Finya Swai, reporting for The Hill two days ago: MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after…
Mark Gurman: Apple Inc.’s Phil Schiller, one of the most visible and influential executives across both the Steve Jobs and Tim Cook eras, has stepped down from his role leading the App Store and product events. The 66-year-old executive, who was Apple’s senior vice president of marketing until leaving that job in 2020, made the…
Adam, Joe, Jonathan, and a new friend discuss rumors of a leaked dongle seemingly confirming at least one Samsung Galaxy Note will not have a headphone jack. That sucks – we discuss. The best midrange phone on the market right now goes under the microscope with first-time podcast guest Ryan Thomas-Shaw. Google dropped more official…
Jason Snell, writing at Six Colors, has an exemplary review of the experience: I didn’t mind the reduced pace of the NBA broadcast, which toggled between cameras under each basket, but Stratechery’s Ben Thompson felt strongly that the best option would’ve been a single camera at mid-court, to completely eliminate the disorienting cuts and replicate…
When Adam stumbled across an old phone favorite in a box, it got him thinking – what other phones hold special places in the collective hearts of the Android Authority team? So he set out to find out. C. Scott Brown, Adam Molina, Ryan Thomas-Shaw, Joe Hindy, Hadlee Simons, Jonathan Feist, and David Imel sound…
My thanks to Finalist for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. Finalist is a remarkable, ambitious, and novel app for iPhone, iPad, and the Mac from indie developer Slaven Radic. It’s a planner inspired by paper day planners. I wrote quite a bit about Finalist when it first sponsored DF back in December — you should read…
Samsung’s Unpacked event has come and gone and Adam, Joe, and Jonathan are breaking it all down. We’ve got the Note 10, and the Note 10+, we’ve got a souped up S-Pen, we’ve got a new smartwatch, and a new ultraportable notebook. Microsoft is on stage with Samsung and just what the heck is going…
Give an agent an access token and it spreads: into the context window, into tool call logs, into notes it keeps between steps. Each copy works from anywhere, long after the fact. Relay keeps the credential at WorkOS. Your agent names the user, WorkOS attaches that token, refreshes it, and releases it only to allowlisted…
The Samsung Note 10 wasn’t the only news of the week! Adam, Joe, and Jonathan explore new rumors about the Google Pixel 4 – more RAM, less battery. Meanwhile, Netflix, Hulu, CBS, and Disney are all fighting each other while pirates are looking on and laughing. Huawei’s plan B is here, but can it make…
David Imel joins Adam, Joe, and Jonathan to talk about the latest from Asus – the ROG Phone 2. It is a powerhouse in every way possible and a new line of accessories brings gaming to the next level. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is coming back in September and we all wonder how well those…