-step advice.

EU Believes Apple, Fiat Tax Deals Broke Rules

Tom Fairless, Wall Street Journal

European Union regulators laid out for the first time Tuesday reasons why they believe tax deals granted to Apple Inc. in Ireland and Fiat in Luxembourg constituted illegal state support for the companies—the next stage of an investigation which could result in the companies paying huge sums in extra taxes to the governments concerned.

Apple's iPhone 6 To Arrive In China On Oct. 17 After Receiving Regulatory License

Mikey Campbell, AppleInsider

Shortly after the ministry's announcement on Tuesday, Apple issued a press release confirming that presales would begin on Oct. 10 ahead of launch a week later on Oct. 17.

The Future Of Reading, According To Longform

Boris Kachka, New York Magazine

Longform.org is one of a handful of websites that made an early bet on the survival of feature writing in a click-bait world. Now, with their week-old app for the iPhone, a one-stop journalism shop where Twitter meets Hudson News, founders Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer are not only doubling down on that bet, but embracing a less heroic epithet than the well-worn “long-form”: aggregator.

Best iPhone Apps With Photo Extensions For iOS 8: Edits And Filters Working Together!

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

iOS 8’S Predictive QuickType Keyboard Found To Suggest Parts Of Your Passwords

Christian Zibreg, IDownloadBlog

Apple Releases OS X Bash Security Update To Help Prevent Shellshock On Macs

Chuong H Nguyen, iMore

Bug In iOS 8'S 'Reset All Settings' Option Also Erases iCloud Drive Documents

Juli Clover, MacRumors

It appears that there may be a serious bug with the "Reset All Settings" option in iOS 8, causing users who activate the feature to lose all of their iWork documents stored in iCloud Drive.

What Apple And Spotify Still Haven’t Solved: Streaming Doesn’t Pay The Bills

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

Streaming music has finally overtaken the CD in music sales. But can it be the new business model for the music industry? A new report from the Recording Industry Association of America last week shows that, despite strong growth, sales of streaming music still aren't making up for sliding sales of both CDs and digital downloads.

Waze App Now Automatically Remembers Where You Park

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

What's Really Happening With iOS 8 MAC Address Randomization?

Nick Arnott, iMore

While it was a great idea in theory, the execution seems to have fallen short of anything really useful. Users aren't any worse off than they were with iOS 7, and this information still doesn't tie directly to a person, but it does give companies (and individuals) the ability to track an anonymous person without their consent.

Too Much Unwanted Email? Use These Tricks For Identifying And Unsubscribing

Christopher Breen, Macworld

Consensual Sex: There's An App For That

Amanda Hess, Slate

Good2Go may remind its users that consent can be revoked at any time, but there are still judges and juries that will take evidence that a person said “yes” to sex at one point, and conclude that they were asking for whatever happened later that night (or the next). Compared to that scenario, talking about sex doesn’t seem so scary.

Turn It Up To 11: How And When To Use OS X's Advanced Audio Controls

Topher Kessler, Macworld

Hong Kong Protesters Flock To Off-Grid Messaging App

Paul Mozur and Alan Wong, New York Times

Amid swelling pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, protesters are turning to FireChat, a new app that allows them to send messages without a cellular or Internet connection.

Set off against a fresh wave of censorship by Beijing to ensure that potentially destabilizing images of the protests do not enter the mainland, the app is a testament to how the protean development of technology constantly challenges tried forms of blocking information online.

The Pros And Cons Of Adding A 4K Display To Your Mac

Rob Griffiths, Macworld

Super-large monitors aren’t for everyone—honestly, I’m not sure this one’s for me yet. I’ve been using it for several weeks, and while I like it a lot, it does take up a lot of my desk (both horizontally and vertically). But for the price, if you’ve got a Mac that can use it and need for more screen real estate, it’s a relatively cheap way to add a massive amount of pixels to your setup.

Jawbone Launches HealthKit-Enabled 'Up' App Featuring Personalized Fitness Advice

Richard Padilla, MacRumors

A Glum Sign For Apple In China, As Smuggled iPhones Go Begging

Paul Mozur and Shanshan Wang, New York Times

Four years ago, the iPhone 4 was a status symbol, with the black market booming before the product was officially introduced. Today, the iPhone is simply one option among many, as local companies like Xiaomi and Meizu Technology rival Apple in terms of coolness while charging less than half the price.

Apple has a new status symbol waiting in line.

European Commision To Accuse Ireland Of Giving Illegal State Aid To Apple, Fines Could Be €Billions

Seth Weintraub, 9 To 5 Mac

The Untold Story Of How The Apple Store Cube Landed In Midtown

Vicky Ward, New York Magazine

Though it has been open for less than a decade, the Apple store under the glass cube at the base GM building is already one of the best-known and most successful retail sites in the world. But few people realize that it exists because of a real estate developer who had just taken the biggest gamble of his life, and needed to solve a problem — and because he knew just how to play mind games with Steve Jobs.

Apple Removes Launcher App From App Store For ‘Misuse’ Of iOS 8’S Widget Capability

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

An iOS 8 app that allowed users to create custom shortcuts and access them from a Notification Center widget has been removed from the App Store by Apple for what it calls “misuse of widgets,” the developers said in a notice posted on the app’s website.

My Coworkers Made Me Use Mac OS 9 For Their (And Your) Amusement

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

You can't appreciate a classic computer or a classic piece of software in the way you could appreciate, say, a classic car, or a classic book. People who work in tech: how long will it be before no one remembers that thing you made? Or before they can't experience it, even if they want to?

When Everything Works Like Your Cell Phone

Alexis C. Madrigal and Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic

When a thing connects to the Internet, three things happen: it becomes smart, it becomes hackable, and it's no longer something you own.

iOS 8 Document Management Updates

Federico Viticci, MacStories

There's huge potential in improving the way users work with documents on iOS 8, but developers need more time (and less bugs in the iOS SDK).

Building Os X Apps With Javascript

Tyler Gaw

OS X Yosemite introduced JavaScript for Automation. This makes it possible to access native OS X frameworks with JavaScript. I’ve been digging in to this new world and putting together examples along the way. In this post I’ll explain the basics and step through building a small example app.

Readle PDF Expert Updated For iOS 8 With iCloud Drive And TouchID Support

Seth Weintraub, 9 To 5 Mac

Normal Finds The Battery Hogs On Your iPhone

Dave Greenbaum, Lifehacker

How To Create A New Child ID For Family Sharing

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

Don’t Take That Tone With Me, iPhone

Nick Fisher, Medium

Texts will now feel like a friend lightly touching you on the shoulder and saying hey. And if you miss a text, you’ll definitely see it the next time you check Twitter or Facebook. Try it for a week and thank me later.

Should You Update Your iPhone 4S To iOS 8? This Video Shows What You Are In For

Seth Weintraub, 9 To 5 Mac

The (Surprisingly Profitable) Rise Of Podcast Networks

Rebecca Greenfield, Fast Company

Podcasts have been around for 10 years--the medium and its adoring fans aren't new. What is new is the renewed interest in podcasts as a lucrative business, and with that, the consolidation into formalized networks.

It is getting easier than ever for one person to create podcasts and make some money. But, that doesn't mean podcasting networks -- from the likes of 5by5 to WNYC and NPR -- are dead. Far from it.

Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A.

David E. Sanger and Brian X. Chen, New York Times

At Apple and Google, company executives say the United States government brought these changes on itself. The revelations by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden not only killed recent efforts to expand the law, but also made nations around the world suspicious that every piece of American hardware and software — from phones to servers made by Cisco Systems — have “back doors” for American intelligence and law enforcement.

Surviving in the global marketplace — especially in places like China, Brazil and Germany — depends on convincing consumers that their data is secure.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Online For iPad Soft-launched On The App Store In Canada

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Pokemon TCG Online, as it’s titled on the App Store, is the free-to-play iPad version of the Mac and PC game of the same name, which is a collectible card game based on the Pokemon video game series.

More Details On How iOS 8’S MAC Address Randomization Feature Works (And When It Doesn’t)

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

Secret Developers Launch New Notification-focused App Called Ping

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

The new app is called Ping and its entire purpose is to send you notifications when certain events happen. It’s essentially like an automated version of Yo.

iPhone 5: A Form Factor Worth Keeping

Daniel Jalkut, Bitsplitting.org

Many of us have reacted with flip disdain for larger phone sizes, but as I said earlier most of the perceived problems have not turned out to be a problem for me thus far. The actual problems however are worth noticing, and will hopefully justify to Apple that a 4″ form factor is worth keeping for the long haul.

On iOS 8 And Predictive Typing

Dave Mark, The Loop

Post-it Note App Lets You Import Physical Notes Into Your iPhone Or iPad

Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac

The Best Notification Center Widgets In iOS 8 Right Now

Leah Yamshon, Macworld

Apple Ceases Signing iOS 7.1.2, Downgrading No Longer Possible

Juli Clover, MacRumors

As of today, Apple has stopped signing the iOS 7.1.2 firmware, which will prevent users from downgrading from iOS 8 back to iOS 7.

Why Bad Bugs Hit Good People

Nick Arnott, iMore

The people who work for Apple are really good at what they do, but at the end of the day they're still people. This isn't the first time we've seen Apple make a mistake and it certainly won't be the last. We all make mistakes. Most of us are just fortunate enough to not have hundreds of millions people who could potentially be affected, and the whole world watching when we do it. In the end, what's more important than a mistake is how the people who made it choose to respond to and learn from it.

A New Low In Tech “Journalism”

Darby C. Lines, The Angry Drunk

There is simply no justification for publicly shaming a non-public Apple employee for this. Exactly two people at Apple bear public responsibility for this issue: Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi and CEO Tim Cook. As far as I’m concerned, they have done exactly what they needed to do publicly: fix it, apologize, and move on.

MyFitnessPal Update Brings iOS 8 HealthKit Support To Help You Track Exercise And More

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

The update focuses on sharing three different metrics – meal summaries, weight, and exercises. That means you can share meal data with other HealthKit-connected apps when you add food into the app’s diary.

