If you want to see something fun with #Apple App Store ads, search for “Microsoft Authenticator”. That’s the name of Microsoft’s MFA app and the default option for Office 365 users.

The first option is “Authenticator App”, which has a similar icon and UI to Microsoft’s app. The correct app is the second listing.

The fact that searching for the *exact app name* doesn’t make that app the first result is INFURIATING.

But please, let’s put more ads in the App Store. https://nileane.fr/@nileane/115745682694496757

Hey #knitting / #crochet Mastodon. I believe in you and your ability to recreate this.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/introducing-iphone-pocket-a-beautiful-way-to-wear-and-carry-iphone/

@atpfm @caseyliss @marcoarment @siracusa Synology now officially says as of DSM 7.3 that non-validated third party drives will be supported in Plus, Value, and J-Series models.

They also add "Synology is currently collaborating closely with third-party drive manufacturers to accelerate the testing and verification of additional storage drives, and will announce more updates as soon as possible."

https://www.synology.com/en-us/company/news/article/dsm73/

Talking with some friends who've updated to iOS/iPadOS/macOS 26, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive so far.

@marcoarment kind of nailed the "we don't like it, but the public will probably like it a lot" take over the summer.

Here’s the simplest answer: Anthropic’s valuation is $61B, Perplexity is $14B.

If the goal of Apple is to be the best model integrator, Perplexity is a steal.

If they want to own a leading frontier model to compete with OpenAI, they’re going to need to spend up to buy Anthropic.

As of March 2025, Apple has $48.5B in cash on hand. They can’t buy Anthropic straight up, they can buy Perplexity.

IMO, Perplexity makes more sense overall. @viticci https://mastodon.macstories.net/@macstories/114728202589063514

Honestly, the best change #Apple could make for the next #iOS and #macOS updates is to unbundle the core apps from the OS updates.

There’s no reason* that Mail, Messages, or Photos couldn’t be updated via the App Store on a much more regular basis.

*the actual reason is that there wouldn’t be anything to talk about in the OS updates without those, so lol