Jason Snell

@jsnell

Tech journalist and podcaster. (Not really interacting here anymore. See pinned post for info about how to reach me.)

Monkeyhouse, Mill Valley, CA

Joined February 2007

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Nov 12

Good places where you can interact me: Six Colors, Incomparable, Relay FM, TWiT member Discords (join today!) jsnell at zeppelin dot flights on Mastodon snell dot zone on Bsky jsnell at threads

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 23

Just posted: Sleeping with the Apple Watch sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/s…

jsnell's tweet card. I never reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 when it came out, but I got one on day one and have been wearing it faithfully since then. After lingering on a previous model for a few years, the thinne…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 19

New Upgrade: The future of CarPlay is here, sort of, as we break down Apple's sales pitch for CarPlay Ultra. Also, Tim Cook's India iPhone plan gets noticed, Apple and Epic go around again on Fortnite, and Apple's internal AI struggles. relay.fm/upgrade/564

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 15

Just posted: How will Apple re-think AI features for WWDC 2025? sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/h…

jsnell's tweet card. “Let’s work the problem, people. Let’s not make things worse by guessin’.” Between the delay of a bunch of promised Apple Intelligence features and the realignment of …

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 14

Just posted: Apple Maps gets in on F1 hype with Monaco update sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/a…

jsnell's tweet card. I never thought I’d see the day where computer map data would be part of a feature film promotional push, but here we are: Apple’s big-budget Brad Pitt film “F1 The Movie” h…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 12

New Upgrade: We've got more thoughts about Apple's current policies and legal troubles, Eddy Cue makes surprising statements under oath, and there's suddenly a lot of conversation about products Apple might not release until 2027. relay.fm/upgrade/563

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 5

New Upgrade: We break down Apple's failure in U.S. District Court and what it means for the future of Apple's policies, corporate culture, corporate executives, and bottom line. Also--awkward!--we discuss Apple's quarterly financial results. relay.fm/upgrade/562

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 1

Just posted: Beware the tariffs! Inside Apple’s latest financial results sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/b…

jsnell's tweet card. Things are weird in Apple-land. Legal judgments are piling up in unexpectedly bad ways. Tariffs threaten large parts of Apple’s business. This year’s banner Apple Intelligence features …

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 1

Just posted: This is Tim: Transcript of Apple’s Q2 2025 financial call sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/t…

jsnell's tweet card. Every quarter after releasing financial results, Apple CEO Tim Cook and its CFO Kevan Parekh hop on a conference call with analysts to detail the quarter gone by, give a peek at what’s to com…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 1

Just posted: Apple Q2 2025 results and charts: $95.4B revenue sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/a…

jsnell's tweet card. On Thursday, Apple reported its second-quarter 2025 fiscal results. Revenue was $95.4 billion, up 5% versus the year-ago quarter. Mac revenue was up 7%, iPad revenue up 15%, iPhone revenue up 2%, a…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · May 1

Just posted: The hammer falls on Apple’s malicious-compliance scheme sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/t…

jsnell's tweet card. Tim Cook specifically approved enhanced “scare screen” language, according to the court ruling. U.S. District Court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled largely in Apple’s favor in …

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 30

Just posted: Apple in the Enterprise: The complete 2025 commentary sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/a…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 30

Just posted: Apple in the Enterprise: A 2025 report card sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/a…

jsnell's tweet card. In 2021, device-management startup Kandji approached Six Colors to commission a new entry in our Report Card series focusing on how Apple’s doing in large organizations, including businesses, educa…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 28

New Upgrade: Apple tiptoes a line between the U.S., China, and India, while Europe hits back with a big fine. Is the solution to the iPad's high-end malaise... the Mac menu bar? And for Google, no thermostat is forever. relay.fm/upgrade/561

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 25

Just posted: Is iPadOS 19 getting more Mac-like? sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/i…

jsnell's tweet card. A mock-up I made in 2021 of what a more Mac-like iPad would look like when hooked up to a 5K display. Two weeks ago, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reported that some serious changes were in the works fo…

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 24

Just posted: Apple Watch turns 10 sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/a…

jsnell's tweet card. Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of the original Apple Watch’s ship date. (It was announced in September 2014 but didn’t ship until April the following year.) As I wrote on Wednesda…

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TWiT Tech Podcasts@TWiT · Apr 22

We have @macbreakweekly with @leolaporte @jsnell @Ihnatko & @alexlindsay coming up next on the @TWiT Live Stream. youtube.com/twit/live

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 21

New Upgrade: Myke Hurley returns to the show to discuss eight weeks of fatherhood and fatherly advice, everything he's missed, and modern baby technology. Also, we wonder about new Vision Pro rumors. relay.fm/upgrade/560

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 10

Just posted: Building self-updating charts in Numbers sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/b…

jsnell's tweet card. Dan’s sort of turned Six Colors into a Numbers-themed blog over the past few days, but I thought I’d pile on with an additional post about Apple’s spreadsheet app, which I use to …

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 7

New Upgrade: David Smith joins Jason to discuss how Apple will respond to U.S. tariffs, AI Apple health rumors, the release of iOS 18.4, and Jason's stressful family trip to the Apple Store. relay.fm/upgrade/558

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Jason Snell@jsnell · Apr 4

Just posted: What to watch if you’re churning through Apple TV+ sixcolors.com/post/2025/04/w…

jsnell's tweet card. Churn is a subscription-industry term that refers to losing subscribers. If you run a subscription-based business, you want loyal customers who don’t cancel their subscriptions. The more canc…

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