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• NYPD Abandons Paper Memo Books for New iPhone App

  05-02-2020 23:53 via macrumors.com
  
  The New York City Police Department is retiring the handwritten memo books that it has used for more than a century and adopting a new iPhone app for note taking, according to a new report from The New York Times.NYPD police officers use their memo books to capture details about arrests, 911 calls, patrol assignments, and more, but on February 17, the police department will transition to a digital app. Rather than writing out notes, officers will type their notes into the app, and the notes will
  
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• Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019, Strategy Analytics says

  05-02-2020 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple’s wearables business continues to grow, and new data today from Strategy Analytics underscores the impact of Apple Watch. While Apple doesn’t report unit sales for Apple Watch, Strategy Analytics estimates that Apple shipped 31 million units worldwide during 2019.more…
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• Apple Watch vastly outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019

  05-02-2020 23:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry by a huge margin in 2019. Apple Watch shipped 31 million units worldwide in 2019, compared with 21 million for all Swiss watch brands combined. Swiss companies, like Swatch, are rapidly losing smartwatch market share and, in fact, the smartwatch wars.
  Apple Watch Series 5 features the Always-On Retina display
  Steven Waltzer, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said in a statement, &ldq
  
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• Audit finds just 2.5M people used free tax prep in 2019, despite 104M being eligible - CNET

  05-02-2020 23:33
  
  It's because the process is "obscure and complex," the audit said.
  
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• Apple Watch: How to see your workout history and trends

  05-02-2020 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Curious where to find all the workouts you’ve tracked with Apple Watch? Read on for how to see your Apple Watch workout history on both your wearable and iPhone as well as your move, exercise, and stand trends over time.more…
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• Pokemon Day competition lets you vote for pocket monster of the year - CNET

  05-02-2020 23:09
  
  You can vote via a Google search.
  
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• 2020 could be ‘breakout year’ for Apple wearables

  05-02-2020 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jefferies analyst Kyle McNealy sees two main drivers behind higher revenue and earnings estimates for Apple: New product launches and a breakout year for the company’s wearables business which includes AirPods and Apple Watch.
  The size and performance of AirPods Pro are made possible by Apple’s innovative system-in-package (SiP) design, featuring the H1 chip that powers everything from sound to Siri.Jacob Sonenshine for The Street:“We see fiscal 2020 as a breakout year for Appl
  
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• Apple Shipped an Estimated 30.7 Million Apple Watches in 2019, Beating Entire Swiss Watch Industry

  05-02-2020 22:43 via macrumors.com
  
  The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry by a wide margin in 2019, according to new data shared today by Strategy Analytics.Apple shipped an estimated 30.7 million units worldwide in 2019, up 36 percent from the estimated 22.5 million units shipped in 2018.
  Comparatively, the Swiss watch industry (which includes all Swiss watch brands) is estimated to have shipped a total of 21.1 million units worldwide in 2019, dropping 13 percent from the 24.2 million watches shipped in 2018.Acc
  
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• New Memoji Stickers and iCloud Folder Sharing come to latest iOS and macOS betas - CNET

  05-02-2020 22:39
  
  And soon, you'll be able to download an app once and have it sync across iOS, macOS, iPadOS and tvOS.
  
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• Apple shipped 10M more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019, analyst says - CNET

  05-02-2020 22:30
  
  There were 31 million Apple Watch shipments for the year, according to Strategy Analytics.
  
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• Apple shipped 10M more watches than entire Swiss watch industry in 2019, analyst says - CNET

  05-02-2020 22:30
  
  There were 31 million Apple Watch shipments for the year, according to Strategy Analytics.
  
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• Beer bubbles from thin air: Tech pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere - CNET

  05-02-2020 22:22
  
  The fizz in your favorite ale might one day come from the air around the brewery.
  
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• Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 100 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

  05-02-2020 22:17 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced three years ago in March 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.Safari Technology Preview release 100 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, Web Animations, WebAuthn, Media, Web API, CSS, WebRTC, JavaScript, WebGL2.
  The new Safari Technology Preview update is availabl
  
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• Apple iOS 13.4 beta offers CarKey feature, lets you unlock your car from your phone - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 22:12
  
  It's unclear if the feature will also extend to starting or turning on your lights like some manufacturer apps do.
  
