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Headlines at The Mac Observer for Friday, March 9, 2018
<https://www.macobserver.com/>
1. Goodyear’s Oxygene Tire Uses Moss to Capture CO2 and Produce Oxygen
2. How Facebook Uses Web Trackers, Third Party Advertising Data, Loyalty Cards and More to Watch Us
3. Apple’s HomePod Video Ad Misses a Creative Opportunity
4. Google Maps Adds Mario to Navigation, Presumably Avoids Bowser
5. Martin Shkreli Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
6. macOS: How to Update Your Mac in the Terminal
7. How to Discover Free iOS Apps on the App Store With IFTTT
8. Facebook’s Tracking Secrets, Listener Comments – TMO Daily Observations 2018-03-09
9. This Side Table Has a Built-In Qi Wireless Charger: $149.99
10. Working Smarter with macOS Preferences
11. Netflix, Apple Negotiating to Win Show Featuring President Obama
12. Net Neutrality Fight Heads to Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco
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1. GOODYEAR’S OXYGENE TIRE USES MOSS TO CAPTURE CO2 AND PRODUCE OXYGEN
Check out Oxygene, a “concept tire” from Goodyear. Concept tire is like a concept car—it shows what might be, rather than what is. But it’s intensely cool. Firstly, the tire is 3D printed from rubber powder made from recycled tires. It’s the moss, though, that’s weirdly awesome. That’s right, moss, because Goodyear fills the center mass of the tire with moss. The tire captures road moisture—improving grip on the way—and feeds it to the moss. The moss also captures CO2 and does what moss does, turns it into oxygen via photosynthesis. According to Futurism magazine, “In a city roughly the size of Paris, Goodyear estimates these tires could produce 3,000 tons of oxygen and absorb over 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.” Wow. That would turn cars—especially electric cars—into part of the solution to anthropomorphic climate change.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/goodyears-oxygene-tire-uses-moss/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
2. HOW FACEBOOK USES WEB TRACKERS, THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING DATA, LOYALTY CARDS AND MORE TO WATCH US
Here’s how Facebook is able to watch us so closely that it feels like they’re listening in.
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/the-back-page/facebook-watches-us/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
3. APPLE’S HOMEPOD VIDEO AD MISSES A CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY
Apple’s HomePod video ad focuses on the old, tried and true. Takes few risks and is predictable. What happened?
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/particle-debris/homepod-video-misses-creative-opportunity/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
4. GOOGLE MAPS ADDS MARIO TO NAVIGATION, PRESUMABLY AVOIDS BOWSER
Mario is good for more than jumping on turtles and saving Princess Peach. He can also help you navigate to your next meeting, assuming you use Google Maps on your iPhone or Android phone. Google added Mario as a navigation option to its Maps app to celebrate MAR10 Day on March 10th (apparently that’s a thing). Just make sure you have the latest version of Google Maps installed, and then tap the yellow question mark button at the bottom of the directions screen to enable Mario mode. The navigation arrow changes to Mario in his little cart, zipping along your route to show you where to go. The feature is rolling out this weekend and will be available for about a week. Google Maps is a free download at Apple’s App Store.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/google-maps-mario/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
5. MARTIN SHKRELI SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON
Martin Shkreli, he of the 5,000% drug price increases. He of the one-off Wu-Tang Clan album. He of the “you can’t quell the Shkrel” self-boosting. That’s him leaving court back in June, 2017, and thanks to that case, he can now add another he of: he of the seven year prison sentence. That’s what happened today, as Mr. Shkreli was sentenced to seven years, including time served since September while awaiting sentencing, for securities fraud. According to Bloomberg, the judge also ordered him to turn over $7.4 million in cash or assets, and stipulated that everything is eligible, including a “Picasso, $5 million in a personal trading account, a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album and shares in a drug company he once ran.” Here’s hoping that Wu-Tang Clan album winds up in worthier hands out of this.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
6. MACOS: HOW TO UPDATE YOUR MAC IN THE TERMINAL
When you use the Terminal method, you can keep using your Mac as the update downloads and the initial installation will take place in the background.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/update-your-mac/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
7. HOW TO DISCOVER FREE IOS APPS ON THE APP STORE WITH IFTTT
One is to get email notifications and the other will give you regular notifications via the IFTTT app.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/free-ios-apps-ifttt/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
8. FACEBOOK’S TRACKING SECRETS, LISTENER COMMENTS – TMO DAILY OBSERVATIONS 2018-03-09
Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to talk about how Facebook is really tracking you, and they respond to listener comments on Jeff’s idea that it’s time to drop “Hey” from “Hey Siri.”
