I — like everyone else — have some iPhone-only apps on my life that either aren’t available on my Mac, or run pretty poorly. Having them available from the machine I’m already working on is sweet.
“[The Germans] thought that bombing London would be so terrifying that people would demand peace,” says Alan Allport, a historian at Syracuse University. “It was assumed that within a few days, London would be a huge pile of ruins, hundreds of thousands of people would be killed, people would be driven mad by the bombing, and there would be mass panic.”
But that didn’t happen. Instead, over the next eight months, Britons rallied together. They showed such a level of stoicism and resistance that the phrase “Blitz Spirit” was coined in recognition of their bravery. Decades later, the term is still used whenever British people need to overcome the odds.
iOS 18.2 is a huge release for users. New Apple Intelligence features are a major highlight, but so too is the Mail app, which gets its biggest redesign ever. Here’s everything that’s new.
Apple this week expanded Tap to Pay on iPhone to New Zealand, which means independent sellers, small businesses, and other merchants in the country can use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
The streamer has renewed the drama for season two, while also setting a premiere date and offering up a first look at the inaugural run. The nine-episode first season of Your Friends & Neighbors will premiere April 11.
Three months after Apple inked a deal with director Jon Watts to develop a follow-up to his crime caper “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, plans for the sequel have now been halted, Variety has learned.
The confirmation comes after Collider published an interview with Watts Friday morning. Promoting his new Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Crew,” the filmmaker was asked about his coming plans, responding “I don’t know what I’m directing next, and I don’t think there’s going to be a ‘Wolfs’ sequel.” Variety has since confirmed with sources that plans have been scrapped.
Though Apple Original Films has already announced a sequel to “Wolfs,” which the company says is its most-viewed film in Apple TV+ history, director Jon Watts is throwing cold water on the possibility.
Speaking to while promoting the “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Crew,” Watts said, “I don’t know what I’m directing next, and I don’t think there’s going to be a ‘Wolfs‘ sequel.”
The other night I decided to work on some home videos while watching TV. I launched iMovie on my Mac and on the Projects screen, I saw something I had not seen before: a banner ad, like the ones you see on this site. This ad was for Apple’s Final Cut Pro.
The CMA said Apple forces competing mobile browsers in the U.K. to use Apple’s browser engine, WebKit, which limits what these browsers are able to do and curbs their ability to differentiate. Moreover, browsers that use WebKit haven’t been given the same level of access and functionality as Apple’s own Safari, which “has a negative impact on competition and innovation.” This also includes limitations on how third-party apps can leverage so-called “in-app browsing,” meaning access to the open web from within native iOS apps.
The undisclosed complainant in the e-book / audiobook aspect of the investigation has since withdrawn their complaint, leading the Commission to close the probe with no further action.
“The closure of an investigation is not a finding that the conduct in question complies with EU competition rules,” the announcement clarified.
The main problem I have with iPhone mirroring on a Mac is that things -- such as gestures -- work different than those on the iPhone simulator over in Xcode.
Other than that, yes, it's great.
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