August 3, 2016
Khürt WilliamsFeatured articles from around the web. In the science fiction of yesteryear, artificial agents were presented as helpful, local companions. The scope of the internet and its ability to drill into our private lives wasn’t a pervasive theme. Nowadays, we have AI agents built by giant technology companies that want to build AI agents to learn about us, store that data, and sell things instead ...
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It’s sadly typical that, with anything Apple announces, there’s always a segment who will rend their garments and cry to the heavens about how much they hate whatever it is Apple is doing. The reaction to macOS Sierra is no different. As Adam points out, no one is forcing you to use macOS Sierra or any of its newest ...
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A bizarre twist, Apple infringing on a Chinese patent, but that’s what’s being reported. Important to note that Apple has the right to appeal (can’t imagine they won’t) and that this ruling applies to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and not the current models.
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Not a huge surprise given some of the things Trump has said about Apple at the very least.
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Khürt WilliamsFeatured articles from around the web. Why is it that every misstep Apple makes has to be a sign of greater woes? Hyperbole is not just a river in Egypt, you know.
Its nt a river anywhere, actually. The Macalope’s not sure why he said that.
Writing for Mashable, Raymond Wong says “The Apple Watch epitomizes how Apple lost its magic touch.” (Tip o’ the antlers to ...
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Khürt WilliamsFeatured articles from around the web. Mobile payment platforms aren’t taking off because consumers don’t trust them. Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to discuss a Pew study looking at who uses mobile payment systems like Apple Pay, and they also dive into Apple’s reasoning for not bringing iMessage to Google’s Android platform. Read more at The Mac Observer
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Khürt WilliamsFeatured articles from around the web. While big updates like iOS 10 and massive rethinks like watchOS 3 might have commanded the lion’s share of attention during Apple’s WWDC keynote and the ensuing aftermath of discussion and Zapruder-level dissection, it’s worthwhile to pause for a moment and consider the state of Apple’s most venerable platform, the Mac.
No longer burdened by its increasingly dated X-laden moniker, ...
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Kirk McElhearn: Apple has released developer previews of iOS 10 and macOS 10.12. There are major changes to Apple Music, and they show up in both iTunes and the Music app on iOS. It’s worth noting that Apple can roll out these changes whenever they want in iTunes; they don’t need to actually update the app. Elements such as the ...
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Khürt WilliamsFeatured articles from around the web. Steve Harris is trying to delete images in the Image Capture app, but a lock icon appears on photos. He wonders how to proceed.
The most common reason for this is that you’ve mounted a memory card through a Mac’s SD Card slot or an external card reader, but the card’s tiny lock switch has been flipped on. I have ...
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Khürt Williams Apple argued that Caltech did not file the lawsuit until May 26, 2016, more than six years after the publication of the 802.11n wireless standard, and thereby the time limit to collect damages has passed under U.S. law. It also argued that Caltech does not make, use, or sell any product that practices any claim of the asserted patents. ∞ Read this on The Loop
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