I love comparison charts. Here’s the Apple comparison chart for all three of Apple’s new iPhones: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.
Cresuer Touchwave True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds: $44.99
We have a deal on a pair of Cresuer Touchwave True Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds. These include Bluetooth 4.1 and CVC Noise Cancellation, and are priced at $44.99 through our deal.
Enlight Pixaloop Creates Animated Photos
Enlight has a new app out called Enlight Pixaloop. It creates animated photos that can bring your art to life. Any photo element: strands of hair, waves, clouds, or clothing can be animated. Pixaloop tools give you precise animation control so you can perfect your idea. Choose the speed of movement you want to create moving masterpieces: from the subtle flicker of a candle flame to Marilyn’s iconic billowing white dress to cascading waterfalls to two-way escalators. To animate a photo, place arrows to define motion within the image. Add anchors to gradually reduce the speed in the animated area. Freeze motion in parts of your photos to hold specific elements still and keep it real. Or get unreal and tease nature – reverse the direction of water or spills to defy gravity and flow upwards. App Store: Enlight Pixaloop – Free
iOS 12 Screen Time Can't Cure Addiction
Joanna Stern writes about how iOS 12’s Screen Time feature couldn’t cure addiction, specifically smartphone addiction.
Just one little problem: For those of us who compulsively check our phones—sometimes even when watching our children on the playground, or crossing the street—Apple’s lock is like Scotch tape on a pack of cigarettes. If you’re not super addicted, though, there’s hope.
With much respect for Ms. Stern, I hope she didn’t actually set out thinking that Screen Time could cure a smartphone addiction. Apple is many things; a replacement for a licensed psychologist it is not. For more information on smartphone addiction, Psychiatry Advisor has some criteria.
Invest With a Conscience With Newday Impact Investing
I’ve long believed that you should choose companies you want to do business with that share the same values you do. Things like renewable energy, protecting the ocean, privacy, animal welfare, and others. When I got an email about the Newday Impact Investing app, I was genuinely delighted. It’s an investing app that lets you do just that; invest in companies with values. Every Newday Impact Portfolio is a custom-made, proprietary, and targeted investment strategy built to benefit a specific area of impact. The multi-portfolio approach allows them to provide a fully-diversified investment strategy while impacting the areas you care about directly. Portfolios include ocean health, gender equality, animal welfare, and climate action. On Newday’s website, you have to enter your phone number to get the app link, which seems sketchy and unnecessary. Use the direct App Store link instead. App Store: Newday – Free
iPhone XS, Apple Watch Series 4 First Reactions - TMO Daily Observations 2018-09-12
Brian Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to share their reactions to Apple’s iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, and Apple Watch Series 4 product announcements.
Join TMO for Our 'Gather Round' Event Live Coverage
Apple’s «Gather Round» media event for the new iPhone and Apple Watch product launches is set to start at 10 AM pacific time. Join The Mac Observer for our live coverage of Apple’s announcements. And be sure to stick around after the event for our extra news and analysis, plus our Daily Observations wrap up.
SETI is a Bust So Far. We May Be Alone in the Universe
It’s an easy assumption to make. Our galaxy is teeming with planets, so life must be abundant. Except, after 58 years of looking, we’ve found nothing. SETI is a bust. (But we’ll keep looking.) This cogent article explains why being alone in the galaxy, indeed the universe, may be a good thing. We passed the Great Filter. (Image credit: NASA.)
The 2018 Apple Bingo Edition Is Here
The 2018 Apple Bingo edition is here, and you can play it while watching tomorrow’s keynote (scheduled for 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT). Bingo entries include:
- New watch bands
- Tim Cook saying «Good morning» three times
- Excited Phil Schiller
- Craig Federighi Comedy Hour
- «The most powerful processor ever in a smartphone»
BBC Reviews iOS 12 and How it Helps Journalists
The BBC reviews iOS 12 and specifically highlights features which may be beneficial to journalists, especially mobile journalists or «mojos.»
It’s surprising to note that many journalists continue to use their smartphones simply as phones – which isn’t very smart, given the power of the device they carry with them all the time. It’s also surprising that iOS 12 will run on every device that currently runs iOS 11. This will therefore include iPhone 5s from way back in 2013 – now something of a dinosaur.
Mojo-friendly features include Voice Memos, Siri Shortcuts, AR, and more.
