How iOS Helps a Blind Veteran Return to the Water

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Headlines at The Mac Observer for Friday, November 9, 2018
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1. How iOS Helps a Blind Veteran Return to the Water
2. Tim Cook Meets with Apple Military Veterans
3. eToro Begins iOS Wallet Roll Out
4. Apple Stores Come To Thailand, Disney’s Streaming Service – TMO Daily Observations 2018-11-09
5. Sprint Might Be Throttling Skype, Say Researchers
6. Looking for Amazon Apple Products? Soon It Will Sell More
7. Disney Unveils Disney+, Coming 2019
8. Apple Face ID Supplier Acquired for $3.2 Billion
9. USPS Informed Delivery Vulnerable to Identity Thieves
10. A Roundup of the Best 2018 Black Friday Tech Deals
11. To be a Computer, iPad Pro Needs a Computer OS
12. iOS 12: How to Create Album Folders in Photos
13. Cowin E7 Pro Active Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Wireless Headphones: $78.99
14. Can Film Emulator Apps Like VSCO Replace Actual Film?
15. Three Quick Reminders Tips!
16. Github announces it hosts 100 million repositories
17. Season 2 of ‘Mars’ Set to Air on Nat Geo Channel
18. How to Select a Processor Option for Your New Mac
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1. HOW IOS HELPS A BLIND VETERAN RETURN TO THE WATER
Here is a feel-good story for a Friday. Apple has made public the story of Scott Leason—a US Navy veteran and keen surfer…who happens to be blind. The story details how by using an iPhone XR, and the VoiceOver application in particular, as well as an Apple Watch, Mr Leason is able to undertake a number of tasks and partake in his beloved water sports. He said,“When I’m at the end of a line behind a boat just like anybody else, I forget I’m blind. And then when I come into the beach and there’s people around [his dog] Snickers and I go yeah that’s my seeing eye dog and I got a board in my hand and they go, ‘you’re blind?’ That’s a cool feeling.” It might be easy for some to be cynical about Apple promoting this, but for most of us, it is equally easy to forget how crucial technology and the accessibility tools modern devices have are to people with a variety of disabilities. Surfs up, Mr Leason!
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/how-ios-helps-a-blind-veteran-return-to-the-water/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

2. TIM COOK MEETS WITH APPLE MILITARY VETERANS
Tim Cook spent part of Thursday morning with military veterans who work for Apple.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/tim-cook-meets-apple-military-veterans/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

3. ETORO BEGINS IOS WALLET ROLL OUT
eToro has begun the phased introduction of its multi-cryptocurrency wallet to iOS, starting with limited countries.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/product-news/etoro-begins-ios-wallet-roll-out/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

4. APPLE STORES COME TO THAILAND, DISNEY’S STREAMING SERVICE – TMO DAILY OBSERVATIONS 2018-11-09
Andrew Orr and first-timer Charlotte Henry join Kelly Guimont to discuss the first Apple Store in Thailand and Disney’s streaming service.
<https://www.macobserver.com/podcasts/tmo-daily-observations-2018-11-09/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

5. SPRINT MIGHT BE THROTTLING SKYPE, SAY RESEARCHERS
An ongoing study by Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts claims that Sprint is throttling Skype without telling customers.
Choffnes and his team analyzed more than 719,417 tests conducted by 100,000 users across 135 countries, and discovered that wireless carriers routinely throttle streaming video applications. While carriers often claim this kind of throttling only occurs in response to network congestion, evidence suggests the practice is often tied to efforts to upsell users to pricier plans.
We need net neutrality more than ever.
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6. LOOKING FOR AMAZON APPLE PRODUCTS? SOON IT WILL SELL MORE
The online shopping giant recently signed a deal to expand the selection of Apple offerings in its store.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/amazon-apple-products-sell-more/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

7. DISNEY UNVEILS DISNEY+, COMING 2019
The confirmation of the heavily anticipated Netflix challenger came from the firm’s Chairman and CEO Bob Iger during an earnings call on Thursday.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/disney-unveils-disney-coming-2019/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

8. APPLE FACE ID SUPPLIER ACQUIRED FOR $3.2 BILLION
Finisar, an Apple Face ID supplier that makes laser scanners, has been acquired by optical system producer II-VI, Inc. worth US$3.2 billion.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/face-id-supplier-acquired/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

