The AirPods are one of Apple's most beloved products, so I suppose it isn't surprising that the AirPods Pro have also been getting great reviews. Just this week, I saw such reviews from M.G. Siegler of 500ish and from Jason Snell of Six Colors. I think that the only negative review I've seen is from Dan Moren, also of Six Colors, who also finds the original AirPods uncomfortable for his ear shape. Earlier this month on my birthday, my wife surprised me with a pair of AirPods Pro ... but due to the high demand, they are on back order until December. I look forward to trying them out myself. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- In the latest episode of Brett Burney's Apps in Law podcast, he interviews Pennsylvania Judge Joseph Adams to talk about how the judge runs his courtroom from an iPad. (I've met Judge Adams several times at ABA TECHSHOW and he really knows how to use technology.)
- Because of the iPod and then iPhone, I haven't spent much time listening to music on the radio since the 1990s. Nevertheless, I know that it can be a good way to discover music. This week, Illinois attorney John Voorhees of MacStories reviewed Triode, an app that you can use to listen to Internet Radio stations. The app is free, but there is a subscription for extra features. I checked it out, and it looks like a nice app. For example, you can stream WWOZ, the non-profit radio station here in New Orleans that specializes in music from this area and is associated with New Orleans Jazz Fest, and I see lots of other stations on there that look interesting.
- Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports on a federal district court ruling this week that it violates the Fourth Amendment for a customs agent to search the phone or computer of someone entering the country unless there is reasonable suspicion that the device contains contraband. As I've noted in the past, these searches are particularly problematic for attorneys with privileged information on electronic devices.
- If you use an Apple Watch and want to help with medical research, this week Apple debuted a new Research app. Ryan Christoffel of MacStories explains how it works.
- In an article for TidBITS, Glenn Fleishman wrote an excellent and detailed guide to the new Night Mode feature on the iPhone 11.
- If you use an Apple Watch and also use HomeKit to control devices at your home, HomeRun is a nice app for creating a HomeKit dashboard on your Apple Watch, making it easy to tap buttons to turn lights or other devices on or off or run scenes. Chance Miller of 9to5Mac notes that the HomeRun app was updated this week to add thousands of addition icons that you can place on the buttons.
- If you consider yourself a more advanced user of the Shortcuts app, you'll want to read the review by Federico Viticci of MacStories of Toolbox Pro, an app that adds additional features to Shortcuts.
- Last year, I reviewed the AirFly by TwelveSouth, which you can plug into any headphone jack (like the one on an airplane) and listen with your AirPods. Benjamin Mayo of 9to5Mac reviews the AirFly Pro, which adds the feature to transmit audio from your iPhone to an AUX IN port. For example, you can use the AirFly Pro while you are on the plane, and then connect it to the AUX port of a rental car so that you can stream music from your iPhone to the car without having to connect to the car via Bluetooth. Or you can use it to add Bluetooth to an older speaker that lacks it.
- While we are all getting used to iOS 13, Jason Snell in an article for Tom's Guide is thinking about what he would like to see in iOS 14.
- In an article for Runner's World, Andrew Dawon explains how Liza Donnelly not only ran the New York City Marathon but also drew sketches on an iPad mini while she was running to show what she saw.
- And finally, EMKWAN on YouTube used the Ultra Wide lens on an iPhone 11 Pro Max to create a beautiful video showing off Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:
