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Cult of Mac News How-To Reviews App Business Deals Buyback Podcast Magazine Watch Store Why the iPad Pro is like a Swiss Army knife [Cult of Mac Magazine 344] Do business better with 4 entrepreneurial Mac apps [Deals] Today in Apple history: Apple-1 starts a revolution Explainer: Contact tracing and how Apple and Google will make it work Apple and Google team up to build COVID-19 contact tracing apps Analyst: iPhone 9 set for mid-April release, but 6.7-inch iPhone 12 delayed Apple draws up fun kid activities to make home-isolation less boring Save on Apple Watch bands, iPhone cases and more in our big Easter sale Live-stream on Instagram and Twitch with this professional video gear [Deals] We talk AirPods X, Apple Face Shield and the (incoming!) 14-inch MacBook Pro, on The CultCast -- Why the iPad Pro is like a Swiss Army knife [Cult of Mac Magazine 344] By Lewis Wallace • 8:00 am, April 11, 2020 News Top stories Just exactly what kind of tool(s) do you need? Cover: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac If you’re asking whether the iPad Pro is a laptop replacement, you’re asking the wrong question. Apple’s tablet is more like a Swiss Army knife that can tackle tasks that a MacBook can never master. -- Find out why in this week’s free issue of Cult of Mac Magazine . In the free iOS mag, you’ll also find the latest on Apple’s attempts to battle COVID-19, including a contact-tracing partnership with Google and those rad face shields for health care workers whipped up by Cupertino’s finest. -- Plus, you’ll get the usual mix of Apple news, reviews and how-tos. Grab yours now from the App Store. Continue reading A lighter approach to understanding contact tracing By Brad Gibson • 6:45 am, April 11, 2020 News Done properly, contact tracing could help defeat COVID-19 (and Big Brother, too). Image: Envato Friday’s announcement that Apple and Google are teaming up to create a contact-tracing program to stop the spread of COVID-19 generated more questions than answers. We broke down how these apps could help with our Cult of Mac explainer on the subject . However, we also found a more lighthearted, comic resource that addresses the ins and outs of contact tracing. Continue reading Do business better with 4 entrepreneurial Mac apps [Deals] By Cult of Mac Deals • 6:30 am, April 11, 2020 Daily Deals Top stories Stay productive and keep the hustle alive at home with these four great apps for entrepreneurs. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals Being stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t hustle. In fact, you might be hustling more than ever. We rounded up four great entrepreneurial Mac apps to up your game, and we’re slashing the prices on all of them by 50% or more. Continue reading Today in Apple history: Apple-1 starts a revolution By Luke Dormehl • 5:00 am, April 11, 2020 News Top stories The Apple-1 in all its glory! Photo: Auction Team Breker April 11, 1976: Apple releases its first computer, the Apple-1. Designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak, the computers are sold wholesale by “Steven” Jobs. To finance their manufacturing, Wozniak sells his HP-65 calculator for $500, while Jobs sells his VW van. Years later, in 2014, a working Apple-1 will sell at auction for $905,000 . Continue reading ‘Today at Apple’ now online with new ‘at Home’ sessions By David Pierini • 1:30 pm, April 10, 2020 News Don't get stuck in a rut. Screenshot: Apple The free “Today at Apple” education workshops are back on, even if your local Apple Store remains closed. The tech giant launched an “at home” edition of its in-store sessions Friday to keep your creative juices flowing while quarantined at home under COVID-19 lockdown orders. Continue reading Explainer: Contact tracing and how Apple and Google will make it work By Buster Hein • 1:00 pm, April 10, 2020 News Top stories Electron microscope image of the virus that causes COVID-19. Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Apple and Google revealed Friday that they’re teaming up to take on one of the most colossal tasks in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19: contact tracing. If you’re like me, you probably hadn’t heard about contact tracing until the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it’s proven to be an important tool in countries that have seen a drop in their reported cases of the coronavirus. With a little background, here are the basics of contact tracing and what you need to know. Continue reading New Apple Arcade game Scrappers turns trash day into a frantic battle By Ed Hardy • 12:30 pm, April 10, 2020 News Scrappers is a mix of basketball, hand-to-hand combat, and trash day. Photo: Apple/Q-Games Scrappers makes taking out the rubbish less a boring chore and more an epic battle. Up to four players control robot garbage collectors as they clean up a grimy city. But watch out for rival teams! Continue reading Heartwarming video shows Apple users staying creative during COVID-19 crisis By Ed Hardy • 11:30 am, April 10, 2020 News This girl attends ballet classes via FaceTime. Screenshot: Apple “Creativity Goes On” is a touching new video from Apple that highlights people working from home, learning from home, FaceTiming one another, and more, with Apple products. It’s inspirational at a time when so many are self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak. Continue reading Instagram takes DMs to the desktop By David Pierini • 11:00 am, April 10, 2020 News Direct messaging via desktop has arrived. Photo: Instagram Instagram has been a little more desktop-friendly lately. On Friday, the photo-sharing app gave users the ability to read and send direct messages from a desktop computer. Facebook, which owns the app, had signaled last year that it wanted to make private messaging easier across all of its apps regardless of device. Continue reading Apple and Google team up to build COVID-19 contact tracing apps By Buster Hein • 10:40 am, April 10, 2020 News Top stories Apple and Google join forces using Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19. Photo: Apple/Google In a rare moment of collaboration, Apple and Google said Friday they have teamed up to create a contact-tracing program that uses smartphones to stop the spread of COVID-19. The privacy-focused solution created by the companies will use anonymous Bluetooth “chirps” from phones as a way to tell where an infected person has been and who they’ve come in contact with. 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