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Tuesday March 5, 2019. 07:06 PM
I know, “NSFW teen film” is a phrase not usually found in the media. But this one is enlightening. It’s a short, 17-minute film called Pocket, directed by Mishka Kornai and written by Zach Wechter. It’s an attempt to show a day in the life of a teenager, specifically from...
Uber Rewards is a loyalty program for frequent riders. It launched in nine cities in November 2018 and now it is available across the U.S.
A new in-depth report on Politico revealed the full extent of Apple’s involvement in the U.S.-China trade dispute, And how it was it was successful. A key factor was that CEO Tim Cook remained one of the few tech-leaders who engaged directly with President Donald Trump...
Google publicly disclosed a zero-day flaw in macOS found by two researchers after Apple failed to fix it within a 90-day deadline.
The NSA spying program that analyzed the calls and texts of American citizens has allegedly been shut down. Christopher Augustine, an N.S.A. spokesman, told The New York Times in January that agency officials were “carefully evaluating all aspects” of the Freedom Act...
Spotify launched in India under a week ago. It now has over a million unique users in the country, providing more competition to Apple Music.
Despite cord cutting getting ever more popular, lots of people continue to put up lots of arguments against it. The thing is, most of them just do not make sense. Fast Company helpfully compiled a list of 6 of the dumbest arguments against cord cutting. Something to deploy, ...
Apple acquired patent’s from Lighthouse AI in late 2018, it has emerged. Apple purchased 8 patents from the smart home security startup. They related to, amongst other things, computer-vision based security, visual authentication, and incident sharing. Lighthouse AI closed...
The latest version of Facebook Messenger for iOS now has Dark Mode, but you don’t switch it on in the way you might expect.
Want to learn the big secret to keeping your computer happy? How about how to share contacts? What about some quick tips about using calendar? This is what Mac Geek Gab is all about, and Dave and John help guide you through all of this, including getting your questions...
Monday March 4, 2019. 11:40 PM
Wired writes: Foldable phones like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei’s Mate X are coming, whether you’re ready or not. In fact, they’re coming whether they’re ready or not. The software remains untested or nonexistent. The prices are either astronomical or...
House Democrats will introduce a bill this Wednesday called Save the Internet Act in a bid to restore net neutrality rules.
John Braun is a software engineer, multiple patent holder, a Mac Observer Contributor and co-host of the Mac Observer’s podcast Mac Geek Gab (MGG). That podcast launched in 2005, and John has co-hosted 750 episodes to date. We chatted about John’s early interest in computers...
At a hospital in New Orleans a program for pregnant women called Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (MOM) was set up like a Genius Bar and is compatible with HealthKit. Hatamian was intrigued and agreed to sign up. After her first visit with an obstetrician, she went over ...
The flaw lets a hacker make changes to a file without informing the operating system.
Bryan Chaffin and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s International Women’s Day comments and Hollywood interference.
USB is suffering a clusterf*ck of names. Last week 3.2 was finalized, and today the media is talking about USB4. This one will bring Thunderbolt 3 speeds. You probably won’t see USB4 hardware in the near future, however. The USB 3.2 specification was published in 2017 and...
Visible is an MVNO that leases Verizon’s network to offer a US$40/month phone plan. But Andrew keeps having problems with texting.
We have a deal on the Series 3 Apple Watch With GPS. I’m linking directly to the deal for a 38mm white Apple Watch with GPS for $269.99, which is $9.01 off retail. You can also choose the black model from a pulldown-menu, as well as the black and white versions of the 42mm...
JetBlue is introducing a contest. Three winners can fly JetBlue free for a year if they delete all of their Instagram photos and post a new photo using a JetBlue template. Upload and customize your image with the tool below,then download and post to Instagram with @JETBLUE...
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