In his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman is bringing more tidbits about iOS 16 and watchOS 9, which he calls “major upgrades.” This is the first time Gurman reports about the upcoming operating systems after Apple announced the WWDC 2022 keynote set to occur on June 6.
Starting with iOS 16, Bloomberg’s journalist says he’s looking for some “fairly…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 9, 2022
April 10, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Electric motorcycle maker CAKE shows teaser of new model. Does it look like an e-bike to you?
April 10, 2022
CAKE may be best known for its stylish and highly-designed electric motorcycles. But the company’s latest teaser today seems to imply that a lighter electric two-wheeler is in the cards for the brand’s next model.
It’s hard to say exactly what CAKE is working on, as…
Following the ability to set seconds-long delayed starts, Google has made another tweak to Assistant Routines that lets you rename these macros to be different from their starters.
As spotted today, there is now an edit (pencil) button next to the name of a Routine when you open one up. You can enter any “Routine name” you’d like.
Previously, Routines were named by whatever phrase you set…
YouTube ends experiment for quickly enabling PiP on iOS, still works for existing users
April 10, 2022
YouTube started officially rolling out Picture-in-Picture to the iOS app last June and it’s been a very slow process. Premium subscribers were given a workaround, but YouTube’s PiP test for iPhone and iPad has now ended.
The “Picture-in-Picture on iOS” experiment…
YouTube ends experiment for quickly enabling PiP on iOS, still works for existing users
April 10, 2022
YouTube started officially rolling out Picture-in-Picture to the iOS app last June and it’s been a very slow process. Premium subscribers were given a workaround, but YouTube’s PiP test for iPhone and iPad has now ended.
The “Picture-in-Picture on iOS” experiment…
Pestle is a recipe and cooking app for iOS that was released earlier this year by indie developer Will Bishop – who’s also behind Chirp for Apple Watch. This week, Pestle was updated with new options that let users easily share recipes from the app.
For those unfamiliar, Pestle lets you import recipes from any website, so the app turns them into a step-by-step process automatically. The app…
Fujifilm has announced some bad news for medium format photographers who use its slide films: there will be shortages of 120 reversal films as the company struggles to source the necessary ingredients.
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen supply chain issues and soaring…
If the number of obituaries written about someone is any measure of their impact on society, Janet Malcolm was a heavy hitter. Google lists more than 40,000.
Before passing in 2021, Malcolm was a staff writer at the venerable New Yorker magazine for almost 60…
This week’s top stories: Google Maps gains toll estimates, YouTube TV picks up Weather Channel, more
April 9, 2022
In this week’s top stories: Google Maps begins showing toll estimates and fine road details, YouTube TV gains The Weather Channel and G4TV, Google Phone gains a Material You dialer, and more.
After being in testing for years, Google Maps has widely rolled out some major improvements to its navigation maps, most notably by making things like traffic lights and stop signs visible in the app.