Amazon’s Goodreads App Finally Gets A Makeover

Sarah Perez, TechCrunch

Apple: Most OS X Users Safe From 'Shellshock' Exploit, Patch Coming Quickly For Advanced Unix Users

Rene Ritchie, iMore

Joy Of Cooking 2.0 Serves Universal Support Plus iOS 8 And iPhone 6 Optimizations

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Joy of Cooking is the official iOS edition of the bestselling cookbook of the same name, which was first published way back in 1931.

Apple Releases iOS 8.0.2

Federico Viticci, MacStories

A day after releasing and then pulling iOS 8.0.1 due to bugs that caused cellular connections and Touch ID to not work on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has just released iOS 8.0.2. The new version carries the same bug fixes of Wednesday's update and fixes the bugs that had been introduced by iOS 8.0.1.

Inside The Building Where Apple Tortures The iPhone 6

Josh Lowensohn, The Verge

A few blocks away from Apple's bustling campus in Cupertino is a rather nondescript building. Inside is absolutely the last place on earth you'd want to be if you were an iPhone. It's here where Apple subjects its newest models to the kinds of things they might run into in the real world: drops, pressure, twisting, tapping. Basically all the things that could turn your shiny gadget into a small pile of metal and glass.

Apple Rebuts Complaints Of Bending iPhones

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Wall Street Journal

Since going on sale Friday, Apple said only nine customers have contacted the company about a bent iPhone 6 Plus—the larger and more expensive of its two new iPhones. Apple said both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus passed a series of tests meant to check the products' strength and durability through everyday use.

Instagram's New Hyperlapse App Now Supports High-speed Selfies

Ellis Hamburger, The Verge

First Attacks Using 'Shellshock' Bash Bug Discovered

Liam Tung, ZDNet

The iPhone 6 Plus

Macdrifter

I think there is tremendous opportunity with the 6 Plus to create a new class of device for people that need more than a typical iPhone provides but do not want to carry an iPad or Macbook. This is a size screen for people that live in email or want to do a lot of writing on a bus or plane. Sitting on the couch ready makes me forget how terrible the size is for a phone and makes me appreciate how great it is for a pocket computer.

Regarding OAuth For Apps

Guy English, Kickingbear

The issue is OAuth. It’s cumbersome, difficult to implement well and requires hoops to be jumped. Rejecting a developer for doing the right thing by their customers (who are all Apple customers) encourages a culture of not giving a fuck. That’s never turned out well in the long run.

ProCamera 8 For iOS 8 Boasts New Manual Camera Controls And vividHDR Feature

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Get To Know iOS 8: Mail Lets You Process Your Inbox Fast And Write Better Drafts

Derek Walter, Macworld

'Bash' Security Flaw In OS X Allows For Malicious Attacks On Devices And Services

Richard Padilla, MacRumors

Security researchers from Red Hat have uncovered a new exploit in the common "Bash" command shell found in OS X and Linux which can be used to deploy malicious code with minimal effort. Due to the ubiquity of the Bash shell, the exploit can affect a wide variety of different web-connected devices and properties, including unsecured websites, smart home appliances, servers, and more.

Apple To Release iOS 8.0.2, Fix Update Issues, In The Next Few Days

Rene Ritchie, iMore

Apple also details steps that can be taken right now for anyone affected by a bad iOS 8.0.1 install.

How To Easily Add Secure FileVault Passcode To Your Keychain

TJ Luoma, TUAW

My Swift Dilemma

David Owens

The truth of the matter is that I really, really, wanted to like Swift. Much of the Objective-C syntax is clunky, bolted on, and downright infuriating at times (I’m looking at you block syntax). However, the power and flexibility the language provided in its relatively minuscule ruleset should not be overlooked.

But it is.

In-App Browsers Considered Harmful

Craig Hockenberry, Furbo.org

How many apps on your iPhone or iPad have a built-in browser?

Would it surprise you to know that every one of those apps could eavesdrop on your typing? Even when it’s in a secure login screen with a password field?

Apple Releases iOS 8.0.1 With Fixes, But Many Users Reporting It Breaks Cellular + Touch ID

Stephen Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Why Apple Kept The 16 GB iPhone In Favor Of 32 GB

Jeff Carlson, TidBITS

But I suspect the more influential factor at work is this thought: “For only $100 more, I can get four times as much storage!”

Side-by-Side Comparison Of All Eight iPhone Cameras, Or: Why The 6 Is DxOMark’s New Smartphone King

DL Cade, PetaPixel

Despite still housing only 8 megapixels and basically the same lens as before, the new sensor, exceptional AF and powerful video capabilities have shot the iPhone 6/Plus to the very top of DxOMark’s ranking.

Sunrise Calendar Adds RSVP From Notifications, Trello Card Support

Joseph Keller, iMore

Interactive notifications in Sunrise allow you to RSVP to events right when you receive an invitation, directly from the notification. You can either respond by swiping the notification on the lock screen, or tap the button on the notification when it appears on your phone.

One Week After iOS 8, Developers Comment On App Bundles

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Manual For iOS Gives Photographers DSLR-style Control In A Well-designed App

Kif Leswing, GigaOM

Looking for an iPhone camera app with a wealth of manual settings? Check out Manual, which takes advantage of new iOS 8 camera capabilities to give photographers a surprising amount of control.

App Of The Week: 1Password Review

Craig Grannell, Stuff

Because of app extensions, 1Password can be directly triggered from a Safari Share sheet, providing rapid access to all of your usernames and passwords. In fact, 1Password goes further, because it can also be used with any third-party app that builds in support; examples that have gotten on board early include Slack, Instapaper, and Treehouse.

Xscope 4.0: Do-it-all Tool That Every Graphics Pro Should Have

Marco Tabini, Macworld

Ultimately, if you do any kind of creative work that involves manipulating graphics—whether as a designer or as a developer—xScope is an app that belongs on your Mac. It provides the perfect blend of functionality that will help you get more done in less time, and with fewer tribulations.

Review: The 6 Best Third-party Keyboards For iPhone, So Far

Blair Hanley Frank, GeekWire

iOS 8 Review

Dan Seifert, The Verge

With iOS 8, Apple is tearing out the old foundation of iOS and replacing it with a new, friendlier platform. Apple has thrown open the doors of iOS 8 to developers in ways it never has before. Where the iPhone used to be an appliance, iOS 8 turns it into a platform, a way to connect your apps and devices in new ways. But Apple still hasn’t dramatically altered how it works for millions of people. iOS 8 is much more powerful than any of its predecessors, but it’s still as approachable and easy-to-use as it ever has been.

Olloclip 4-In-1 iPhone Lens System Review

Sam Rutherford, Tom's Guide

Olloclip's 4-in-1 system provides a great range of lenses without breaking the bank. And it's a cinch to carry around, making it our favorite iPhone lens kit by far. With its superfast attachment and convenient and pocketable travel pouch, the Olloclip 4-in-1 is our top choice for iPhone camera accessories.

Apple's New iPhone Pitch: Privacy

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Wall Street Journal

Students of digital advertising say these distinctions aren't clear cut. "There are aspects of Apple's activities that are admirable from a privacy standpoint," said Joseph Turow, a University of Pennsylvania professor who studies privacy and digital advertising. "At the same time, there are areas where Apple shows the kind of conflict that it and other companies have in monetizing users' data."

Adobe Unveils Photoshop And Premiere Elements 13 For Mac

Juli Clover, MacRumors

Both Photoshop Elements 13 and Premiere Elements 13 have gained several new features, focusing on improved editing tools, additional guided techniques, and Elements Live, a new portal that offers tips and tricks directly within each app.

Apple Debuts New iPhone 6 Print Ads Featuring Actual-size Images Of The Phones

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

Improve iOS 8 Battery Life Drain Problems With These Eight Tips

OS X Daily

How To Leave A Group Chat In Messages For iOS 8

OS X Daily

Bing Translator Extension For iOS 8

Federico Viticci, MacStories

The best part of Bing Translator is the tight Safari integration it offers. Seeing text replaced in the context of the webpage you're reading doesn't feel like iOS at all, and it's another good demonstration of the flexibility and power of action extensions.

How Does The iOS 8 Time-lapse Feature Work?

Dan Provost, Studio Neat

The result of this method is that anything you shoot will generally end up being between 20 and 40 seconds long, an ideal shareable length. Also worth mentioning, the resulting video is always 30 fps, the standard framerate for video. No surprises there.

Apple Watch To Be A Controller For Many Devices

Topher Kessler, MacIssues

Even though it may be obvious that given its WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities, with the proper app the Apple Watch could control any similarly connected device, this confirms that there is far more to the Apple Watch than we have seen.

Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones In Pockets

Kelly Hodgkins, MacRumors

A small but growing number of iPhone 6 Plus owners have reportedly bent their phones after carrying the devices in their pockets just days after launch. In one instance, a new iPhone 6 Plus was bent during a day of dancing, dining, and driving to a wedding.

Maybe an iPhone case is warranted?

Apple Quietly Removes Promise Of 2014 CarPlay Availability As It Adds CBS News Radio Compatibility

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple has quietly updated its CarPlay microsite which explains the feature to add CBS News Radio to its growing list of apps it grants CarPlay support to, but a bigger change also appears on the CarPlay site this morning. Apple is no longer promising CarPlay support from any automobile manufacturer this year as it has done since its debut in March. While there has been no shortage of CarPlay demoes and availability announcements, actually getting your hands on a model with CarPlay thus far has proven almost impossible.

Google Updates Chrome With iOS 8 Compatibility Including Share Extension Support

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Say Hello To Talko: Ray Ozzie’s Startup Wants To Reinvent The Phone Call, Starting With An iPhone App

Todd Bishop, GeekWire

Talko, available initially for iPhone, lets users conduct and record conversations — with a focus on making voice calls and messages more accessible, interactive and collaborative.

Three Days With The iPhone 6 Plus

Steven Sande, TUAW

Over the weekend, my battery never got below 50 percent. This from a guy who normally sees that ominous red bar on the little battery icon and evening warnings about "You have less than 10% battery left." Does this make me happy? Heck, yeah. Does this mean I'll be able to skip my usual purchase of a Mophie Juice Pack? Yep.

