Kode with Klossy coding program launching this summer, includes Swift programing language
Kode with Klossy is a coding program the encourages girls to learn code and become leaders in tech. The program originally launched in 2015, but today it is announcing that the program will continue this summer.
Kode with Klossy is completely free, and is available for girls ages 13-18, with a limited 1,000 slots available. The program will be expanding to 15 camps in 12 cities in 2017 to 50 camps in 25 cities across the United States.
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With Twitter for Mac dead, here are the best Twitter apps for Mac
Last month, Twitter announced that it was ending support for its desktop Mac Twitter client. The app had been abandoned for months (years?) before that, so it wasn’t exactly a huge loss, but it meant that I needed to migrate to a new app.
Believe it or not, I’ve used Twitter for Mac until the very end. Below is my roundup of the best Twitter client apps for Mac currently available: Tweetbot, Twitterrific and TweetDeck. Personal preference is a big factor here, so I separated out some individual impressions too …
Apple announces creative education events around the world on March 27
Apple is sending out invitations to an education event on March 27. Using the tagline ‘Let’s take a field trip,’ Apple says that the event will focus on ‘creative new ideas for teachers and students’ …
KGI: Apple laptop sales to grow ~15% in 2018, beating iPhone and iPad YoY growth
Apple’s line of MacBook laptops is likely to show better year-over-year growth in unit sales than both the iPad and the iPhone, according to a new report from KGI. The analyst predicts Mac laptop unit shipments will rise between 13-16% in 2018, compared to about 7-10% for iPad and a maximum of 6% for iPhone.
Obviously, in absolute unit sales iPhone dwarfs everything else, but it is no longer the growth powerhouse. Wearables have been Apple’s best growth area in recent quarters, and KGI estimates that Mac sales will rise steadily this year compared to 2017.
Apple patent describes three ways to make a screen-based MacBook keyboard feel real
When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, he made much of the fact that other smartphones of the time had physical keyboards. That was, he said, an inflexible approach when you didn’t need a keyboard all the time, and where the optimal keyboard layout may depend on which app you’re using.
The same argument could be made for a laptop, but while an on-screen keyboard is fine for small amounts of typing, it can never replace a physical laptop keyboard – unless it could act and feel like a real one. And that’s what Apple tackles in a new patent application …
Niantic now lets you login to Pokémon GO with your Facebook & Google accounts
Niantic is keen to ensure you never get locked out of your Pokémon GO account, now giving you the option to login using Facebook or Google as well as your Pokémon Trainer Club account …
Connected health accessory maker iHealthLabs suffers minor data breach
Health accessory maker iHealthLabs has suffered from a data breach, CEO Yi Liu said in an email to customers this evening. In the email, Liu explains that a security researcher was able to decrypt encrypted email addresses of users, but that iHealthLabs was able to correct the software error within 24 hours of confirmation…
Safari targeted in two more exploits at the Pwn2Own security conference
As the annual Pwn2Own conference continues today, Safari remains a common target among security researchers. Following the exploits we reported on earlier today, day two of the conference brought more news for Apple…
Google Lens w/ visual search and assistance now rolling out to Google Photos for iOS
Last month, Google announced that Lens — its set of visual search and analysis tools — is coming to iOS. First introduced at last year’s Google I/O developer conference, it will be rolling out over the coming weeks to all users using Google Photos.