Apple Health Records makes it easier for patients to view and manage their health records. It’s now available for all veterans today.
Facebook Says 100 App Developers Improperly Accessed Data From Groups
In another case of Facebook letting app developers access whatever data they want, 100 of them improperly accessed data from Groups despite Facebook claiming it restricted that access.
Today we are also reaching out to roughly 100 partners who may have accessed this information since we announced restrictions to the Groups API, although it’s likely that the number that actually did is smaller and decreased over time.
100 app developers you say? Why would 100,000 app developers do such a thing?
How Apple, Disney and Others Aim To Keep Streaming Subscribers
The streaming wars are getting ever more intense. Reuters published a good look at how all the various services, including Apple, aim to keep subscribers.
Besides spending millions of dollars on library content, media companies are using programming, promotions and other strategies to avoid cancellations, or “churn” in industry parlance, and retain subscribers who are costly to acquire and easy to lose. “Churning off of a service once meant finding the phone number of your cable operator, navigating an automated menu and waiting on hold,” said Rich Greenfield, an analyst at LightShed Partners. “We now live in a world where with a couple of clicks of your finger on your phone, all of the friction from cancellation is gone.” Disney is the only streaming provider that has used a multi-year promotion to lock in subscribers. In August, the company offered new and existing members of its D23 fan club an annual rate of $47 for a three-year commitment to Disney+ – 33% off the standard price.
Deezer Adds Non Music Content With New 'Shows' Tab on iOS
Deezer unveiled its new ‘Shows’ tab which will be home to a variety of non-music content such as podcasts and radio on its iOS app.
Social Media, Hands On with AirPods Pro, Apple Content Bundles, with John Kheit - ACM 524
John Kheit joins Bryan Chaffin to discuss social media, mob rule, and the 1st Amendment. Yikes! They also talk about their hands-on experience with AirPods Pro and look at Apple’s content pricing and whether or not the company is likely to offer more bundles for its content (spoiler: no!).
FTC Fines AT&T $60M for Throttling Unlimited Plans
AT&T will pay the Federal Trade Commission US$60 million for throttling unlimited plans without making it clear that would happen.
Photoshop for iOS, Apple's Real Estate Venture – TMO Daily Observations 2019-11-05
Andrew Orr and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Photoshop’s official iOS release and Apple’s new Bay Area real estate venture.
Google's OpenTitan aims to Create an Open Source Secure Enclave
Google wants Android phones to have a Secure Enclave chip like iPhones. Its OpenTitan project aims to help design an open source one.
OpenTitan is loosely based on a proprietary root-of-trust chip that Google uses in its Pixel 3 and 4 phones. But OpenTitan is its own chip architecture and extensive set of schematics developed by engineers at lowRISC, along with partners at ETH Zurich, G+D Mobile Security, Nuvoton Technology, Western Digital, and, of course, Google.
The consortium will use community feedback and contributions to develop and improve the industry-grade chip design, while lowRISC will manage the project and keep suggestions and proposed changes from going live haphazardly.
You can view the OpenTitan Github repo here, but it’s not fully fleshed out yet.
UK Brings in Mandatory Registration and Pilot Test For Drones
There is now a registration system and test for pilots in the UK following a number of high-profile incidents.
Video Editing on iOS/iPadOS with LumaFusion
Until recently, Dr. Mac did 100% of his video editing on his Mac, but he’s finally found an iOS/iPadOS app that is so good he’s doing more of his video editing on his iPad (and loving it).