Over the weekend, Andrew discovered a feature in iOS 14.4 that wasn’t included in the release notes: Autoplaying Similar Music.
Spam, Your Privacy, Cool Stuff Found & More — Mac Geek Gab 855
What’s your spam workflow? How do you know if your favorite podcast is selling your data? Want to hear about some Cool Stuff Found? Good news, your two favorite geeks talk through all this and more! Listen as John and Dave answer your questions and do their level best to ensure everyone learns at least five new things each week. Press play and enjoy!
Apple Shares ‘MySwimPro’ in Developer Spotlight
Apple has highlighted Fares Ksebati and his app MySwimPro in its Developer Spotlight. It provides aquatic workout videos for athletes.
What do you know now that you wish you’d known when you started? That it’s really important to be consistent, that it takes time to develop, and that if you can just be a little bit better every single day, the compounding impact is absolutely insane. We’ve been at this for five years, which is more than 1,800 days, and we’re trying to be at least 1 percent better each day.
Google Play Store to Allow Licensed Gambling Apps Providing Android a Competitive Advantage
Google announced it will allow Android gambling apps on its Google Play store, and Bryan Chaffin says it might be a differentiating factor from Apple’s iOS and iPadOS platforms.
Tim Cook Writes Open Letter to President Biden on DACA
Tim Cook has written a letter on behalf of Business Roundtable to President Biden thanking him for working to preserve DACA.
Endless Runner Game ‘Populus Run’ Debuts on Apple Arcade
A new endless runner game has debuted on Apple Arcade today. It’s called Populus Run and you control an entire crowd of characters.
Asus AC1900 T-Mobile Unlocked Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router: $79.99
We have a deal on an Asus AC1900 T-Mobile Unlocked Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router. This is a new, open box model, and it supports dual-band data rates of up to 1900Mbps, 3x faster than standard 802.11n routers. It also has 5 Gigabit Ethernet ports, and please note that this router is not compatible with Aimesh or Mesh WIFI systems. It’s $79.99 through our deal.
iPhone 13 Rumored to Include In-Screen Touch ID Sensor
According to a new rumor on Friday, the iPhone 13 may come with a fingerprint sensor underneath the display.
Jean Schulz Discusses Peanuts Partnership With Apple TV+ For The Snoopy Show
On February 5, The Snoopy Show will arrive on Apple TV+. We’ve already seen a trailer for it. Jean Schulz, the widow of late Peanuts creator Charles M. Schultz, discussed the forthcoming series with Variety.
We are so happy to have this relationship with Apple TV Plus, because they were one of the only places we talked to who wanted to do new material and be under the guidance [of ] Creative Associates, our creative arm here — people who are steeped in the “Peanuts” lore… New material in creative cooperation with us. Yes, Pixar would do it; other people would do it. But it would be their own project, not a collaboration. I think that probably would be what everybody would want. They want to have control and want it to be what they think is salable. Our interest is in keeping it as true to “Peanuts” as we can — to the comic strip, to my husband’s kind of humor and the humanity that comic strip showed.
Apple TV+ Leases 90,000 Square Feet at New York Soundstage and Production Facility
Apple TV+ has leased 90,000 square feet of space at the ONstage soundstage and production facility at Kaufman Astoria Studios, in New York.