Apple Airs New iPhone 6 Ads “Huge” And “Cameras” Featuring Jimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

iPhone 6 And 6 Plus: In Deep With Apple’s Thinnest Phones

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

For many people, the larger iPhone 6 is well within "you'll get used to it" territory. It's certainly larger, but after a couple of days your hands will have adjusted, and going back to an iPhone 4 or iPhone 5 screen is going to make that screen seem tiny.

Both the iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus are major upgrades over their predecessors that should keep most current iPhone buyers happy while also tempting people who wanted to use iOS but weren't willing to settle for smaller screens.

New Two-factor Authentication App Lockdown Launches With iCloud Syncing, Recovery Code Storage, And More

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

A new iOS app for managing two-factor authentication keys called Lockdown launched this weekend with a set of unique features like the ability to sync your keys over iCloud with other devices (including an upcoming Mac counterpart).

Evernote 5.6 For Mac

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Evernote released version 5.6 of their Mac app today. Hidden behind a seemingly minor update is a series of important changes to the desktop app that make it faster to sync and that bring welcome new features not available in Evernote for iOS.

iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus: Preliminary Results

Joshua Ho, AnandTech

Hey, Siri... No, The Other Siri

Jason Snell, Six Colors

iOS 8 adds a feature that lets you trigger Siri just by saying “Hey Siri,” so long as your device is plugged in. Unfortunately, there’s no way to train Siri to respond to specific voices or customize the keywords it’s looking for.

iOS 8 Users Report Slow Wi-Fi, Battery Drains

Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine

iOS 8: A Brief Introduction

Dan Knight, Low End Mac

In terms of performance, I haven’t noticed a difference between iOS 7 and iOS 8, which is a good thing. Simon Royal has already noted that iOS 8 seems to be more energy efficient than iOS 7 on his iPhone 4S.

View Source Code In Safari With An Action Extension

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Developed by Paul Hudson, View Source is a $0.99 Universal app that, as the name largely implies, lets you view the source code for webpages (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in iOS' Safari with an action extension.

Four Ways To Open Applications And Documents Automatically In OS X

Topher Kessler, Macworld

While Apple makes opening applications and documents in OS X relatively straightforward, there may be times when you’d like to automate the process, opening those apps and docs when you wish without lifting a finger. Perhaps, for example, you want Mail to open every time you log in. Or maybe you want a specific set of apps to open every Friday at 9:00 am. Or maybe you want to get fancy and have a particular program open whenever a certain disk is mounted.

All of these things are possible using tools built into OS X. In fact, there are four distinct ways to schedule or automate the opening of applications and documents on your Mac, without the intervention of third-party tools.

Don’t Let iOS 8’S Accidental Selfie Feature Ruin Your Life

Jordan Crook, TechCrunch

With both videos and voice memos, iMessage lets you review the content before sending it. You can play it back and then choose to delete or send it off into the world for other peoples’ viewing and judging pleasure.

With still pictures, however, the photo is automatically sent the second your finger releases the camera button.

Skype App Updated For iOS 8, Includes Interactive Notifications For Calls And Messages

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back At Previous iPhone Launches

Graham Spencer, MacStories

Apple Announces Record 10 Million iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Sales In Opening Weekend

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple has today announced that it sold 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units in the first three days of sales. This includes the 4 million units sold in the first 24 hours of preorder sales.

Camera Test: The iPhone 6 Won't Beat A DSLR, But It's Still An Excellent Device

Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

File Uploads Appear To Be Broken In Safari On iOS 8

Uploadcare Blog

The new iOS version has a bug that renders sending files by browsers impossible. When you choose a file in a form on HTML page and try to submit it, no file is sent in the request. The browser indicates that it’s waiting for a response, but in fact the response never comes.

Tim Cook Q&A: The Full Interview On iPhone 6 And The Apple Watch

Brad Stone And Adam Satariano, Bloomberg Businessweek

Apple’s iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Reachability Feature Is Illogically Designed

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

How To Share Family Photos Safely

Ian Tucker, The Guardian

From embracing analogue technology to learning how to use privacy settings on Facebook, here are some tips to keep your pictures from being too public.

Tech Now: Terrific Apps Are Reborn For iPhone 6, iOS 8

Jennifer Jolly, USA Today

Can iPhone Widgets Make News Apps Cool Again?

Sam Kirkland, Poynter

Apple has the market share, influential users, and cachet — particularly in the U.S. — to popularize features that others have offered first. If iOS opening up “Today” in the Notification Center to third-party developers fundamentally alters the way people use iPhones — as Roussel suspects is possible — those news organizations holding out on offering mobile apps might find reason to reconsider.

Thank You Apple For Rejecting My App

N-Body Physics

Next time I’ll be submitting to Apple first. They give the best feedback.

Atari Updates RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile With Queue Lines, New Levels And More

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

iOS 8 Keyboards From SwiftKey, Swype, & Fleksy Compared: Everybody Wins

Devindra Hardawar, VentureBeat

It’s hard to proclaim a champion from my short testing, but one thing I noticed is that each of these keyboards could appeal to different people. And ultimately, that’s the best thing about Apple’s more open stance with developers. Choice is a very good thing.

But in the process of giving developers more leeway, Apple has also significantly improved its own iOS keyboard. That likely won’t get as much publicity as shiny new third-party keyboards, but it’s welcome all the same.

A Brief Visual History Of Apple Home Page Tabs

James Dempsey

This week brought announcements of new iPhones, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch, as well as the quiet departure of the iPod classic, the last remaining click-wheel product in the iPod lineup. It also brought something that happens much less often than new product announcements—changes to the look and lineup of tabs at the top of the page at apple.com.

Got An iPhone 6? Do These 10 Things First

Susie Ochs, Macworld

These are the 10 things you should do first.

The three most important items: backup, secure, and item #10.

Apple Has A "War Room" To Monitor iOS 8 Problems As They Emerge On Social Media

Yoni Heisler, TUAW

iOS 8 How-to: Set Up And Use Family Sharing

Sarah Guarino, 9 To 5 Mac

Can Andy Ihnatko Turn The iPhone 6 Plus Into The Mobile Computer Of His Dreams?

Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

I’ve taken a look around and must declare that perfection — for now — eludes me. But there are at least three affordable, workable options, and one or two possible stunners over the horizon.

FunBITS: A Minecraft Crash Course

Josh Centers, TidBITS

So just what is Minecraft? It’s a game. But a game unlike any you’ve ever played before. Imagine a randomly generated world much larger than even the planet you’re standing on now, where you can build just about anything you can imagine: bridges, statues, castles, the Apple Campus, even a gigantic game of Pong.

Apple's iOS 8 Fixes Enterprise Wi-Fi Authentication Hijacking Flaw

Lucian Constantin, PCWorld

The vulnerability stems from Apple’s implementation of the WPA2-Enterprise security protocol that’s widely used on corporate wireless networks because it allows clients to have unique access credentials instead of using a preshared password like in the case of WPA2-Personal, the wireless security protocol used on home networks.

How To Back Up Your Data And Move It To Your New iPhone 6 Or iPhone 6 Plus

AppleInsider

I Let Apple's QuickType Keyboard Take Over My iPhone

Josh Lowensohn, The Verge

Apple has a new feature for the keyboard in iOS called QuickType, and it's kind of crazy. It looks at what you're writing and suggests the next word, so you can simply tap it. This saves keystrokes, time, and perhaps sanity. When they discover 20 years from now that smartphones have given everybody debilitating carpal tunnel, autocompletionists will have the last laugh.

Apple Fans Buy Their First iPhone 6 - And This Guy Drops His

Alex Hern, The Guardian

One of the first people in the world to own an iPhone 6 rapidly became the first person to experience the heartstopping feeling of watching a half-grand chunk of electronics hit the floor with a crash, after he dropped his new phone live on air.

According to The Guardian, "the iPhone was unharmed."

iPhone 6 Plus Teardown

iFixIt

Apple And Amazon Take Baby Steps Toward Digital Sharing

Molly Wood, New York Times

So, while Family Sharing and Family Library seem like a victory at first, “to me, this is really a failure of our copyright law,” said Corynne McSherry, who heads intellectual property policy research at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

“It presupposes that the content owners should be able to have that kind of control over what they buy,” she said. “Copyright law isn’t changing with our times, because what doesn’t change is that people want to be able to give someone a copy of a book or song that they legally bought.”

iOS 8 Causes Bandwidth Spikes Nationwide, Despite Slow Uptake

Alex Hern, The Guardian

The launch of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, caused spikes in internet usage across the UK in its first day, as users rushed to download the 2 gigabyte file shortly after it was released at 6pm on Wednesday evening.

But the morning after, third-party monitoring firms suggest that uptake of the OS hasn’t been as rapid as the company’s previous release, iOS 7.

Apple Relied On Its Own Network For Part Of The iOS 8 Upgrade

Drew Fitzgerald, Wall Street Journal

The roll-out of Apple ’s new mobile-operating system Wednesday was the first time the company used its proprietary data distribution infrastructure, also called a content-delivery network, for such a large-scale deployment.

How To Design For Thumbs In The Era Of Huge Screens

Scott Hurff

Mobile screen sizes on the whole are becoming more similar, and that’s a good thing. But it also means that we can’t just treat screens in the 5.5” range simply as a scaled-up version of a smaller phone. Grips completely change, and with that, your interface might need to do so, as well.

iOS 8 On The iPhone 4S: Performance Isn’t The (Only) Problem

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

The iPhone 4S was Apple's last to use the original 3.5-inch iPhone screen size, which is now the smallest of four different phone screens that Apple supports. iOS 8's new stuff is all about fitting more information on those larger screens, whether we're talking about predictive typing, new Mail sorting options, Notification Center widgets, or Spotlight suggestions. The 4S' screen has always been small, but iOS 8 can make it feel cramped.

