Jim and Merlin talk about appreciating ‘good enough’ and how to start playing guitar, and Merlin gets really excited about his new Amazon Echo.
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Earlier today, we posted about a report from Palo Alto Networks about YiSpector, iOS malware that was said to attack non-jailbroken iOS devices.
We reached out to Apple for comment. Read on for their response.
Matt is in a unique position to write about this debate:
I’m on both sides of this debate.
Let’s get the obvious argument out of the way: if you block ads, you’re depriving sites of revenue they presumably need in order to continue running, and if too many people do that, those sites are likely to go away. The reality is more complicated, but the argument is essentially sound – all other things being equal, and unchanged.
Craig Mod on his reading habits:
But in the past two years, something unexpected happened: I lost the faith. Gradually at first and then undeniably, I stopped buying digital books. I realised this only a few months ago, when taking stock of my library, both digital and physical. Physical books – most of all, works of literary fiction – I continue to acquire voraciously. I split my time between New York and Tokyo, and know that with each New York trip I’ll pick up a dozen or more volumes from bookstores or friends.
I found this really interesting.
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This has the potential to be a real mess, but the sense I get is that this is something Apple can detect and eliminate with more stringent review controls.
Fantastic alternative list of password security questions. Hard to pick a favorite.
Though this emulator will run on your iOS device, the taps are not responsive, so save the link to run on your Mac.
Sébastien Page, writing for iDownloadBlog, digs into an error that is both common and non-obvious and lays out the fix. Worth bookmarking and passing along.
Joe Caiati, writing for dot info, digs into the completely visible diagnostic info found on each of your iOS devices.
Third year in a row. Best brand in the world.
On Saturday, Tim Cook was awarded the Human Rights Campaign’s National Visibility Award. Watch the video below, especially the embedded tribute that starts at about 2:50 in.
One quote from that tribute:
Knowing that the leader of the company that I work for, the boss’s boss’s boss’s boss, is advocating for the rights of those who have been disenfranchised, makes me beyond proud.