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Emergency Security Update
Had you heard? Apple Issues Emergency Security Update YouTube video MacRumor’s Juli Clover provides a concise piece: Apple Releases iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8 With Security Updates Make haste! Do not delay! Get your iDevices and Watches updated NOW. Thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple security, Dave Whitby, Had You Heard?, iOS 14.8, Juli Clover, MacRumors, Red Alert
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New Apple Gear
The announcement of a new personal computer is rarely a big deal. In most cases, new laptops are perhaps a little faster, a little lighter and have a tad more battery life than their predecessor. But the three new PCs … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Reviews
Tagged Apple, hardware, Larry Magid, M1, Mac mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, The Merc, The Mercury News
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Billion Dollar Apple
I was blown away when I learned Apple had become the first trillion-dollar company in August 2018, and I’m flabbergasted to learn that — at least as of Wednesday morning – the company was worth over $2 trillion.… Thus begins … Continue reading
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Stock vs Products
So… should you buy products from your preferred providers, or buy their stock? Never thought about such things? Neither I, until Phil Goodman brought this Web link up at the General meeting last night. Really interesting! We’re talking about Yaron … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple stock, Phil Goodman, TNW, Yaron Yitzhak
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Did You Know?
Not all is lost! Apple Stores are opening; slowly, perhaps, but it’s happening. On AppleInsider, Wesley Hilliard reports: Apple is slowly opening up stores around the globe as lockdown restrictions are lifted. Here’s where they’ve opened up, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple Stores, AppleInsider, Sean McKinley, Wesley Hilliard
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Apple Just Announced
Key Points: During the WWDC 2020 keynote, Apple revealed iOS 14 with a new home screen for iPhones, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, watchOS 7 and more. It also said it will begin to switch to using its own Apple … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, CNBC, iOS 14, Jeane Harris, Kif Leswing, WWDC
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WWDC 2020
WWDC starts today. We should be hearing lots of good stuff coming from Infinite Loop! Since WWDC is digital-only this year, I’m hoping we’ll be getting lots of online reports, videos, etc. I’ll share as much of it as I … Continue reading
Architecture
And how did we shift from computers to architecture? Besides that my father-in-law was an architect? We’re talking about CPU architecture here, and Apple has a bit of a history: Over the last 36 years, the Apple Macintosh has had … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple CPUs, Benj Edwards, How-To Geek
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T2 Explained
A couple of years ago, Apple introduced the T2 chip. It combined several formerly separate controllers, refining operations and increasing security. Check out what it does for us and our Macs here: Apple’s New T2 Chip Explained: What does it … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Leonard Ross, Lon.TV, security, T2 chip
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Tim Cook Defends Apple’s Encryption Policy
On YouTube, Apple CEO Tim Cook explains Apple’s encryption and privacy policies, in a discussion with WSJ’s Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker at the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October (2015). This was posted in February, 2016, … Continue reading
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