Brydge’s SP Max Plus is a pricey tank of a Type Cover replacement
Brydge’s latest keyboard case for the Surface Pro 8 is a little different than the company’s previous versions. The $229 SP Max Plus consists of a rugged, backlit keyboard and a rugged, detachable case for Microsoft’s current-gen Surface tablet — all of which have an antimicrobial coating. Notably, it operates with a physical connection, not […]
Jeep vows four electric SUVs by 2025, including all-new Recon and Wagoneer S
Jeep will introduce four new all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025 as part of a broader strategy to have EVs comprise 50 percent of sales in the US and 100 percent in Europe by 2030. Jeep, which is owned by Stellantis, showed the first images of two fully electric […]
The Dynamic Island could fix the Apple’s notch
Before there were commercials and whole branding exercises hailing the notch on the Apple iPhone there was a long row of iPhones Xs devices in the lobby of the Steve Jobs theater. The iPhone Xs was part of the second generation of notched iPhones so it was all kind of about the notch—but it was […]
Will the Apple Watch Ultra make Garmin the next Nokia?
I had a funny feeling watching yesterday’s announcement of the Apple Watch Ultra: I’ve seen this show before. It wasn’t until Garmin watch fans on Reddit and Twitter started lampooning Apple that it hit me… this is Nokia all over again. Let’s get this out of the way first: I’m a longtime Garmin watch fan. […]
Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles
Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging to put an end to the green bubbles that surround messages when iPhone users text someone on an Android device. “I don’t hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy in on that at this point,” Cook said when asked how […]
Steve Jobs’ friends and family just launched an archive to celebrate his life
The friends and family of Apple founder Steve Jobs have launched the Steve Jobs Archive, an organization that celebrates the technology titan. You can visit the archive at stevejobsarchive.com. Right now, the site is simple. At the top, there’s a poetic email Jobs sent to himself about his admiration for humanity. Scrolling down reveals some […]
Jony Ive doesn’t think your car should rely on multitouch
Jony Ive isn’t a fan of cars using too many touchscreen controls, and says they’re an example of an interface “being driven inappropriately by something like multitouch.” During a panel with the former Apple design lead, Tim Cook, and Laurene Powell Jobs at Vox Media’s Code conference tonight, journalist Kara Swisher asked Ive what he […]
Tens of thousands of viewers are watching a fake Apple crypto scam on YouTube right now
Someone on YouTube is currently live streaming an old interview with Tim Cook that is seemingly being used to attract attention to a crypto scam — and tens of thousands of viewers have tuned in. If you’ve seen crypto scams on YouTube before, you’ll recognize a lot of hallmarks of what’s going on here. The […]
Tim Cook, Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on the legacy of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the first guest to be interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at the conference that was then called D: All Things Digital. 20 years later, this is Swisher’s last year hosting what is now the Code Conference, so three of the people who knew Jobs best are returning for a conversation […]
Now Nvidia is including Spider-Man as a pack-in with new GPUs
Nvidia is bundling its higher-end RTX 30-series graphics cards with a copy of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered. If you purchase a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, 3090, 3080 Ti, 3080 GPU — or a qualifying desktop or laptop that comes with those cards — Nvidia will include a free digital copy of the $59.99 game. Spider-Man Remastered, […]