Operation Gadget
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iPhone 4s Performance Under iOS 8 is Good
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome of you may know that I am using an iPhone 4s temporarily because I broke my 5s about a week ago. I upgraded the 4s I’m using to iOS 8 this afternoon, and the performance of the 4s feels about the same to me under the new operating system as…
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Tim Cook on Privacy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUpdate: This article was published about 12 hours before Apple published A message from Tim Cook about Apple’s commitment to your privacy. Here’s Part 2 of Charlie Rose’s interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook: I thought that the most interesting part of the second part of this interview was right near…
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Apple Watch is Said to Easily Support Use by Left-Handed People
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the first things that my son Jimmy asked about when he saw the film previewing the Apple Watch was, “Will I be able to use it?” Jimmy is left-handed. My reaction was to say that you can probably turn the face 180 degrees, and swap the top and bottom…
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Will The Apple Watch Change Us the Way Other iOS Devices Have?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaybe you were blown away by Apple’s announcements yesterday: iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and Apple Watch. Wait, what? We were ready for the introduction of a wearable device. Some people were sure it was a watch. Some people thought it was the iWatch. It turned out to be the Apple…
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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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Anti-Apple Publications Start Recognizing Apple’s Excellence
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the last few years, Business Insider has made a name for itself by finding a way to point out the negative implications of current technology news on Apple Inc. So, I was surprised to read Jay Yarrow’s post, It’s Pretty Clear That Apple Is Winning The War With Samsung, which discusses…
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Heavily-Modded Microsoft Surface Tablets Used on NFL Sidelines for the First Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s Hall of Fame game between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills was the first official NFL game where Microsoft Surface tablets were available as an alternative to printed overhead black and white photos. Operation Gadget was one of the first sites to capture a live picture from an…
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The NFL is Focusing on Conditioning for Its Officials This Season
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy sister pointed out this article from The Wall Street Journal which says that the National Football League is making aerobic fitness a priority for its game officials for the 2014 season. This is the result of several teams in the NFL using the no-huddle offense for a large percentage of their…