Learn how to quickly find all screenshots taken on your Mac, regardless of their save location, even if you manually moved them to custom folders.
How to quickly find all screenshots on your Mac
How to protect missed calls on your iPhone Lock Screen
Find out how to strengthen your privacy by hiding the caller's name from the Missed Call banner, and preventing other people from returning the missed call shown on your iPhone Lock Screen.
The future of iPhone starts in November, is iPad X to follow suit?
It’s all but certain that some visual cues of iPhone X will eventually trickle down to the iPad line. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior,and it certainly doesn’t take lots of mental gymnastics to recall at least a few moments where an iPhone feature (hardware or software) pioneered the way for its bigger iPad cousin to follow.
Let’s Talk iOS 207: An outsider from faraway
If you've ever wondered what it's like to live with a tiny phone from the past, Cody is here to tell you all about it. Sebastien lives in the present times with a modern phone and shares his experience shooting with iPhone 8. Why didn't Cody and Sebastien update to macOS High Sierra? Well, you gotta listen to find out. Also some thoughts about what Amazon unveiled last week and how it competes, price wise, with what Apple has been or is about to unveil.
Roku announces $70 4K HDR streaming stick and other new hardware
Roku on Monday announced 5 new streaming devices to better compete with the Apple TV, Amazon's Fire TV, and other competitors. The devices include a $30 Roku Express, a $70 4K HDR Streaming Stick+, and the $100 Roku Ultra, and they are all available for pre-order now, with an official launch date of October 8.
The Roku and Roku Express+ cost $30 and $40 respectively, and are perfect for those looking to stream to the TV for the first time, or looking to extend their current Roku experience to other TVs. They're very similar devices, but the Express+ has both HDMI and composite A/V output for more connectivity options.
The Roku Streaming Stick features a quad-core processor and 802.11 AC dual-band MIMO wireless, a voice remote that includes TV power and volume buttons, and it streams in HD. It costs $50. The Streaming Stick+ adds faster wireless and support for 4K Ultra HD and HDR (60 FPS), and it will set you back $70.
Finally, the Roku Ultra is the company's most powerful and feature-packed media player. It too can stream HD, 4K and 4K HDR, and it also includes an ethernet port for wired connectivity, a micro SD slot, and a new voice remote with headphone jack for private listening. The Ultra is obviously the most expensive, priced at $100.
The hardware announcements come just days after Amazon unveiled its $70 4K HDR media streamer, and shortly after Apple debuted the 4K Apple TV at $180. Roku says what sets its platform apart is that it offers unbiased access to over 5,000 channels, apps, games, and the newly-launched Roku channel.
Source: Roku
KGI: TrueDepth camera gives iPhone 2.5 year lead over Android
It's going to take a while for Android manufacturers to catch up to where the iPhone X is right now, reports Ming Chi Kuo. In a note to investors today, the KGI Securities analyst said he believes Apple's TrueDepth camera gives it a 2.5 year lead over its competitors.
It's the TrueDepth camera that's believed to be causing production problems with the iPhone X, which is expected to lead to low launch inventory. KGI has revised its 2017 shipping estimates for the handset from 40m to 30-35m units, based on recent channel checks.
Here's how the TrueDepth camera works in Face ID:
Once it confirms the presence of an attentive face, the TrueDepth camera projects and reads over 30,000 infrared dots to form a depth map of the face along with a 2D infrared image. This data is used to create a sequence of 2D images and depth maps, which are digitally signed and sent to the Secure Enclave.
To counter both digital and physical spoofs, the TrueDepth camera randomizes the sequence of 2D images and depth map captures and projects a device-specific random pattern.
In addition to Face ID authorization, the TrueDepth camera is also used to facilitate face-tracking features like Animoji—the animated emoji feature Apple showed off during its iPhone event to much fanfare. The iPhone X launches on November 3 for $999.
Source: KGI via MacRumors
Apple’s latest computer vision acquisition: small French startup Regaind
It was recently reported that Apple earlier this year had acquired a computer vision startup called Regaind, located in Paris. The company specializes in AI-driven photo and facial analysis, which could tie nicely into Apple's ARKit and face tracking features built into iOS 11.
Apple has reportedly withdrawn some of its staff working at a micro-LED lab in Taiwan
Recent reports have claimed that Apple has withdrawn some of its technological staff working at a micro-LED research and development lab in northern Taiwan after LuxVue encountered bottlenecks in commercialization of this promising power-sipping display technology.
Facebook testing facial recognition for its account recovery process
Regaining access to a locked Facebook account, especially if you cannot receive two-factor authentication SMS because you're traveling abroad, could soon become a lot easier with news that Facebook is testing facial recognition for its account recovery process.
Apple releases ARM-compatible source code for XNU kernels in iOS and macOS
Apple has released ARM-compatible source code for the XNU kernels in iOS and macOS on GitHub, exposing some of the operating systems' internal architecture.
Samsung to earn an estimated $110 on each iPhone X sold
Samsung, the sole provider of sophisticated OLED panels to Apple, will earn an estimated $110 on each iPhone X sold through the summer of 2019, according to an analysis conducted by Counterpoint Technology for The Wall Street Journal.
NBA app updated ahead of the start of the new season
The NBA preseason is underway, and the start of the NBA regular season is coming up soon, on October 17th, when the Warriors take on the Rockets. The NBA app for iOS has been recently updated to prepare for the start of the new season. The new version of the app includes all of the following updates: