Skype iOS app updated with support for Slide Over, Split View and more
Microsoft has updated its Skype for iPhone and iPad apps to add support for two new features in iOS 9: Slide Over and Split View. This follows close behind its update of the Mac app to add Split View in El Capitan.
Millions of people use Skype every day to share URLs and photos. iOS9’s new Split View and Slide Over capabilities let you use Skype while using another app alongside it, making sharing your content even better. Imagine you’re planning a night out in London with a group of friends using IM or a group voice call. Now you can share links to bars and restaurants and decide on the best place to meet without having to leave the app, just click on the shared content and bring it alongside your Skype conversation. It’s a great way to get things done together …
The new app also allows you to reply to text chats direct from Notifications, without the need to open the app, and to begin a Skype conversation directly from Spotlight.
Search for a contact in Spotlight and, if you have them on Skype, they’ll show up in your Spotlight search results. Tap your Skype contact to start Skype and get straight to a chat.
Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad are both free downloads from iTunes.
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Steve Jobs movie “deviates from reality everywhere” but “exposes deeper truths” – Andy Hertzfeld
Andy Hertzfeld (R) with the actor who plays him, Michael Stuhlbarg (L)
Andy Hertzfeld, one of the key designers of the original Macintosh system software, has told Re/code that the Sorkins/Boyle movie Steve Jobs “deviates from reality everywhere” but “exposes deeper truths” about the man.
It deviates from reality everywhere — almost nothing in it is like it really happened — but ultimately that doesn’t matter that much. The purpose of the film is to entertain, inspire and move the audience, not to portray reality. It is cavalier about the facts but aspires to explore and expose the deeper truths behind Steve’s unusual personality and behavior, and it often but not always succeeds at that.
Hertzfeld said that Sorkin had convinced him that an impressionistic approach was valid …
[Sorkin] asked me how Steve would react to a specific situation, involving the speech demo failing. I pointed out that it didn’t happen in reality, and we had a lengthy discussion about artistic license, about how okay it is to diverge from reality. Basically, he convinced me it was not a documentary, so veracity is secondary to artistic considerations, and “it’s a painting, not a photograph.
He said that while it was difficult for him to judge the movie as he was so close to it all, he described it as “brilliantly written and performed, and full of humor and feeling.”
Sorkin yesterday revealed that it had taken him two months to come up with the idea of the three act structure used in the movie, and he hadn’t expected the studio to approve it, but they actually took just minutes to do so.
Steve Wozniak has also said that while the details may not be accurate, he “felt like he was actually watching Steve Jobs.” Critics praised the movie, which got its debut screening earlier this month. Steve Jobs goes on general release on October 9th – with a two-minute trailer whetting our appetite in the meantime.
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Some iPhone 6s/Plus users experiencing zoomed display glitch after restoring from iPhone 5/5s/5c
Some iPhone 6s/Plus users are reporting a display glitch in Wallet and some other apps, where they get a permanently zoomed-in view after restoring from an iPhone 5/5S/5C. Apple has told owners that it is aware of the issue but does not currently have a fix other than setting up the phone as a new one.
When I open the Apple wallet app, the sides of the screen are cut off like it is zoomed in […]
Same issue here on an iPhone 6S. I can’t activate any cards since the button to input the activation codes is seemingly cut off […]
I spent 30 minutes on a support chat. [Apple] could only suggest trying a full phone restore (losing data in the process).
The issue is reportedly fixed in iOS 9.1 beta 3, and there is a clunky workaround in the meantime …
You can temporarily switch on the Display Zoom feature in iOS: Settings > Display & Brightness > Zoomed. The wallet app then opens normally, and you can switch off zoom afterwards to return the display to normal.
Note you’ll lose a row of icons in Springboard and a lot of screen real estate. But Wallet will appear normal. I think an Apple developer multiplied instead of dividing or vice-versa.
The issue does not appear to depend on how the phone was restored, some of those affected reporting that they restored from iCloud while others restored from iTunes.
Via MacRumors
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Apple leases second ‘spaceship’ campus in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that Apple has secured a deal to build another spaceship campus in Sunnyvale, California. The company will purchase Landbank Investments LLC’s planned Central & Wolfe campus which comes in at 777,000-square-feet at Central Expressway and Wolfe Road in Silicon Valley.
Specific terms of the deal are unknown at this point, although the report claims that the deal has been finalized and completed. It’s also believed that Apple most likely leased, not purchased, the project.
Apple’s Sunnyvale campus pays numerous design cues to Apple’s upcoming Campus 2 in Cupertino. The Cupertino campus is located roughly 5 miles from the Sunnyvale plot. The Sunnyvale campus, under the proposed design, will feature three connected main buildings with a central courtyard. The buildings will be wrapped in a “sweeping, curvilinear glass skin that appears to billow in and out.” The campus could bring up to 3,000 new jobs to the area, as well.
“We wanted something that was really different, lasting and interesting,” Jacobs said in 2013, when the project was first proposed. He declined to comment this week. The project was marketed by Steve Horton and Kelly Yoder of Cushman & Wakefield in partnership with Jeff Houston and Mike Charters of CBRE. But Landbank CEO Scott Jacobs bet that tech companies would be drawn to something different than the Valley’s usual building typology. The notion wasn’t without skeptics, but in the end Jacobs’ bet paid off.
Apple has been expanding its presence at an insanely fast pace recently, purchasing land in Monterey, San Jose, Reno, and Oregon, not to mention its ongoing Campus 2 project. You can read our full timeline of that project here.
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Tim Cook talks NSA, customer privacy, and more in NPR interview
Continuing his string of interviews and appearances, Apple CEO Tim Cook today appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered show and was interviewed by Robert Siegel. Cook and Siegel talked about a variety of topics in the interview, including Apple News, customer privacy, and more.
First off, the two discussed Apple’s goal to maintain the privacy of its customers at all costs. Cook has always been a huge proponent of user rights and his tone did not change in this interview. Cook explained that Apple will do whatever it takes to maintain the privacy of its users:
We do think that people want us to help them keep their lives private. We see that privacy is a fundamental human right that people have. We are going to do everything that we can to help maintain that trust.
Regarding the NSA, Cook noted how he believes everyone, including the government is beginning to realize that encryption of data is a must.
I don’t think you will hear the [National Security Agency] asking for a back door. … There have been different conversations with the FBI, I think, over time. … But my own view is everyone’s coming around to some core tenants. And those core tenants are that encryption is a must in today’s world.
Next up, Cook and Siegel touched on Apple News. Apple News is the company’s latest attempt at providing users with a clean and intuitive way to digest news on the topics they love. Regarding News, Cook noted that he doesn’t think user data should be shared from one app to another:
If you’re in our News app, and you’re reading something, we don’t think that in the News app that we should know what you did with us on the Music app — not to trade information from app to app to app to app
Earlier this week, Cook was interviewed at the Box BoxWorks conference and discussed Apple’s interest in the enterprise market, as well as as its partnership with Microsoft, Apple’s new iPhone Upgrade Program, and more. Last month, Cook appeared on Late Show with Stephen Colbert and touched on his personal life, the possibility of an Apple Car, Steve Jobs, and more.
You can listen to Cook’s interview from today with NPR via the embed below:
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15M T-Mobile customers affected by Experian data breach that included Social Security numbers, more
T-Mobile has confirmed this evening that as many as 15 million of its customers have been affected by a data breach. As the company is quick to point out, however, the breach did not occur on its servers, but rather its credit partner’s, Experian.
While Experian and T-Mobile both confirm that no credit card or banking information was compromised in the breach, a variety of other sensitive information was. Customer names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, and ID numbers were all leaked as part of the attack.
The attack affects approximately 15 million people who required a credit check when signing up for device financing through T-Mobile. Perhaps most notably, however, the vulnerability was open for more than two years, from September 1, 2013 though September 16, 2015.
T-Mobile says that it is offering two years of free credit monitoring to anyone who fears they could have been affected by the breach. T-Mobile CEO John Legere wrote in an open letter on the carrier’s website that he is “incredibly angry about this data breach” and that T-Mobile will be reevaluating its relationship with Experian.
T-Mobile CEO on Experian’s Data Breach
I’ve always said that part of being the Un-carrier means telling it like it is. Whether it’s good news or bad, I’m going to be direct, transparent and honest.We have been notified by Experian, a vendor that processes our credit applications, that they have experienced a data breach. The investigation is ongoing, but what we know right now is that the hacker acquired the records of approximately 15 million people, including new applicants requiring a credit check for service or device financing from September 1, 2013 through September 16, 2015. These records include information such as name, address and birthdate as well as encrypted fields with Social Security number and ID number (such as driver’s license or passport number), and additional information used in T-Mobile’s own credit assessment. Experian has determined that this encryption may have been compromised. We are working with Experian to take protective steps for all of these consumers as quickly as possible.
Obviously I am incredibly angry about this data breach and we will institute a thorough review of our relationship with Experian, but right now my top concern and first focus is assisting any and all consumers affected. I take our customer and prospective customer privacy VERY seriously. This is no small issue for us. I do want to assure our customers that neither T-Mobile’s systems nor network were part of this intrusion and this did not involve any payment card numbers or bank account information.
Experian has assured us that they have taken aggressive steps to improve the protection of their system and of our data.
Anyone concerned that they may have been impacted by Experian’s data breach can sign up for two years of FREE credit monitoring and identity resolution services at http://ift.tt/1jBkugy. Additionally, Experian issued a press release that you can read here, and you can view their Q&A at http://ift.tt/1KXZqXE.
T-Mobile’s team is also here and ready to help you in any way we can. We have posted our own Q&A here to keep you as informed as possible throughout this issue.
At T-Mobile, privacy and security is of utmost importance, so I will stay very close to this issue and I will do everything possible to continue to earn your trust every day.
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Apple reportedly wants ‘AirPods’ trademark using shell company, suggesting Apple-branded wireless earbuds
Even in the age of the Apple Watch which only plays music over Bluetooth, Apple has yet to produce any Apple-branded wireless headphones or earbuds, instead promoting Beats-branded earbud and headphone designs created before Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of that company last year. A new report from MacRumors suggests that could soon change, however, as it’s believed Apple may have applied for “AirPods” trademark under an alias company name.
If the trademark application indeed traces back to Apple, AirPods suggest a wireless version of the Apple-branded EarPod earbuds introduced in 2012. Apple’s current in-house solution for wireless earbuds, Beats Powerbeats 2, carry a premium $199 price and have an aggressive sport look, leaving room for a more neutral Apple-designed product in the future.
MacRumors believes that the company listed on the AirPods trademark application, Entertainment in Flight LLC, is an Apple shell company due to its lack of any other activity, use of a Gmail address for contact information, and a priority date request for trademarking in Jamaica where online records aren’t available, activity which it says is typical of Apple when using shell companies to hide upcoming products.
The possible AirPod wireless earbuds adds to the list of potential upcoming but unannounced products including an updated Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2 using Bluetooth LE 4.2 as we reported earlier this year. Although those products had an early 2016 date attached to them, FCC documents suggest they may be further along than possible wireless earbuds from Apple.
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