Jason Cross

2 days ago | macworld.com | Roman Loyola |Michael Simon |Jason Cross

Apple’s most important event of the year is happening next week! In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about what we expect to see at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. This is episode 937 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. You can subscribe to the Macworld Podcast—or leave us a review!—right here in the Podcasts app. The Macworld Podcast is also available on Spotify and on the Macworld Podcast YouTube channel.

1 week ago | macworld.com | Roman Loyola |Michael Simon |Jason Cross

In the lead up to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, we’re going over the state of Apple’s major product categories. This is the finale of our “state of” shows, which focuses on the iPhone and iOS. It continues to be Apple’s biggest product, nearly 20 years after its release.  This is episode 936 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Click on the links below for more information on what was discussed on the show.

1 week ago | macworld.com | Jason Cross

Every so often, Apple makes an attempt to push its platforms as a place for serious gaming. If the latest report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is accurate, the company will try again this year with the launch of iOS 19, macOS 15, and its other yearly OS updates. According to the report, Apple plans a dedicated, pre-installed gaming app on iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple TV.

1 week ago | macworld.com | Jason Cross

It’s weird. With 3 billion users, WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform in the world. It landed on the App Store back in 2009, about six months before the iPad was introduced. And in all that time, there has never been an iPad app for WhatsApp. Until today. You can now download WhatsApp for iPad. It has always been an odd omission. Meta (then Facebook) bought WhatsApp back in 2014. The resources to make a version of WhatsApp for the iPad have certainly been there.

2 weeks ago | macworld.com | Jason Cross

Your iPhone is ruining your life. Or at least, it’s distracting you from it–as often as possible. Every app wants to send you notifications, and it wants to ping you with some sort of alert multiple times a day in the hopes that you’ll open up and use the app. Grabbing your attention is how apps get you to use them, and the success of apps is measured by how much they are used. It’s an attention economy where those who manage to get you to pay attention get rewarded. But this isn’t good for you.