This is thanks to an update to GarageBand yesterday, allowing students to submit assignments as a GarageBand project.
Uh Oh! Apparently Email App Developers Can Read Your Gmail
The Wall Street Journal published some disturbing news yesterday: apparently email app developers can read your Gmail messages.
iOS 12 AutoFill Security Concerns, Samsung Phone Shared Photos Bug - TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-03
John Martellaro and Andrew Orr join Jeff Gamet to look at the potential security threats in iOS 12’s Security Code AutoFill, plus they have some thoughts on Samsung smartphones randomly sending out photos.
Metallic Spring 3-Foot MFi-Certified Lightning Cable: $12.99
We have a deal on a Lightning cable built to last. It’s called the Metallic Spring MFi-Certified Lightning cable, and it’s sheathed in a spring metal shell. It supports Quick Charging for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X, it’s 3-feet long, and it’s $12.99 through us.
Samsung Phones Randomly Sending Photos to Contacts is as Awkward as it Sounds
Sharing photos with friends is cool, but not when your decides to send photos without your knowledge. That’s exactly what’s happening for some Samsung smartphone owners. Mashable says people are freaking out because the photos on their phones are being sent out to other people via SMS and they don’t even know it’s happening until the get a call or text from the recipient. From Mashable:
A few Redditors are claiming that their Samsung smartphones — in one case a Galaxy S9+ — sent photos from their camera roll to another person without their knowledge. And while this nightmare scenario has yet to be confirmed, you’d better believe that Samsung is looking into it.
Samsung is indeed looking into the problem, although it seems to be somewhat isolated. That isn’t, however, much of a consolation for Samsung smartphone users who’re dealing with photos randomly going out to people in their contacts list. Maybe it’s time for your Samsung-toting friends to delete those potentially awkward photos from their phones just to be safe.
iOS 12 Code Hints at New iPads with Face ID and Animoji Support
iOS 12 includes AvatarKit for iPad, which is a pretty big clue new models with TrueDepth Cameras, Face ID, and Animoji support are coming soon.
Amazon Prime Day Coming on July 16th and 17th, Includes Whole Foods
Amazon Prime Day is coming on July 16th and 17th and this year includes Whole Foods so you can take advantage of in-store discounts, too.
Facebook Shutting Down Three Apps: Hello, Moves, and tbh
Facebook announced Monday that it was shutting down the three apps, citing “low usage.”
How Does Amazon's Fire TV Cube Compare to Apple TV 4K?
The Apple TV 4K has been shipping since September, 2017. Now there’s a new competitor, Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. One might think that a later design might be seriously better than the Apple TV 4K, but as this review demonstrates, the Fire TV Cube is a long way from achieving that. Apple’s mighty little black brick packs some real punch while “the Fire TV Cube is simply last year’s Fire TV combined with an Echo Dot.” This is a good review.
Apple Schedules Q3 Quarterly Results for July 31st
The company will conduct its quarterly conference call with analysts at 5:00 PM Eastern that Tuesday. Results are usually released 30 minutes before that call.