Apple’s “Warrant Canary” Disappears, Suggesting New Patriot Act Demands

Jeff John Roberts, GigoOM

SwiftKey's iOS 8 Keyboard Hits One Million Downloads In Under 24 Hours

Eric Slivka, MacRumors

Where Are All Of Your Camera Roll Photos In iOS 8?

Bryan M. Wolfe, AppAdvice

Under Albums, you’ll now see two new folders in place of the Camera Roll, “Recently Added” and “Recently Deleted.”

Once your items are more than 30 days old, they are only accessible under Photos > Collections where they are sorted by date and location, and by year, when applicable.

This is going to confuse a lot of people.

Xcode 6: Live Rendering, Visual View Debugging, And Swift

Don Southard, MacStories

Xcode 6 brings exciting new features and enhancements including support for an entirely new programming language, improved view debugging, live view rendering, extensions, playgrounds, and more.

iOS 8 Kills iPhoto And Forces A Messy Transition To Photos

Peter Cohen, iMore

Despite Apple’s Privacy Pledge, Cops Can Still Pull Data Off A Locked iPhone

Andy Greenberg, Wired

iOS forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski offered a word of caution for the millions of users clamoring to pre-order the iPhone 6 and upgrade to iOS 8. In many cases, he points out, the cops can still grab and offload sensitive data from your locked iPhone without Apple’s help, even in iOS 8. All they need, he says, is your powered-on phone and access to a computer you’ve previously used to move data onto and off of it.

Looking At Accessibility In iOS 8

Steven Aquino, MacStories

Demoed At WWDC, Epic Zen Garden Is Now Available To Download In The App Store

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple's iPhone 6 Still One License Away From Elusive China Launch

Gerry Shih and Paul Carsten, Reuters

The official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday that Apple's new iPhone had been given regulatory approval for use on domestic frequencies, but the phone cannot be sold in China until a key network license is granted. The Xinhua report did not indicate when this is likely to happen.

With The iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Aims For Versatility

Farhad Manjoo, New York Times

Typing is much easier on the 6 Plus compared to small phones. When you hold the 6 Plus with two hands in portrait mode — that is, vertically — and type with your thumbs, there’s a perfect fit.

iPhone 6 Plus: It's Not An iPad Nano

Jason Snell, Six Colors

Then I used the iPhone 6 Plus. And while it will have its fans—in fact, I’ll wager that the iPhone 6 Plus will have rabid fans—it’s just not for me, because I wasn’t seeking a bigger iPhone. I was seeking an iPad nano, and that’s not something the iPhone 6 Plus is willing to be.

There are still very significant differences between iOS on an iPhone and iOS on an iPad.

Explaining The New Location Privacy Options In iOS 8

Jason Cipriani, CNET

After updating to iOS 8 you're likely to start seeing prompts letting you know certain apps are accessing your location when the app is in the background. This is an expected feature of iOS 8, and nothing you should worry about. These apps aren't suddenly requesting more information about you. Apple is just making you more aware of what apps are monitoring your location.

iOS 8 Extensions: How They Work And Why They Matter To You

Marco Tabini, Macworld UK

Simply put, extensions allow iOS apps to "lend" functionality to one another or to the operating system. Apple is allowing developers to create and distribute extensions whose functionality falls in six distinct areas.

Locking Down iOS 8: How Apple Is Keeping Your iPhone And iPad Safe!

Rene Ritchie, iMore

iOS 8: How 5 News Orgs Have Updated Their Apps For Apple’s New Operating System

Joseph Lichterman, Nieman Journalism Lab

Two of those features prominently in many of the updates: increased functionality in Notification Center, which allows for widgets (a long-time feature on Android) and more interactive push notifications, and Handoff, part of Apple’s new Continuity feature that lets users start an action on one Apple device and finish it on another.

How The New Wall Street Journal iPad App Is Taking Advantage Of New Features In iOS 8

Joseph Lichterman, Nieman Journalism Lab

Today, the Journal is releasing a revamped version of its app, with expanded notifications and continuous reading, a feature that allows users to finish stories in Safari or on their iPhone that they started on the app. It’s a simplified and streamlined experience designed to take advantage of new features in Apple’s iOS 8, which is also being released today.

Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police, Even With Search Warrants

Craig Timberg, Washington Post

Apple once maintained the ability to unlock some content on devices for legally binding police requests but will no longer do so for iOS 8, it said in the new privacy policy.

Apple Updates Safari With Search Engine DuckDuckGo As New Option

Sam Sabri, iMore

iMovie For iOS Updated With iOS 8 Support, Video Filters, Clip Speed Settings, And More

Mike Beasley, 9 To 5 Mac

Transmit For iOS 8 Review

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Transmit is another fantastic example of the kind of innovation that iOS 8 is bringing to the third-party app ecosystem. Thanks to its share extension and document provider, Transmit can effectively be used as an alternative filesystem on iOS with hooks to other apps and cloud services that don’t have native iOS extensions yet.

Instapaper 6.0 Review

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Version 6.0, available on the App Store, makes Instapaper free, brings changes to the Browse section, adds a Today widget, and includes a sharing extension to save articles from anywhere with two taps and no more bookmarklets

You Have To Delete Your Photos Twice In iOS 8

Mike Wehner, TUAW

This is either a great thing -- if you've ever accidentally deleted a precious photo, you know that a safety net would have helped -- or just a needless additional step, if you're the kind who frequently clears out your photo albums and simply doesn't want to do it twice.

Apple’s i Prepares For Retirement

Ken Segall's Observatory

If there is one obstacle in this choosing this path, it’s same thing Steve Jobs mentioned back in 2006. What do we do with the iMac?

The iPhone 6 (And 6 Plus) Go To Disneyland

Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch

Last week I decided to test the most secretive, hotly anticipated smartphones on earth in a place where there was no danger of them being recognized or damaged or both: Disneyland.

Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, The Apple Watch, And Remaking A Company's Culture

Brad Stone And Adam Satariano, Bloomberg Businessweek

Apple Seemingly Removing HealthKit Compatible iOS 8 Apps From App Store Due To Issues (U: Apple Statement)

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple has commented on the issue and says the bug that caused HealthKit to be held back is expected to be resolved by the end of the month.

Apple TV Updated W/ Beats Music Channel, Refreshed Design, Family Sharing, & iCloud Photos

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

OmniFocus 2 For iPad: Redesigned, Extensions, And Background Sync

Don Southard, MacStories

Early Benchmarks: iPhone 6 Versus Other iPhone Models

Bare Feats

1Password 5 For iOS 8 Review

Federico Viticci, MacStories

The changes introduced by iOS 8 allow 1Password to be a first-class citizen with native integrations that are almost as powerful as 1Password for Mac and dramatically better than what 1Password for iOS used to be. There are some trade-offs with Apple’s approach in iOS 8, but they don’t change the fact that 1Password 5 is the 1Password for iOS I’ve always wanted.

iOS 8 Messages: Our Review

Alex Guyot, MacStories

Visual, textual, auditory, and (for lack of a better word) geographical. Messages now spans four mediums of communication, enabling interactions with friends and family to become far more personal and information-rich.

Evernote Brings Widget, Share Extension To iOS 8

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Apple Begins Updating Its Apps For iOS 8 Starting With iTunes U, Remote, Logic Remote, Podcasts, & More

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple Opens Touch ID To Third-party Applications With iOS 8

Neil Hughes, AppleInsider

A handful of compatible apps secured by Touch ID are already available on the App Store, and undoubtedly many more will continue to populate Apple's digital download destination in the days and weeks to come as developers update their software.

PCalc Makes Notification Center Into A Calculation Center

Jason Snell, Six Colors

Apple Beefs Up Security With 2-Factor Authentication For iCloud Backups

Caitlin McGarry, Macworld

Fleksy Flexes Its iOS 8 Muscles As The Keyboard App Arrives For iPhone And iPad

Paul Sawers, The Next Web

Fleksy uses what it calls ‘Geometric Intelligence’ to combat sloppy and inaccurate typing, predicting where it thinks you meant to hit on the keyboard based on your typing patterns. This should help users type more quickly – in fact, Fleksy was recently used in a world record-breaking ‘fastest texter’ competition.

iOS 8, Thoroughly Reviewed

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

We're going to give you a thorough rundown of iOS 8's new features today, but the most important thing to know about the software is that you're now in the driver's seat. Well, maybe not quite the driver's seat; there's still quite a bit you can't customize or change. But Apple is definitely letting you reach over and steer the car.

In this review, we'll be talking mostly about features available to all iOS 8 devices, and to hardware that you already have in your hands right now. Several software features in the new operating system are exclusive to the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and discussion of those features will wait until we review those devices.

The iPhones 6

John Gruber, Daring Fireball

If you simply want a bigger iPhone, get the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. That’s what it feels like: a bigger iPhone.

If you want something bigger than an iPhone, get the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. It feels more like a new device — a hybrid device class that is bigger than an iPhone but smaller than an iPad Mini — than it feels like a bigger iPhone.

iPhone 6 Review: Apple's Cure For Android Envy

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Wall Street Journal

Apple doesn't get a free pass on any of these promises. But its sleek new hardware sets it up to guide iPhone 6 owners into a new chapter. Instead of looking over at Android phones and wondering what I'm missing, the iPhone once again has my full attention.

Reviewed: iPhone 6 Is A Thin, Sexy Phone With A Killer Camera

David Pogue, Yahoo!

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are absolutely terrific phones. They’re fast and powerful and well designed. There’s not a single component that hasn’t been improved. These phones are a delight to behold and to be held.

Apple iOS 8 Review: A New Phone Without Buying One

Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal

Over time, as software developers release apps that talk to each other, to Apple's hardware and to its new health and home software initiatives, the iPhone will have the power to become something much bigger than it already is—no big screen required.

