As always, Apple celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Day on its homepage

As is usual, Apple is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day on its homepage, with quotes from the civil rights champion.

This year’s lead quote is: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically” …

Scrolling down the page we also see:

“You must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.”

and:

“We cannot preserve self without being concerned about preserving other selves.”

There’s a link to Dr King’


Ted Lasso season 4 ‘will be announced shortly’ per Apple TV+ star

Apple TV+ just debuted the long-awaited , but another beloved show is in the works for a big return too. Ted Lasso season 4 hasn’t officially been announced yet, but according to one star, that will change very soon.

Nick Mohammed, the actor who plays Nate on Ted Lasso, teased Ted Lasso’s impending renewal announcement .

He mentions needing to reschedule dates for his performances because of filming coming up that he cannot move.

Then the teasing begins in full force:

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Nine people in Nokia recognized the huge threat posed by the iPhone

The fun Apple-related history reveals we saw last week continue. A confidential internal presentation spotted within newly-published archives shows that at least nine people within Nokia realized the huge threat posed by the iPhone the day after it launched.

Sadly, senior execs failed to listen, and in just seven years Nokia went from owning the smartphone business to exiting it …

As we recently noted , there’s a strong tendency to imagine that a company which is dominant today will forever remain so.

The day before the iPhone launch


Seeming confirmation of an M3 iPad Air expected early this year

Bloomberg has suggested that a 2025 iPad Air will launch early this year, which would be sooner than expected. We suggested then that it will probably get an M3 chip rather than an M4, and that now appears to be corroborated by a leaker.

While today’s report says nothing on dates, a redacted document makes reference to an “iPad Air 13 (M3)” and an “iPad Air 11 (M3)” …

The iPad Air is generally only upgraded


Tailscale announces new integration with Jamf Pro

Simply put, provides secure VPN access to people who hate VPN tools. I’ve said previously that their team looked at everything that was wrong, complex to configure, and challenging to use and said, “What if we just made all of that better?”. Today, the company is announcing a new integration with Jamf Pro for deploying Tailscale across macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices while leveraging Jamf’s device compliance capabilities to dynamically inform user access and enforce Zero Trust principles.

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A gotcha with iMessage scams, powered by Chinese phishing kit [U]

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the USB-C port controller fitted to the iPhone 15 and 16 . However, exploiting it would be so complex that both Apple and the security researcher who discovered it concluded that it is not a real-world threat.

However, a security concern that does pose a threat to iPhone users is a tactic scammers are using to bypass one of Apple’s built-in protections. Update: A flurry in E-ZPass scam messages appears to have been driven by a


X and Bluesky launch dedicated video feeds on the back of TikTok uncertainty

Social media apps X and Bluesky are both rolling out dedicated video feeds, in apparent attempts to take advantage of the continued uncertainty around TikTok .

With X, there’s a new play button icon launching a continuous video feed looking very similar to TikTok, while Bluesky offers custom feeds for video which you can choose to pin …

X its announcement today, with a brief video demo.

An immersive new home for videos is rolling out to users in the US today

The play button appears at the bottom of the app,


The 850 billion reasons Apple and others aren’t taking a chance on TikTok

This weekend was quite the roller-coaster ride for TikTok . While some headlines report that TikTok is back and imply that the matter is resolved, that’s not entirely the case.

The app was removed from Apple’s App Store, as well as the app stores run by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. None of those companies have restored it …

On Friday, the US Supreme Court upheld the law imposing a ban on TikTok in the US. That meant the ban would take effect on January 19


Instagram announces new ‘Edits’ app amidst TikTok and CapCut ban, launching next month

Today, Meta is announcing Edits: a new mobile video editing platform. This comes just hours after TikTok (and as a result, CapCut) were banned in the US – though TikTok is currently being restored , at least temporarily.

Meta has a history of sitting on new features until they’re forced to move, and this is yet another example of that. With a surprise mid-day Sunday announcement, the company unveiled Edits, a new mobile-first editing tool, meant to serve as an alternative to


TikTok begins ‘restoring service’ in the United States

After being offline in the United States for 14 hours, TikTok now says it is in the process of restoring service. In a posted to social media, the company said:

In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.

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