It seems there’s always something new to learn! This week that includes some iOS and watchOS tips, flight tracking, QuickLook for Applications, Networking, and more. Plus, discussions ensue to answer your questions about Sonos, sharing media, megabytes vs. megabits, and more. Press play to enjoy learning at least five new things!
Eclectic Light Company Founder Dr. Howard Oakley - TMO Background Mode Interview
Dr. Howard Oakley is currently a developer of Mac software and is the founder of The Eclectic Light Company. Howard started life keenly interested in medicine, attended Oxford, and spent most of his career with the British Royal Navy as a doctor, ascending to the rank of Surgeon Commander. Along the way, he became heavily involved with computers and programming. His first encounter with a Mac SE and MPW hooked him for life.
We chatted about his life and times as a navy physician, his parallel evolution as a Mac developer, his amazing blog, The Eclectic Light Company, his writing for Mac Format, and some of his amazing free software: Aquiline Check, Consolation and SilentKnight, tools he wanted for himself. Howard delves into security issues, like XProtect, in a way that few other developers do.
FCC Unlocks 3.5GHz Spectrum ‘OnGo’ Band that iPhones 11 Can Use
After six years of collaboration the FCC has unlocked 3.5GHz spectrum, called the ‘OnGo’ band, for consumers.
Boost Productivity with this App's Task Timelines, Project Visualization, Daily Planning, and Cross-Links: $25
We have a deal on Pagico 9, software designed to make your life easier by managing all your tasks, files, projects, and clients in one elegant package. Pagico 9 turns to-do lists into meaningful timelines, visualizes project status, centralize tasks, cross-link everything, neatly tag projects, and more in just a few clicks. It’s $25 through our deal.
Imagination CEO Reflects on Renewed Relationship With Apple
Imagination Technologies CEO Ron Black conceded both his firm and Apple “probably didn’t do something correct,” when their relationship soured.
Sneak Peak of Upcoming Apple TV+ Beastie Boys Documentary
There’s a Spike Jonze directed ‘live documentary’ about the Beastie Boys headed to Apple TV+ in the near future. An official sneak peek landed on the Apple TV YouTube channel over the weekend. It shows some of the hip-hop legends’ best videos and the band taking the stage for the documentary. It looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun!
Changing Apple Hiring, More Phone Hack Info – TMO Daily Observations 2020-01-27
Charlotte Henry and John Martellaro join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s new hiring page and the new info about Jeff Bezos’ iPhone.
CarPlay Comes to Fiat Chrysler Vehicles With UConnect 5
Apple’s CarPlay system is coming to all Fiat Chrysler vehicles thanks to Android system UConnect 5.
New 'Shot on iPhone' Clip - 'Powder'
Apple’s latest ‘Shot on iPhone’ video takes us to the slopes. Winter X Games snowboarders Red Gerard, Danny Davis, Kimmy Fasani, and Ben Ferguson feature in the clip. They enjoy fresh powder at the iconic Baldface Lodge in British Colombia. Joe Carlino directed the video. It was shot on an iPhone 11 Pro.
Leaked Documents Reveal Antivirus Surveillance Industry
Leaked documents reveal that an Avast antivirus subsidiary called Jumpshot packages what you do on your computer and sells it to companies like Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and more.
The data obtained by Motherboard and PCMag includes Google searches, lookups of locations and GPS coordinates on Google Maps, people visiting companies’ LinkedIn pages, particular YouTube videos, and people visiting porn websites. It is possible to determine from the collected data what date and time the anonymized user visited YouPorn and PornHub, and in some cases what search term they entered into the porn site and which specific video they watched.
I write a lot about privacy and security, and I try hard to be optimistic that eventually things will change and some day we will have a federal privacy law.