438 posts tagged ‘Technology’
Why Alexa Hasn’t Yet Become the Real Computer of the Future
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy: Fast-forward to today, and there are over 40 million Echo smart speakers in US households, with Alexa processing billions of commands a week globally. But despite this proliferation of products and popularity, the “superhuman assistant who is there when you need it, disappears when you don’t, and is always working in the […]
Playing Purchased Music on HomePod
Ruffin Bailey: I often buy from what at least used to be called the iTunes Music Store. The biggest advantage for me for doing so over, say, buying from Amazon or directly from the artist’s site (which I often do, or buy from Bandcamp if available), is that Apple Music will stream those songs for […]
Reddit Is Finally Profitable
Emma Roth (Slashdot): Reddit just turned a profit for the first time. As part of its third quarter earnings results released on Tuesday, the company reported a profit of $29.9 million, along with $348.4 million in revenue — a 68 percent increase year over year.[…]Reddit’s advertising revenue grew to $315.1 million, while “other” revenue reached […]
Apple Acquires Pixelmator
Pixelmator (Hacker News): Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple. […] Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time. Stay tuned for […]
Fantastical 4 and Windows Version
Flexibits (MacRumors): We’ve spent the last 4 years making Fantastical better than ever across Apple devices, and with version 4.0 we decided to go even bigger by finally bringing the world’s best calendar app to a Windows PC near you. For the Mac and iOS versions, it adds a Control Center widget and support for […]
Apple’s Q4 2024 Results
Apple (transcript, MacRumors, MacStories): The Company posted quarterly revenue of $94.9 billion, up 6 percent year over year, and quarterly diluted earnings per share of $0.97. Diluted earnings per share was $1.64, up 12 percent year over year when excluding the one-time charge recognized during the fourth quarter of 2024 related to the impact of […]
CoverSutra Is Back
Sophia Teutschler (Reddit): Hello, it’s me again! 👋 Did you hear? CoverSutra 4.0.1 is now available on the Mac App Store! Sophia Teutschler: It is a free upgrade for Version 3 customers. Previously: CoverSutra Open Source Update (2024-11-05): Niléane Dorffer: This new version was rewritten from the ground up with a different approach: instead of […]
iOS Apple Intelligence in EU in April 2025
Romain Dillet (Hacker News, MacRumors): Remember when Apple blamed EU tech rules — and more specifically the Digital Markets Act — to justify the fact that Apple Intelligence wouldn’t be available in the European Union? Maybe that was just an attempt to turn EU users against their regulators as Apple Intelligence is coming to the […]