SwiftKey For iOS Review: An Android Favorite Comes To iPhone And iPad

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

SwiftKey is one of the best selling Android apps of all time for a reason. With the combination of Flow, SwiftKey Cloud, and some of the best on the fly language detection you could ask for, SwiftKey is well positioned to become one of the most popular third party keyboards for iOS as well.

iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Review: Bigger Is In Fact Better (In The Right Hands)

Jason Snell, Macworld

I’ll wager that for most iPhone 5 users, the iPhone 6 will be a solid upgrade, and after a few days of adjustment, they’ll never miss their old iPhones. As for the iPhone 6 Plus, it’s a device that will undoubtedly find its adherents. They might be people who use their iPhones constantly and also need as much battery power as possible, or people with large hands, or people for whom it will be the only computing device they’ll use every day. Samsung and other competitors have showed that there’s an audience for extra-large phones—and that’s now an audience that can buy an iPhone. That’s the whole point.

SwiftKey's Systemwide Gesture Keyboard Launching Alongside iOS 8 For Free

Eric Slivka, MacRumors

We've had some time to try out SwiftKey for iOS 8 and can say that it works very well. Available in dark and light themes, SwiftKey is accessible systemwide as is typical for these new keyboards under iOS 8, and users can easily switch between keyboards by tapping the globe icon on the keyboard.

Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts And Observations

John Gruber, Daring Fireball

In short, Apple is taking on the entire hundred-dollar-and-up watch industry at once, with a range of models and prices that span the gamut from $349 to $10,000 or more. They never even mentioned the word “smartwatch” last week, just “watch”, and never once even acknowledged any competition from the tech industry. (Nor does the word “smartwatch” appear anywhere on Apple’s website.) The only comparisons Apple is making are to the traditional watch industry, and their prices are going to reflect that, I believe.

iOS 8 Users: Do Not Upgrade To iCloud Drive

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

But there’s a problem. Actually, there are three problems. Apple hasn’t officially released Yosemite yet, iCloud Drive doesn’t work in 10.9 Mavericks, and upgrading your iCloud account to use iCloud Drive in iOS 8 is a one-way street — once you upgrade, you can’t go back to the old document- and app-specific approach that’s compatible with Mavericks. So when iOS 8 asks you to upgrade to iCloud Drive, tap Not Now.

iPhone 6 Vs. 6 Plus: Andy Ihnatko Has One Question For You

Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

Here, then, are some early thoughts for people considering the 6 Plus, written with the serene authority of someone who’s spent all of one hour noodling around with them in a demo area at the launch event.

iOS 8: New Features

MacRumors

While our main iOS 8 roundup focuses on the major changes announced by Apple, this iOS 8 roundup highlights some of the more interesting but smaller additions and refinements made to Apple's mobile operating system throughout the beta testing period.

Microsoft Builds A Mobile Keyboard For iOS, Android And Windows

Alex Wilhelm, TechCrunch

Windows And OS X Gets Tighter Integration

Stuart Andrews, IT Pro

Review: PhotoScissors Background Removal Tool For OS X

Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

TeoreX’s PhotoScissors app for OS X is a smart tool for removing unwanted background elements or clutter from photos with a few mouse gestures. The latest version of PhotoScissors adds feathering control for better smoothness of edges, plus a number of new or enhanced accessibility features.

Breach Of Trust

Daniel Jalkut, Bitsplitting.org

But even a little move in a direction that threatens the primacy of users is a relatively big move for companies like Twitter or Apple, whose track records have inspired us to trust that we retain more authority over the personalization of these products than perhaps we do.

How Apple Promises To Safeguard Your Workout Data

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

Apple Restricting Use Of NFC Antenna In iPhone 6 And 6 Plus To Apple Pay

Richard Padilla, MacRumors

How To Prepare Your iPhone Or iPad For iOS 8

Topher Kessler, MacIssues

Be sure your various iDevices and their contents are backed up, and are otherwise prepared for the update.

Tim Cook Holds Firm On iMessage Security: It’s Encrypted, And We Don’t Have A Key

Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch

“We’re not reading your email. We’re not reading your iMessage,” Cook said. “If the government laid a subpoena to get iMessages, we can’t provide it. It’s encrypted and we don’t have a key. And so it’s sort of — the door is closed.”

Anger Over Songs Of Innocence

Marco Arment

Apple did something inconsiderate, tone-deaf, and kinda creepy for the sake of a relatively unimportant marketing campaign, and they seemingly didn’t think it would be a problem.

Mad About U2

Dan Wineman, Venomous Porridge

It takes a certain degree of empathy to get that a music collection isn’t the same thing as a Facebook feed, and empathy in marketing decisions at this level is rare. But any company that hopes to gain our trust in mediating intimacy ought to be much better at figuring this stuff out.

Two major mistakes by Apple that I can see: expecting everyone to know what is going on, and expecting personal libraries to be something that Apple can mess with.

Two Apple Medical Trials Shed Light On How HealthKit Will Work

Christina Farr, Reuters

Stanford University Hospital doctors said they are working with Apple to let physicians track blood sugar levels for children with diabetes. Duke University is developing a pilot to track blood pressure, weight and other measurements for patients with cancer or heart disease.

The goal is to improve the accuracy and speed of reporting data, which often is done by phone and fax now. Potentially doctors would be able to warn patients of an impending problem.

The Killer App For The Apple Watch Is Chinese

Stefan Geens, Aventyret

A touch-sensitive watch face is an ideal size and shape for inputting Chinese logograms — better even than a smartphone, because you can do it continuously, and inconspicuously.

Andy Ihnatko Has A Complicated Relationship With The Apple Watch

Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

This has been bothering me since Tuesday. I was at the iPhone and the iPad launch events and though I left with some questions and concerns, I left San Francisco tingling a little bit. I wasn’t unimpressed by Apple Watch, and my thoughts are overall positive. But it concerns me a little that it’s such an important new product for Apple and that they put so much effort into this event … and I’m still not entirely sure what the Apple Watch is or what role Apple thinks it will perform in people’s lives.

Apple Creates Tool For Removing Free U2 Album From iTunes Library After Public Reaction

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple says once you remove the free album from your iTunes purchase history and library, you will need to “get it again” if you decide you want it. The U2 album is available for free until October 13th next month when the album will then be available for sale at various retailers.

iTunes Festival: Music In Apple's DNA

Jim Dalrymple, Fortune

Multiple iDevices? Multiple iTunes Libraries Are An Answer

Simon Royal, Low End Mac

Apple Announces Record 4 Million Preorders For iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus In First 24 Hours

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

It’s Official: Microsoft Acquires Mojang And Minecraft For $2.5 Billion

Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica

Microsoft seems to be toeing the same line, saying that it "plan[s] to continue to make Minecraft available across platforms – including iOS, Android and PlayStation, in addition to Xbox and PC."

How To Send Multiple Images From iPhoto For iOS

Christopher Breen, Macworld

How To Spill-proof Your Laptop (And How To Fix It If That Fails)

Topher Kessler, Macworld

U2's Manager Responds To Backlash: If You Don't Like This Gift, Delete It

Brian Anthony Hernandez, Mashable

"It’s a gift from Apple," Oseary said. "If someone doesn’t like the gift, they should delete it. ... There are people who are going to be thrilled to get a gift. There are people who are not going to care to have this gift. We knew all of that going in. No surprises here. If someone doesn’t like it, then great, that’s OK, delete it. ... We just want to share it with as many people as possible. If you don’t want it and you don’t need it, delete it."

Mobile Operators Abandon Joint 'Wave And Pay' Project As Apple Looms

Christopher Williams, The Telegraph

A joint venture between mobile operators meant to grab them a slice of the payments industry via smartphone 'wave and pay’ services has been drastically scaled back, just as Apple prepares to move in on the market with the iPhone 6.

The Magic In Apple’s Devices? The Heart

David Carr, New York Times

Other companies will have to continue to endure skeptical and sometimes damaging coverage. But in its careful manufacture of hype and expectation, Apple has the goods on our operating system, and pushes our buttons as often as we push theirs.

How You’ll Buy A Big Mac With Your iPhone At A McDonald’s Drive-Through

Jason Del Ray, Re/code

Customers who want to use their new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus to pay will have to tell the drive-through cashier that they are paying with their phone. The cashier will then extend a portable payment terminal out toward the driver’s-side window. The driver then can place their finger on the phone’s fingerprint ID sensor, and tap or wave their phone in front of the payment device just outside their window.

Guy Oseary On U2's $100 Million Deal With Apple, And What's Next For The Group

Andrew Hampp, Billboard

Why Apple Pay Could Succeed Where Others Have Had Underwhelming Results

Megan Geuss, Ars Technica

Not because Apple is a huge and influential company, but because the timing is right.

TripList 4.0 Packs Sub-item Support, Syncing Tweaks And Other Improvements

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple CEO Says Company Won't Be Going After Facebook, Twitter

Ian Sherr, CNET

"We're not in the social-networking business," Cook said in his interview, adding that he considers the two services to be partners rather than competitors. "We like both companies."

RIP: The Apple iPod, 2001-2014

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times

I loved my iPods, every single one of them, and when I tell my grandchildren about the old days when a music player only played music, and had a black-and-white screen and yet was as thick as a deck of cards (or as Jobs said in 2001, as "tiny" as a deck of cards), there will be a tear in my eye. Godspeed.

Facebook Messenger Found To Be Tracking 'A Lot More Data Than You Think'

Lauren O'Neil, CBC

"Messenger appears to have more spyware type code in it than I've seen in products intended specifically for enterprise surveillance," tweeted Jonathan Zdziarski, a noted author and expert in iOS related digital forensics and security on Tuesday.

Want Amazing To-do Lists? Try Any.DO

David Alves, TUAW

Tim Cook’s iPhone Moment, Andy Ihnatko’s Fitness Moment And Other Apple Milestones

Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times

So you see the pickle that all of us are in, right? Huge tech companies don’t know how a smart watch should behave, consumers don’t know why they might be useful, and columnists like me don’t know how to advise their readers when a new one eats its way out of John Hurt’s chest.

I’m writing this column on my flight home from the Apple launch event. Flight attendants have just pushed the beverage cart past my aisle. I know instinctively that there isn’t enough gin on that thing to solve this problem.

