Photography app Lens Distortions added a feature to its version 4.0.0 app called Light Volume, letting you customize overlays even more.
Nextdoor App Sends Letters on Users' Behalf Without Consent
Nextdoor is a social network that lets you see things that are going on in your local neighborhood. Dutch police have issued warnings about the app recently, saying that the company sent letters on users’ behalf.
We talked to a woman whom we’ll refer to as W.H., as she wishes to remain anonymous. Letters in her neighborhood were delivered with her as the sender. The letters were asking the receivers to install the app and join the community. W.H. did not send those letters, but she was a user of the Nextdoor app. And she remembered receiving an email from Nextdoor asking whether she would like to invite the people in her neighborhood.
Ugh. Possible lawsuit?
Apple Releases iOS 13.1 Developer Beta 1
iOS 13 isn’t available to the public yet, but Apple is wrapping up the release and working on the next version of iOS.
Google's 'Ask a Techspert' Explains Machine Learning
In Google’s Ask a Techspert series, senior software engineer Rosie Buchanan explains machine learning for non-experts.
Today, when we hear about “machine learning,” we’re actually talking about how Google teaches computers to use existing information to answer questions like: Where is the ice cream? Or, can you tell me if my package has arrived on my doorstep? For this edition of Ask a Techspert, I spoke with Rosie Buchanan, who is a senior software engineer working on Machine Perception within Google Nest.
This is a cool blog post explaining it, and I hope to see more explanations like this.
Future MacBooks Might Eliminate Mechanical Keyboard Switches
Future MacBook keyboards might not have mechanical keyboard switches, with a patent suggesting an “optical keyboard.”
Apple Card Privacy, App Store Download Stats – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-27
Andrew Orr and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to talk about Apple Card’s relative privacy and App Store download statistics.
Apple Rolls Out Smarter Web Answers for Spotlight Search
Some Apple users are seeing smarter web answers when they use iOS Spotlight Search and Siri.
The new web answers appear to be a further expansion of this technology. If the statistics are not readily available from the knowledge database, it seems Apple is now using algorithms to crawl websites and find possible responses to questions.
I think this is great, and it might be the first front-facing results we’re seeing from Apple’s hiring of John Giannandrea.
50,000 Glasgow, Scotland Students Get Free iPads
Almost 50,000 teachers and students in Scotland will be getting free iPads as part of a deal Glasgow City Council and Canadian IT firm CGI.
Azio MK Mac USB Keyboard: $79
We have a deal on the Azio MK Mac USB Keyboard, a backlit mechanical keyboard designed exclusively for Mac. It has a bead-blasted aluminum finish and a snap-on palm rest, and you can get this keyboard for $79 through our deal.
Virgin Australia Bans MacBooks as Checked Baggage
Virgin Australia has banned all MacBooks from checked-in baggage following Apple’s recent recall of devices due to overheating batteries.
