"Wiser Than Me" debuted in April 2023 and has since garnered acclaim for its distinctive approach featuring interviews with notable women such as Jane Fonda and Carol Burnett. The podcast explores the themes of life experiences, wisdom, and societal impact.
In interviews with podcast executives, a number of rationales came up: Undiversified revenue streams, overreliance on prestige shows, a chilled market for podcast-related IP, hesitance from heel-dragging marketers, and of course a big reality check for the biggest tech companies that, while podcasts will continue to growth, nothing could make a $20 million deal with Harry and Meghan profitable.
But look again, and you’ll notice that the middle class of podcasting—between the tech conglomerates and the dudes-in-basements crowd—is doing just fine. Unfortunately, for tech companies and the companies funding serious audio journalism, fine might not be good enough.
Jamf’s demonstration is a proof of concept. “This is not a flaw in Lockdown Mode or an iOS vulnerability, per se; it is a post-exploitation tampering technique that allows the malware to visually fool the user into believing that their phone is running in Lockdown Mode,” said Jamf. The researchers also point out that this technique has not been observed in the wild.
Alongside the iOS 17.2 RC, Apple has shared the full release notes for the update with details on every new feature, bug fixes, and more.
Apple seeded the release candidate for iOS 17.2 to developers Tuesday, signaling that beta testing for the upcoming operating system is almost over. The highlight of the update will be the new Journal app that Apple announced last summer.
iOS 17.2 unlocks a significant new feature for iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 users: support for Qi2 wireless charging. This comes after the iPhone 15 was announced as the first Qi2-enabled iPhone and before the first Qi2 accessories hit the market this month.
Code seen by 9to5Mac suggests that Apple pulled collaborative Apple Music playlists from iOS 17.2 due to concerns around abuse and spam. Apple is still working on the feature and adding new precautions to cut down on these issues, including adding limits on how many “pending requests” a playlist owner can have.
Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life simulation game starring Disney characters, and it has previously been available on console platforms. The Apple Arcade version of the game includes the base version and the A Rift in Time expansion that is a paid option on other platforms.
When iOS 17 arrived in September, it brought a slew of new features including adaptive audio and conversation awareness. It also brought a slew of firmware updates, with no fewer than four arriving since September. And now Apple has released another one, bringing the iOS 17 total to five.
SwingVision, an Apple Design Award-winning app in innovation, today introduced its expansion into pickleball. Initially an app meant to act as a tennis coach helping users to perfect every aspect of their game, SwingVision is making its way into America’s fastest-growing sport.
Twelve South says that when closed, the ButterFly is about the size of an AirPods Pro case. When unfolded, a small strip of vegan leather connects the magnetic fast charger for Apple Watch and MagSafe-compatible charger for iPhones or AirPods.
Beeper Mini joins a growing list of apps trying to hack the iMessage experience onto Android, but Migicovsky is adamant that Beeper Mini is not like the other services out there: it is directly sending iMessages.
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Its developers figured out how to register a phone number with iMessage, send messages directly to Apple’s servers, and have messages sent back to your phone natively inside the app. It was a tricky process that involved deconstructing Apple’s messaging pipeline from start to finish. Beeper’s team had to figure out where to send the messages, what the messages needed to look like, and how to pull them back down from the cloud. The hardest part, Migicovsky said, was cracking what is essentially Apple’s padlock on the whole system: a check to see whether the connected device is a genuine Apple product.
For smaller streamers, any incremental subscriber reach gained from these bundling deals is essential, given the massive costs of operating an SVOD and Wall Street’s scrutiny of streaming profits (or the lack thereof). Even Apple, whose streaming investments are routinely described as a “rounding error” for the $2.9 trillion company, seems to be feeling the pressure in the wake of its massive spending on not one but two $200 million-plus historical epics.
The world’s most valuable company has informed component suppliers of its preference to source batteries for the forthcoming iPhone 16 from Indian factories, according to two people close to Apple.
Battery manufacturers, such as Desay of China, have been encouraged to establish new factories in India, while Simplo Technology, a Taiwanese battery supplier for Apple, has been asked to scale up production in India for future orders, said three people familiar with the situation.
I wonder if Apple know I've not been using Xcode much lately, but spending more time with BBedit and PHP codes on a different hobby project?
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