Apple seems a bit miffed that Zoom is a verb, and now Apple is racing to add features to FaceTime that mimic those of Zoom. The upshot: Zoom can have the business, but Apple wants a big piece of shared consumer experiences. At the WWDC keynote, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, […]
Apple just revealed its plans for the iPad lineup by previewing the next version of its operating system, iPadOS 15. The announcement was made during the opening keynote of this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference . Due to the pandemic, the entire event was once again held virtually and live-streamed. What’s new in iPadOS 15? Going […]
With the WWDC 2021 keynote, CEO Tim Cook, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi, and Apple’s merry band of executives delivered an evolutionary roadmap and features that are aimed at multiple competitors. And although Apple rarely names those competitors, the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Zoom, the ad industry, VPNs, and even Peloton […]
A big part of making security work is educating users about the importance of it, and how quickly (and usually effortlessly) the bad guys can take advantage of our mistakes. This is exactly what iVerify does. Must read: I just found my lost AirTag… you’ll never guess where it went First and foremost, iVerify is […]
Video: Microsoft hits “human milestone” with Chinese-to-English machine translator Microsoft is continuing to try to seed its Edge browser beyond Windows. On March 26, Microsoft announced that its Edge browser apps are now generally available for iPads and Android tablets. The Edge apps already are available for iOS and Android phone devices. The iPad version […]
Specs for Apple’s new iPad Earlier this week we saw Apple CEO Tim Cook take the stage with a sales pitch designed to convince schools to end their love affair with Google’s Chromebook and make a switch to the iPad. But the Chromebook still beats the iPad in one critical way. Must read: iOS 11.3: […]
(Image: ZDNet) iPhone or iPad users, if you update to iOS 11.3 now, you’ll have new features and a bunch of security updates. But you’ll still be just as vulnerable to on-device phishing attacks as you ever were. A long-expected privacy icon debuts in the software update out Thursday which help users identify when Apple […]
Video: Google Assistant vs Siri vs Bing: This IQ test shows which is smarter In a previous article, I discussed the huge lead Amazon has over competitors in the IoT space, namely Google and Apple. Read also: Why Microsoft is splitting up Windows in its latest reorganization Alexa has virtually all the market share when […]
Video: Can Apple cut into Google’s education tech lead? Apple, once a company that dared to think different when its products just worked, continues to erode itself to the point where it’s just the shell of its former self. Must read: Meltdown and Spectre – Is your PC vulnerable? Case in point: Look at how […]
Think iOS is buggy? You’re not alone, and the bugs are now so commonplace that Apple didn’t even spot the cameo appearance of one in its latest ad for the iPhone X. Must read: Meltdown and Spectre — Is your PC vulnerable? The bug, which was spotted by the eagle-eyes of Benjamin Mayo of 9to5Mac, […]