Last night, Apple sent the next wave of invitations for Apple Card, but there seems to be a goof in the system. The email said that the early invitation is waiting, but the email address Apple has on file is wrong. You can click a link in the email …
Lees meerThe pushback against Libra is increasing. BBC News writes: Financial bigwigs are upset because Facebook, a corporation, appears to want to take on a government-like role, creating a currency and perhaps even setting monetary policy. Big Money is pow…
Lees meerApple opened Pandora’s Box with the iPhone X name. Now things could get quickly out of hand.
Lees meerViacomCBS is the name of a merged corporation between CBS and Viacom. It will create a joint media library including over 140,000 TV episodes and 3,600 movies. In their announcement, the companies note that the merger creates a joint content library…
Lees meerAmazon, Apple, and Google listened to user audio files to help analyze the data. Now we have news that Facebook contractors did the same.
Lees meerAndrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to talk about RESOLVE and Salmon Gold, and when gift cards go wrong.
Lees meerWhistleOut is looking for someone to review the iPhone 11 for them. You’ll get paid US$1,000 plus you can keep the phone when you’re done. You’ll be putting the new iPhone through its paces—testing the camera, getting into the nitty gritty of the in…
Lees meerMacStadium’s new Orka technology is a new virtualization layer for Mac-based infrastructure using Kubernetes and Docker.
Lees meerData from Leichtman Research Group showed the rise in cord cutters continues unabated. Cable companies lost 455,263 subscribers in Q2 2019. Traditional TV as a whole lost 1.53 million subscribers in the quarter. Fast Company took a look at the res…
Lees meerCheck out today’s deal on a Nomad Lightning cable that has its own built-in 2,800mAh portable battery. It’s a 1.5 meter nylon-wrapped MFi -certified Lightning charging cable, and the housings at either end are made of aluminum. And then embedded in …
Lees meerApple revealed details of a partnership to support gold remining and environmental restoration efforts in Alaska – so-called salmon gold.
Lees meerSpotify took its podcasters dashboard out of beta Tuesday, The Verge reported. It aims to give podcasters useful data as it establishes itself as a podcasting platform. Podcasters have long lacked data about their listeners, which poses problems whe…
Lees meer100,000 more students will be able to access their student IDs via their iPhone and Apple Watch during the new school year.
Lees meerApple shared the story of how it supports gold remining and restoration efforts in Alaska. It sources the precious metal through miners that restore the land they worked on. Since RESOLVE first introduced the Salmon Gold partnership in 2017, the org…
Lees meerDark mode for Facebook’s main app appears to be close. A researcher found the company is testing it for the Android version of the app, CNet reported. Surely an iOS version will follow too? Reliable researcher Jane Manchun Wong found that Facebook i…
Lees meerLuke Kurtis shares his story of how Apple disabled his account after he unknowingly bought a fraudulent iTunes gift card. Although he eventually got his account restored, it took two months to get it back. Had I not taken advantage of my internal Ap…
Lees meerApple’s stock price rose after the US Trade Representative said a new tariff would not be applied to items like iPhones until December.
Lees meerParallels Desktop 15 was just released, adding support for macOS Catalina features like Sidecar and adding support for Apple’s Metal API.
Lees meerAutomattic, the company behind WordPress, just bought Tumblr from Verizon for less than US$3 million. Verizon had acquired the site from Yahoo for US$1.1 billion. As part of the deal, Automattic will gain 200 staffers from Tumblr. Verizon is said to…
Lees meerPower comes in so many forms! Apple Card is Power. Cool Stuff Found is Power. Quick Tips are Power. NASA has power. Wi-Fi has power. YOU have the power, too. After all, you can press play and listen to John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton talk through al…
Lees meerKelly Guimont is a long-time podcaster, Contributing Editor for The Mac Observer, the host of the Mac Observer’s Daily Observations podcast, a tech support guru, and a Founding Volunteer of App Camp for Girls. Kelly first appeared here in December,…
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