A new report says Yahoo! was secretly scanning user’s email at the request of U.S. intelligence agencies. Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to debate whether or not that was appropriate and to look at what we should expect for privacy in our email.
1Voice Bluetooth 100% Wirefree Earbuds: $52.99
Check out the 1Voice Bluetooth 100% Wirefree Earbuds. They include a speaker, Bluetooth chip, battery, and microphone in each earbud, and they work both independently or when paired. Batteries last for up to four hours of play time between charges. You can get them for $52.99 through our deal.
ibVPN Standard 3-Year Subscription: $39
We have a deal for you today on a three-year subscription to ibVPN, With this subscription, you get access to 90 servers in 41 countries, and you can browse with unlimited bandwidth, data transfer, and speed. It’s $39 through our deal.
TMO Daily Observations 2016-10-04: Goodbye Home Button, Hello macOS Sierra Auto-download
There’s an Apple patent that shows the iPhone’s Home button is going away. Bryan Chaffin and Dave Hamilton join Jeff Gamet to share their thoughts on the future of the Home button, plus they look at what’s up with Apple auto-downloading macOS Sierra to user’s computers.
iOS 10 Photos: Using Gestures to See Related Pics
iOS 10’s Photos app automatically groups together related images for you, and they’re easy to see with a simple gesture. Follow along with The Mac Observer’s video tip to learn how.
TMO Background Mode: Interview with Allegis Capital Partner Jean-Louis Gassée
Jean-Louis Gassée is currently a V.C. partner with Allegis Capital. He’s best known, however, for taking over the Macintosh division in 1985, his startup of Be Inc. and his highly respected Monday Note, a technical commentary. Jean-Louis tells the story about how, as a precocious youth in Paris he built crystal AM radios and vacuum tubes. Later, after some «interesting jobs,» he joined Hewlett-Packard (France) in 1968 to launch HP’s first desktop computer, the 9100A. Jean-Louis’s success as an electronics geek eventually led to a job at Data General then the lead executive job for Apple France. Jean-Louis then came to the U.S., and his time in Cupertino is legendary. Join me as this computer pioneer chats about Apple and Macs, past and present.
TMO Daily Observations 2016-10-03: Apple TV's Interface Problem, Happy Apple Music Customers
It’s time for Apple to rethink the Apple TV interface. Dave Hamilton and Bryan Chaffin join Jeff Gamet to look at the problems with Apple TV’s app-focused interface and discuss why it should be content-focused. They also have some thoughts on Apple Music ranking at the top of a recent JD Powers satisfaction survey for streaming music services.
The New Apple Echo Chamber Arriving Soon
Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is working on a smart home device, similar to the Amazon Echo, using the Siri voice assistant. Apple doesn’t have a vast product inventory to leverage from like Amazon, and other kinds of assistance depend on considerable, often creepy, personal information. So home automation seems to be Apple’s angle. Will that approach work? Page 2 of Friday’s Particle Debris explores.
10' Lightning-to-USB Cable: 3-Pack: $22
We have a deal on three 10-foot Lightning-USB cables for just $22. If you’re the type who likes to have lots of Lightning cables lying around because you go through them too fast, this is the deal for you. They are MFi-certified and available now.
MGG 625: The Spotlight Clone Wars
Faster chargers, ODB2 dongles, Mac vs. Windows File Paths, MacBook Pro specs, Dropbox, macOS Sierra and the Spotlight Clone Wars are all topics discussed in today’s Mac Geek Gab. In fact, they’re not just topics, they’re your questions answered! Plus, Dave and John go on a good photoanalysisd rant for good measure!