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• Two stars fought and left us with this stellar view of their battle - CNET

  05-02-2020 22:07
  
  A stellar showdown highlights the beauty to be found in the cosmos.
  
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• How to save money and work around Apple’s iCloud limits

  05-02-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For what you get, extra iCloud space is well worth paying for, William Gallagher writes for AppleInsider, but it’s still not of great use when you’re sharing work with those on lesser platforms and you can certainly feel locked into it as soon as you have more data in iCloud that space on your own drive. Gallagher explains how to save money and work around Apple’s iCloud limits.
  William Gallagher for AppleInsider:We don’t come to bury iCloud Drive. But we can deal with th
  
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• We're giving away a 75-inch Roku 4K TV and more - CNET

  05-02-2020 21:55
  
  One grand prize winner will take home a TCL 6-series Roku TV. This giveaway is open to the US only.
  
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• NASA astronaut Christina Koch heads home after record-setting spaceflight - CNET

  05-02-2020 21:52
  
  In December, Koch broke the record for longest spaceflight by a woman. She was also part of the the first all-woman spacewalk.
  
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• Apple Fixed macOS Mail Vulnerability That Exposed Text of Encrypted Emails in macOS Catalina 10.15.3

  05-02-2020 21:43 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple in macOS 10.15.3 quietly addressed a bug that left some of the text of encrypted emails unencrypted, reports The Verge.This particular vulnerability was publicized back in November, after IT specialist Bob Gendler found that the snippets.db database file used by a Siri feature to offer up contact suggestions stored encrypted emails in an unencrypted format.A demonstration from Gendler showing the bug. The image features a private key that has been made unavailable in Mail, rendering the me
  
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• FBI claims it still can’t access data on Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones

  05-02-2020 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed Wednesday that the bureau has reconstructed an iPhone belonging to the Islamic terrorist who killed three people and injured eight others at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida, but still can’t access the encrypted data on the device.
  Mark Gurman and Chris Strohm:iPhone passcode lock screenThe disclosure came at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in response to questions from Republican Matt Gaetz of Florida. Wray said the FBI is &ld
  
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• Apple pushed fix for Mail app encryption bug with latest macOS Catalina release

  05-02-2020 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last fall we learned about a flaw with the Mail app in macOS that would prevent encrypted emails from being encrypted. With the public release of macOS 10.15.3 last week, the researcher who discovered the bug says it has been fixed.more…
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• Apple is testing two features to make our Mac, iOS, and watchOS apps closer than ever

  05-02-2020 21:17 via macworld.com
  
  When Catalyst arrived for the Mac, the promise was that it would be a way for our iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps to work together in perfect harmony, without missing a beat when switching devices. That hasn’t actually been the case, but a new feature rolling our to developers could help change things.As it stands, the Mac and iOS app stores are still wholly separate entities, so if you buy an app on one device, you’ll need to purchase it again on the other. It’s a frustrating limi
  
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• Everything New in iOS and iPadOS 13.4: iCloud Folder Sharing, Updated Mail Toolbar, New Memoji Stickers, and More

  05-02-2020 21:12 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple today released the first iOS and iPadOS 13.4 betas for developers, bringing quite a few useful new features, design tweaks, and changes that are worth knowing about.Below, we've rounded up all of the changes that we've found in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 so far.New Mail Toolbar
  The Mail app has an updated toolbar design that moves the reply icon away from the delete icon. Apple in iOS 13 moved these two buttons together, resulting in some people accidentally deleting emails instead of replying to
  
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• Woz nets $50/week salary from Apple – after savings and taxes

  05-02-2020 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak may have built a technology empire now worth some $1.4 trillion, but they didn’t regard money in the same way, Woz told former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki in a podcast interview published Wednesday. Woz said that while he never really cared about money, Jobs was determined to make it big. Woz today talked about the salary he still receives from Apple.
  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (photo: Jonathan Alcorn)Ben Lovejoy for 9to5Mac:Apple co-fou
  
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• Google's incubator wants to make artists' concert planning less dumb - CNET

  05-02-2020 21:00
  
  A new tool, Demand, could help your favorite artists price tickets at what they're really worth, or realize they should book two dates in your city instead of just one.
  
