9to5 Mac: With the latest beta releases, Apple has added the ability for developers to create unified purchases across Mac and iOS. This means that a developer can list an iPad app in the App Store and a Mac version in the Mac App Store. When the customer buys either…
Sam Byford, for The Verge: Nintendo had its strongest Switch quarter ever this holiday season, moving 10.81 million units to reach a total of 52.48 million sold as of the end of 2019. That means it’s now overtaken the Super Nintendo Entertainment System to become Nintendo’s…
Ben Thompson, writing at Stratechery: Steve Jobs stepped onstage 10 years ago today to introduce the world to the iPad. It was, by his own admission, a third category of device that sits somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop. Jobs unveiled the iPad just days after the annual Consumer…
I’ve made a few changes to how this site works, the backend is still in WordPress, but the frontend is now Gatsby and I’m using GraphQL to talk between the two. I have a plugin that triggers a webhook to push a deployment on Netlify when…
Alan Murray, writing for Fortune: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from running Alphabet, leaving the company to Sundar Pichai. This likely signals the end of an era, when Google tried to solve a vast array of human problems under Alphabet’s broad umbrella—but…
Ars Technica: The initial release windows of both iOS 12 and iOS 13 saw users complaining about a plethora of bugs both major and minor. Apple has plans to mitigate this problem when iOS 14 launches next year, according to sources who spoke with Bloomberg. People familiar with the shift…
Tom Warren, writing for The Verge: Microsoft had been planning to launch its new Surface Earbuds “later this year,” but the company is now delaying the wireless earbuds to spring 2020. “Product-making is about the relentless pursuit to get all the details right, which takes time… sometimes more than we…
ABC News: China is not just where the company produces its iPhones, it’s a very lucrative market for the Cupertino, California-based tech company. The Apple chief said that he doesn’t want to “speculate” on how the next round of China tariffs could raise the…