Four Quick Tips that’ll change your life. We promise. And that’s only the first ten minutes of the episode! From there it’s on to Dave and John answering your questions about network settings, app launching, Time Machine, and more. Plus, lots of Cool Stuff Found AND a discussion about cutting the cord. Press play and join your two favorite geeks in learning at least five new things!
Most Important iOS Features in Hindsight, with Jeff Gamet and John Kheit - ACM 550
Bryan Chaffin, Jeff Gamet, and John Kheit take a retrospective look at what—in hindsight—have turned out to be the most important features in iPhone OS/iOS.
Security Friday: News on Data Privacy and a Practical PDF Tip – TMO Daily Observations 2021-07-09
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss Security Friday news and updates, including data privacy and how to encrypt a pdf on your Mac.
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Opens for Chia Crypto Farming
Backblaze will now support storage for pooled Chia cryptocurrency plots in addition to the full plot storage it recently offered.
Apple TV+ and 'Ted Lasso' Dominate Streaming Nominations at Inaugural HCA TV Awards
Apple TV+ content has received 15 nominations at the inaugural HCA TV Awards with eight of those coming for ‘Ted Lasso’.
Basketball Game 'Ultimate Rivals: The Court' Now on Apple Arcade
Get ready for the ultimate arcade action basketball game featuring sports athletes from the NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL Players Association, and US women’s soccer national team players. Players will create powerhouse squads consisting of their favorite pros to compete with their friends and family in 3-on-3 games with tons of above-the-rim acrobatics. With more than 130 superstars from across the sports world, players have access to a dream roster of top athletes, but they’ll have to choose wisely to combine the pros’ playing styles and maximize their impact on the court. Set in a digital world in the near future, Ultimate Rivals: The Court is the first basketball experience to gives fans the ability to play as their favorite athletes wherever and however they choose, with pros such as NBA’s Luka Doncic, De’Aaron Fox, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, and legendary athletes like Larry Bird, Julius Erving and Shaquille O’Neal; WNBA’s Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins-Smith; USWNT’s Alex Morgan; NFL’s Juju Smith-Schuster; NHL’s Alex Ovechkin and legend Wayne Gretzky.
Former Apple Exec N’Jeri Eaton to Lead Netflix Podcasting Operations
Former Apple executive N’Jeri Eaton will join Netflix later this month, where she will lead its podcasting operations.
Over 170 Android Cryptocurrency Apps are Scams
A recent report shows that Android has a cryptocurrency scam problem. These apps claim to help you mine Bitcoin “in the cloud.”
The apps work by offering a virtual dashboard that lets you monitor the cryptocurrency mining rate. The same dashboard shows you how much virtual coin has been generated. However, Lookout examined the computer code in the apps along with the network traffic, and found the coin balance displayed was actually fictitious.
'Charon': Feature Film Made on iPhone 8 Plus Goes on Sale at Cannes
Jennifer Zhang created thriller ‘Charon’ using just an iPhone 8 Plus, and this week it was being sold at the Cannes film festival.
Tim Cook and Eddy Cue Attend Sun Valley 'Billionaire's Summer Camp'
Apple CEO Tim Cook (pictured above) and services chief Eddy Cue have been pictured attending the Sun Valley conference run by investment bank Allen & Company. Nicknamed “billionaire’s summer camp,” all sorts of deals and relationships can be struck up at the five-day event in Idaho. Others at the powerful gathering included Warren Buffett, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Evan Spiegel of Snap, the MailOnline reported.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Warren Buffett, Diane Von Furstenberg and husband Barry Diller were among those spotted arriving for day two of the Sun Valley ‘billionaire’s summer camp’ where the estimated wealth of attendees surpasses $700 billion, the equivalent of the GDP of Saudi Arabia. Big names and moguls in tech, business, film and media have been descending on Sun Valley, a tiny resort town in rural Idaho, for the annual five-day conference put on by Allen & Company. Buffett, the 90-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, was spotted on Wednesday being escorted to the conference in a golf cart. Belgian fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg, 74, and her IAC chairman husband Barry Diller, 79, strolled in together for one of the conference’s morning sessions.
