Apparently, humor columnist Dave Barry’s brain is full, causing him to leave his iPad in public places—well, one public place ...

In iOS 26’s Phone app, Unified view lets you tap a call to show contact info instead of initiating a callback. A hidden ...

Apple’s hectic week of executive transitions could have more profound impacts than just reshuffling the org chart. With John Giannandrea retiring and Alan Dye departing, Apple has an opportunity to ...

Two years after Apple introduced contact posters in iOS 17, our Do You Use It? poll shows that over half of respondents haven’t created a single one. The feature’s limited visibility and fussy ...

We’re taking the week off for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so look for your next email issue on 8 Dec. Adam Engst announces PayPal support for TidBITS memberships, recounts how ...

We’re taking the next email issue of TidBITS off to celebrate Thanksgiving, although we’ll continue to publish articles on our website. You can look forward to the next email issue on 8 Dec.

What started as a simple need—digitizing training pace tables for a workout app—became a test of OCR tools. ChatGPT Atlas won where others failed, autonomously processing five photos into perfect CSV ...

While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...

It never hurts to ask. TidBITS member Carl Pohle recently wrote to me because his TidBITS membership had expired. He wanted to renew but preferred to use PayPal to avoid having another place to update ...

This year, all Apple Watch Ultra 3 and titanium Apple Watch Series 11 cases are 3D-printed with 100 percent recycled aerospace-grade titanium powder, an achievement not previously considered possible ...

ISSEY MIYAKE and Apple today unveiled iPhone Pocket. Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth,” its singular 3D-knitted construction is designed to fit any iPhone as well as all pocketable items.

Reporting on data gleaned from Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence, Luke Kehoe writes: Apple’s N1 chipset is a substantial upgrade. The iPhone 17 family delivers a clear step-change in Wi-Fi performance vs ...