YouTube’s new interactive “Cards” arrive for all on desktop & mobile to improve annotations | 9to5Google

YouTube’s new interactive “Cards” arrive for all on desktop & mobile to improve annotations | 9to5Google: "YouTube is today rolling out a new Cards feature today that allows creators to add interactive, Google Now-like pop ups on videos. YouTube first showed off the feature in preview mode back in June but is today opening it to all on both mobile and desktop. "

YouTube is the future of video and I'm so glad it's in the hands of Google and not any number of other evil ogliarchs that I can think of.

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day

9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day
I am now experiencing this myself, and it makes browsing on the iPhone unusable. Browsing to websites such as Reddit and Reuters and others now automatically open the App Store. In many cases, there is no way for me to read the actual content on the pages. You can see this happen in the video above.

This behaviour is the genius brainchild of a web "programmer" aka social media marketer aka the best way to get you to buy something is to shove it in your face. SMELL MY FINGER!

New movie set photos show Michael Fassbender as NeXT-era Steve Jobs

New movie set photos show Michael Fassbender as NeXT-era Steve Jobs: "One image posted on Instagram shows a mock poster for the NeXT Computer, with actor Michael Fassbender posing as Jobs. NeXT was founded by Jobs after he was forced out of Apple in the mid-80s, suggesting that the Opera House shoot involves the computer's 1988 unveiling."

Life imitates art?

Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary coming to theaters as Apple’s Eddy Cue calls it mean spirited and inaccurate | 9to5Mac

Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary coming to theaters as Apple’s Eddy Cue calls it mean spirited and inaccurate | 9to5Mac: "The Man in the Machine includes interviews with a number of former Apple employees including Jon Rubinstein, Bob Belleville and Daniel Kottke, as well as Jobs’ ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan, and even video footage from a 2008 SEC deposition given by Jobs himself. Early reviews have described the documentary as ‘a riveting and important corrective to the myths Jobs helped to propagate,’ and ‘unsparing portrait of Steve Jobs [that] will prove extremely displeasing to devotees.’"

Hmmmm… but does it matter?

How Apple Watch setup and app downloads work | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Mark Sullivan

How Apple Watch setup and app downloads work | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Mark Sullivan
I perused the Apple developer pages, talked to Apple, talked to some WatchKit developers, and downloaded the Watch app in iOS 8.2. After doing that stuff, here’s the picture I have so far.

He perused them so you don't have to...

Google launches new online ‘Google Store’ marketplace to sell its devices | 9to5Google

Google launches new online ‘Google Store’ marketplace to sell its devices | 9to5Google: "Google has today launched the Google Store, a new marketplace separate from the Play Store that will let customers browse devices and products that were ‘made with Google.’ You’ll find the wide variety of products you’ve come to shop for in the Play Store, including Chromebooks, Nexus devices, Android Wear smartwatches, and Nest smart thermostats among many others…"

I think Google has become the nerdy science fair winner and Apple is now the varsity prom queen. I'm having a moment of illiteracy.

Review: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera offers pro features at a consumer price

Review: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera offers pro features at a consumer price: "From iPhone to mid-level DSLR cameras, the video production world has many options for the amateur and prosumer videographer. Blackmagic's Pocket Cinema Camera offers users a next step into the pro video world, along with pro video challenges. "

It's that old black magic!

WSJ footnote suggests 12-inch MacBook Air could be announced by Apple as early as Monday | 9to5Mac

WSJ footnote suggests 12-inch MacBook Air could be announced by Apple as early as Monday | 9to5Mac: "Tucked away at the bottom of the WSJ’s report on the often-postponed iPad Pro was a single sentence that, if correct, suggests that Apple could announce the 12-inch MacBook Air as early as Monday."

One form factor, two operating systems.

How-To: Boost your Mac’s speed and prolong its useful life with easy RAM upgrades | 9to5Mac

How-To: Boost your Mac’s speed and prolong its useful life with easy RAM upgrades | 9to5Mac
As I’ve spotlighted over the past month, the best way to dramatically speed up an older Mac is to replace its old hard drive with a new solid state drive (SSD). The process is super-easy on MacBooks and Mac Pros, surprisingly manageable on iMacs, and challenging on Mac minis, yielding 3X to 5X speed boosts. But there’s another option that can speed things up with relatively little effort or expertise: upgrading your Mac’s RAM.

Another great little upgrade your Mac article.