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Tim Cook was one of the only Silicon Valley execs to talk at theWhite House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection , held on Friday in Palo Alto . Mark Zuckerberg , Marissa Mayer , Larry Page , and Eric Schmidt were invited , but all refuse to look . And President Barack Obama did Apple a solid in comeback : The White House declare thatApple Pay will soon support federal - payment cards , such as debit entry wag issued for Social Security and veterans benefits ....

Online dating used to be a way for timid , socially embarrassing hoi polloi to gather their ( timid , socially awkward)soulmatesand begin relationships based on , well , more than just looks and sex . But when go out sites moved from the pumped up cyberspace to smartphones , well , let ’s just saythings started to go downhill . Now , instead of questionnaire - based sites like eHarmony , we have live - or - not style apps like Tinder ....

Free - to - play game often look appealing , but it ’s hard to have a go at it at a coup d’oeil whether the business model is insidious and play ruin , or reasonable and worth pump a few sawbuck into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a recent free - to - gambling iOS biz , put it through its paces , and allow you know if it ’s really worth your clip ( and money ) ....

On January 19 , I pick up an electronic mail from Apple ’s iTunes Store hold a list of songs I had recently buy . The only trouble ? I had n’t bought any of them . Now , I ’m highly paranoid about accounting issues , and havetwo - step verificationenabled on both of my Apple IDs . I checked to verify no other configurations had been vary and I had n’t seen any telltales of my account being cracked ....

These days , keeping up with games can be a full - time job . So how do you separate the signal from the noise , the straw from the straw , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play . We ’ve seen stacks of game based on funny books , many more styled to see like comics irrespective of inheritance , and even a couple set in comic - panel worlds — Sega Genesis favourite Comix Zone comes to mind ....

Apple does n’t lag behind , especially when it comes to music . The iTunes Storewas one of the first ways to legally corrupt digital music , Steve Jobs managed to coaxthe record labels into agreeing todrop DRM , andiTunes Matchgave hoi polloi who ’d endue years into growing large personal euphony collection a way to dip their toes into the convenience of streaming . Still , when it come in to a real streaming service , companionship likeSpotifyandRdioare way ahead ....

I ’m still far from completing my EGOT , but I pass Saturday as a crowd extra for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic . You have it off , the one written by Aaron Sorkin and guide by Danny Boyle . And if you ’re expecting major plot reveals from the day ’s shot , you will be let down , because when you ’re an extra there really is n’t much plot to talk of ....

There ’s no bigger genre in competitive gaming right now than MOBAs ( or multiplayer online battle stadium games ) , which pit small teams against each other to destroy the fundament at the other ending of the mathematical function . information processing system entries like League of Legends and Dota 2 command meg of day-after-day players and have inject to the top of the eSports earth . Also , the top games in the genre are free , put traditional $ 60 or subscription - based games to shame with their role player devotion ....

If you ’re looking to look out Super Bowl XLIX online this Sunday , NBC has you covered . Just like other networks that have offered a free unrecorded flow of the Super Bowl in old long time , in 2015 NBC will make the game useable through its NBC Sports website and mobile app . Still , getting it onto the gimmick of your choosing could be tricky , so read on for the best way to watch the Super Bowl without a cable television subscription ....

These days , keeping up with games can be a full - time job . So how do you break up the signal from the noise , the wheat from the chaff , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? admit us to help by on a regular basis take a game You Should dally . It ’s always awesome to see a breathtaking , unique , and thoroughly innovative puzzle game belt down up on the App Store , and this hebdomad we ’re especially impressed with Triada Studio Games ’ light - and - shadow - drama linear perspective secret plan , Shadowmatic ....

destitute - to - play games often look appealing , but it ’s unmanageable to know at a glance whether the business role model is pernicious and fun ruining , or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a late free - to - play iOS plot , put it through its paces , and let you bang if it ’s really deserving your meter ( and money ) ....

Apple made all the moneylast quarter — its $ 18 billion in profit is not only the best quarter Apple ’s ever had , it ’s the in effect quarterany caller has ever had , and a jaw - dropping 74.5 million iPhones sold is a big reason why . But criminal record - shattering $ 74.6 billion tax income were n’t the most interesting part of Tuesday ’s Q1 2015 earnings league call , in which Tim Cook contain questions from analysts about the rest of Apple ’s design for success , and how to keep this impulse going ....

Recently I shared a couple of tips for culling undesirable images from your iPhoto program library and they were receive with enough exuberance that I think I ’d offer a few more confidential information for easily filtering ( and deleting ) those images you do n’t want . Let ’s start with EXIF datum . image you take with a digital photographic camera have metadata engraft in them . Using iPhoto ’s Search study you’re able to , well , look for through this metadata ....