9. USPS INFORMED DELIVERY VULNERABLE TO IDENTITY THIEVES
The USPS Informed Delivery Service is vulnerable to identity thieves. The services lets you see a preview of your mail on the web and mobile, and this week the U.S Secret Service issued a warning about it.
The internal alert — sent by the Secret Service on Nov. 6 to its law enforcement partners nationwide — references a recent case in Michigan in which seven people were arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards from resident mailboxes after signing up as those victims at the USPS’s Web site.
According to the Secret Service alert, the accused used the Informed Delivery feature “to identify and intercept mail, and to further their identity theft fraud schemes.”
Ugh, why can’t we have nice things?
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/informed-delivery-identity-thieves/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

10. A ROUNDUP OF THE BEST 2018 BLACK FRIDAY TECH DEALS
Black Friday deals seem to be appearing earlier than ever, but are they really deals? Here are some Black Friday tech deals I’ve found so far.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/roundup-black-friday-tech/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

11. TO BE A COMPUTER, IPAD PRO NEEDS A COMPUTER OS
Writing in his iPad Pro Diary series, Ben Lovejoy argues that the iPad needs a computer OS in order to be closer to a computer. He calls it “padOS.”
But while the iPad Pro isn’t trying to be a Mac, it is a grown-up device and it needs a grown-up operating system. Not macOS, but rather a tailored version of iOS, designed to take advantage of the additional capabilities of the iPad. What some people have termed padOS.
To Mr. Lovejoy I say this: Have no fear, this is what iOS 13 will be. *crosses fingers*
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12. IOS 12: HOW TO CREATE ALBUM FOLDERS IN PHOTOS
In iOS 12 you can create album folders in the Photos app, but the way to create them is a little hidden.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/album-folders-photos/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

13. COWIN E7 PRO ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING OVER-EAR WIRELESS HEADPHONES: $78.99
We have a deal on a pair of Cowin E7 Pro, active noise cancelling, over-the-ear wireless headphones. If you travel or spend a lot of time in a noisy environment, a pair of noise-canceling headphones can make a huge difference. These feature Bluetooth 4.0, up to 30 hours of battery life, and 45mm large-aperture drivers. They’re $78.99 through our deal, 12% off retail.
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/cowin-e7-pro-noise-cancelling-wireless-headphones/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

14. CAN FILM EMULATOR APPS LIKE VSCO REPLACE ACTUAL FILM?
The Phoblographer writes about why film emulator apps like VSCO and iPhone don’t replace traditional film photography. My argument is that yes, they have. Film isn’t dead just like vinyl isn’t dead, but both have been relegated to a small group of people. I’ve tried to use VSCO as an editor for years, but I never stuck with it until they introduced Film X. Now I use VSCO for 90% of my own editing. You can write about how things like film and vinyl make you feel all artsy-fartsy, and how iPhone photographers aren’t real photographers. But the photographer’s goal is to capture the world, and you should use the best tools you can in service of that goal. Whether those tools are film, a DSLR, or a disposable camera, the end result is that you created something.
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/vsco-replace-film/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

15. THREE QUICK REMINDERS TIPS!
Reminders—available both on the Mac and on iOS devices—is one of Apple’s simplest apps, but it’s also one of the most useful. In today’s Quick Tip, Melissa Holt’s going to give us a few of her favorite tricks on using it!
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/three-quick-reminders-tips/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

16. GITHUB ANNOUNCES IT HOSTS 100 MILLION REPOSITORIES
GitHub, the widely used code management and development tool, revealed Thursday that it hosts 100 million repositories. VentureBeat has a good breakdown of the news and the current state of the platform. It includes the fascinating bit of trivia that Algeria has the most repositories per capita, while Egypt boasts the highest number of open source repositories. GitHub is used by approximately 31 million developers around the globe. It was bought by Microsoft in June for $7.5 million.
Source code management and developer collaboration platform GitHub today announced users have now created 100 million repositories. For context, GitHub had 33 million repositories when the company was founded in 2008, and nearly one in three repositories were made within the past year.
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/github-hosts-100-million-repositories/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

17. SEASON 2 OF ‘MARS’ SET TO AIR ON NAT GEO CHANNEL
I watched season one, and it was terrific. “Season one of Mars followed the crew of the spacecraft Daedalus, as the astronauts attempted to create a pioneer settlement on the Red Planet in 2033. Season two is set nine years later and follows the fortunes of the first fully-fledged colony.” Check your local listings for the National Geographic channel. Mine says Monday, November 12. (Image credit: National Geographic channel.)
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/season-2-mars-nat-geo-channel/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>

18. HOW TO SELECT A PROCESSOR OPTION FOR YOUR NEW MAC
Apple has announced and shipped some exciting new Macs in 2018. For a prospective buyer, selecting the right processor option is one of the first tasks. John provides some guidance.
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