<https://www.macobserver.com/podcasts/facebook-tracking-secrets-tmo-daily-observations-2018-03-09/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
9. THIS SIDE TABLE HAS A BUILT-IN QI WIRELESS CHARGER: $149.99
Check out the FurniQi Bamboo Wireless Charging Side Table. As the name suggests, it’s a table that has a built-in Qi wireless charger and comes with a matching USB cable that connects to the table’s hidden electronics. It’s $149.99 through us.
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/this-side-table-has-a-built-in-qi-wireless-charger-149-99/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
10. WORKING SMARTER WITH MACOS PREFERENCES
We sometimes forget there are myriad options we can set for our Macs. Starting with his first book (Dr. Macintosh) and countless times thereafter, our own Dr. Mac has implored readers to poke around and try various settings, explaining that it’s quite difficult to break a Mac by merely changing a Control Panel (old-school) or System Preferences (modern) setting.
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/dr-macs-rants-raves/working-smarter-macos-preferences/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
11. NETFLIX, APPLE NEGOTIATING TO WIN SHOW FEATURING PRESIDENT OBAMA
President Obama is the hot property the streaming TV services want, and Netflix may be in the lead to land a deal.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/netflix-president-obama-series/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
12. NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT HEADS TO FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO
The fight to block Ajit Pai and the FCC from killing net neutrality in the United States is headed to the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/net-neutrality-fight-federal-appeals-court/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
--------------------
Visit The Apple Store for great deals on new and refurbished Macs. Remember, even the refurbs come with a full warranty in almost all cases!
<https://j.mp/AppleStoreDeals>
--------------------
Headlines at The Mac Observer for Friday, March 9, 2018
<https://www.macobserver.com/>
1. Goodyear’s Oxygene Tire Uses Moss to Capture CO2 and Produce Oxygen
2. How Facebook Uses Web Trackers, Third Party Advertising Data, Loyalty Cards and More to Watch Us
3. Apple’s HomePod Video Ad Misses a Creative Opportunity
4. Google Maps Adds Mario to Navigation, Presumably Avoids Bowser
5. Martin Shkreli Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
6. macOS: How to Update Your Mac in the Terminal
7. How to Discover Free iOS Apps on the App Store With IFTTT
8. Facebook’s Tracking Secrets, Listener Comments – TMO Daily Observations 2018-03-09
9. This Side Table Has a Built-In Qi Wireless Charger: $149.99
10. Working Smarter with macOS Preferences
11. Netflix, Apple Negotiating to Win Show Featuring President Obama
12. Net Neutrality Fight Heads to Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco
----------
Join our Mac Geek Gab Facebook Group to get your questions answered and chat with other listeners!
<https://www.macgeekgab.com/facebook>
----------
1. GOODYEAR’S OXYGENE TIRE USES MOSS TO CAPTURE CO2 AND PRODUCE OXYGEN
Check out Oxygene, a “concept tire” from Goodyear. Concept tire is like a concept car—it shows what might be, rather than what is. But it’s intensely cool. Firstly, the tire is 3D printed from rubber powder made from recycled tires. It’s the moss, though, that’s weirdly awesome. That’s right, moss, because Goodyear fills the center mass of the tire with moss. The tire captures road moisture—improving grip on the way—and feeds it to the moss. The moss also captures CO2 and does what moss does, turns it into oxygen via photosynthesis. According to Futurism magazine, “In a city roughly the size of Paris, Goodyear estimates these tires could produce 3,000 tons of oxygen and absorb over 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.” Wow. That would turn cars—especially electric cars—into part of the solution to anthropomorphic climate change.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/goodyears-oxygene-tire-uses-moss/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
2. HOW FACEBOOK USES WEB TRACKERS, THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING DATA, LOYALTY CARDS AND MORE TO WATCH US
Here’s how Facebook is able to watch us so closely that it feels like they’re listening in.
