Tim Cook donates nearly $5 million worth of AAPL shares to undisclosed charity
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today, Apple CEO Tim Cook donated over 23,000 Apple shares to an unspecified charity. Those shares, based on the closing price of Apple stock today, are valued at nearly $5 million.
iOS 12: How to use third-party AutoFill Passwords apps
iCloud Keychain is pretty great when you only use Apple devices, and need very basic password management tools. However, if you’re a user of 1Password or LastPass, it’s been workaround after workaround for quite some time with no real system-level support, which is arguably required for such an app to function.
Popular iOS journal app Day One updated w/ audio recording, new editor interface, more
California fire department says Verizon throttled its ‘unlimited’ data during wildfire
IKEA to expand Tradfri HomeKit line with new $10 smart plug in October, report says
Last year, IKEA rolled out HomeKit support to its Tradfri smart lighting products, and now the Swedish company is seemingly looking to further expand its HomeKit offerings with a new smart plug…
Popular iPad drawing app ‘Paper’ bought by file transfer service WeTransfer
The maker of one of the most popular iOS drawing applications has been acquired. FiftyThree, the company behind the popular Paper application for iOS, announced today it has been acquired by WeTransfer, a cloud-based file transfer company…
iPhone & iPad: How to change screen lock time
Whether you’d like to reduce the screen lock time on your iPhone or iPad to increase battery life, or want to change the timeout setting to never, follow along below…
Hands-on with 1Password and iOS 12’s Password AutoFill feature
I’ve long been waiting for Apple to incorporate its incredible iCloud Keychain features for third-parties on iOS. At last, with iOS 12 that prayer has finally been answered. I’ve been fortunate enough to get a first-look with 1Password’s implementation, and it works exactly as I’d hope.
More details after the break…
macOS Mojave drops Back to My Mac iCloud feature, Apple Remote Desktop recommended
When macOS Mojave is released later this fall, the operating system update will drop support for the Back to My Mac iCloud feature that lets you network with other Macs remotely. In place of Back to My Mac, Apple recommends iCloud Drive, screen sharing, and Apple Remote Desktop.
Apple turning ‘Losing Earth’ climate change report into TV series, video service to launch in 2019
Apple doesn’t seem like its slowing its original content efforts anytime soon. The company has been aggressively gaining rights to more original content over the past several months and today is no exception.
The New York Times reports that Apple has just landed rights to Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change, a novel written by Nathaniel Rich.
More notably, Apple reportedly told the New York Times that it will begin offering its streaming TV services next year.
Apple has said it will start streaming its television offerings next year, when it will begin competing against Netflix, Amazon and Hulu in earnest.
Anonymous Content will be producing the show, along with Anonymous CEO Steven Golin, and Rich himself. Rich will also be working on a related book called Losing Earth, which will be published next year.