“With iOS 10, iPhone and iPad are about to get a bigger, bolder, and more brilliant makeover — in more ways than one. iOS 7 was a complete redesign, wiping away rich textures and putting physics-based interactions in its place.”
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Month: July 2016
macOS Sierra public beta arrives today
“The first macOS Sierra public beta is rolling out later today, accoriding to Apple. Presumably based on the same or similar code to the second developer beta of macOS Sierra, this one’s available to everyone who’s in Apple’s Beta Software Program.”
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FAQ: How to use Auto Unlock with watchOS 3 and macOS Sierra beta 2
“Auto Unlock is now available in macOS Sierra Developer Preview Seed 2, and on Tuesday, we demonstrated how it works with our hands-on video. Yet, there are still many lingering questions about Auto Unlock, such as hardware requirements, range requirements, etc.”
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See the things you’ve searched for, visited, and watched on Google services
“This link will take you to a page that shows you the Google services that are tracking you, along with a history for each of those services. It would be interesting to see a list of all the data Google has harvested from me. I’d also like to see the same thing from Facebook and Apple.”
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MailButler review: The supercharged personal assistant for Apple Mail
“Critics are quick to dismiss Apple’s built-in Mail app on OS X, but I prefer Mail over the new kids on the block, simply because it works and doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel.”
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Barclays Releases Contactless bPay Loop for Any Watch Strap
When Apple Pay officially went live in the UK almost a year ago, it was supported by every major bank except Barclays, which waited a further nine months before joining in. The reason was because Barclays was trying to push its own mobile payment service, bPay – which is actually just a contactless card chip embedded into a variety of physical objects.
bPay hasn’t exactly set the world alight, and the bank’s latest attempt to persuade people to use it is to effectively offer UK customers a poor man’s Apple Watch: a chip embedded into a rubber loop that you slip into any watch band. The bPay Loop costs just £19.99 ($26).
While the Loop does effectively allow you to make contactless payments with any watch, it should be noted that as it offers no authentication, it acts just like a standard contactless card, with no security and a £30 ($40) transaction limit. The real thing, in contrast, has no transaction limits when used at many UK retailers.
This seems totally inconceivable that this got approved and then produced – what is more stunning is that they want to charge their own customers £20 for it. Shameful.
See Upcoming watchOS 3 Feature Scribble in Action Now
“I made and uploaded a brief video of Scribble so you can see it in action. The experience of using Scribble is delightful. It’s an excellent solution to the lack of a keyboard on the Apple Watch, not that I’d want a keyboard on the tiny screen.”
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Here’s everything new in iOS 10 beta 2
“Apple today seeded a second beta of iOS 10 to its registered developers and this time around, release notes are pretty packed to reflect that the company has squashed many bugs in iOS 10 beta 2 while also bringing out a bunch of notable changes, refinements and new features.”
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Developer Beta 2 is out for iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3, and tvOS 10
“Developers, don your Upgrading Gloves, because Apple has new betas out for its upcoming operating systems. On Tuesday, Apple released Developer Beta 2 for all four OSes getting upgrades this fall: iOS 10, macOS Sierra (10.12), tvOS 10, and watchOS 3.”
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iCloud celebrity hacker pleads guilty, faces maximum five years in prison
“A hacker has pleaded guilty for his role in the “Celebgate” breach of 2014. Edward Majerczyk faces up to five years in federal prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.”
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