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I thought a big reason for the removal of Cover Flow from iTunes was troubles with patent troll companies in 2008: https://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-settles-coverflow-pat...

The source is SBF himself, in an interview with Tiffany Fong (covered by Coffeezilla): https://youtu.be/0rL35_WV3lE?t=77 He said he donated about the same to both parties, with the…

The arrow keys on the smaller model are unfortunately full-sized (like the older Magic Keyboard 2). I created an image gallery where you can see all 3 keyboard layouts shown in the…

Yeah, that repository's README is a little bit outdated. Here's what I found works or is broken in macOS Catalina and above: Works: -------------------- # Preview source code files…

Where did you get the idea that the technology's been superseded? The NANOGrav collaboration is trying to use millisecond pulsars to determine if a galaxy-wide analysis of 47 pulsa…

Mosh is designed to only synchronize the last screen of changes and will never support scrolling. https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/issues/122#issuecomment... http://web.mit.edu…

When you already have Safari running (or any other app), pull up the dock from the bottom edge of the screen. Then press the Safari icon (or alternatively, press and hold on the Sa…

WordStar is popular with science fiction writers for more fundamental reasons. (Not because it doesn't have spell check or isn't connected to the internet.) Wordstar treats the tex…

The agricultural systems around the big temple complexes suggest that over a million people lived in the area. http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2007/08/metropolis-angkor-world...

After I do a search, the Back button is broken. Seems like it somehow made 5+ entries and I have to manually look through my search history to go to the previous website. I'd rathe…

There are a good number of reviews and testimonials from people who have finished these "developer bootcamp" schools at: https://schools.techendo.com The person who runs that websi…

I'm surprised that Anand didn't mention anything about the trackpad. The Verge's impression is that it's pretty terrible: "The trackpad, on the other hand, is pretty bad. It’s stic…

In 2012, it seemed that Newsstand was a lucrative option for some publishers. Future PLC (which makes PC Gamer, Computer Arts and Computer Music magazines) earned $8 million USD in…

> Bill Gates shouldn't be listed as someone who inherited his wealth: he did not inherit it. According to Philip Greenspun, Bill Gates started off with a million-dollar trust fund:…

You're probably thinking of a RIM employee who told a story about how the engineers thought Apple was lying about the iPhone because the large screen was too power-hungry: The iPho…

This allegation has been debunked. Apple device are not being throttled. In fact, the original author has deleted his article. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7037/apple-not-throttli…

Another glitch: the volume controls don't work correctly. No matter what level your volume is at, if you press the down button just once, the volume will go completely to 0! You ha…