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• UK will ban new gasoline and hybrid cars by 2035 - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 20:51
  
  In a boost to electric vehicles, the British government accelerates its ban from 2040 to 2035.
  
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• Amazon and Rivian dish details on their new electric delivery van - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 20:50
  
  The purpose-built electric van will hit the road in 2021.
  
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• Chevy does a deep dive on mid-engine 2020 Corvette Stingray development in new documentary - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 20:49
  
  Revolution, as the documentary is titled, will air in two parts and goes deep behind the scenes of the biggest ever change to the Corvette.
  
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• Kia teases its new Sorento, now with a taste of Telluride - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 20:46
  
  The big tiger-nose grille is bolder than before, and the taillights clearly take a page from the Telluride.
  
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• FBI Has Still Not Managed to Unlock iPhone Used by Mass Shooter in Florida Last Year

  05-02-2020 20:46 via macrumors.com
  
  FBI officials have still not managed to unlock a passcode-protected iPhone that investigators believe was owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the perpetrator of a mass shooting at a Naval Air Station in Florida in December.
  The disclosure was made by FBI director Christopher Wray at a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, according to Bloomberg. Wray told Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) that the FBI is "currently engaged with Apple hoping to see if we can get better help from them so we can get access
  
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• Xcode 11.4 lets developers sell Mac, iOS, tvOS apps as a single purchase

  05-02-2020 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Released today alongside the iOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 betas, Apple’s new Xcode 11.4 beta update includes support for universal or single purchases, which finally allows developers to bundle iOS apps, tvOS apps, and Mac apps together for one purchase price.
  Juli Clover for MacRumors:Starting in March 2020, you’ll be able to distribute iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS versions of your app as a universal purchase, allowing customers to enjoy your app and in‑app p
  
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• Despite known methods, FBI claims it still can’t unlock iPhones in Pensacola case

  05-02-2020 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In early January, the FBI asked Apple to unlock two iPhones as part of the Pensacola case. Apple stood its ground and said it wouldn’t create a backdoor for iOS but would help as much as it could without crossing that line. Even though the FBI has the ability to unlock the iPhone 7 and iPhone 5 with the help of third-parties, today it said it still hasn’t been able to get to the data on the devices.more…
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• Elon Musk: You don't need a high school diploma to work at Tesla - CNET

  05-02-2020 20:32
  
  "Educational background is irrelevant," the billionaire said. But prepare to pass a "hard-core" coding test.
  
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• Chrome and YouTube will banish ads from the middle of short videos - CNET

  05-02-2020 20:32
  
  Cracking down on annoying ads means people block them less, Google says.
  
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• Oscars 2020 gift bag includes 24-karat gold vape pen, free Botox, Hawaiian vacation - CNET

  05-02-2020 20:26
  
  Here's what some nominees will be going home with.
  
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• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates $100M to coronavirus treatment - CNET

  05-02-2020 20:22
  The money will go toward detection and treatment efforts for the deadly virus.
  
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• iOS 13.4 features a new Mail toolbar, fixing the bad design introduced with iOS 13

  05-02-2020 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  iOS 13.4 has reverted a bad design choice made with the iOS 13 Mail app, namely the actions toolbar the bottom of the screen.
  The delete and reply buttons now sit at opposite ends of the toolbar, and Apple has added back the quick actions for flagging and moving folders.more…
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• Fireflies worldwide are at risk of extinction, and humans are to blame - CNET

  05-02-2020 20:08
  
  A new study warns of three major threats to the beloved bioluminescent bugs.
  
