Technology
Following my reading of Wired article āWHY SHOULD ANYONE BELIEVE FACEBOOK ANYMORE?ā I had even more reasons to quit Facebook. In a word, the motivation of Facebook is not what they said or what they say. They lied.
Technology
That is no surprise but Facebook collect a lot of data. Want to know what exactly? Have a look at this article. I like the last paragraph: The bottom line:Ā FacebookāsĀ privacy policiesĀ reinforce the message thatĀ āyou have control over who sees what you share on Facebook.ā But if you use Facebook at a
Technology
Here is an article about apps on Android using user data without userās consent. All they have in common is this: they are running on Android and are using Facebook SDK. Iām not using Android anytime soon and will leave Facebook soon. š P.S. I know that apps could leak user info on iOS tooā¦. Contin
Science
From this fascinating article: Why 536 was āthe worst year to be aliveā: A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and nightāfor 18 months. āFor the sun gave forth its light without brightness, like the moon, during the whole year,ā wrote Byzantine histor
Apple
I just became a backer of the HyperDrive. Iām planning to use this for my iPad in order to plug my Yeti microphone, import photos from SD card and eventually plug in an external monitor.
Apple
So long for those who thought Apple was doomed following their revised guidance announcement. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smartphone-research-idUSKCN1P20X2 [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smartphone-research-idUSKCN1P20X2] See, something much bigger is happening in China that
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If you like Apple, love architecture, photography and design, please do yourself a favor and jump right now to this exceptional article āArchitecture, creativity, community: A field guide to Apple retail in 2018ā by Michael Steeber. This is a must read and see. Apple Stores are another kind of produ
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At the WWDC 2018 conference, in the last 10 minutes of the keynote, Apple introduced something unexpected, a project to include portion of UIKit into macOS, side by side with AppKit in order to be able to more easily port iPad applications to macOS. The code name of this new technology is āMarzipanā
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Here is another excellent read āThe Ride Is Over: Apple Faces the End of the iPhone Boomā from Jason Snell of Tomās Guide. Ultimately, Appleās job is to make the most money it can. If it can raise prices and increase revenues, it should raise prices. But if it pushes those prices too far, revenueā¦ C
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If you want more details and a collection of juicy comments about the sales performance (or lack of) of iPhone in 2018, a must read here by Michael Tsai ā2018 iPhone Salesā. Here are a few notable comments he amassed: Meek Geek: Letās talk about skimping on the product: 5GB iCloud storage to backup
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Many are still digesting the news from Apple that the iPhone wasnāt selling as well as it used to be. If you ask why to one hundred people, youāll probably get one hundred different answers. But, some answers are much better than others. I think Appleās problems has something to do with lack of focu
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So you heard the news that Appleās iPhone isnāt selling as well as expected. The problem could be because of Chinaās economy or the global economy slowing down as this article from the Washington Post: āEconomic growth is slowing all around the worldā (ā¦) Outside of the United States, which had esti