Brian Krebs reported today that a woman got an Apple Support scam via an automated phone call. And it looked like a legitimate call from Apple.
Lees meerJohn Martellaro and Dave Hamilton join Kelly Guimont to chat about the new Charter Cable app for Apple TV and the current state of cable.
Lees meerAmazon Go could be a multi-billion dollar business for the retail giant, according to new figures reported by Re/Code. Analysts at RBC Capital Markets concluded that Amazon Go stores could earn 50% more than conventional stores. They found that the …
Lees meerRene Ritchie put together a good iMore guide to manage your online information and privacy settings. Now, just to be clear, these aren’t security tips. I’ll cover those in another column. These are privacy tips. They’re ways to make sure people and …
Lees meerWe have a deal on the Shuttercase, a case for your iPhone designed to make it easier to take photographs. It has a physical button for snapping photos, and it has a 3,000mAh battery built into it that is placed to let you hold your iPhone like you’d…
Lees meerRitchie Torres, a New York City council member, wants to reign in facial recognition, specifically companies using them for data mining.
Lees meerLast January I said “Luminar makes image editing easy and enjoyable with an interface that adapts easily to different styles and skill levels.” A new version — Luminar 3 — does all that and more, with features and tools designed exclusively for impr…
Lees meerToday’s Quick Tip is about Safari on the Mac and how you can use and adjust keyboard shortcuts to get to the sites you love. So if The Mac Observer is your favorite place (of course it is, right?), you can jump right here!
Lees meerDespite the events of this week, in which Apple offered a revenue warning and saw its share price take a hit, the company is better placed than most other tech firms to ride out an economic storm. That’s the view of Tim Culpan, who ran the numbers f…
Lees meerMarriott International revealed that 5.25 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen from its Starwood unit’s customer database.
Lees meerApple is offering Back to School promotions in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Korea, including free Beats headphones.
Lees meerThe Los Angeles city attorney has filed a lawsuit saying that the Weather Channel collects user data for commercial purposes, not just to provide local forecasts. The government said the Weather Company, the business behind the app, unfairly manipul…
Lees meerA security researcher canceled a talk at Black Hat Asia on how to hack Face ID after his employer branded the research “incomplete.”
Lees meerThe list of websites that should be banned for copyright infringement is kind of funny. And also scary because politicians don’t understand technology.
Lees meerHere’s something you don’t read every day. A new study of human war over the past 600 shows that it appears to follow power law distribution. The thinking goes like this. Society is a complex web of social, political, and economic forces that depend…
Lees meerAfter missing the 2018 deadline the Charter Spectrum app is finally available on Apple TV with zero sign-on support.
Lees meerAfter some rough financial news, Tim Cook is reassuring investors that Apple isn’t done growing by highlighting Apple services. Step back from the gyrations of the moment, and there’s an emerging strategy for Apple: Sell fewer iPhones and assorted d…
Lees meerThe first images of the Galaxy S10 have appeared online, just under two months before Samsung’s likely announcement of the phone. The images were posted by known gadget leaker and VentureBeat reporter Evan Blass on Twitter, and reported on The Verge…
Lees meerSometimes, an author can get away with writing about anything if it’s done with charm and grace. In this case Wired’s Jason Kehe decided to try living with a flip phone for eight months to see what he might learn. The story is not so much about the …
Lees meerDesigners would win by being able to make more focused and less compromised designs; consumers would win with more choices; Apple would win with greater focused products, more revenue, better margins, and better market share.
Lees meerWe have a deal on SyncMate 7. This software allows you to sync data between Macs, Android devices, and cloud storage services, including contacts, calendars, folders and files, bookmarks, and more. It’s $14.99 through our deal, but NEWYEAR2019 at ch…
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