In this episode of Rants & Raves, Dr. Mac reveals two of his best secrets for getting work done and staying focused.
Lees meerWe have a deal on Rocket Spanish Language Learning Level 1. This language course includes a combination of interactive audio lessons, voice-recognition, reinforcement activities, and more learning resources, and is designed to let you work in 20-min…
Lees meerYour iPhone could be the key to an Apple automated vehicle, known as Project Titan, with biometrics used for both security and payments.
Lees meerDave Hamilton and Andrew Orr discuss iOS apps recording your screen and bid farewell to Safari’s Do Not Track option, with host Kelly Guimont.
Lees meerToyota and Volkswagen announced this week that 2020 models of their vehicles will come with CarPlay integration.
Lees meerAside from French banks adding support, Apple updated its list to reflect the addition of over 20 more banks. The U.S. bank list is now so long that Apple has introduced alphabetical sub-sections to make it easier to find your bank on the list. Othe…
Lees meerApple just released the iOS 12.1.4 update with important security fixes, like a fix for the Group FaceTime bug.
Lees meerLONDON – David Aguilar was born without a forearm. So the Spaniard decided to build his own one. This would be extraordinary enough, but he did out of Lego. He started aged 9 and, aged 19, is now on his 4th iteration of the prosthetic limb. Reuters …
Lees meerFlickr says that accounts that are no longer used will be targeted first. For active users old content will be deleted first.
Lees meerTechnobabylon is a cyberpunk game that I recently came across. I haven’t played it yet but it’s downloading as I type, due to its large, 1.4GB file size. In the city of Newton, 2087, genetic engineering is the norm, the addictive Trance has replaced…
Lees meerThe Russian State Duma is asking why Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, is displayed on Apple Maps as being part of Ukrainian territory.
Lees meerLONDON – Popular parenting website Mumsnet reported itself to the UK’s Information Commissioner. A bug that meant users’ accounts could potentially be switched was found. This meant people could have access to other’s account details and private mes…
Lees meer59,000 GDPR beaches have been reported in the 8 months since the law came into force, with the most in The Netherlands, Germany, and the UK.
Lees meerNice piece on photography and fauxtography by The Verge. It talks about certain automated actions in photography but I think it speaks to photo manipulation in general. Long before smartphones and Photoshop were invented, some photographers still ma…
Lees meerThere are definitely real concerns about this, but it’s not a scandal, and screen recording isn’t an abuse of iOS.
Lees meerThe news of Angela Ahrendts’s impending departure from Apple came as a surprise to many outside the company. I can only assume the same was true for people on the inside There can be little doubt that the company’s outgoing Senior Vice President Ret…
Lees meerIn the next update of iOS and macOS Apple will remove the Do Not Track option from Safari. This is okay. Removed support for the expired Do Not Track standard to prevent potential use as a fingerprinting variable. Before I see a headline from Forbes…
Lees meerThere are some very slow and inefficient ways to board passengers onto an airliner. Most airlines use some variation of them. But there are also some mathematically proven efficient, optimum ways. Why don’t the airlines use those? Money. This video …
Lees meerDr. Mac says when he first heard about Rocketbook, a line of “endlessly reusable digital notebooks,” he was sure that “environmentally friendly high-tech notebook” was an oxymoron akin to “jumbo shrimp” or “exact estimate.” After trying them, he adm…
Lees meerWe have a monster portable battery for you, the AlsterPlus. It’s has a capacity of 27,000mAh, with two USB-C ports for charging even two MacBook Pros at one time. It also has two regular USB ports for charging other devices. This device is $179 thro…
Lees meerSiri is just good enough that it makes us think about where it could go next. John asks the tough questions.
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