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On iPhone 12 Pro Max Design Leaks - woah #iphone12 #leaks
Major design mockup of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. All based on CAD files in the wild. These guys 3D printed it so they could get a feeling of the device in their hands. The boxy design seems to be really nice to handle. Looking forward for more details. And the bezels will be much smaller too, making it a real full screen device. youtu.be/ZUXwDpGyl… Continue reading →
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Apple, you are playing with words. #iphoneSE
Thanks Apple but this is not an iPhone SE. Ask every previous iPhone SE owners and they will confirm. To call it an iPhone SE, you have to change one thing: its size. You are playing with words here. it is an iPhone 9 (looking at this is enough to be convinced). My guess is that we will never see the return of the previous iPhone SE screen size. BTW, I never ever liked this iPhone SE naming. Continue reading →
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How to switch to “Sign in with Apple” with an existing account?
Here is something that bugs me with “Sign in with Apple” or with services that are supporting this feature. The easy and fun part is when you sign up as a new user of a service supporting “Sign in with Apple”. But what if I’m an already signed up user for many years then I want to switch to “Sign in with Apple” without creating a new account? Some service are providing a way to link an Apple ID in order to enable “Sign in with Apple”. Continue reading →
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A game changer Apple Watch app: Watchsmith.
Very promising new Apple Watch app: Watchsmith. I can see this coming to watchOS in some form or another in the future. There is a lot of potential here while waiting for custom watch faces from Apple. Subscription-based price a bit steep but I understand it must ensure sustainable development. We’ll see where it goes from here. Continue reading →
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Another potential iPadOS game changer: introducing the iPad Main Menu.
I think I just saw the future of iPadOS. Please, if you are an avid iPad user, take a moment to take a look at a potential feature that could be the next big game changer after the mouse support introduced with iPadOS 13.4. The following website perfectly illustrates a potential new system wide feature: iPad Main Menu. Dear Apple, please, oh please, consider this for iPadOS 14. 🙏🏻🥺 www.ipadmenu.study Continue reading →
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Remember these clicky keyboards? I do.
These were the best keyboards. I remember their touch, the feeling and… the clicky sound. twitter.com Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) Tweeted: So I busted out my IBM PC keyboard model M. I wrote ZZT and Unreal Engine 1 on this thing. With apologies to Moore’s Law, I gotta say - 1984 was peak keyboard. The code just types out better with these keys. t.co/3j0V3eujq… Continue reading →
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Is Microsoft missing the Covid-19 wave...?
While Microsoft was busy trying to build a clone of Slack (MS Teams), they forgot to pay attention to Skype. Having a personal and business edition after all these years makes no sense. But I wouldn’t count Microsoft out yet. twitter.com/tomwarren… Continue reading →
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I'm always looking to cut the noise. Here is something new.
I’m trying something new. It is always a good idea to cut the noise when looking at the news these days. To help me achieve that, I subscribed to 1 year of @mailbrew service. Here is the fruit of this new beginning. app.mailbrew.com/apple_obs… Continue reading →
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Sad news from the Omni Group 😟
I used to be a big fan of OmniFocus from The OmniGroup. After having transited to Things when version 3.0 came out, I’m now, I’m back with Apple’s Reminders. For my business need, I now only use OmniGraffle in order to do technical diagrams. My hope is that layoffs doesn’t affect too much this app’s future on which I depend. Reference :inessential.com/2020/03/3… Continue reading →
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It is disgusting.
We are in a constant state of crisis. One crisis after the other. Is this the new normal? There are so many things that I find revolting right now in the US. It started a few years ago, in 2016. The following twitter thread calling the NYT to do its most basic job is so spot on. Yet, they fail again and again. Just listen to press conferences, one after the other. Continue reading →
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Dark Sky weather app joins Apple
As a weather enthusiast, Apple buying Dark Sky is a very good news for at least two reasons. First, the Dark Sky app is not available in Canada. Apple will probably extend the service coverage in future releases. Second, it may signal Apple’s intentions to beef up its weather stock apps on all its platforms. Continue reading →
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When you have to eat your own dog food
Now Apple will better understand how their software can be frustrating as hell… Apple staffers suffer work-from-home setbacks due to security guidelines, travel bans appleinsider.com/articles/… Continue reading →
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This is why I’m so angry 🤬
The root cause of why I’m so angry at the The Clown in Chief 🤡 and the whole political class in the US. They don’t care about humans except themselves. Opinion | Who Will Win the Fight for a Post-Coronavirus America? www.nytimes.com/2020/03/2… Continue reading →
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Too many questions, not enough answers ...
Some questions that come up in my mind during this pandemic crisis: Is criminality going up or down? Is there less suicides? Where do we put used testing kits and used protective gear trash after use? From where does all the government money for stimulus programs come from? What if coronavirus mutates to a much more deadly virus? Will we ever return to “normality”? And many more… Continue reading →
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Remember iOS 6 -> iOS 7 Redesign - Never Again
The last time an Apple operating system went through a redesig, iOS for that matter (iOS 6 -> iOS 7), it didn’t go well. We still pay the price of this today. “The Verifier also outlines some of the features coming to watchOS 7, many of which we’ve heard before. watchOS 7 will allegedly include a “fresh design,” updates to built-in apps, and improvements to Siri, with little other information included. Continue reading →
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FaceID on Mac, really?
If FaceID comes on the Mac and a by-product is to get a better FaceTime camera, then, I’m all in. A notch for the iMac is stupid and unecessary though. #apple #faceid #mac #rumours appleinsider.com/articles/… Continue reading →
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Returning to Facebook because of Coronavirus? (hit the link for my thoughts)
For the first time in more than a year, I’m considering returning to Facebook. My thoughts and feelings are still the same though. But this coronavirus crisis makes me want to get in touch we people I know. I don’t have much time to spend on this platform. I know I’ll quickly face the things that I couldn’t bear. I know… but. I’m torn away. 😔 #covid19 #coronavirus #deletefacebook Continue reading →
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COVID-19, Schools and Technology (hit link for more)
From what I’m seeing, the private school of my teenager where iPads are mandatory, don’t really take advantage of the possibilities of this technology. Limited remote teaching. No group chat, no nothing. That is a real reality check: the iPad as an enabling teaching device is quite overblown. More on this later. Continue reading →
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Get him off Twitter
In other words, put the Clown in chief in quarantine. ‘Isolate him’: Ex-Trump official calls on president to go into ‘verbal quarantine’ during COVID-19 crisis www.rawstory.com/2020/03/i… Continue reading →
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COVID-19 and my PhD Friend
I have a dear friend living in Denver, Co. He has a PhD in human comm. He is brilliant. But, he doesn’t understand all the fuss about COVID-19. For him, shutting down everything is over reacting. I tried to explain the curve, the pressure on health care system, etc. He thinks the flu is worst and yet we don’t shut down the country. I said yes and no. We shouldn’t trust current numbers in the US because they are way undervaluated. Continue reading →
