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Here are some good, common sense things you can do to make changes to your home router.

Wow.

[Via Coudal]

Apple’s in an interesting, but tough spot here. They could be the vehicle to bring original content to your home with Apple TV, or they could add their own original content and battle with Netflix and Amazon.

Pixelmator 3.6 Cordillera brings full support for macOS Sierra and the all-new MacBook Pro Touch Bar, adds Tabs so you can manage your Pixelmator windows with ease, includes a content-aware Smart Refine feature, Deep Images support, and more.

There are a lot of changes in the latest version, including macOS Sierra and Touch Bar support. This is one of the first apps I install on any of my devices.

I’ve been a fan of GraphicConverter for decades. It’s probably the first image editor I ever used on my Mac, back in 1994. The developer has been faithful to the app and the Mac community for more than 20 years. And he’s a really nice guy as well.

I’d pay good money to see the sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Man – don’t you wish he’d let us play with those for a day? I promise we’ll be careful with them.

If you’re in the US, now is the time to watch this before PBS removes it in a few days. Those of us outside the US don’t get to watch it at all.

I watched the video and thought, “Wow! This is going to be really cool for all of our moms and dads for all of those photos they have of us as kids!”

While we wait for Planet Earth II to be available here in the US and Canada, I’ll happily download this app on Thursday.

When Shazam (macOS) is toggled ‘OFF’ it to simply stops processing recorded data…however recording continues.

Shazam considers it a feature.

[Via MacRumors]

To deliver that, Google Play Music uses machine learning to figure out what music you like and then mixes in signals like location, activity, and the weather along with hand-picked playlists to personalize music for wherever you are and whenever you want tunes. Starting this week on Android, iOS and the web, the new experience will roll out globally (62 countries, to be precise).

The new app is live now, I just downloaded it.

The idea of a VPN seems intimidating but there are plenty of apps and services available that make it pretty easy to set up. The piece of mind is worth it.

When was the last time you were frustrated with your time tracking app, for example because you had forgotten to set a timer? Or when you wondered what you spent all your time on today? Timing solves this problem. Instead … Continued

For those of us not lucky enough to be able to use the Touch Bar equipped Macs just yet.

Time will tell whether or not this is money well spent for Samsung or if this will make any difference in the US car market.

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been using three new MacBook Pros: A 13-inch entry level model; a 13-inch with Touch Bar; and my favorite, a 15-inch with Touch Bar. As with all of my reviews, I’ll give you an idea of how I use the MacBook Pros in my daily life, but I’ll also give you a look at how it performed while working on some pro music projects. […]

No one believes this is just saber rattling on the part of the Chinese government. Sadly, the shortsighted response from many will be, “Just buy Android phones”, but that will ignore the enormous financial harm such actions will visit upon Apple and others.

An fun story about how Wolfram got involved in the movie and his efforts to make it as “accurate” as possible.

It’s an often-told story but still fascinating. If you’re on Twitter, you really should follow the general. Really fun, interesting Twitter feed.

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In honour of both Leonard Cohen and Remembrance Day today, please listen to this reading from Canada’s “Voice of God”.

It takes skill to be a good photographer but sometimes dumb luck plays a part.

2016 can’t end fast enough.

With so many P2P transactions happening during such a busy season, we’re excited to give our users an early holiday present: starting November 10, Siri will be integrated with PayPal. For iPhone and iPad users running iOS 10, making a … Continued

Google’s Android mobile operating system boosts competition rather than hurts it, the company’s general counsel said on Thursday, in a rebuttal of EU antitrust charges that it uses the platform to crush rivals.

This could cost Google millions.

Unlike some previous “supermoons”, this one will actually be noticeably larger so, if you can, get out and enjoy it.

I’d be up there for days, mostly because I’d be paralyzed with fear. Cable got some great shots.

Somebody buy these for Jim, willya?

The recent botnet attacks have called into question the security of all our various internet of Things (ioT) devices, and rightfully so. Those attacks happened because people like you and me had routers, webcams and other gizmos in our homes that were not properly secured. Some of those security issues are fixable by general users, but many are not.

Very interesting article from Dave Hamilton.