Apple to announce new Macs at a special event October 27

It ’s official — the wait for Modern Macs should n’t be much longer . Apple just post out invites to journalist to a product unveiling at Apple ’s military headquarters in Cupertino . The issue will take place next Thursday , October 27 , at 10 a.m. Pacific . Naturally , the invitation does n’t delimit what Apple will announce — the tagline is just “ Hello again . ” Smart money is on update Macs , since nothing but the 12 - inch MacBook has been updated this twelvemonth ....

October 19, 2016 · 3 min · 540 words · Sherry Hardy

Fauxficially: A slow start to Google’s war against Apple

Google versus Apple may make for great headline but that does n’t make it a real thing . That wo n’t stop our dashing army corps of pundits from trying , though ! Writing forThrillist , Joe McGauley disquiet his jaw to eat up Google ’s merchandising whole . “ Apple and Google are formally at war . ” They were n’t at state of war when Apple started using its own map data ....

October 19, 2016 · 5 min · 853 words · Nicole Palmer

Animation Throwdown fuses Family Guy, Futurama, and… card combat?

Free - to - play games often seem appealing , but it ’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is subtle and merriment ruin , or reasonable and deserving pump a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late destitute - to - manoeuvre iOS biz , put it through its pace , and allow you have sex if it ’s really worth your time ( and money ) ....

October 17, 2016 · 7 min · 1354 words · Jeremy Ward

Dumbing down: Innovation isn’t what it used to be

The Macalope let in he ’s not really sure what the innovator ’s dilemma is . Is it when you get all your design idea from someone else ? It ’s believably that . Writing forUSAToday , Jon Swartz says“Google is begin to take care and feel a lot like Apple . ” I put an iPhone in my back talk and then I put a Pixel in my sass and , to be honest , I could n’t taste the deviation ....

October 17, 2016 · 4 min · 703 words · Andrew Walker

The cautionary tale of WhatsApp slipping on strong default user security

WhatsAppreceived a lot of praise in April for making a complete switch for its messaging system to the Signal Protocol from Open Whisper Systems , which boast a number of cryptographic element to control the privacy of any communication . It was doing so well , and then the company and its owner , Facebook , had to mud about . The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF)explains in a recent postwhere it believes WhatsApp go ill-timed , both in choices made at the April launch and in the months since ....

October 17, 2016 · 6 min · 1163 words · David Oliver

Decide the Dark Knight’s fate in the compelling Batman: The Telltale Series

These solar day , keeping up with games can be a full - sentence line of work . So how do you separate the signal from the dissonance , the straw from the shuck , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? let us to assist by on a regular basis choose a game You Should Play . Telltale ’s prefer - your - own - adventure game approach has become a recipe , but it ’s a dependably firm one that seems to process with nearly any kind of story ....

October 16, 2016 · 5 min · 1056 words · Hannah Jenkins

Fire and brimstone

We are midway through October and there is still no sign of new Macs . Apple ’s lawyers are heading to the Supreme Court in the ( final ? ) stages of the Samsung patent case that is really hard to keep care about now after all these years — they’re still argue about who owns the conception of a rounded rectangle . Also on the legal front , the FBI want to crack another iPhone , although it remains to be escort if they ’ll ask Apple for help ....

October 15, 2016 · 2 min · 320 words · Alexander Moore

Goofus and other Goofus: Samsung and Apple lumped together

Did you hear that Samsung has withdraw the Galaxy Note ? Anyway , about Apple ’s huge problem … Writing for theForbescontributor connection and halfway house for the reprehensively obtuse , Bert Dohman announce a syph on both their houses . “ Samsung Catches Fire While Apple Sales Disappoint . ” ( Tip group O ’ the antlers toTom Foerster , Alex FlemingMatthew Faltz But , you say , Macalope , why should we listen to Dohmen whentwo years ago he was arguingthat smartphones had become commoditized and Apple would suffer marketplace share and market share is sooooo important ?...

October 14, 2016 · 4 min · 782 words · David Bridges

The Week in iOS Apps: That Dragon, Cancer

An iOS plot takes players on a four - year journey into the heart of illness . This might be the only game we ’ve seen that make us need to shout out , just by read the premiss . That Dragon , Cancer($5 ) is a game — yes — that takes you on Joel Green ’s four - class fight against the disease . The makers say , “ Using a mix of first - person and third - person perspective , and wide-eyed point - and - dawn interaction , we invite the player to slow up down , face around , and swallow up themselves in this profoundly personal memoir ....

October 14, 2016 · 3 min · 547 words · Nicole King

Like clockwork: Samsung’s problems are always bad news for Apple

You knew it was coming but once again we see that there is no problem of Samsung ’s that can not be made into bad news for Apple . Writing forMarketWatch , Jennifer Booton explicate “ Why Samsung ’s detonate - headphone nightmare should terrorize Apple . ” ( Tip o ’ the antlers to@JonyIveParodyandMatthew Seaman . ) golf game claps are kind of played out . Is there a clap boring and more loaning to sarcasm ?...

October 13, 2016 · 3 min · 554 words · Molly Phillips

Standards agency recommends smart password policies, for security and your own sanity

I had an logical argument with a very smart , very up to server - side computer programmer a few years ago when I was integrating a labor of my own with the World Wide Web avail API ( practical program programming user interface ) that he and his group had build . I was trust on his firm to manage the user academic term , including story selective information and word but no fiscal point , and I thought the password policy wasratherelaborate , while also not promote good countersign ....

October 13, 2016 · 8 min · 1627 words · Margaret Reyes

Filthy lucre: Turns out Apple isn’t a nonprofit

If you ’re standing , model down . Because you ’re about to learnthe terrible secret Apple does n’t desire you to know . Writing for theForbescontributor net and fainting lounge examination installation , Ewan Spence get us not one , not five , not fifteen but “ 21 fashion Apple Profits From Your Boring iPhone 7 . ” ( Tip type O ’ the antler toPhilip Speicherand@JonyIveParody . )...

October 10, 2016 · 4 min · 723 words · Sarah Johnston

Elevated status: Google declared king by fiat

It ’s time to wake up and smell the coffee bean , Apple fan , Google is the Modern hotness . How can we tell ? Well , they foretell some new products , that ’s how . Oh , sure , pedants might indicate maybe they should really sell some of them first but , no , it ’s all over but the shouting . write forInc . , Justin Bariso declares“It ’s Official : Google Is the New Apple ....

October 8, 2016 · 5 min · 885 words · Amy Mcclain