We have a deal on the Motorola Bolt Smart Safe. It mounts to your wall using the included hardware, and it also offers a water-resistant keypad, humidity and odor control system, remote open capability, an intelligent reminder system, and other security features. It can be remotely opened via an app, and it will send the same apps alerts if it is opened. It’s $109.99 through our deal.
Here’s Where to Find iOS 14 Widgets and Start Using Them
iOS 14 widgets can be placed on the Home Screen and stacked, and they come in different sizes. Here’s where to find and start using them.
New 'Behind The Mac Videos' With James Blake and Tyler Mitchell
Apple released two new videos depicting how musician James Blake and photographer Tyler Mitchell use its products to create at home.
Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Card Scams
Seven Apple customers filed an 11-count class action lawsuit against the company, alleging that Apple “knowingly or recklessly enabled an iTunes gift card scam.”
Representative John Lewis: Apple Uses Homepage to Pay Tribute
Apple used its main homepage to pay tribute to the leading civil rights campaigner and long-term Congressman, John Lewis.
Share Contacts on iPhone With ‘EZ Contact Share’
EZ Contact Share is a small app that launches within iMessage. It lets you quickly share your contacts in a message without having to open the Contacts app. The recipient of the contact doesn’t need to download EZ Contact Share. They just have to tap on the message to import it. App Store: US$0.99
Repairing iCloud Syncing — Mac Geek Gab 825
Should you update? That’s always the question, isn’t it, regardless of whether it’s hardware or software or both. This week John and Dave answer your questions about both, specifically when it comes to Apple’s offerings. That’s not all, of course. Your two favorite geeks roar through a tour of your questions, tips, and Cool Stuff Found, including segments on repairing iCloud syncing, backing up your music the right way, diagnosing CPU spikes, and more. Press play, and enjoy learning at least five new things, all while remaining perfectly socially-distanced!
APHL Wants to Build Central Server for COVID-19 Data
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) wants to build and host a national server to hold data collected from exposure notification apps. It’s partnering with Apple, Google, and Microsoft to do so.
Rather than each state and territorial public health agency bearing the burden of building and hosting its own key servers, a national server can securely host the keys of those affected users, eliminate duplication and enable notifications across state borders. APHL is also championing the effort to build and host a national key server on behalf of the public health community. This will allow users to continually benefit from exposure notifications as they travel across state lines, and help state and territorial agencies deploy their apps quickly.
Just two days ago, Trump removed control of public COVID-19 data from the CDC, and now someone wants to build a national server? What could go wrong?
Reflections From The Cast of ‘Hamilton’
On Broadway, London’s West End and other places around the world, Hamilton has long been a big deal. With its arrival on Disney+, a whole new set of people have been able to see it. In a new video, the cast and crew, including writer Lin Manuel Miranda, reflect on what the show means to them.
The Yale Economist Helping Apple and Amazon Navigate Antitrust Probes
Yale economist Professor Fiona Scott Morton has written papers about bringing antitrust cases against Google and Facebook. She’s also been hired by Apple and Amazon to help them navigate such probes (although that was not revealed in the recent papers). There’s an interesting profile of her on Bloomberg News.
Scott Morton, hailed in a 2019 article in the New Republic as an “antitrust crusader,” said she began consulting for Amazon in the last year, while her work for Apple dates back several years. She said she usually discloses her clients when speaking at conferences. The lack of disclosure on the Google and Facebook papers, she said, shouldn’t be an issue because Apple and Amazon didn’t pay her to write them. What’s more, she added, those papers didn’t focus on either Apple or Amazon.
