Did you know when you dismiss screenshots on your iPhone they aren’t immediately deleted? You can still find them in your “Recently Deleted” folder.
Learn how to find them — and permanently delete them — in this Quick Tip from Mac Geek Gab 892. Learn more in this iPhone User Guide
Charlotte Henry joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss a quick Zoom tip, and a (seasonal) story about the horrors of an overstuffed inbox.
The U.S. Justice Department is forming a crypto enforcement team to “root out abuse” such as money laundering.
“We want to strengthen our capacity to dismantle the financial ecosystem that enables these criminal actors to flourish and — quite frankly — to profit from what they’re doing,” said Monaco. “We’re going to do that by drawing on our cyber experts and cyber prosecutors and money laundering experts.”
Eve Systems and Coulisse announced that MotionBlinds, the smart technology for window coverings, will add Eve MotionBlinds motors.
There has been lots of conversation and reminiscing about Steve Jobs on the tenth anniversary of his passing. One of those with a story is Michael Dell. He recalled how Mr. Jobs wanted macOS on every Dell machine, and to be paid a license fee for it. As CNET noted, such a deal would have had a profound impact on the future of computing.
“He said, look at this — we’ve got this Dell desktop and it’s running Mac OS,” Dell tells me. “Why don’t you license the Mac OS?” Dell thought it was a great idea and told Jobs he’d pay a licensing fee for every PC sold with the Mac OS. But Jobs had a counteroffer: He was worried that licensing scheme might undermine Apple’s own Mac sales because Dell computers were less costly. Instead, Dell says, Jobs suggested he just load the Mac OS alongside Windows on every Dell PC and let customers decide which software to use — and then pay Apple for every Dell PC sold. “It could have changed the trajectory for Windows and Mac OS on PCs. But obviously they went in a different direction.”
JOBY, creator of the popular GorillaPod tripod has released a new product called PodZilla. The PodZilla range is available today on JOBY.com.
In an update to developers on Wednesday, Apple reminded developers to add a method for users to delete their accounts.
Apple will face an EU antitrust charge over its NFC chip and Apple Pay, which could result in a fine and changes to its mobile payment system.
Did you know you can backup and import your Mac or iPhone Text Substitutions? Here’s a Mini-Segment from Mac Geek Gab 892, and you can learn more in this Apple Support Guide.
An anonymous hacker shares data claimed to be Twitch source code. That’s right, not just Twitch data but Twitch itself, its source code and user payout data.
The user posted a 125GB torrent link to 4chan on Wednesday, stating that the leak was intended to “foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space” because “their community is a disgusting toxic cesspool”.
VGC can verify that the files mentioned on 4chan are publicly available to download as described by the anonymous hacker.
I have to chuckle about the part where they go on 4chan to complain about toxic websites. Update: Twitch has confirmed the incident.
Bryan Chaffin, Dave Hamilton, and Jim Dalrymple look back at the ten years since Steve Jobs passed, and dig into the Apple today that lives on without him.
The U.S. Army is funding a special skullcap that aims to analyze how the brain disposes of waste during sleep. Eventually, the goal is for the device to treat sleep disorders for soldiers in real time.
The $2.8 million award issued through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium is for the first year of what the research team anticipates will be a multiyear grant from the U.S. Army. The primary goal is to noninvasively measure and modulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluid as it circulates through the brain and clears waste.
I can’t resist linking to Galactic Cowboys.
Is your Apple Watch Battery Continuously Draining Too Fast? Try this quick tip:
Go to the Watch app on your iPhone and choose your General > Reset > Reset Sync Data
Learn more Quick Tips in Mac Geek Gab 891.
The time may be ripe for Apple to go all-in with virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) products. What was once mostly fantasy is now mainstream, according to the sales data. There’s still plenty of room for growth. International Data Corporation “only” expects just shy of $2 billion in sales from VR and AR for 2021. That might sound like a lot of money. However, it pales in comparison to the $289 billion expected of smart home sales. Still, the increasingly popular VR/AR gaming genre should continue growing, IDC thinks. It may even grow faster than other parts of the new mainstream product categories. The analysts predict almost 68% growth over the next 5 years.
IDC expects AR and VR combined to show the most growth out of the three categories, thanks to both businesses and individual consumers. The latter is particularly interested in “robust gaming solutions,” IDC said. Businesses represent the bulk of AR spending today, but IDC thinks the market for AR headsets targeting the general public will grow. It predicted a 67.9 percent compound annual growth rate from 2020 to 2025 for AR and VR combined, which is more than 10 times the next competitor, smart home tech (10.1 percent growth rate).
In June, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the app was no longer a photo-sharing app. The Facebook-owned platform is dropping IGTV in favor of “Instagram Video.”
The IGTV app, however, isn’t going away. Instagram tells us it will now be rebranded as “Instagram Video” and will host the “Instagram Video” formatted content, along with Instagram Live videos. But it will not host Reels videos.
With today’s update, users will still be able to upload their non-Reels videos in the same way as before — by clicking on the plus sign (+) in the top-right corner of the Instagram home page and selecting “Post.” Videos can be up to 60 minutes in length.
Under the Ransom Disclosure Act, victims of ransomware who pay their attackers would have to report the payment within 48 hours.
Charlotte Henry and Bryan Chaffin join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the ten (!) years since Steve Jobs passed.
On the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, Tim Cook wrote an internal memo to Apple employees. The full email has been obtained by Bloomberg.
I wish Steve were here to see the way his spirit lives on in all of your amazing work. But most of all, I wish he could see what you do next. Steve once said that his proudest achievements were the ones that were yet to come. He spent every day imagining a future that no one else could see and working relentlessly to bring his vision to life.
Part of the new features in iOS 15 for the iPhone, there’s now a way to drag and drop apps from Spotlight or Siri Suggestions.
Steve Jobs gave many famous presentations and speeches. One of the best known is the Commencement Address he gave at Stanford University in 2005. He touches on key points in his life, his own mortality, and ends with the famous phrase “stay hungry, stay foolish.” On the 10th anniversary of his passing, it is well worth watching again.
Big banks are reportedly unhappy with fees associated with Apple Pay transactions, and have asked Visa to eliminate them.
The CircuitMess Batmobile Kickstarter project launched early Tuesday morning, and was fully funded before most Americans even woke up. Bruce Wayne would definitely be impressed.
William Shatner is heading into space. For real. He will join a flight by Jeff Bezos’s space travel company Blue Origin on 12 October, BBC News reported.
Aged 90, the actor will become the oldest person to have flown into space. “I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,” Shatner said in a statement. Shatner will be joining three other people aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket for the company’s second human spaceflight. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the first crewed flight in July, along with his brother, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race and an 18-year-old student.
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Nica Montford joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss how Apple is using all its various platforms to get its content out. They also explore the evolution of the show Nica co-hosts – the snobOS podcast.
