John Martellaro joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss the Apple Watch features that tend to be forgotten when it’s considered a health tracker.
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[UPDATED] Apple Stores Increase Measures Taken to Limit Spread of Coronavirus
Apple Stores have taken a number of measures to try and help limit the spread of the coronavirus, including operating below capacity.
All-in-One Device to Automatically Backup Photos, Videos, and More While You Charge: $89.99
We have a deal on the TOKK Photo Cube, a 64GB data backup device that automatically backs up your data, including Calendar, Contact, Photos & Videos, and more, as you power up your device. It works with iOS and Android. This device is $89.99 through our deal.
New Drama Series ‘Suspicion’ Planned for Apple TV+, Starring Uma Thurman
Apple ordered a new drama series for Apple TV+ called Suspicion. It will star actress Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction).
Notability 9.3 Update Adds Presentation Mode, Single Page Mode
Handwriting app Notability got an update yesterday. Notability 9.3 adds Presentation Mode and Single Page Mode. With Presentation Mode you can view a note in full screen without toolbars and menus when connected to an external display; use laser pointer functionality, in addition to all of Notability’s drawing tools; app background goes to black to enable you to focus on the note content; Multi-Note allows you to see a private note while presenting. Meanwhile, Single Page Mode lets you flip through a note horizontally one page at a time, and it makes pages feel like slides. App Store: US$8.99
AirPods Pro: Snap Between Transparency Mode and Active Noise Cancellation
Apple released a new video highlighting the Transparency and active Noise Cancellation modes available in the AirPods Pro. Called ‘Snap’, the clip shows a girl going through a busy city and shifting between the two modes. Turning on the active noise cancellation though takes her into a whole different place…
Yahoo Mobile Phone Service Arrives for $40
Yahoo Mobile is a new phone service that costs US$40/month. It uses Verizon’s network to give you unlimited texts, calls, and 4G data.
Times of high congestion will result in a slower connection, and tethering is limited to 5Mbits, with one tethered device permitted at time. Regular download speeds will range between 5-12 Mbps, with upload speeds of around 2-5 Mbps — not ground-breaking stuff, but reasonable enough.
It’s a direct competitor to Verizon’s other prepaid service, Visible (Which I use). Visible sounds like a better deal than Yahoo Mobile though since it removed its data cap.
Apple News Highlights Special Coronavirus Coverage
Apple is adding a special coronavirus coverage section to bring readers the latest news about the viral outbreak.
Apple Reportedly Cancels March 31 Event
It hadn’t been confirmed yet but rumors pointed to a March 31 event for Apple, but now it may have been canceled.
Careless ‘Whisper’ Leaks Years of User Data
Whisper, an app for people to share their secrets, exposed user data like age, location, and more for years.
The records were viewable on a non-password-protected database open to the public Web. A Post reporter was able to freely browse and search through the records, many of which involved children: A search of users who had listed their age as 15 returned 1.3 million results.
The cybersecurity consultants Matthew Porter and Dan Ehrlich, who lead the advisory group Twelve Security, said they were able to access nearly 900 million user records from the app’s release in 2012 to the present day.
You can never be 100% secure but at least put a damn password on your server.