macOS 10.13.5 beta 4 now available for developers
Apple has released the fourth developer beta version of macOS 10.13.5 for testing. The beta version includes Messages in iCloud which works with iOS 11.4 beta.
watchOS 4.3.1 beta 4 for Apple Watch now available
watchOS 4.3.1 beta 4 for Apple Watch is now available for developer testing. While the new update is light on new features, it does include a new warning when launching older apps.
iOS 11.4 beta 4 for iPhone and iPad now available
Less than one week after the third developer beta, Apple has released iOS 11.4 beta 4 for testing. iOS 11.4 includes unreleased features like AirPlay 2 and Messages on iCloud. There’s also a new wallpaper for iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. We’ll dig in to the new version and detail changes below.
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WhatsApp gains special integration with Facebook & Instagram videos, new group admin features
WhatsApp for iOS has been updated with new features that help bridge the gap between it and other Facebook-owned applications. The new version also includes new features for group chats…
Big music labels sell over $1 billion in Spotify shares but insist not concerned about company’s future
Comment: 20 years later, the iMac still shows Apple’s design prowess
Tim Cook yesterday tweeted in celebration of 20 years of iMac.
20 years ago today, Steve introduced the world to iMac. It set Apple on a new course and forever changed the way people look at computers.
Even twenty years later, I still like the design of the original iMac. In fact, despite not being a desktop guy, I love all the various iterations of iMac designs through the years …
Niantic announces this year’s Pokémon GO summer tour, in US, Germany, Japan
Niantic’s first attempt at a live Pokémon GO festival, held in Chicago last July, wasn’t exactly a blockbuster success. A combination of network congestion and server issues saw many attendees unable to even login, let alone play the game.
Niantic issued refunds and in-game credit, while blaming carriers, but eventually accepted full responsibility and settled a lawsuit by agreeing to refund travel and accommodation costs.
Undeterred by this, the company plans to return to Chicago for another attempt as part of a new summer festival …
HomePod likely gaining Calendar support alongside iOS 11.4 release
The lack of Calendar support for Siri on HomePod has been a glaring issue of Apple’s home speaker since its release earlier this year. Now new evidence suggests that will soon change when iOS 11.4 is released.
Poll: Who would you trust more with your data, Apple or the government?
A large part of the issue with the Cambridge Analytica scandal was that the Facebook data obtained by the company didn’t just come from those who clicked through to the survey, but also their Facebook friends. That, says a WSJ report, is a growing issue.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal—where 270,000 people who downloaded an app led to a data breach for 87 million Facebook users—is the first large-scale example of the importance of maintaining “group privacy,” says Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, head of the computational privacy group at Imperial College London.
In a hypothetical example, Prof. de Montjoye’s group reported that if just 1% of cellphones in London were compromised with malware, an attacker would be able to continuously track the location of more than half the city’s population …