AppleMagazine
VIRGINIA FIRST TO ROLL OUT PANDEMIC APP FROM APPLE, GOOGLE
Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. state to use new pandemic technology created by Apple and Google.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
PHIL SCHILLER ADVANCES TO APPLE FELLOW
Apple announced that Phil Schiller will become an Apple Fellow, continuing a storied career that began at Apple in 1987. In this role, which reports to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Schiller will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events. Greg (Joz) Joswiak, a longtime leader within the Product Marketing organization, will join the executive team as senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
SONY'S PROFIT UP AS PEOPLE STAYING HOME PLAY VIDEO GAMES
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. said that its April-June profit jumped 53% as its video game and other online businesses thrived with people staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
EU REGULATORS INVESTIGATING GOOGLE'S PLAN TO BUY FITBIT
European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation into Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
BEYONCÉ'S ‘BLACK IS KING' IS SUPREME BLACK ART
King Beyoncé’s new film takes you on a journey of Black art, music, history and fashion as the superstar transports you to Africa to tell the story of a young man in search of his crown, matched to epic songs she created while inspired by “The Lion King.”
3 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
A SWEET TEARJERKER IN WWII FILM ‘SUMMERLAND'
“Summerland” might look like something you’ve seen before: A scenic story about a schoolchild who must leave London during the war and take up shelter with a reluctant caregiver. But while it is comfortingly familiar in many ways, and a little cliche and overwrought in others, it also has a modern edge and bite to it that keeps it novel enough to sustain interest.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #458
Fast Company
Fostering innovation at scale
How Dell Technologies continues to advance after decades in the business
2 min |
September 2020
Techlife News
RECORD SURGE IN DAILY SHIPPING VOLUMES FOR UPS IN 2Q
The pandemic-fueled boom in online shopping shows no signs of slowing down, providing more business for delivery companies like United Parcel Service Inc.
3 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
IN REVERSAL, CES GADGET SHOW WON'T BE IN-PERSON AFTER ALL
CES, one of the world’s biggest technology conferences, will be a virtual event in January due to the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal from May when organizers said it would go on as a smaller gathering in Las Vegas.
1 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
HAWAII PLACED ON JAPANESE LIST OF SAFE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Hawaii was listed among 12 countries and regions the Japanese government considers safe international travel destinations for its citizens during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
1 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
PANDEMIC HITS COMCAST 2Q; PEACOCK SERVICE HAS 10M SIGN-UPS
The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers cut back.
2 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
STARBUCKS SAYS IT SEES BETTER TIMES AHEAD AS STORES REOPEN
Starbucks’ revenue shrank 38% in its most recent quarter but the coffee giant says it’s recovering faster than expected as its stores reopen from coronavirus lockdowns.
2 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
HUAWEI OVERTAKES SAMSUNG AS TOP SMARTPHONE SELLER: REPORT
A technology research firm says Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the world’s biggest smartphone seller, as its home market in China emerged from the coronavirus pandemic better off than other economies.
1 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
FOR THESE KIDS, NO ADVENTURES TO CHOOSE
On a recent car ride, my sons, Billy and Jimmy, were discussing an interactive “Minecraft” show on Netflix that allowed them to choose the direction of the story. I said it sounded like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, an artifact of my 1980s childhood.
3 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
GARMIN ACKNOWLEDGES CYBERATTACK, DOESN'T MENTION RANSOMWARE
The GPS device maker Garmin Ltd. acknowledged this week being victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline. It said systems would be fully restored in the next days.
1 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
ANOTHER DULL GO-AROUND WITH ‘THE KISSING BOOTH 2'
We all like bad movies when we’re young and sometimes we like good movies for the wrong reasons. I can pretend my 11-year-old self loved “Clueless” when it came out in 1995 for its smart satire of teen movies in a modernized Jane Austen framework. But if I’m being honest, it definitely had more to do with that dreamy Los Angeles high school lifestyle, a burgundy baby doll dress, a fuzzy pink pen and a handsome love interest. It just happens that “Clueless” was also a good movie.
3 min |
Techlife News #457
Techlife News
EU, IN FIRST-EVER CYBER SANCTIONS, HITS RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE
The European Union slapped sanctions on six people and three organizations, including Russia’s military intelligence agency, accusing them of responsibility for several cyber-attacks that threatened EU interests.
1 min |
Techlife News #457
AppleMagazine
GUIDE DOGS HELPING BLIND RUNNERS STAY FIT DESPITE PANDEMIC
Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide. But Thomas Panek has no problem because his running guide, Blaze, is a Labrador retriever.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TUMBLES IN JULY AS COVID-19 SPREADS
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country.
1 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
NASA'S NEXT MARS ROVER IS BRAWNIEST AND BRAINIEST ONE YET
With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover.
3 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
U.S. AGENCY: PANDEMIC MASKS THWARTING FACE RECOGNITION TECH
Having a tough time recognizing your neighbors behind their pandemic masks? Computers are finding it more difficult, too.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
XBOX: TAKING YOUR PLAY TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH SERIES X
Games Showcase, we edged even closer to the release of one of the world’s most advanced gaming machines.
6 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC SHOWS OFF PASSENGER SPACESHIP CABIN INTERIOR
Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able to see themselves floating weightless against the backdrop of the Earth below while 16 cameras document the adventures, the company said.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBE GETS BACK BIG SUR ANCESTRAL LANDS
A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ago.
1 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Australian Watchdog Accuses Google of Privacy Breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google this week alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data.
3 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Can You Trust Your Mobile Payment App?
Money transfer apps including Venmo, Cash App and PayPal have surged in popularity during the pandemic as people seek safe, contactless ways to send and receive money. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand the limitations of these payment platforms or how they can put someone’s finances at risk.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Google to Keep Most of Its Employees at Home Until July 2021
Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic’s potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world’s most trusted internet search engine.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
RotorDrone
POWERING UP
Drone space consolidation is about to become a reality
5 min |
August/ September 2020
RotorDrone
EYES OVER THE WORLD
Aerial photo secrets from around the globe
6 min |
August/ September 2020
RotorDrone
ELEVATE YOUR ART
A tool is only as good as the hands that yield it, which likely explains why having the most advanced drone isn’t necessarily the ticket to creating incredible works of aerial art.
1 min |