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Yesterday’s dot-release of OS X 10.10.1 has seemingly failed to address the WiFi problems some users have been experiencing since upgrading to Yosemite, according to continuing posts on the Apple Support Communities. Despite the first bullet-point in the release notes for 10.10.1 reading ‘Improves WiFi reliability,’ many of those who had reported connection failures, dropped connections and slow speeds said that nothing had changed since upgrading to 10.10.1 … ComputerWorld quoted a number of illustrative complaints from a support thread containing more than 1,100 posts....

After introducing a new alarm clock feature for iPhone users back in December, streaming music service Pandora today updated its iPad app with the same functionality. The app already let users fall asleep to music using a Sleep Timer feature, and with today’s update to version 5.3 iPad users will now be able to set song or artist stations as alarm clocks. The alarm clock feature also packs in the usual snooze feature and can be configured from Settings inside the Pandora app....

Apple is famously one of the most secretive companies in the world. It believes in what Steve Jobs called the ‘magic’ of the surprise reveal. The ‘one more thing’ presentation style pioneered by Steve is so much a part of Apple’s DNA that it has a stock phrase it uses to answer questions about its product plans: ‘We do not comment on future products.’ It’s hard to imagine Apple would ever take a different approach....

Discussing the FBI case with a friend yesterday, one distinction that seems worth addressing is the difference between a backdoor into iPhones – which is what law enforcement agencies have so far been calling for – and what we might term a master key, which is what the FBI is calling for in this particular case. Law enforcement agencies have so far been calling for Apple to abandon its use of strong encryption....

Oppo A91 just launched and it is a great device for the price. Because of the features and spec list, it provides at a mid-range smartphone, many people are looking forward to buying it. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and soon will receive the official Android 10 update. Here we will know whether the Oppo A91 will receive the official Android 11 (ColorOS 11) update....

Viral pandemics have been on everyone’s mind lately as news of the recent coronavirus outbreak spreads with as much voracity as the deadly RNA strain itself. There have been over 80,000 confirmed cases of this latest epidemic so far, which originated in China’s Wuhan Province. This is not the first virus whose transmission soared to uncontrollable rates, and it’s definitely not the first to take thousands of lives. The documentaries on this list are educational access points for anyone who wants to learn about the science behind the spreading of contagious diseases....

Good news for Oppo R11 Plus users. Oppo R11 Plus will receive the latest Android 8.0 Oreo version. When it comes to smart phones, there are more android users in this world than smartphones controlled by other operating systems. This is the reason whenever a fresh version of Android arrives, the first question that comes in the mind of users is when they will get the copy of same on their phone....

Apple TV+ has launched a few free Apple TV+ series, Oprah Talks COVID-19. Two episodes are currently available, the first an interview with Idris Elba and his wife … Elba tweeted on March 16 that he had tested positive, but had no symptoms. His wife had not been tested at the time and also has no symptoms. The interview was conducted via FaceTime. Which is why I FaceTimed @idriselba & his wife Sabrina who are safely quarantined together after he tested positive for COVID-19....

About Making The Grade: Every Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education. He has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When Apple unveiled iOS setup without a Mac in iOS 5, it began the first step towards a future where you could live without a Mac....

What is Paging in OS? Example of Paging in OS What is Paging Protection? Advantages of Paging Disadvantages of Paging What is Segmentation? Advantages of Segmentation Disadvantages of Segmentation Example of Paging in OS For example, if the main memory size is 16 KB and Frame size is 1 KB. Here, the main memory will be divided into the collection of 16 frames of 1 KB each. There are 4 separate processes in the system that is A1, A2, A3, and A4 of 4 KB each....

An Apple patent application which surfaced this morning in the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s database envisions advanced proactive measures that are likely to end up utilized in the free Find My iPhone service (which can locate stolen Macs, too). Entitled “Proactive Security for Mobile Devices” and credit to Apple engineer Hooman Borghei, the patent application sets the stage with the following description: So, what are the aggressive countermeasures Apple’s been exploring?...

I first speculated that Apple might one day become a bank almost a year before the launch of Apple Pay. What triggered that thought was the use of Touch ID for iTunes purchases and the depth of security involved in the secure enclave used by Apple’s fingerprint system. It was clear even then that Apple had big ambitions in the mobile payment field. Now that Apple Pay has launched, and already proven a big success, I think the argument for Apple to make the move are even stronger....

The most prestigious awards show of the year, the 92nd Academy Awards, premiered on February 9th, 2020. All of our favorite starts were in attendance and celebrating the movies we love. The red carpet was full of famous actors, producers, and directors. While every movie buff certainly has their favorite celebs, the internet is a pretty good judge of which red carpet looked stunned the most. In case there were too many gorgeous looks to keep track of, look no further....

Last year Microsoft ended support for Facebook Connect, but the social network sees a return with support for Facebook Photos. Users will now be able to easily find and attach photos they have uploaded to the social network, right from with Outlook.com Outlook.com Supporting Facebook Photos and Google Drive Outlook Mail currently includes support for Dropbox and BOX online cloud services, added earlier this year. Support for Google Drive doesn’t stop at just adding attachments, users can also open documents and make edits; right from within Outlook Mail....

Mythic Paths are one of the most interesting things about Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. And it is mostly the contribution of these paths that grabs the attention of such a massive user base. The ability to obtain the different types of Mythic Paths in Pathfinder and build up a legendary character is what you will do throughout the whole adventurous journey. However, when we speak of the Mythic paths, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous provides 10 different types of such Mythic paths....

After the kids are done you can send it all over the place or print it out. There is a nice video capture feature as well that replays the drawing which looks like it will pump up your kids for the next drawing. The OSMO game system has three other games at present: Words, Newton and Tangram It looks pretty cool but I’ll see if I can corral my 6 year old into a review....

Raise your hand if you feel personally scandalized by the amount of time we still have to wait for a new season of Outlander. Look, we understand exactly how you feel. It’s been ten months since the fourth season of the show premiered, and we still have to wait until February 2020 until the fifth season makes its way to our small screens. Would it just be nice if we could travel through some stones and miraculously arrive on the day Outlander is supposed to premiere?...

Despite Jamie and Claire being the most popular ‘ship on Outlander, fans couldn’t help but hold a soft spot for Claire and Frank. Before Claire was married to the Highlander, the WWII nurse was happily married to Frank and was committed to returning to him after she fell through the stones. Frank, too, never gave up on her return. However, their relationship was beyond repair when Claire decided to spend the rest of her life with Jamie....

There are external SSDs, and then there is the ThunderBlade. This is the crème de la crème of fast external storage, and it’s produced by OWC, a company at the forefront of storage and Thunderbolt 3 accessories for Mac. The ThunderBlade is OWC’s fastest offering — a single drive provides storage up to 8TB and speeds up to 2800 MB/s read — and they can be daisy chained, set up in a RAID configuration, and they are silent....

A popular P.T. modder found a way to escape from the game’s looping hallway and explore a portion of the town beyond. Meant as a teaser for Silent Hills, P.T. was released on PS4 in 2014 for only a brief time before being removed from the network when Silent Hills was cancelled. Ever since P.T.’s short-lived appearance on the PlayStation Network, the teaser has gained a cult following, part of which is devoted to finding secrets in the game....