Tag: apple
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Living with an Android
At the end of October, I took plunge and pre-ordered a Google Pixel 3. Prior to November 1st, I’d never owned a smart phone other an iPhone. On July 11, 2009 I traded in my Motorola flip phone for an iPhone 3G and have never looked back. So this switch to Android is definitely a…
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What’s up with Face ID timeouts?
The Loop posted a great summary of Apple’s Face ID security whitepaper. Two points about how the timeout works really baffled me. Face ID is disabled when: The device hasn’t been unlocked for more than 48 hours. The passcode hasn’t been used to unlock the device in the last 156 hours (six and a half…
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TeeVee for WP: building Apple TV apps with WordPress Plugins
Imagine you create tonnes of great video content every day and publish it all through WordPress. Your viewer can watch your amazing shows everywhere…on iPhones, iPads, iMacs, but not their TVs. Wouldn’t it be great to have a branded Apple TV app so that all your viewers could watch your content in full screen glory? Well…
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48 hours with Apple Music
I’ve been a subscriber to rdio for a couple of years, streaming music isn’t anything new to me. So I was very interested to check out Apple’s implementation. Here’s my take after using it for the last couple of days. The Good Playlists: The curated playlists are feature I didn’t expect to use much, but I’ve spent…
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Encryption, The Best Feature of iOS8
With today’s launch of iOS8, Apple has begun to encrypt all your things. As detailed in the new “privacy” section on apple.com, all iCloud data is now encrypted end-to-end. On Apple’s servers, in transit and presumably on your device. In other words, it’s technically impossible for Apple to comply with government or legal surveillance requests.…