Apple 2018 Education Event Updates

Even though I don't like Apple or their products, I'm not an idiot- what Apple does will surely be copied by every tablet and cell phone manufacturer around the world. With that in mind, I will be following today's Apple education event. The event is being held at a school in Chicago. The focus will …

Reports say the State Department Has Reportedly Purchased a $15,000 iPhone Encryption Cracking Device

Recently uncovered public federal procurement documents show that the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security purchased a GrayKey encryption-breaking device from Grayshift. The documents only identify the purchase as for “computer and computer peripheral equipment,” but it has confirmed “the phone number of the vendor in both the purchase order and documents previously obtained detailing …

OMFG, I Really, REALLY HATE APPLE and the iPhone!!

My daughter is having a friend stay with us for a few days while her mom is away on business. Being that she's 12 and in 7th grade, she has an iPhone. A iPhone 5SE to be exact. My wife happened to have an iPhone 7 lying around the house that we weren't able to …

Break up with Apple: The Pixel 2 is the best iPhone upgrade – CNET

I wholeheartedly support the idea of breaking up with Apple. The Pixel phone and its version of Android are far and above all other versions of the OS. It's Android as it's supposed to be.

Why does my phone make it so hard to turn off Bluetooth? – The Verge

I just love the decisions that Apple makes for you on the iPhone X/iOS 11. Take this Bluetooth story here. The author turns 'off' Bluetooth on his phone, but he's really just putting it into sleep mode. See, Apple thinks that with their Air Pods, pencil, and other Bluetooth devices that you really don't want …

The iPhone X- a failure?

After Apple released its quality earnings numbers for the Christmas quarter, many analysts are predicting that Apple will be drastically cutting the volume of certain production parts of the X. Apple's ASP (Average Sale Price) earnings were higher than the last quarter, but the total number of iPhone X's sold was lower than predicted. Reports …

The iPhone X is Apple’s underrated masterpiece

I think that you all know that I'm NOT a fan of Apple or the iPhone. So, I've got some beef with this story about the iPhone X being a 'underrated masterpiece' from Apple. First, to call the X underrated is ludicrous! Just about every journalist had nothing but glowing reviews for the latest iPhone. …

Face ID Is Unstoppable

The author of this option piece on Apple's facial recognition unlocking system says at one point that if you're not an Apple loyalist that you'd probably be laughing at the story. I'm not a Apple cool-aid drinking kinda guy, so I was laughing at parts of this. I keep wondering how you sneakily unlock your …

How to Unlock iPhone X Face ID – Company Uses $150 Mask to Break into iPhone X

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a29006/iphone-x-face-id-mask-hack/ Oh Apple, what was that about a one in a million chance of face id being hacked?????

iOS 11 adoption hits 52 percent, lagging behind previous versions – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/7/16621020/ios-11-adoption-52-percent-lagging-10-9-iphone-ipad-operating-system Hahahaha! No seriously..... I hate it when articles like this compare iOS version adoption to Android version adoption. We all know that Apple controls the updates and not the manufacturer of the phone or carriers like Android has to content with. Apple can do this because every iPhone IS THE SAME FRICK'N THING from …