It’s hard to register a trademark without violating rights of another company. Even common words are registered, like “Apple”, and Microsoft had also issues with “SkyDrive”. Microsoft was forced to rename SkyDrive following a trademark case with British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB). The problem was the word “Sky” in the name of service. In some countries, there are… Read More »
As we have written about Dashboard elimination in upcoming macOS Catalina HERE, the end of Dashboard is now official, according to this changelog, informed server Macrumors. Dashboard was introduced in Mac OS X Tiger in 2005, so Apple is eliminating Dashboard after 14 years of service. There is no hope that Dashboard will return into macOS Catalina in… Read More »
Facebook is known as a data gatherer. It sells your data, mostly for activity tracking and – in best case – selling these data to ad companies. Facebook faced many privacy scandals and received many fines. Recently Facebook canceled controversial Onavo programme following outcry over the social media giant paying children to let it access their data, but… Read More »
Apple’s apps for Windows PC, like iTunes, QuickTime or Safari, are trash. And the same applies to iCloud for Windows. Every big platform, like Apple, Microsoft and Google, requires its own bloated account. Do you want to use Word on your Android device? Then you need both bloated Google and bloated Microsoft account. And then to join Apple… Read More »
Though Apple is working hard on upcoming iOS 13, the actual iOS 12 still receives updates. This update of iOS is only targeted for iPhone 8 Plus users and it is not available on other devices. According to Apple’s release notes, this update addresses an issue that caused the Camera app to capture Portrait mode photos without a… Read More »
Apple released in its history many products since it was based in 1976 in California. Classic Macintosh, eMac, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, iBook, PowerBook, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Newton, monitors… who has to remember them all? Having a database of all Apple’s product, without need of complicated web search or “googling”, would be nice. If… Read More »
As we inform you HERE, Twitter in past announced that it will kill native Mac app. Official public notice contained “We’re focusing our efforts on a great Twitter experience that’s consistent across platforms. So, starting today the Twitter for Mac app will no longer be available for download, and in 30 days will no longer be supported”, and… Read More »
If you still have a Windows XP, you may see that some webpages won’t load, some webpages won’t allow you to log in, etc. Also, a lot of software do not support Windows XP anymore, including web browsers and also you can’t use the newest security certificates and features. Apple, known for fast dropping old technology, dropped support… Read More »
Files app introduced with iOS 11 is a file manager from Apple. Or to be correct, manager of sandboxes. Every app in iOS has its own storage and user has files stored within these sandboxes, app by app. You can’t have the same file in multiple storages, so if you need to work on one file in different… Read More »
With upcoming macOS Catalita and iPadOS, a new feature was added – Sidecar. Essentially, you can connect an iPad to your Mac – by cable or wirelessly – and enjoy an additional space for your Mac. As I’m not developer and I don’t have a developer account, I can’t try it on myself yet, but reports say that… Read More »
Do you remember early 2000s? Colorful 3D design, live widgets on desktop, PDAs and smartphones used with stylus, Windows Mobile, Symbian, popular songs as ring tones and Yahoo! banners in web browsers? It’s all over. Now we have flat design without many details, PDAs are not very spread and smartphones with touch-friendly interface are no longer controlled by… Read More »
Yesterday, Apple at WWDC announced new versions of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS – and now we know which Apple devices are compatible. Apple did not say it directly at keynote, but all needed infos are available at Apple’s webpage. Some Macs, like Macs Pro prior to 2013’s trashcan were dropped, even if you have replaced GPU by… Read More »
