Facebook and Google are cancelling plans to connect the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) to Hong Kong after fears were raised over China (via ZDNet). Pacific Light Cable Network The PLCN was announced in 2016 and it’s funded in part by Facebook …
Lees meerJuneCloud is preparing to deliver the ninth update to its Deliveries app, and like many developers it will move to a subscription model. Pricing will be announced in the future. Major features coming with Deliveries 9 include Dark Mode, full trackin…
Lees meerNetflix is offering a small collection of its original movies and shows for free (via Engadget). Offerings include the movie Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, and the hit series Stranger Things and Love is Blind. The intention, of course, is to enc…
Lees meerShares of Apple, Inc. hit a record high on Monday, ending the regular trading session at $129.04, up $4.232 (+3.39%), on strong volume of 225.7 million shares trading hands. That price gives the once-beleaguered Mac maker a market cap of $2.2 trilli…
Lees meerWe have a deal on the Zendure A8PD, a 26,800mAh 5-USB port power bank. This device allows you to power up to 5 devices including your MacBook and Nintendo Switch, and it has a built-in LED readout for seeing how much capacity is left. The ports incl…
Lees meerWatch Notes by Flicktype is an Apple Watch notes app and it recently went on sale. It used to be US$2.99 and now it’s free, although for an unknown time. The app lets you compose and manage your notes directly on your Apple Watch. Notes are stored i…
Lees meerThe Federal Aviation Administration gave Amazon approval to operate a fleet of Prime Air Delivery drones on Monday, NBC News reported. It brings the company a step closer to its aim of providing 30-minute deliveries. The approval will give Amazon b…
Lees meerProtonDrive (from the makers of ProtonMail and ProtonVPN) is in the final stages of development before it gets a beta launch later in 2020. The team revealed its end-to-end encryption security in a blog post. Files and folders are arranged in a tree…
Lees meerAnother day, and another set of data from analysts that shows just how far ahead Apple is in the 'hearables' market. New data from IDC said that in Q2 2020 the company shipped 23.7 million AirPods and Beats products. In addition, it shipped 5.8 wris…
Lees meerJohn Martellaro and Jeff Butts join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the transition to Apple Silicon and what we might learn from Apple history.
Lees meerApple announced on Monday that “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” is coming to Apple TV+ this holiday season. Magic Christmas Special on Apple TV The special will premiere around the world on the streaming video platform and will feature M…
Lees meerA critical bug found in Slack could allow an attacker access to users' private channels and conversations. Threatpost broke down the details of the flaw in the popular messaging and collaboration app. To exploit the bug, attackers would need to uplo…
Lees meerThe first Apple Silicon devices are imminent, but we're still waiting to really see what it all means in reality. Rene Ritchie at iMore thinks the Mac mini could benefit from the shift away from Intel. I certainly hope so! My biggest hope with Apple…
Lees meerSecurity researchers say they have found a piece of malware disguised as an Adobe Flash installer and contained code notarized by Apple, which means it could run on Macs. Notarized OSX.Shlayer Introduced in macOS Catalina, Apple’s notarization pro…
Lees meerFor many of us organizing documents and the like on our iPhones is dull and something we'd rather the device did. As Bradley Chambers noted on 9to5Mac, the often overlooked Files app makes that possible. Before the release of the Files app, I had my…
Lees meerAt Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in 2020, Cupertino announced a transition to its own ARM-based CPUs. Dubbed Apple Silicon chips, developers are already able to begin transitioning and building apps for the new Macs. Until a recent leak, th…
Lees meerApple announced Monday that it has updated the app review process as announced at WWDC 2020. App Review Process Updates Here are some of the changes: Bug fixes for apps already on the App Store will no longer be delayed over guideline violat…
Lees meerApple is set to ship between 63 and 68 million units of the expected iPhone 12 in the second half of 2020, according to Digitimes Research. That's despite delays in the rollout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Various Factors at Play in iPhone 12 Rele…
Lees meerGood news for fans of Apple nostalgia - the Music Quiz game from Click Wheel era iPods looks set to return in iOS 14. It is hidden in a Shortcut uncovered in a forthcoming version of the operating system (via 9to5Mac). iOS 14 Sees Return of iPod Mu…
Lees meerGinger Labs has updated popular note-taking app Notability with new features that will come in handy for students. This is the app’s 220 release and update includes a variety of new tools and introduces the Notability Shop, an in-app store with arti…
Lees meerIt’s time to get your geek on, and John and Dave are right there with you. Today your two favorite geeks dig into some networking issues, aiming to solve your problems, and help make sense of them so you understand even if you’re not a networking ge…
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