On Death And iPods: A Requiem

Mat Honan, Wired

In all likelihood we’re not just seeing the death of the iPod Classic, but the death of the dedicated portable music player. Now it’s all phones and apps. Everything is a camera. The single-use device is gone—and with it, the very notion of cool that it once carried. The iPhone is about as subversive as a bag of potato chips, and music doesn’t define anyone anymore.

I miss the time when we were still defined by our music. When our music was still our music. I miss being younger, with a head full of subversive ideas; white cables snaking down my neck, stolen songs in my pocket. There will never be an app for that.

The Apple Watch Will Make Everyone Around You Just A Little Worse Off

Felix Salmon, Slate

You know exactly what I’m talking about if you’ve ever found yourself in a movie theater with someone texting in the row in front of you. It doesn’t matter if they’ve set their phone to silent: that glowing screen is incredibly annoying to everybody nearby. A glowing Apple Watch will be just as annoying, and I doubt that theaters will be particularly successful in asking patrons to turn off their watches for the duration of a film or a play.

Be kind to others when watching a movie in a cinema: take off your Apple Watch and hide it somewhere.

The Mystery Of Apple Watch’s Battery Life

Brian X. Chen, New York Times

Mr. Cook’s response was swift:

“I don’t think we skipped over it. I addressed it in the presentation myself. We think that based on our experience of wearing these that the usage of them will be really significant throughout the day. So we think you’ll want to charge them every night, similar to what a lot of people do with their phone.”

Apple may well be still tweaking the battery life on the Apple Watch, but it looks like the company is not aiming to have a battery that last more than a single day.

Just How Much iPhone Do You Need? The Case For The iPhone 6 Plus

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

Here are four reasons you might consider that big, big screen -- and getting a new wardrobe with bigger pockets along with it -- plus, a few caveats.

Better reading, watching, filming, and typing.

Do Your Apps Respect Your Privacy? Probably Not, New Report Says

Elizabeth Dwoskin, Wall Street Journal

Amid widespread consumer anxiety about risks to privacy, here’s some disheartening news: A new report from a prominent intergovernmental group found that mobile apps are failing to provide users with basic privacy protections.

Orbital Wars Takes Me Way Back

Mel Martin, TUAW

Shades of Space Invaders from my lost youth and many lost quarters: Orbital Wars (US$0.99) really did bring back memories of those many hours I spent in front of an arcade console and some of my home video consoles playing that classic game and fighting off endless hordes of aliens descending on my hapless spaceship.

Tim Cook Speaks On Steve Jobs, Apple's Interest In TV, And Beats Acquisition In New Interview

Juli Clover, MacRumors

Cook again comments on Steve Jobs' ongoing influence at Apple, saying Jobs is in his heart and deep in Apple's DNA. "His spirit will always be the foundation of the company," says Cook. Cook also gives one other interesting tidbit about Jobs -- his fourth floor office has remained untouched since his passing.

'We're Sorry:' Apple Experiences Numerous iPhone 6 Preorder Problems From Crushing Demand

Neil Hughes, AppleInsider

Apple's issues connecting with carrier partners overnight led the company to give temporary reservation numbers to affected customers. Those people began receiving emails on Friday notifying them that they have 24 hours to complete their order, or they will lose their place in line for their purchase.

Larger iPhone 6 Plus Sells Out, “Record Number” Of iPhone Pre-orders

Ina Fried, Re/code

Demand for the new iPhones is higher than that seen in either of the past two years, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told Re/code.

In particular, Apple and all the major carriers appear to have sold through their preorder allotments of the larger iPhone 6 Plus with all quoting longer ship times for that model.

Apple Says New iOS 8 SMS Continuity Feature Won’t Arrive Until October

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Banks Did It Apple’s Way In Payments By Mobile

Nathaniel Popper, New York Times

JPMorgan Chase’s chief financial officer, Marianne Lake, took the stage at a financial conference on Tuesday under strict orders not to mention her company’s involvement in Apple’s new payment system.

But when Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, at a news conference in California at the same time, finally brought up Apple Pay, one of Ms. Lake’s deputies in New York took a green apple out of her bag and put it on a table on the stage, signaling that Ms. Lake was free to discuss the service.

“So we are very excited about Apple Pay, and Chase customers will be able to participate in that,” Ms. Lake said, noting the appearance of the apple with a nod of her head.

iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Already Selling Out, 5.5 Inch Model Quoting 3-4 Weeks Shipping

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

Both AT&T and Verizon are quoting three week shipping delays for the Plus, meaning customers buying now won’t get their phones until around the 7th of October. At the time of writing, the iPhone 6 is still available. At Apple’s own store, it seems like the 64 GB iPhone 6 Plus and the 128 GB iPhone 6 Plus is now also unavailable. However, the exact nature of supply is unclear due to the ongoing website issues.

Apple Drives The Internet Insane With Failed iPhone 6 Pre-orders

Tom Warren, The Verge

Apple’s online store in the US was down for two hours and 25 minutes, leaving customers who stayed up late rather frustrated. Online Apple Stores outside the US appear to have been unaffected by the troubles.

Yahoo News Digest Goes Universal For iPad With New Katie Couric Video Show

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

It’s Not About Time

The Economist

Smartwatches are a mere “information tool” that say “nothing special” about the wearer, says Jean-Claude Biver, chairman of Hublot, a Swiss brand owned by LVMH, a big luxury group. They become obsolete as soon as the technology advances. Swiss watchmakers, on the other hand, are selling “eternity in a box.”

Will Stores Warm Up To Apple Pay?

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Greg Bensinger, Wall Street Journal

Apple Inc. has lined up an impressive list of banks and credit-card issuers to support its new mobile-payment service. Now all it needs is more merchants, and customers.

Reluctant Reformation

The Economist

Umberto Eco, an Italian novelist, once compared Apple’s platform to Catholicism and Microsoft’s to Protestantism. The Macintosh, he wrote, “tells the faithful how they must proceed, step by step”. By contrast, Windows “allows free interpretation of scripture...and takes for granted the idea that not all can achieve salvation.” This still rings true today, but Apple is clearly going through a Reformation.

Eulogy For The iPod Classic

Josh Centers, TidBITS

Tim Cook Tells USA TODAY: 'This Is Epic'

Marco della Cava, USA Today

"We didn't make the first mp3, smartphone or tablet. But you can say we made the first modern mp3, smartphone and tablet," he says. "And I think now we're making the first modern smartwatch. So I think that from that point of view, history is repeating itself. When people look at this (Apple Watch), it's kind of hard to buy anything else. It all of a sudden defines the category."

Apple's new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus both feature larger screens reminiscent of competitors' devices. By design, says Cook. "It's an incredible opportunity for us to switch people from Android to iOS. So yes, this is epic. It is epic," he says.

iPwned: How Easy Is It To Mine Apple Services, Devices For Data?

Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica

As things stand right now, a determined attacker will still find plenty of ways to get to iPhone data. They need to gain physical access to the device, or harvest or crack credentials to do so. But there are ways to do this that won't alert the victim. The weakest links are components of the iCloud service.

TuneMob Syncs Multiple Devices To Play Surround Sound Music

George Tinari, TUAW

Release Of iPhone 6 Delayed In China

Shanshan Wang and Neil Gough, New York Times

On Wednesday, Apple told China’s three big state-owned mobile service providers that it would not release the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in mainland China on Sept. 19, when sales start elsewhere. The carriers had already booked advertising campaigns for the phones.

The move set off consternation among Apple’s partners in China, as well as with consumers who had been eagerly awaiting the introductions. Apple did not explain the delay, executives at the carriers said, but it appeared the phones had not received approval from Chinese regulators to go on sale.

9 Black-and-white Mobile Camera Apps Go Mono A Mono

Jackie Dove, The Next Web

Monochrome is back in fashion — as if it every really left. Despite the ubiquity of color images native to digital cameras, the drama of black and white photography is being rediscovered and people are once again connecting with its subtle beauty.

How To Hide The Free U2 Album From Your iTunes Library

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

It was either mighty nice of Apple, or a big marketing gamble, to give everyone in the world a copy of the new U2 album. But not everyone likes U2.

Viber Finally Gains Support For Video Calling On iOS As It Gets Updated To Version 5.0

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Why Doesn’t The Apple Watch Have Wireless Charging? Because It Probably Wouldn’t Work Very Well.

Farhad Manjoo, New York Times

Because the watch has a band, it wouldn’t necessarily lie flat on a mat when you set it down. And if it didn’t lie flat, it wouldn’t start charging. That illustrates the main problem with induction wireless charging.

Fashion World Divided On First Look At Apple Watch

Christina Farr, Reuters

Many praised the "Apple Watch", priced from $349 when it debuts next year, for its clean aesthetic, but some bloggers and editors said the watch had a masculine aura, which would limit its allure to parts of the style-conscious crowd.

After 30 Years, Macworld Is No Longer A Magazine

Harry McCracken, Fast Company

It was something special--and something which the web, for all its wonders, can't replicate.

A Watch Guy's Thoughts On The Apple Watch After Seeing It In The Metal (Tons Of Live Photos)

Benjamin Clymer, Hodinkee

Apple got more details right on their watch than the vast majority of Swiss and Asian brands do with similarly priced watches, and those details add up to a really impressive piece of design.

Apple Watch: Asking Why And Saying No

Ben Thompson, Stratechery

This is why I’m worried that the lack of explanation about the Watch’s purpose wasn’t just a keynote oversight, but something that reflects a fundamental question about the product itself that Apple itself has yet to answer: is Watch an iPhone accessory, or is it valuable in its own right?

Here’s How Apple Will Convince You To Buy A Smartwatch

Kevin Roose, New York Magazine

In wristwear, as in computing, Apple's social engineering may matter more than its technical engineering.

Apple Gets Intimate

Steven Levy, Medium

A more likely—indeed, an inevitable—scenario will be moonstruck lovers sharing each other’s rhythms, sitting perhaps for hours staring at an animated drawing of the organ that symbolizes love, connected by a yearning pulse of an absent soulmate.

Swift Policy

Brent Simmons, Inesential.com

A Personal Announcement

Jason Snell

The fall is always an exciting time for people who follow Apple and tech in general. Just yesterday I was at an Apple event alongside my partners in crime Dan Moren, Philip Michaels, and Serenity Caldwell. Today we're in a very different place, but the news never stops! I am sure you will be hearing from us soon.

