AirPods are hugely popular. Everywhere you turn people have them hanging out of their ears. While they bring a lot of benefits, not least for Apple, Buzzfeed News looked at the awkward social situations the wireless headphones can create. Unlike tra…
Lees meerThe Texas Privacy Protection Act (HB 4390) was introduced last month, and it would require opt-in consent from consumers before companies could use their data for targeted ads. Advertisers aren’t happy. Without the ability to effectively advertise o…
Lees meerIf you’ve poked around in the Settings app, you may have noticed that Mail supports something called ‘Push’ and ‘Fetch.’
Lees meerNot everyone was rejoicing at the news that Qualcomm and Apple had settled their differences. An Australia-based trader with the handle ‘Arminoxx’ revealed that he had woken up in the night to look after his crying baby. At the same time, he sold so…
Lees meerWisconsin’s governor wants to renegotiate his deal with Foxconn, saying he doesn’t believe the jobs promised as part of the deal will come. “Clearly the deal that was struck is no longer in play and so we will be working with individuals at Foxconn …
Lees meerA report from Reuters says that Apple’s Project Titan could be about the company creating a sensor stack instead of a full, autonomous car.
Lees meerFile this under, “we suspected that might happen.” CNBC writes: Samsung’s $1,980 Galaxy Fold phone is breaking for some users after a day or two of use. A review unit given to CNBC by Samsung is also completely unusable after just two days of use. M…
Lees meerA day after Qualcomm and Apple reached a settlement, CNBC released an interview with Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf joins CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” to discuss the Qualcomm-Apple settlement and the company’s future i…
Lees meerWith the streaming wars heating up, it’s been suggested that Apple buy Roku. That’s just plain nonsense.
Lees meerToday T-Mobile launched a call protection feature called STIR/SHAKEN in partnership with Comcast to prevent robocalls.
Lees meerThe City of Roseville employee’s retirement fund is suing Apple over alleged securities fraud. Tim Cook and Luca Maestri are listed as defendants. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that Apple was not initially forthcoming about a drop in demand for t…
Lees meerUber Eats is adding Apple Pay as a payment option in almost 20 markets, so it’s now easy to pay via Touch ID/Face ID.
Lees meerFree Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA) S/MIME certificates, which is a standard used to encrypt emails, are now limited to one month instead of twelve. On renewing this month, have found that the new issued Certificate only has a 1 month duration instead…
Lees meerLate last year, Alexa gained the ability to control Apple Music. At that point, only Amazon-branded devices would work. As of today, April 17th, 2019, Alexa on your Sonos One or Sonos Beam can now control Apple Music. You can also use any Echo devic…
Lees meerA rumor suggests that Apple is creating a new app—codenamed GreenTorch—that will combine Find My Friends and Find My iPhone.
Lees meerWe have a deal on PDF Expert for Mac from Readdle. You can create and edit PDFs, work with large PDFs smoothly, and it allows you to annotate PDFs, merge them, and much more. This PDF editor also has a nice list of distinctions, including being The …
Lees meerAndrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont for a discussion of Apple’s current modem situation and why buying Roku makes sense.
Lees meerThe UK will introduce age-verification for pornography sites from July 15, with those not complying risking sanction.
Lees meerIn the latest news of anticompetitive corporate behavior, a former Mozilla executive said Google sabotaged Firefox for years. “When Chrome launched things got complicated, but not in the way you might expect. They had a competing product now, but th…
Lees meerApple TV+ is on its way, but should the company actually be buying Roku? Tim Beyers on Motley Fool thinks it should. He said it should remake its streaming service as the Roku Channel. It’s certainly an idea… Now imagine Apple acquiring Roku and mak…
Lees meerDiversity, or lack thereof, is a big issue in the tech industry. The problem has particularly serious ramifications in AI. The Verge looked at a new report on the topic, and what the industry can do about it. Diversity, while a hurdle across the tec…
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