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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs work hard, you owe it to yourself to have a little relaxation time this holiday season. A great way to do that is to kick back and relax with a great show. But if you're an Apple TV user, it might not just be your work schedule that's keeping you from enjoying your favorite shows and movies. It might be that annoying controller, too. Function101 This year, do yourself (or your favorite Apple TV user) a favor. The Function101 Button Remote for Apple TV/Apple TV 4K makes a perfect stocking stuffer for anybody who enjoys Apple TV but absolutely loathes the hyper-sensitive, non-intuitive Siri remote. This infrared remote is designed to be more like a classic remote control that people are used to. With the clear buttons, you'll be able to navigate Apple TV with ease . There's an obvious D-pad, volume...

Image : Apple We all have the songs we have to sing along to— w hether they pop up on the radio, a streaming playlist , or the Sonos speaker in the office bathroom , when that track hits your ears, you’re grabbing the imaginary mic . And now, if you have Apple Music, you actually have a free karaoke machine in your pocket at all times , thanks to Apple Music Sing . Apple Music Sing is a new, free feature for Apple Music that works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV 4K. With it, you can turn any compatible song into a karaoke moment. It builds off the popularity of the services’ real-time lyrics feature ( which competing platforms like Spotify have also taken on), and makes Apple Music feel like a sing-a-long app for you and your friends. Apple Music Sing turns your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV into a karaoke machine First, Apple has updated real-time lyrics to “dance to the rhythm of the vocals,” which is a fancy way of saying the app dynamically highlights each word as it’s sung....

Photo : SNAB ( Shutterstock ) Whether you love or hate Apple, we can all agree on one thing: Their products are expensive . Apple’s iPhones can easily cost over $1,000 , and MacBooks require a mortgage just to look at them. The thing is, you don’t need to buy these devices new in order to get the perks of buying new. The better way to shop Apple is to shop refurbished . If you haven’t heard of Apple’s Certified Refurbished store, that’s likely because Apple doesn’t advertise it much. After all, the company would prefer you to buy one of its latest products on the front page of its site. But if you’re not going to do that, it’d still like to sell you something, even if that something is previously used. With the Certified Refurbished store, Apple sells used devices at a discount. Depending on the device, the price cut can be modest or generous. As of this article, you can pick up a refurbished M1 MacBook Air for 15% off, leaving it $849 instead of $999. Apple lists this refurbi...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Official Trailer | Prime Video I’m not sure that we needed a $462 million adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ephemera (that’s just for this first season), but I’m not sure that we didn’t, either. Given that fantasy in television has tended more toward the political machinations and inbreeding Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon , it’s refreshing to come across something a bit more old-school. It’s hard to see, from this early vantage point, how the planned five-season arc will play out, but the first chapter managed to introduce both new and familiar characters into a world that feels like Tolkien, but that with its own quirks and rhythms. Mostly, 2022 feels like a good time for stories of Hobbits (or, rather, Harfoots in this earlier period), and it doesn’t hurt that every penny spent looks to have made it to the screen. Where to stream: Prime Video https://www.tausiinsider.com/the-20-best-tv-shows-of-2022/?feed_id=329058&_...

Screenshot : Jake Peterson As a company, Apple prides itself on operating users’ privacy in mind. But for some time now, its security solutions surrounding iCloud have been milquetoast. While some data you back up to iCloud was end-to-end encrypted, like Health data, Apple held the decryption keys to other data, like iMessages, photos, and notes. The benefit there was Apple could help you retrieve much of your important data if you lost your Apple ID login, but Apple having the theoretical power to read our messages didn’t sit well with many people. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud fixes the issue (for the most part). With it, the number of data types end-to-end encrypted in iCloud backups jumps to 23. Mail, Contacts, and Calendar are the big three that aren’t E2EE, but at least now, Apple doesn’t have the keys to the rest of your data. You can learn more about Advanced Data Protection for iCloud from our post here . https://www.tausiinsider.com/11-of-the-best-new-ios-16-...

Photo : nicklbaert ( Shutterstock ) AirPlay a llows you to stream music from an Apple device to your HomePod, or mirror video content from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to a bigger screen. As long as all devices are connected to the same wifi network, AirPlay works really well with in the Apple ecosystem. But even if your primary computer is a Windows PC, you can still use AirPlay to stream to other devices— even from Windows. Here’s how . Use iTunes to stream to AirPlay-enabled devices Apple’s iTunes app still works on Windows, and you can download it for free to make your PC work with AirPlay devices. Once you’ve added your media to iTunes, you can click the AirPlay icon in its top bar (next to the media controls), and select the device you want to stream to. With this feature you can use a HomePod as a speaker for your Windows PC. Similarly, you can connect to any other AirPlay-enabled device to your computer. This method can also allow you to stream movies from iTunes to your...

Screenshot : Jake Peterson As a company, Apple prides itself on operating users’ privacy in mind. But for some time now, its security solutions surrounding iCloud have been milquetoast. While some data you back up to iCloud was end-to-end encrypted, like Health data, Apple held the decryption keys to other data, like iMessages, photos, and notes. The benefit there was Apple could help you retrieve much of your important data if you lost your Apple ID login, but Apple having the theoretical power to read our messages didn’t sit well with many people. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud fixes the issue (for the most part). With it, the number of data types end-to-end encrypted in iCloud backups jumps to 23. Mail, Contacts, and Calendar are the big three that aren’t E2EE, but at least now, Apple doesn’t have the keys to the rest of your data. You can learn more about Advanced Data Protection for iCloud from our post here . https://news.winestle.com/11-of-the-best-new-ios-16-2-f...