Apple is changingthe way the Share button works in iOS 13 and iPad OS. What are those changes, how will they work and how can you manage them?The growing importance of Apple’s Share Sheet The share button hasn’t been around since the inception of…
Lees meerNews that Siri records snippets of our conversations with the voice assistant isn’t new, but claims that those short recordings are listened to by human agents is– particularly in light of the company’s big push on privacy.These are bad optics I’…
Lees meerApple’s decision to invest a billion dollars in purchasing most of Intel’s modem development unit will bring rewards in future. Here’s what you need to know:More Patents Apple takes control of over 17,000 wireless technology patents as a result o…
Lees meerZipnostic is running a pilot program in New York that shows how Apple could revolutionize health care – all it takes is smarter sensors.First line response The vision for digital health is one in which smart machines work with data from smart sen…
Lees meerTake these with plenty of salt, but silly season has returned and tongues seem to be turning on what to expect from the 2020 iPhone. Here's some of the more credible claims:Apple to ship a 5G iPhone Apple is expected to introduce support for 5G i…
Lees meerApple understands that the greatest benefits technology provides can only be realized when technology becomes accessible and easy-to-use. That’s why the company has taken giant steps to improve Siri Shortcuts in iOS 13.Automation for the people W…
Lees meerLike liberty for all, privacy demands vigilance, and that’s why Apple users who care about those things are moving to DuckDuckGo for search.Why use DuckDuckGo? Privacy is under attack.It doesn’t take much effort to prove this truth. At time of wr…
Lees meerWe are all spending more time talking to our computers. This is a changing interaction with machines. Amazon’s meteoric climb up the Apple App Store charts should be all the proof you need that the age of voice is here.Hey Siri, speak to Alexa Wh…
Lees meerIf you travel frequently and use an iPhone or iPad, then you simply must familiarize yourself with these two tips – they’ll make it much easier to secure your device and its contents when you are on the move.In praise of Face ID I’ve become very …
Lees meerThere’s a claim Apple has canned development of AR glasses. This makes no sense to me – I think it means they are coming sooner than we thought.Through an (augmented) glass darkly “Apple has suspended the development of head-mounted display (HMD)…
Lees meerWhat happens if your AirPods become your primary connection with all your computing devices, accessed in the cloud?What if you could interact with remote systems using Voice Control? That’s a nice dream, I guess, but the big challenge to developi…
Lees meerApple quite evidently plans many interesting improvements in its iCloud service this year. So, what’s going on?What we know so far about Apple's iCloud plans Apple at WWDC made several announcements that will be reliant on iCloud – these include …
Lees meerWe’ve already looked at many of the multitasking features you’ll find in iPadOS, but one of the most useful may be the Mac-compatible Sidecar mode, which lets you use your Apple tablet as a secondary display.What is Sidecar? Available to Mac user…
Lees meerApple has been firmly focused on photography since the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007, and this devotion comes into its own with the on-device computer vision AI it brings in iOS 13.On-device image intelligence Apple has developed power…
Lees meerNow that macOS Catalina public beta testing has begun, Apple today made good its promise to disable its Back to My Mac remote access feature for all versions of its Mac operating systems. What alternatives exist?What has Apple done? Back to My Ma…
Lees meerOnce upon a time there was a company with a few weeks left to live in desperate search of leadership and a good idea. That’s the Apple story that got us here:Change is here The Apple that gave us the iMac reflected a time when liberal individuali…
Lees meerApple surprised everybody Thursday with news of the imminent departure of its Chief Design Officer, Sir Jony Ive. And while it is certainly the end of an era, the company will prevail.Why is Ive leaving? There are hundreds of hot takes around, bu…
Lees meerI’ve spent a little time working with the new multitasking features you’ll find in the now available iPad OS beta, and thought some first impressions of these might be of some small interest to readers.What did Apple do? Apple made a huge deal ar…
Lees meerGiant ecommerce platform Shopify has introduced Apple Business Chat support for use across its worldwide network of 800,000 online merchants, meaning even small firms can now offer this kind of customer interaction. I contacted Michael Perry, dir…
Lees meerMillions are exploring the iOS 13 public beta now that it is available. As they do, they should take a look at these easy-to-miss features in Apple's new iPhone OS.The hidden mouse You can use a Bluetooth mouse with an iPad – to some extent – but…
Lees meerApple officially opened up its Public Beta Program today for its newest deskop OS.So I thought it might be useful to share some first impressions of macOS Catalina. I’ve spent a little time with it since its introduction at WWDC. You can try macO…
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