Friday 5: How Cardhop makes managing contacts fun [Video]
Cardhop is a utility that’s squarely focused on managing and interacting with contacts on your Mac. Developed by Flexibits, the team behind Fantastical for Mac and iOS, it features a familiar design and interactive natural language elements. In this week’s episode of Friday 5, I explore how Cardhop does the impossible and actually manages to make contact management fun. Watch our hands-on video for the details. more…
Apple Music joining other streaming services to stop promoting R. Kelly’s music
Apple Music is joining several other music streaming services in a movement to stop promoting R. Kelly’s music in its playlist as he is facing multiple sexual misconduct and assault allegations.
iPhone: How to add email
Whether you’ve just gotten your first iPhone or it’s been a long time since you’ve added a new email account, follow along for how to add yours on iPhone.
9to5Mac Daily 072: May 11, 2018
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
Carpool Karaoke coming to Apple’s TV app for free after first being an Apple Music exclusive
Apple’s take on Carpool Karaoke got mixed reviews. On top of that, the show was exclusively streamed on Apple Music, requiring a subscription to the music streaming service to view the show. However, this is set to change.
iPhone SE 2 render with iPhone X-style display now shown off from all sides, according to case maker
Yesterday we saw case manufacturer Olixar and retailer MobileFun start accepting pre-orders for an iPhone SE 2 screen protector that shows off a iPhone X-style bezel-less display. Today the first case has also been listed for the yet to be announced iPhone with new renders.
9to5Toys Lunch Break: 9.7-inch iPad 128GB $340, Philips Hue Amazon Gold Box, Nike 20% off sale, more
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Feature Request: Proper, personalized album and concert alerts by Apple Music
Apple knows more about my music tastes than anyone else in the world. Thanks to iTunes Match, it knows every artist, album and track I own. And through my use of Apple Music, it knows exactly who and what I listen to on a daily basis.
It’s great at using this data to create personalized playlists for me. ‘For You’ is fantastic, in my experience. My Favourites Mix is an incredibly reliable – if somewhat repetitive – way to play music I love. My Chill Mix is another great way to know I’m going to like almost everything it plays …
Support for HDR YouTube videos now widely rolling out for iPhone X
Bipartisan bill would make it illegal for the government to demand backdoor access to devices
A bipartisan bill being put before Congress would eliminate the possibility of any future battles between Apple and the government over backdoor access to iPhones. Apple famously fought the FBI when it demanded the firm create a compromised version of iOS to access a work iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
The Secure Data Act would ‘prohibit Federal agencies from mandating the deployment of vulnerabilities in data security technologies’ …