Macworld Lays Off Staffers, Closes Print Edition

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

The print magazine world is tough, but it’s still surprising that Macworld would fold now, with Apple so dominant and Apple products used by so many millions around the world.

Macworld Staff Mostly Canned After Biggest Apple News Day Of The Year

Sam Biddle, ValleyWag

Squeezing one last grueling day of marathon iPhone coverage out of a team you're on the verge of firing is not cool.

Chase Sends Out Mass Apple Pay Mailing

Dave Mark, The Loop

Apple Hasn’t Solved The Smart Watch Dilemma

Felix Salmon, Medium

By allowing thousands of different apps on its watch, Apple is buying into the More Is More mindset: make sure that the watch offers something for everybody. And in order to get there, it has had to create a whole system of twiddles and taps and swipes which you’re going to have to learn before you can really start using the watch.

How To Get Your Free U2 Album

Josh Centers, TidBITS

Thanks to Apple for buying us all (500 million people with iTunes accounts!) this album, but I hope Apple’s next big event features an overhaul of iTunes that makes this stuff intuitive again.

This New U2 Album Has Got Everyone Feeling Lots Of Feelings

Prachi Gupta, Salon

Do you see “Songs of Innocence,” which magically appeared in your iTunes library yesterday, as a gift? Or do you see it as a nuisance and and erie invasion of privacy?

Following Apple's iPhone 6 Launch, Sprint Introduces New 'iPhone For Life' Plan

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Following Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, Sprint has introduced a new plan that allows subscribers to get the latest iPhone models every couple of years.

Jony Ive, The Man Behind Apple Watch Design, Says Device Went Through ‘Millions’ Of Versions

ABC News

“We worked extremely hard to make it an object that would, one, be desirable but to be personal because we don’t want to wear the same watch,” Ive said. “One of the reasons it takes us a long time [is] because, I think, people are very discerned. A lot of people don’t wear a watch, at the moment.”

Apple's Swift Programming Language Reaches GM Status On iOS

John Callaham, iMore

Apple has just announced that its Swift programming language, which it first introduced at WWDC 2014 in June, has now reached GM status for iOS. This means that third party developers can now submit apps that use Swift to the iTunes App Store.

Apple Watch Update: More Details And Hands-On Impressions

David Pogue, Yahoo!

For example, when you want to leave a party, tap three times on your watch’s screen. Your spouse feels the same tapping pattern on her wrist, elsewhere in the room. Or you could send a silent “I love you” tap to your spouse’s wrist when you’re thousands of miles apart.

Apple Said To Reap Fees From Banks In New Payment System

Elizabeth Dexheimer, Bloomberg

Apple Inc. will reap fees from banks when consumers use an iPhone in place of credit and debit cards for purchases, a deal that gives the handset maker a cut of the growing market for mobile payments, according to three people with knowledge of the arrangement.

Apple Releases iTunes 11.4 In Anticipation Of iOS 8 Launch

Chuong H Nguyen, iMore

A Look At Apple’s ‘Reachability’ One-hand Mode For Larger iPhone 6

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple is calling it “Reachability” and with it allows users to double tap the Home button to shift the entire UI down to put UI elements at the top of the display in thumb’s reach.

In my opinion, Reachability is an ugly hack.

Tim Cook: Steve Jobs' DNA Will Always Be The Foundation Of Apple

Juli Clover, MacRumors

"I think about Steve a lot. I love Steve dearly. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of him. This morning, being here, I especially thought about him and I think he would be incredibly proud to see the company that he left us -- which I think was one of his greatest gifts to mankind, the company itself -- be doing what it's doing today. I think he's smiling right now."

Apple Revamps iCloud Storage Prices With 1 TB Costing $19.99 A Month

John Callaham, iMore

Apple has revamped its price structure for its iCloud online data service, offering users price reductions and allowing them to purchase up to 1 TB of storage. It may not come close to Dropbox's current price drops, but Apple's at least being more competitive than it was before.

How Apple Pay Works And Why It Matters For Developers

Clover Developers Blog

At Clover we're particularly excited because we believe it opens up lightweight apps that can interact and transact with small-and-medium brick-and-mortar restaurants. By lightweight, I mean that these apps won't need to maintain a user database, require user logins, worry about getting cards on file, or being an unwilling payment aggregator. i.e., it will be at least 10x easier. I expect a huge amount of innovation in real-world mobile commerce as a result over the coming years because of the revolution that Apple Pay is starting.

Apple Pay Aims To Disrupt Payment Industry

Adam C. Engst and Rich Mogull, TidBITS

With Apple Pay, Apple’s self-described mission is to replace your wallet, enabling you to pay a bill by holding an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, or the forthcoming Apple Watch, up to a payment sensor. No more fumbling with credit cards and signing receipts, or worrying about having enough cash. In theory, at least, Apple Pay both improves the payment experience and brings new levels of security and privacy to credit card payments.

Apple Introduces iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus

Anthony Domanico, Macworld

The standard iPhone 6 now sports a 4.7-inch display, while the iPhone 6 Plus comes with a massive 5.5-inch screen, putting it squarely in “phablet” territory. Apple has also bumped the storage up to 128GB on both models, and dropped the 32GB option altogether.

Apple Previews The New Apple Watch

Michael E. Cohen, TidBITS

The Apple Watch will have a wide variety of software watch faces, many of them customizable with what watchmakers call “complications.” Apple Watch complications include stopwatches and stock reports, along with phases of the moon and upcoming meetings. The screen, of course, is touch-sensitive, but not just multi-touch. The Apple Watch screens offer force sensitivity, so it can distinguish between a tap and hard press, which Apple calls a “force touch.”

iOS 8 To Launch On September 17

Marco Tabini, Macworld

Apple on Tuesday announced that the next version of its mobile operating system will officially launch on September 17th, just ahead of the company's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets.

The iPod Classic Plays Its Last

Christopher Breen, Macworld

With the death of the iPod classic, we witness the last of the original 5GB white iPod’s line. No more hard drive. No more squarish screen. No more wheel control.

Apple Denied Retrial In Samsung Patent Case

Loek Essers, Macworld

How To Stream Apple’s Sept. 9 iPhone 6/iWatch Event On Windows

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple TV Channel For Live Streaming Apple's 'iPhone 6' Event Now Available

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

The Best Mac Apps For Reading Ebooks

Peter Cohen, iMore

First Vehicles With Apple’s CarPlay Hit The Road As Ferrari Delivers New FF To Customers

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Vehicles with Apple’s new CarPlay functionality are starting to hit the roads with Ferrari announcing today that it’s delivered its first batch of Ferrari FF models equipped with the new feature.

WhatsApp Messenger For iPhone Updated W/ Photo Captions, Slow-motion Video Sharing, More

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Disk App Is A Fun And Powerful New Way To Clear Up Space On Your Mac

Bryan M. Wolfe, AppAdvice

Using a colorful pie chart, the app identifies where unnecessary files are located, and their size. These locations include: cache, app logs, old iOS, downloads, mail downloads, browser data, and trash.

Apple Sends Email Notifications When Users Sign Into iCloud.com

Joseph Keller, iMore

When you log in to the site, Apple will send you an email notifying you that someone has your credentials have been used on iCloud.com, and instructing you either to ignore the email if you did this yourself, or what steps to take if you didn't.

Mac Gems: Recovery Partition Creator Adds OS X Recovery To Any Drive

Dan Frakes, Macworld

Star Walk 2 Review: iPad App Makes The Night Sky Look Better Than Ever

Derek Walter, Macworld

At first glance Star Walk 2 is definitely cleaner and feels snappier compared to the original, especially when navigating through the menus. The sequel also elevates the concept from the original by including more content that will engage those who are casual observers of the sky as well as those with a heavy interest in astronomy.

7 Dictionary And Reference Apps That Are Not Just For Students

Kirk McElhearn, TechHive

Here are a handful of apps that can help you find useful information for school, or even for other aspects of your life.

Apple And Disney Stores Upgrading iBeacons And NFC Scanners Ahead Of iPhone 6 Launch

Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple Filling Out Flyover City Tours Ahead Of iOS 8 And OS X Yosemite Launches

Eric Slivka, MacRumors

Apple Offering iMaschine For Free Via The Apple Store App In Celebration Of iTunes Festival

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple's Burden: A Mountain Of Money It Can't Really Use

Sean Farrell, The Guardian

Apple Courts Fashionistas As Smartwatch Expectations Mount

Christina Farr, Reuters

Apple Inc has invited top fashion editors and bloggers in unprecedented numbers to its Tuesday launch gala.

"I assume it's because they are unveiling a wearable," said Lea Goldman, features and special projects director for Marie Claire magazine, a first-time invitee. "This suggests Apple is serious about tapping into the fashion world, which often sits on the sidelines."

Business People Now Have A Handy Way To Read E-mail On Their Mobile Devices

Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

The app has several features that seem built for business people, including options to search for e-mails by date range and whether they have an attachment. It also links e-mail to users’ calendars, contacts and social networks (with permission) to make it easy to set up meetings or do research on the people you’re seeing in your next meeting.

Marc Newson To Join Apple’s Design Team

Kia Makarechi, Vanity Fair

Designer Marc Newson is joining Apple as part of senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive’s team, the company told VF Daily on Friday.

Newson, who will continue to be based in the United Kingdom, will be an employee of Apple, and will be frequently traveling to the company’s Cupertino, California, headquarters. The industrial designer has had his work archived by MoMA, and has been commissioned by Ford, Nike, and Qantas Airways, among others.

Apple CEO, Other Execs Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Ebook Conspiracy

Jeff John Roberts, GigaOM

According to a complaint filed on Thursday in California state court, Cook and other senior Apple figures bear “responsibility for ensnaring Apple in a multi-year anticompetitive scheme” that resulted in a highly-publicized trial and a proposed $450 million payout by the company to settle related complaints that it illegally raised the price of ebooks.

