AUSTIN — When Twitter cofounder Biz Stone first add up up with the idea forJelly , an app that lets users ask questions for other user to answer , everyone he huckster it to loved the idea . But alternatively of feeling reassured , Stone felt unsettled . It was as if they idea was acceptedtooeasily . ( After all , most investor did n’t reckon Twitter would catch fervor ....
AUSTIN — Days after he determine approvingly as Apple CEO Tim Cook take on the wrap off a new MacBook and gave more details on Apple Watch , former Vice President Al Gore kicked off South by Southwest Interactive with a melancholy talk on clime alteration . How are the two bear on ? Technology , of course . long time from now , if the world has n’t been scourge by fires , floods , and dearth , Gore said the next generation will look back at us and enquire : “ How did you change ?...
The Apple Watch wo n’t be here for weeks but that ’s well because according to theNew York Timeseditorial page we ’ll involve that time to collect some Rock so we can stone it . ” Digital Dog Collar”(tip o ’ the antlers toShawn King ) Thank goodness we have protectors of our very humans like Timothy Egan who can rush to the pages of the nation ’s greatest newspaper to burn the witches of technology as they arise ....
Apple is touting the Apple Watch using three principal arguments . The first is that it keeps fourth dimension , and is precise to within 50 millisecond . ( I ’m so relieved by the fact that a watch in 2015 can be precise , are n’t you ? ) The 2nd is the “ fun , spontaneous ways ” you’re able to communicate with “ your favourite citizenry . ” And the third is probably the beneficial merchandising gunpoint , given the way people have used wearables up until now : it proffer “ a smart manner to look at physical fitness ....
Tech attracts passion like no other consumer intersection vertical . And the Android vsiPhonedebate is microcomputer vs Mac for the digital native contemporaries . We all love our contraption , but some hoi polloi take thing to extremes . Here at Macworld UK we aim to protect you from these extremum of Android fandom , and we believe that forewarn is forearmed . So here is our spotters conduct to the seven type of Android fanboy you’re able to expect to encounter on the cyberspace ....
A newfangled written report is add together fuel to the rumors of an Apple elevator car with evidence of a mysterious off - site research installation . abduce unnamed sources , AppleInsider claimsthat the “ Apple Car ” is not just a concept , but a full - blown project that Apple is developing in secret away from its master campus . Most intriguingly , AppleInsider says it may have discovered the Sunnyvale , Calif....
Apple held an event this hebdomad in part to reveal more details about the Apple Watch so lease us turn to eWeek for reactions that no one in the whole entire macrocosm manage about . ” Apple Watch Gets miscellaneous Reactions From IT Analysts”(tip group O ’ the antlers to@JonyIveParody ) Yes , when look at the Apple Watch , what we must first determine is how will it scale in the enterprise with managed deployment in a Windows NT server - based zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz …...
Like children , or weeds , an iTunes depository library has the tendency to grow and grow . Your Mac ’s internal storage does not . iTunes 12 segments your metier in a path that take in it easy to forget you have a cluster of audiobooks , podcasts , or one-time TV shows in your depository library that credibly do n’t need to be there any longer . But iTunes also makes it well-heeled to back that mass medium up in another locating , so it ’s safe to delete and free up outer space on your Mac ....
FREAK is last week ’s worry , but installing untrusted lotion is a recurrent vexation . It ’s a two - fer ( or two - fear ) in this column , about security department issues new and old . Super FREAKy Apple expel update this week for a security exposure love as FREAK . FREAK allowed a malicious party to force a weak encryption communications protocol to be used between about one - third of web server with security system certification and many secure web clients and commonly used software package program library ....
If you ca n’t wait to get your finger onthe Force Touch trackpadinthe fresh MacBookannounced Monday , get thee to an Apple Store . The new trackpad — which simulates clicks by hover a taptic engine , even though the trackpad itself is n’t hinged and does n’t move — makes an appearing in the newly refreshed 13 - column inch Retina MacBook Pro as well . iFixit tear down a new Retina MacBook Proand disclose some secrets Apple did n’t reveal at Monday ’s especial consequence ....
Last time , I talked about the “ dark-skinned matter ” of your iOS devices and OS X system : stuff that seems to invade blank without offer up data about why . In this Mac 911 , I ’ll answer more questions about entrepot and relief . As many as grains of sand on the beach Doug Eldred write in with a concern about a form of file bloat — but not about bloated sizes ....
Apple ’s attempt to revolutionise aesculapian studies appear off to a strong start . Just one solar day after the ship’s company released the first five apps using the new ResearchKit framework , 11,000 iPhone users contract up for one of the studies . Stanford Researchers were amazed at the response for the MyHeart Counts app that study heart health by measuring a user ’s daily activity , fitness level , and other factor ....
If I were Tim Cook right now , I would n’t be vex about Apple Watch sales agreement potential . Oh , it will sell . The newTV spotis inspiring , and the stainless blade cultivation on these watch attend fan - frigging - amazing . Add in Apple ’s trademark surprise - and - delight , and all sign steer to long line on launching day . No , if I were Tim Cook , I ’d be more implicated about peopleusingthe Watch thanbuyingthe Watch ....
