Apple has not been shy about its belief that Apple Store workers are better off by not unionizing. Most recently, the company held nationwide meetings with retail workers to “discuss the risks of unionization.” In a new report today, The New York Times spoke to multiple former Apple Store employees who allege they were fired for their role in unionization efforts. The report also compares Apple’s efforts to what similar companies like Starbucks have done over the last several years. more… The post Apple again accused of unfairly disciplining union supporters; company denies claims appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Apple has not been shy about its belief that Apple Store workers are better off by not unionizing. Most recently, the company held nationwide meetings with retail workers to “discuss the risks of unionization.” In a new report today, The New York Times spoke to multiple former Apple Store employees who allege they were fired for their role in unionization efforts. The report also compares Apple’s efforts to what similar companies like Starbucks have done over the last several years. more… The post Apple again accused of unfairly disciplining union supporters; company denies claims appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Mimestream, the powerful Gmail app built specifically for macOS, is officially exiting beta today. Mimestream comes from a former Apple Mail engineer, and it might just be the best Gmail app for macOS yet. Mimestream packs a range of Gmail’s most popular features and distills them into a dedicated Mac app that is built using the latest technologies from Apple. more… The post Ex-Apple Mail engineer launches Mimestream for Gmail app on macOS appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Mimestream, the powerful Gmail app built specifically for macOS, is officially exiting beta today. Mimestream comes from a former Apple Mail engineer, and it might just be the best Gmail app for macOS yet. Mimestream packs a range of Gmail’s most popular features and distills them into a dedicated Mac app that is built using the latest technologies from Apple. more… The post Ex-Apple Mail engineer launches Mimestream for Gmail app on macOS appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Mimestream is what happens when you mix Gmail and Apple Mail. | Image: Mimestream The most important thing I can tell you about Mimestream, the email app for Mac that just came out of a yearslong beta, is that it finally made me stop going to Gmail.com. I’ve tried a lot of email apps over the years, and they all have at least one fatal flaw. (Some have several.) Search is the most common culprit: very few apps can search through messages as fast or as well as Gmail, which is why I’ve dumped everything from Spark to Edison to Apple Mail to Newton over the years. But some apps have a hard time finding contacts, others do weird stuff…

U.S. state Montana on Wednesday banned the CCP-controlled TikTok app, with the state’s lawmakers saying they aimed to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok is already banned on government-issued devices in some 30 U.S. states and for employees of America’s federal agencies. Reuters: While blocking apps by geography is not unheard of, the Montana law is notable for doing so at the state level, upending a single-market approach Apple and Alphabet’s Google have long been able to use for their U.S. app stores. Tech companies are now well-practiced in blocking apps at the country level, mostly to comply with U.S. sanctions or for business purposes, like Apple’s blocking of messaging and privacy apps in…