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Thursday June 27, 2019. 02:59 PM
Jack Morse writes how we should cover up our phone’s selfie camera, but doesn’t spend much time telling us why. 90% of the article is about webcams on laptops. The only phone-related thing mentioned is the iOS FaceTime bug. Ultimately the choice to cover up the selfie...
We have a deal on a 1-year subscription to Startup 3, a website building service. It features drag-and-drop design, and pre-designed blocks, elements and Bootstrap templates you can customize. And, you can do it all right from your browser. This 1-year subscription is...
Can anywhere in the U.S. challenge Silicon Valley, and San Franciso in particular, to become America’s next tech hub? Economist Tyler Cowen thinks he has the answer. He puts the case for LA in his latest Bloomberg column. First, consider the virtues of the Los Angeles area. ...
Apple has been skating to the privacy puck for years, and Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro argue it’s about time Apple got some credit for it. They also talk about John’s thesis that Disney Plus pricing threw a spanner into Apple’s plans for Apple TV Plus.
There are popular products in Apple’s lineup of consumer products. But the resurgence of the Mac suggests that Apple realizes that scientists won’t be doing research that changes the world on an iPad.
Opera released a new browser for iOS today called Opera Touch. Opera Touch is designed to let you explore the web using just one hand. The Fast Action Button is always available on your browser screen and gives you direct access to Instant Search. You can also swipe the...
Wednesday June 26, 2019. 08:43 PM
John Martellaro and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss the new macOS read-only volume and ISP budgets for lobbying lawmakers.
Yesterday Mozilla announced a new project called Track THIS that aims to fool advertisers. It lets you pretend to be someone else for a while.
Jason Dedrick, Greg Linden, and Kenneth L. Kraemer broke down the cost of the iPhone and showed how China doesn’t get as much value from iPhone exports as we think. So what about all of those famous factories in China with millions of workers making iPhones? The companies...
All 800,000+ Shopify merchants now support Apple Business Chat. Merchants can use Shopify Ping to respond to customers.
Savings bank Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken will become another German institution supporting Apple Pay. The move will happen sometime by the end of 2019, AppleInsider reported. The Euro-Cheque card is not expected to be supported at launch. That will follow at a later date....
Starting today and for a limited time, Visible is removing its 5 Mbps speed cap for new and existing members. Speed Cap Visible is a relatively new prepaid carrier that uses Verizon’s network. Disclosure: I’ve been a member since the beginning of this year and I’m happy with...
The NSA has been found to have improperly collected the phone records of U.S. citizens. Again. The Wall Street journal reported on documents obtained by the ACLU. It said that the collection took place in October but it was unknown how many records were involved. The name ...
GIPHY unveiled a new SDK that makes it even easier for iOS developers to integrate its GIF library, stickers, emojis and text into an app.
We have a deal on the myGEKOgear MagiClaw smartphone and camera mount. This claw-grip mount features a ball head that can rotate 360 degrees to get the perfect viewing angle. Plus, the phone mount stretches up to 3.35 inches so you can use it with smartphones and action cams ...
Paul Bischoff gives us a breakdown of the top 25 lobbying spenders in 2018, and how much they spent. 2018 was the biggest year yet for ISP lobbying at $80 million. Top spenders include AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast, which have amassed lobbying expenses of $341 million, $265...
Ever dreamed of managing one of the biggest pop acts on the planet? Well, South Korean pop superstars BTS are giving you that chance in their new iOS game. In BTS World, you start leading the band from their formation in 2012. It gives fans the chance to hear each band...
Apple released a guide with information on all the Democratic presidential hopefuls in Apple News, which it will update during the campaign.
Apple completed the purchase of self-driving car startup Drive.ai, a struggling self-driving vehicle startup.
At WWDC 2019, Apple announced that macOS Catalina would reside in its own read-only volume. Security is greatly enhanced.
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