An app for that

Shine’s off the Apple: For the first time in more than a decade, Apple reported a drop in quarterly revenue as sales of its iPhone tailed off. It sold 51.2 million iPhones in the first three months of the year, about 10 million fewer than a year earlier. The company is battling perceptions that its latest iPhones aren’t much different from previous models.

Here, Apple, let us help with that: How about an iPhone that deploys airbags when dropped by a teenager (or a fumble-fingered adult)? Or maybe Siri could advise us to shut up when we’re losing an argument.

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Taxi! As part of a settlement with its drivers, Uber, the ride-sharing service, won’t discourage drivers from seeking tips, allowing riders to treat them more like cabbies.

In return, to enhance the Uber experience, drivers will speak with a Brooklyn accent, wear tweed caps and ask, “Where to, Mac?”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines..

“See,” Magellan called back to his crew. “This is what I get for stopping to ask for directions.”

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