438 posts tagged ‘Technology’
The Restaurant Nearest Google
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Mia Sato: Jirapraphanan is exactly the kind of customer Thai Food Near Me hopes to scoop up. The New York-based restaurant is named after a literal Google search, betting it can bring in customers with the power of SEO — the practice of making a business, website, or content more findable in search engine results. […]
iCloud Drive Switches to Dataless Files
Howard Oakley: In the recent past, when a file has been evicted to iCloud (its download being removed from local storage), it has been represented by a placeholder or stub file in its original folder on the Mac. Taking the file named MyDocument.extn as an example, in the more distant past it might have been […]
Amazon Drive Is Shutting Down
Chris Welch (in 2022): The company says Amazon Drive will no longer be supported as of December 31st, 2023. That’s when access will be completely cut off. Uploads are going away earlier and won’t be accepted as of January 31st. The Amazon Drive apps for Android and iOS will be taken down on October 31st, […]
Improper App Store Contact With Developers
Wayne Ma: Apple fired at least five employees who worked in the company’s App Store in China following an internal probe into business misconduct, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. Juli Clover: App Store employees with review and editorial roles are not supposed to meet with developers, but an internal audit raised […]
Bitten by the Black Box of iCloud
Dan Moren: While I was nominally able to log back into iCloud, most of my data wasn’t actually syncing back. A dialog box told me that I needed to verify my account in order to re-establish end-to-end encryption for sensitive information like my keychain and health data, but clicking the prompted button did…absolutely nothing. […] […]
Apple Services Price Hikes
Joe Rossignol (Hacker News): The price changes in the U.S. are as follows:Apple TV+: $6.99 per month → $9.99 per monthApple Arcade: $4.99 per month → $6.99 per monthApple News+: $9.99 per month → $12.99 per month […] In the U.S., these are the first-ever price increases for Apple Arcade and Apple News+ since the […]
macOS 13.6.1 and macOS 12.7.1
Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Ventura 13.6.1. Apple (full installer): This document describes the security content of macOS Monterey 12.7.1. Previously: macOS 14.1 macOS 13.6 and macOS 12.7
macOS 14.1
Juli Clover (release notes, security, developer, enterprise, full installer, IPSW): With macOS Sonoma 14.1, Apple has added a new warranty section that lets you see the AppleCare+ status of your Mac and connected AirPods, plus there are now options to favorite songs, albums, and playlists in the Apple Music app. See also: Mr. Macintosh and […]