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/the-back-page/facebook-watches-us/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
3. APPLE’S HOMEPOD VIDEO AD MISSES A CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY
Apple’s HomePod video ad focuses on the old, tried and true. Takes few risks and is predictable. What happened?
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/particle-debris/homepod-video-misses-creative-opportunity/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
4. GOOGLE MAPS ADDS MARIO TO NAVIGATION, PRESUMABLY AVOIDS BOWSER
Mario is good for more than jumping on turtles and saving Princess Peach. He can also help you navigate to your next meeting, assuming you use Google Maps on your iPhone or Android phone. Google added Mario as a navigation option to its Maps app to celebrate MAR10 Day on March 10th (apparently that’s a thing). Just make sure you have the latest version of Google Maps installed, and then tap the yellow question mark button at the bottom of the directions screen to enable Mario mode. The navigation arrow changes to Mario in his little cart, zipping along your route to show you where to go. The feature is rolling out this weekend and will be available for about a week. Google Maps is a free download at Apple’s App Store.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/google-maps-mario/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
5. MARTIN SHKRELI SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON
Martin Shkreli, he of the 5,000% drug price increases. He of the one-off Wu-Tang Clan album. He of the “you can’t quell the Shkrel” self-boosting. That’s him leaving court back in June, 2017, and thanks to that case, he can now add another he of: he of the seven year prison sentence. That’s what happened today, as Mr. Shkreli was sentenced to seven years, including time served since September while awaiting sentencing, for securities fraud. According to Bloomberg, the judge also ordered him to turn over $7.4 million in cash or assets, and stipulated that everything is eligible, including a “Picasso, $5 million in a personal trading account, a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album and shares in a drug company he once ran.” Here’s hoping that Wu-Tang Clan album winds up in worthier hands out of this.
<https://www.macobserver.com/cool-stuff-found/martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
6. MACOS: HOW TO UPDATE YOUR MAC IN THE TERMINAL
When you use the Terminal method, you can keep using your Mac as the update downloads and the initial installation will take place in the background.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/update-your-mac/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
7. HOW TO DISCOVER FREE IOS APPS ON THE APP STORE WITH IFTTT
One is to get email notifications and the other will give you regular notifications via the IFTTT app.
<https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/free-ios-apps-ifttt/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
8. FACEBOOK’S TRACKING SECRETS, LISTENER COMMENTS – TMO DAILY OBSERVATIONS 2018-03-09
Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to talk about how Facebook is really tracking you, and they respond to listener comments on Jeff’s idea that it’s time to drop “Hey” from “Hey Siri.”
<https://www.macobserver.com/podcasts/facebook-tracking-secrets-tmo-daily-observations-2018-03-09/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
9. THIS SIDE TABLE HAS A BUILT-IN QI WIRELESS CHARGER: $149.99
Check out the FurniQi Bamboo Wireless Charging Side Table. As the name suggests, it’s a table that has a built-in Qi wireless charger and comes with a matching USB cable that connects to the table’s hidden electronics. It’s $149.99 through us.
<https://www.macobserver.com/link/this-side-table-has-a-built-in-qi-wireless-charger-149-99/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
10. WORKING SMARTER WITH MACOS PREFERENCES
We sometimes forget there are myriad options we can set for our Macs. Starting with his first book (Dr. Macintosh) and countless times thereafter, our own Dr. Mac has implored readers to poke around and try various settings, explaining that it’s quite difficult to break a Mac by merely changing a Control Panel (old-school) or System Preferences (modern) setting.
<https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/dr-macs-rants-raves/working-smarter-macos-preferences/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
11. NETFLIX, APPLE NEGOTIATING TO WIN SHOW FEATURING PRESIDENT OBAMA
President Obama is the hot property the streaming TV services want, and Netflix may be in the lead to land a deal.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/netflix-president-obama-series/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
12. NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT HEADS TO FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO
The fight to block Ajit Pai and the FCC from killing net neutrality in the United States is headed to the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco.
<https://www.macobserver.com/news/net-neutrality-fight-federal-appeals-court/?utm_source=tmo-express&utm_medium=email>
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