The HomePod launched on Friday and people continue to praise its sound quality. A user on the r/audiophiles subreddit conducted an extensive set of measurements, testing frequency response, distortion and much more. The review is a very in-depth and dense exploration of how the HomePod sounds, with favourable comparisons to higher-end real speakers. The results are certainly impressing people with the necessary technical understanding. Even Apple’s Phil Schiller liked it....

You’ve probably never heard of Angela Guzman, a former Apple intern and employee, but she’s likely influenced your life and how you communicate on a daily basis. For its tenth anniversary, Guzman has shared how she and her mentor designed Apple’s first emoji for iPhone back in 2008 in a Medium blog post. In the summer of 2008, Angela Guzman received an internship to work at Apple before she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design....

Launched barely a decade ago, Snapchat has quickly become one of the most used apps in the world. Over 1 billion people currently have a Snapchat account. According to us, counting it among the top three big apps (Facebook, Twitter & Instagram) is justified as it yields the same amount of power that they do. But there is one thing that’s different from the big three. You could not have unlimited accounts on Snapchat even if you wanted to....

Star Trek: Discovery’s spacesuits take inspiration from technological advancements NASA are making in the real world. Futuristic technology has always been a huge part of Star Trek’s generation-spanning appeal. It’s fascinating to see the franchise take a wild guess at what gadgets, travel and weaponry might look like in the 23rd and 24th centuries but, in a strange paradox, Star Trek has actually served to inspire technology that is now commonplace....

HomeCam, the popular HomeKit app for iOS and tvOS that allows you to view multiple video streams from your HomeKit cameras simultaneously, has received a nice update today on iOS. The update brings a new Apple Watch app, Siri Shortcut support, and more more. Additionally, newly added support for Siri Shortcuts means you can now ask Siri to display any of the cameras you have in the HomeCam application. The latest version of HomeCam also features a new and redesigned main list view with snapshot fallback support....

Night Shift for lights Smart lighting is one of the initial categories in Apple’s smart home framework. HomeKit has long had the ability to control light brightness, color and light temperature, and scheduling through automations and scenes. New in iOS 14 for HomeKit will be the ability to automatically adjust light color temperature throughout the day. Cooler light temperatures are preferred during daytime hours to match lighting from outdoor sunlight, but warmer color temperatures are preferred during nighttime hours....

Last year, we told you about HomePass for HomeKit, an app that makes it easy to store and keep track of your HomeKit eight-digit setup codes. Now, HomePass has been updated with a few notable features. HomePass is useful for keeping track of your various HomeKit setup codes, something that Apple doesn’t yet offer through its own Home app. The key change in today’s HomePass update is support for generating 100% scannable text and QR codes....

Happy Death Day released in 2017 from Blumhouse Productions, and reinvigorated not only the slasher genre, but showed just how broad a genre horror can be by existing in so many different sub-genres, all at once. When Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) wakes up on her birthday, she quickly discovers that she’s living a very macabre time loop when a killer in a baby mask - her University’s mascot - keeps tracking her down and killing her over and over again....

While Facebook and Instagram allow you to connect with your family, friends, and acquaintances, the Twitter scope is more extensive. Twitter connects you with the world. Twitter offers a platform to see all the world’s breaking news, live events, or other trending activities and people. One distinction of Twitter is its short, simple, and fast content. Since its inception, it has deliberately kept its content short to allow them to travel fast....

In season 9 of Smallville, the Superman prequel series introduced live-action versions of DC’s Wonder Twins for the first time. Similar to Harley Quinn, the Wonder Twins are DC characters that didn’t originate in the comics. They debuted in ABC’s The All-New Super Friends Hour, an animated series based on characters from DC Comics. The team included Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and two original heroes, the Wonder Twins, who were accompanied by their pet space monkey and sidekick, Gleek, who was often a source of comic relief....

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One of the long requested features for Apple Music by artists has been the ability to quickly and easily change bio/profile photos – the main artist image that shows up when someone searches their name on iTunes or Apple Music and also at the top of their artist/catalog page. Now, Apple’s recently launched “Apple Music for Artists” beta has been updated to allow exactly that. The new feature comes alongside Apple’s refreshed and enlarged artist images that appear in iOS 12 set for release this fall....

Since 1993, Hocus Pocus has been a fan favorite movie to watch during the Halloween season. It’s purely nostalgic. Fans can’t get enough of watching the Sanderson sisters (played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) creating chaos in Salem, Massachusetts for the first time in 300 years. The film features a cast of hilarious characters and witty dialogue. Max Dennison (Omri Katz) is the movie’s main protagonist, but he’s not always a likable character....

Update: Australia launch day stock has also sold out. Most US stores no longer offer in-store pickup availability. Apple’s HomePod smart speaker (Apple, Best Buy) launches this Friday in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Preorders have been available on Apple’s Online Store for more than a week and we are now starting to see launch stock twinkle. In the UK, Apple has now sold out of launch-day deliveries of HomePod in Space Gray and White, with new orders estimated to be shipped by the 13th....

When Apple ceased development of Aperture, a lot of serious photographers were very unhappy about Apple’s attempt to palm them off with Photos instead. Many headed instead to Lightroom, the photo cataloging and editing app Adobe created from the ground up specifically for photographers. If you’re new to Lightroom, our review covers the process of converting from Aperture – everything from importing your existing photo libraries to where to find equivalent features....

We are at times, where only social distancing can eliminate the danger that we are facing due to COVID-19. The world is awaiting the vaccine for this virus, but we cannot undo the tasks at hand and our work is one of the things that need to continue. Several companies are making use of various video calling app to continue with their work and are also getting quite good at it....

Through its successful nine-season run, CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother saw its share of guest and recurring stars, from Wayne Brady, who played Barney’s half-brother James, to Jennifer Morrison who played Ted’s once-girlfriend Zoey, to many others. James Van Der Beek played Robin’s high school boyfriend from Canada, Jennifer Lopez a girl Barney meets at the bar, and more. But among the many actors who appeared on the hilarious series, which followed the life of Ted Mosby who, in the year 2030, was telling his teenage kids the story of how he met their mother, there are lots of other guest stars....

If you own an online store, keeping up with the competition should be one of your primary concerns. You have to take the steps necessary to set yourself apart from the rest. Fortunately, there are lots of strategies you can use to help you get ahead. One of those strategies is analyzing data to help grow your sales. But before we delve into this strategy, it’s important to understand what e-commerce analytics is and why it’s important for your brand....

When I open the AmpliFi app on my iPhone, I see 50 devices. The majority of them are HomeKit enabled devices, and I’ve recently become obsessed with a product line that needs HomeKit compatibility. It’s led me to think about what I’d like to see added to Apple’s supported categories for HomeKit in the future. Would you buy a HomeKit vacuum? HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips, and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework....

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