Apple, Google Appeal Rejection Of $325 Million Hiring Settlement

Dan Levine, Reuters

Four technology companies including Apple and Google blasted a U.S. judge for rejecting a proposed $324.5 million settlement over hiring practices in Silicon Valley and asked an appeals court to intervene, according to a court filing.

Koh "committed clear legal error" and "impermissibly substituted the court's assessment of the value of the case for that of the parties who have been litigating the case for more than three years," they wrote.

Apple Updates iTunes Connect Design, Rolls Out TestFlight App

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Screenshot FX Review: Take Precise Screenshots On Your Mac

Jeffery Battersby, Macworld

When taking screenshots, selecting oddly shaped items in an image is usually a task saved for your favorite image editing application. Screenshot FX makes selecting a specific area of an image something you can do right as you take a screenshot.

Ask The iTunes Guy: Re-download Audiobooks, Watch Netflix Offline, And More

Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

I’ve been getting lots of questions about lossless music files recently, and in this week’s column I answer another one. I also remind you that you can’t re-download audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Store, show how you can find songs that aren’t in any playlists, and look at a question about offline storage of Netflix videos.

How I Hacked My Own iCloud Account, For Just $200

Christina Warren, Mashable

For just $200, and a little bit of luck, I was able to successfully crack my own iCloud password and use EPPB to download my entire iCloud backup from my iPhone. For $400, I could have successfully pulled in my iCloud data without a password and with less than 60 seconds of access to a Mac or Windows computer where I was logged into iCloud.

Automatic App Review: For $99, The Truth About Your Car And Your Driving

R. Matthew Ward, Macworld

The Automatic Link dongle plugs into your car's OBD-II port (all U.S. cars from model year 1996 onward have one) and transmits data to your phone via Bluetooth. Combined with location stats, all this data allows the Automatic app to monitor your driving style and fuel efficiency, log trips, check engine health, remember where you parked, and even notify loved ones in case of accidents.

Tim Cook Says Apple To Add Security Alerts For iCloud Users

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Wall Street Journal

In his first interview on the subject, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said celebrities' iCloud accounts were compromised when hackers correctly answered security questions to obtain their passwords, or when they were victimized by a phishing scam to obtain user IDs and passwords.

To make such leaks less likely, Mr. Cook said Apple will alert users via email and push notifications when someone tries to change an account password, restore iCloud data to a new device, or when a device logs into an account for the first time.

Apple Store App Redesigned, Gains Upcoming Events Feature, Synchronized Shopping

Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple Will Live Stream Sept. 9 Event

Jim Dalrymple, The Loop

News Notifications Review: Add RSS Feeds To OS X's Notification Center

Andrew Hayward, Macworld

For the Mac user who has no need for social sharing features or the ability to carry his/her reading history over to other computers or an iPhone or iPad, this single-minded reader should do the trick.

Ready, Aim, Bounce! Sega's Peggle-like Super Monkey Ball Bounce Is Out Now On iOS

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Enable OS X's Enhanced Dictation For On-the-fly Transcription

Dan Frakes, Macworld

Automate Your Mac: Ten Ways To Speed Up iTunes, Safari, And More

Christopher Breen, Katie Floyd, Dan Frakes, Matt Gemmell, Topher Kessler, Joe Kissell, Kirk McElhearn, and Brett Terpstra, Macworld

Rdio Refreshes Web And Mobile Apps To Highlight Its Free Music Offering

Rich Edmonds, iMore

Security Trade-Offs

John Gruber, Daring Fireball

It is thus, in my opinion, terribly irresponsible to advise people to blindly not trust Apple (or Google, or Dropbox, or Microsoft, etc.) with “any of your data” without emphasizing, clearly and adamantly, that by only storing their data on-device, they greatly increase the risk of losing everything.

The Terminal

Craig Hockenberry, Furbo.org

I’ve been using the Unix command line since 1983 and like most software developers, the Terminal app is a permanent fixture in my Dock. Over the years I’ve learned a lot of things that make working in this environment more productive, but even old dogs like me are constantly learning new tricks.

Document Writer Review: A Cheap Alternative To Microsoft Word

Chris Holt, Macworld

It’s not going to rival the full product of Microsoft Word, but it’s certainly a step up from Open Office and even may get some defectors from Google Docs.

Discovering Sunrise

Federico Viticci, MacStories

VMware Fusion For Mac Now Connects To Virtual Machines In Data Centers

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

VMware today released the seventh version of Fusion, its virtualization software for Macs, with a new feature that lets users access virtual machines running in remote data centers.

How To Not Back Up Your Naked Selfies To The Cloud

Will Oremus, Slate

What I am saying is that we should all think twice before allowing any service to back up our photos to the cloud automatically on an ongoing basis. Once you’ve allowed that, it’s very easy to forget that you’ve done it, and upload something you’d really rather keep private. Auto-backup is a one-size-fits-all solution, and not all data is created equal.

Automate Your Mac: Three Hacks For Managing Apps

Christopher Breen, David Sparks, and Brett Terpstra, Macworld

Apple Sets Developer Rules For HealthKit, HomeKit, TestFlight, And Extensions Ahead Of iOS 8 Launch

Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

In addition to those four new sections, Apple has also updated the guidelines to say that “if your app is plain creepy, it may not be accepted.”

BioShock For iOS Review: Not Spliced Up Enough

Chris Hulton, Tom's Guide

Unlike the console and PC versions, however, the iOS version of BioShock suffers from a poor control setup and weak visuals, drastically affecting the user's experience. We don't recommend it.

Apple Announces $10K Product Integrity Inclusion And Diversity Scholarship For Minorities In Tech

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Continuing a number of recent initiatives related to promoting diversity at the company, Apple is now offering a new Product Integrity Inclusion and Diversity Scholarship offering “women, black/African American, Hispanic, or Native American university students” an opportunity to win a $10,000 scholarship to help pay for their education in tech. The scholarship is named for Apple’s Product Integrity group that includes Hardware Reliability, Product Safety, Environmental Technologies, and Hardware and Software Test Engineering.

Apple Denies iCloud/Find My iPhone Breach, Says ‘Very Targeted Attack’ Hit Certain Celebrities

Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple is presenting this as a very targeted username, password, and security questions hack on “certain celebrity accounts.” Apple recommends that users utilize the 2-step verification service for Apple IDs/iCloud.

Microsoft Office Apps For iPad Gain Support For Monthly Subscription Purchases

Juli Clover, MacRumors

Microsoft today updated its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint iPad apps to allow users to purchase a monthly subscription to Office 365 directly in the apps.

PlainTextMenu Review: Takes The Fuss And Muss Out Of Cut-and-paste

Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

If you spend a lot of time copying and pasting formatted text from the Internet or Microsoft Word, you might just adore PlainTextMenu: It strips out colors, formatting, bold text, and all the pesky things that make sharing or pasting text a pain between programs.

Sqwiggle Now Lets You Use Your iPad As A ‘Second Screen’ For Always-on Team Video Chats

Ben Woods, The Next Web

Reddit Launches New Official iOS App Dedicated To Ask Me Anything Interviews

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Primarily, the Ask Me Anything app offers a new way to browse and ask questions on AMAs that’s decidedly more user-friendly and visually appealing than Reddit’s outdated Web-based interface.

Automate Your Mac: 10 Ways To Make Managing Email Easier

Christpher Breen, Katie Floyd, Dan Frakes, Matt Gemmell, Topher Kessler, Kirk McElhearn, and David Sparks, Macworld

Sony Updates Music Unlimited App To Version 2.0 With New Design Plus Improvements

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple Says It Is “Actively Investigating” Celeb Photo Hack

Arik Hesseldahl, Re/code

“We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report,” said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris.

Naked Celebrity Hack: Security Experts Focus On iCloud Backup Theory

Charles Arthur, The Guardian

After intensive examination of file data leaked by one or more hackers, suspicion grows that iCloud backups were source of pictures – though precise method of attack still unclear.

Nude Celebrity Picture Leak Looks Like Phishing Or Email Account Hack

Charles Arthur, The Guardian

Apple’s iCloud service may have been the source of the photos but security experts think password hacks are likely explanation.

StorageStatus Review: Be A Little Smarter About How You Use Your Storage

Michael Simon, Macworld

Vulnerability In Find My Phone Service And Weak Passwords May Explain Alleged Celebrity Photo Leaks

Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac

Apple patched the service at 3.20am PT today. While it’s possible that the timing was coincidental, an iCloud exploit being posted online just two days before the photos appeared, and being patched shortly after the story broke, makes this seem unlikely.

Automate Your Mac: Four Smart Hacks For Managing Files

Christopher Breen, Matt Gemmell, Joe Kissell, and Brett Terpstra, Macworld

Managing files and folders is one of the most obvious—and easiest—chores to automate on your Mac, thanks to specialized tools like Hazel, as well as generalists like AppleScript, Automator, and Keyboard Maestro.

The Best Apps For Taking Notes

Joel Mathis, TechHive

I had three criteria for judging these note-taking apps: They had to be versatile. They had to help me get organized, easily and intuitively. And they had to be accessible—a note that will live on my iPhone and my iPhone only is not a note that’s ultimately useful to me: I might take the notes on a mobile device, but I might write a paper or a story on a laptop or desktop— so I want quick, easy access to the notes in both locations.

My Year With A Distraction-free iPhone (And How To Start Your Own Experiment)

Jake Knapp, Medium

When we invest our time and energy in technology — as creators or consumers — we should invest in products that belong in “The Future” and not those that make our lives disappear faster than they already do.

Autodesk’s Pixlr Goes For Mobile Experience With New OS X And Windows Image Editing Apps

Daniel Bader, Mobilesyrup.com

This Is What Happens When Apple Launches An iPhone

Stephen Hutcheon, Stuff.co.nz

Apple has issued an invitation to a media event next month. This is what happens next.

Countless Celebrity Nude Photo Leaks Being Blamed On Supposed iCloud Hack

Stephen Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed To Apple

John Paczkowski, Re/code

An Apple rep confirmed that the company was hiring Shimpi, but wouldn’t provide any other details.