Category: iPad
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A High School Drummer Keeps Drumming, Defying Degenerative Disease
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEthan Och plays in the high school band in Swanville, Minnesota (USA Today article that includes video from KARE-TV), despite spinal muscular atrophy– thanks to an iPad. The imagination of the band director and the commitment of community sponsors that support the band is pretty incredible. [ via LoopInsight.com ]
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Is Cook’s Team Fostering a New Era of Apple Secrecy?
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreat post this morning by Dave Mark on The Loop called iWatch speculation, where he cites James Gill’s Why Would Apple make a watch? Gill said: Not long after Tim Cook took over as full time CEO, he made a promise: “We’re going to double down on secrecy.” A few years on…
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Are Critics Misunderstanding the Reason Apple is Recommending Two-Step Verification?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the wake of the targeted attack that was perpetrated on the individual iCloud accounts of a number of female celebrities, an Apple Media Advisory recommended that “all users… always use a strong password and enable two-step verification.” This resulted in stern criticism for Apple from some writers and analysts. For example:…
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iOS 7.1 Released
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am really pleased to hear that Apple released iOS 7.1 today. There are a lot of features that improve services that I like, and we have waited a long time for this update to mature to the point where it could be released. Some of the improvements that stand out to…
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Sanctions Maker of an Extremely Popular Flashlight App for Android
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFast Company reports that an Android app called “Brightest Flashlight Free” has been found to collect location information and device identifiers for the phones on which the app is running, even if the user opted out of collection of that information. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges in their press release…
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What Benefits Does Apple Get from Acquiring Topsy?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today Apple acquired Topsy Labs, a company primarily known for offering search and data analysis tools that work with the Twitter data stream since 2006. Most analysts believe that it isn’t immediately clear how Apple will use Topsy’s know how, or its access to the Twitter firehose. Here are my…
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Significant Changes to iCloud Photo Stream and Photo Sharing Limits
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Saturday, Daring Fireball reported that significant changes had been made to iCloud Photo Stream and Photo Sharing limits. These are the current limits: The My Photo Stream limits below are established based on anticipated upload patterns. Currently, My Photo Stream upload limits are as follows: Uploads to My Photo Stream…