Apple fixed its root access flaw in macOS High Sierra, but the whole incident is a corporate black eye for a company known for executing. Bryan and Jeff also talk about Ajit Pai’s latest embarrassing comments defending his plan to gut net neutrality. They also talk about some of the topics suggested by the Apple Context Machine Facebook Group.
Apple Says It's Auditing Development Processes in Wake of Mac Root Access Flaw
Apple issued an apology to Mac users for the epic fail of the macOS High Sierra root access flaw and said it would audit its internal development processes to make sure this kind of buffoonery never happens again.
Airbnb Split Pay For Group Travel Rolls Out Ahead of Apple Pay Cash
The company accepts Apple Pay in its iOS app, and Apple is expected to roll out Apple Pay Cash with iOS 11.2.
MacVoices Guests Discuss Apple as a Media Company
TMO’s John Martellaro joined MacVoices host Chuck Joiner and guests Mark Fuccio and Ken Ray to discuss the prospects of Apple becoming a major entertainment media company.
Apple Files Countersuit Against Qualcomm For Patent Violation
The patents let iPhones use only the minimum power needed to work, and causes parts of the processor to turn off when they aren’t being used.
Marvel Avengers: Infinity War Official Trailer
Marvel Studios has released the trailer for Infinity War, the next epic installment of The Avengers series. The film brings intergalactic villain Thanos to Earth in his quest to collect all six Infinity Stones. It also marries the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers worlds together, as both bands must unite to fight Thanos. That means it’s a huge cast of big names in the Marvel universe, including: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Loki, Hulk, Star Lord, Nebula, Groot, Black Widow, The Collector, and roughly everyone else, too.
macOS High Sierra Root Flaw, Apple TV 4K - TMO Daily Observations 2017-11-29
Kelly Guimont and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to talk about macOS High Sierra’s root access security flaw, plus John updates us on the state of Apple TV 4K.
Coupon Brings RokBlok Down to $71.20
Stack Commerce gave us a coupon for RokBlok, the self-contained record player that actually rides your records. Bluetooth-enabled, it can pipe the sound to speakers, too. With coupon code CYBER20, it’s $71.20.
Apple Releases Security Patch for macOS High Sierra Root Access Flaw
macOS High Sierra’s painfully bad root access security flaw has been patched and the update is ready for download now.
Most Everything to Know About Apple TV 4K
The holidays are upon us, and so John put together (most) everything a buyer might need to know about the Apple TV 4K.
