Dan Moren

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Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

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I’ll take “Bucket List” for $400, Ken

1 week ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

Years ago, when I was working my first post-college job in web development and IT, I found myself totally burned out. One day, sitting at my computer, I opened up a blank Word document and just started writing down all the things I wanted to be doing instead. I’ve been lucky enough to check a number of those items off the list, including publishing novels and writing the back page column for Macworld,1 but today I get to knock off one that I was honestly never sure would happen.
Kindle app now provides “Get Book” button

1 week ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski reports that Amazon’s Kindle app for iOS now provides a button to go get an ebook: Contrary to prior limitations, there is now a prominent orange “Get book” button on Kindle app’s book listings. “We regularly make improvements to our apps to help ensure we are providing customers the most convenient experience possible,” Amazon spokesperson Tim Gillman told The Verge over email.
Tim Cook gambles big on the App Store and loses (for now)

2 weeks ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

If you noticed the ground shaking, don’t bother checking USGS1: it’s not an earthquake, it’s just a court order upending Apple’s App Store model. Court filings often provide illuminating looks into organizations that are all too often shielded from public view, and this one is no exception.
The Back Page: That’s why they call it money

2 weeks ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

It’s time again for your favorite part of the quarter: financial results!1Yes, Apple is once again poised to report how much cash it will be pouring into the Scrooge McDuck vault concealed under Apple Park’s Rainbow Stage2. Fun fact: it’s the only company that reports its quarterly earnings in cubic feet.
I’m an Apple fan in 2025. What does that even mean?

2 weeks ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

I’m going to wax a little philosophical for this week’s column, which also happens to be my last. Stay Foolish debuted ten years ago, almost to the day, but I’ve been writing regularly for Macworld for nearly twenty years. When I first started out, we were all excited about what the latest in technology—Intel-powered Macs—would mean for Apple’s long-term prospects for survival.
I'm an Apple fan in 2025. What does that even mean?

2 weeks ago | macworld.com | Dan Moren

I’m going to wax a little philosophical for this week’s column, which also happens to be my last. Stay Foolish debuted a decade ago, almost to the day, but I’ve been writing regularly for Macworld for nearly 20 years. When I first started out, we were all excited about what the latest in technology–Intel-powered Macs–would mean for Apple’s long-term prospects for survival.
Google Loses DoJ Ad Tech Case

4 weeks ago | twit.tv | Mikah Sargent |Dan Moren

Category: News Google's ad business takes a loss against the DoJ. OpenAI is working on its own social network. Inside Zuckerberg's negotiations to end antitrust case against Meta. And ChatGPT's newest AI models is performing 'reverse location searches' from photos. Breaking news as the Department of Justice finds Google's Ad Tech violates antitrust laws. OpenAI is building a social network that looks to take on other social networks such as Meta and X.
Tariff are an opportunity for Apple to reset its priorities

4 weeks ago | macworld.com | Dan Moren

Tariffs! Are they off? Are they on? Are they halved, doubled, super-tricksy inside-outified? Nobody really knows. While my colleague Jason Snell already gave some concrete ideas for how Apple can deal with the wild world of import taxes, I’m taking a more speculative bent. Specifically, how could tariffs be an opportunity for Apple?
Tariffs are an opportunity for Apple to reset its priorities

4 weeks ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

Tariffs! Are they off? Are they on? Are they halved, doubled, super-tricksy inside outified? Nobody really knows. While my colleague Jason Snell already gave some concrete ideas for how Apple can deal with the wild world of import taxes, I’m taking a more speculative bent. Specifically, how could tariffs be an opportunity for Apple?
Ars Technica’s history of the internet

1 month ago | sixcolors.com | Dan Moren

In the meantime, Steve Crocker at the University of California, Los Angeles, was working on a set of software specifications for the host computers. It wouldn’t matter if the IMPs were perfect at sending and receiving messages if the computers themselves didn’t know what to do with them. Because the host computers were part of important academic research, Crocker didn’t want to seem like he was a dictator telling people what to do with their machines.