We have a deal on the Neutron C Magnetic Car Mount for your iPhone or other smartphone. It attaches to your car’s dash via a special adhesive tape, and you use the same tape to attach a magnetic disk to your device or its case. That disk then sticks to the mount, and you’re good to go.
Enlight 2 Give You More iPhone Photo Editing Tools for Free
Lightricks unveiled Enlight 2 on Thursday, giving iPhone users an updated version of the already capable photo editing app. Version 2, now called Enlight Photofox, lets you blend together multiple photos, included editing layers, includes drawing tools and loads of filters, supports 16-bit and Raw images, and more. It’s great for turning your photos into artistic works and just touching up your vacation pics. The new version is free and for US$3.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $39.99 for a perpetual license you can unlock additional image editing features. Enlight Photofox is available for download at Apple’s App Store.
The Complete iOS 11 Developer Course and iOS Mastery Bundle Goes on Pre-sale
Our friends at Stack Commerce have put together a pre-sale on the the Complete iOS 11 Developer Course and iOS Mastery Bundle. This bundle lets you get started learning how to code for iOS with courses for iOS and tvOS, but it also includes iOS 11 course material still in development. All told, there’s more than 230 hours of training material in the bundle, and it’s $29 through us.
Chinese Researches Find Way to Decrypt Satphone Calls in Near Real-Time
A new decryption method might allow people to decrypt satellite mobile phones—satphones—in near real-time. Chinese researchers published a paper describing a method that essentially finds shortcuts to decrypting the 64-bit encryption used by Inmarsat satphones, a popular brand. There’s all sorts of techno gobbledygook described in the paper (PDF, BibTeX Citation), but the short version is they built on German research from 2012. And the shorter version, as noted by ZDNet, is that, «encrypted data could be cracked in a fraction of a second.» According to the researchers, this is due to «serious security flaws in the GMR-2 cipher» used in those specific satphones. The significance here is that encryption is an ever-evolving frontier, and that not all encrypted communications are truly secure. This is why it’s important for companies like Apple to put our personal security at the forefront.
What Does 'Wi-Fi' REALLY Stand For? Who Knew?
What does the term Wi-Fi really stand for? The Wi-Fi Alliance came up with it. It’s not an acronym. It’s not an initialism. Are you ready? it’s a nonsense word. Back in the dawn of time, the alliance needed something a little catchier than «IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence.» So a branding firm just made it up.. And catchy it is. So now you know.
iPhone 8 Sans Touch ID, WebVR Community Group - TMO Daily Observations 2017-07-06
Dave Hamilton and Bryan Chaffin join Jeff Gamet to look at a report claiming Touch ID won’t be an iPhone 8 feature, plus they offer up their thoughts on Apple engineers joining the WebVR Community Group.
Fender Highlights its Guitars in New Apple Music Playlists
Guitar maker Fender has teamed up with Apple Music to show off its products with several new curated playlists. The playlists include Roots Rock & Twang, Best of Under the Radar, Best of Everything Acoustic, Best of the Rock You Need to Know, and Shuffle — Today’s Hits. The playlists are clearly designed to show off Fender guitars, but they’re worth checking out because the playlists are loaded up with some pretty awesome songs. Turns out a lot of great musicians use Fender guitars.
iPhone 8 Face Scanning, Building a Hackintosh, High Sierra Beta – ACM 418
Bryan is out on vacation so Jeff Butts joins Jeff Gamet to talk about reports saying the iPhone 8 will ditch Touch ID for facial recognition, building a hackintosh, and macOS High Sierra beta experiences.
Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch Tips - TMO Daily Observations 2017-07-05
Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to share some tips that make using their iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches easier.
TechTool Pro 9.5 for Mac: $39.99
Keeping your Mac in tip-top shape is easier with utilities like TechTool Pro 9.5, so we’re really glad that’s today’s TMO deal. TTP checks for RAM, processor, video, and motherboard problems, finds and repairs directory issues and corrupt hard drives, undeletes files, duplicates your drives, and more. TechTool Pro 9.5 is regularly priced at $99.99, but is 60% off making it $39.99 with today’s TMO deal.