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• New ‘CarKey’ feature in iOS 13.4 beta brings built-in support for unlocking, driving, and sharing NFC car keys

  05-02-2020 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple today released the first beta version of iOS 13.4 for developers, and now 9to5Mac has found evidence of a new feature that will make it possible to use the iPhone as a car key, and more.more…
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• Apple Bringing In-App Purchases to Apple Watch in watchOS 6.2

  05-02-2020 20:00 via macrumors.com
  
  Apple today released the first beta of an upcoming watchOS 6.2 update to developers, and the update includes support for in-app purchases through the Apple Watch App Store.Apple is asking developers to begin getting their watchOS apps ready for in-app purchases for when watchOS 6.2 is released.
  The watchOS ‌App Store‌ was added in the watchOS 6 update, and allows ‌Apple Watch‌ owners to purchase ‌Apple Watch‌ apps right on their wrists without the need for an iPhone
  
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• What’s new in iOS 13.4 beta 1? iCloud Drive folder sharing, new Memoji, more

  05-02-2020 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple today released first developer betas as part of its next round of software releases: iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, macOS 10.15.4, tvOS 13.4, and watchOS 6.2. Here’s what’s new in these releases.more…
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• Oscars 2020: Explore nominees, streaming options in new Google search hub - CNET

  05-02-2020 19:52
  
  Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, Google Search and Assistant can help you keep up and learn some Oscars history.
  
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• Oscars 2020: Explore all the nominees and where to stream movies in Google's new search hub - CNET

  05-02-2020 19:52
  
  Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, Google Search and Assistant can help you keep up and learn some Oscars history.
  
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• iOS and iPadOS 13.4: Apple releases the first beta to developers

  05-02-2020 19:49 via macworld.com
  
  Apple still has plenty left in store for iOS 13 before moving on to iOS 14 (which we will likely hear about this summer at WWDC). A week after the release of iOS and iPadOS 13.3.1, it has begun beta testing iOS 13.4.What's new in iOS and iPadOS 13.4
  We don't yet know what's new in the iOS and iPadOS 13.4 betas. There are no release notes yet, and the community has not yet discovered any major features. We'll update this article as significant changes are discovered.To read this article in full,
  
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• Apple seeds first betas for macOS 10.15.4, iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2

  05-02-2020 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple is now offering developer testers the first betas of macOS 10.15.4, iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4, and watchOS 6.2.The newest builds can be downloaded via the Apple Developer Center for those enrolled into the test program, or via an over-the-air update on devices running the beta software.
  macOS CatalinaMalcolm Owen for AppleInsider:The start of the latest set of betas appears eight days after Apple closed out the previous collection, with the release of iOS 13.3.1, iPadOS 13.3.1, tvOS
  
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• Apple Adds Universal Purchases for iOS, tvOS and macOS Apps in Xcode 11.4

  05-02-2020 19:41 via macrumors.com
  
  The new Xcode 11.4 beta update, released today alongside the iOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 betas, includes support for universal purchases, allowing developers to bundle iOS apps, tvOS apps, and Mac apps together for one purchase price.This will allow developers who make a Mac app and an iOS app to sell them in a single bundle, something that has not previously been possible.Starting in March 2020, you’ll be able to distribute iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS versions of your
  
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• Apple adds ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase

  05-02-2020 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  With the latest beta releases, Apple has added the ability for developers to create unified purchases across Mac and iOS.
  This means that a developer can list an iPad app in the App Store and a Mac version in the Mac App Store. When the customer buys either version, it automatically unlocks for all platforms. Previously, developers could only offer separate independent purchases.more…
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• Moto Razr: 4 things you need to know before you buy - CNET

  05-02-2020 19:30
  
  Motorola's impressive 2020 reboot of the Razr as a foldable phone is here. But don't make it your next phone unless you know the caveats.
  
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• One blind cave salamander stayed still for a whopping seven years - CNET

  05-02-2020 19:26
  
  A new study on olms found that one of the unusual aquatic lizards went 2,569 days without moving.
  
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• Nissan Leaf completes 230-mile autonomous trip across the UK - Roadshow

  05-02-2020 19:22
  
  The Leaf tackled all types of roadways on its jaunt.
  
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