(Video): Microsoft takes another shot at Apple’s MacBook Air
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Month: August 2016
Special Announcement from the Senior Editor/Owner of CompuScoop.com
Besides being the owner of this great web site, I am also a self-employed computer programmer. As such, I have decided to do my own shameless plug for a few Amazon Echo skills that I have developed and are now available to add to your Alexa enabled device. They are:
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Do you know How to Dismiss a phone call on Apple Watch quickly?
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For those of us who have an Apple Watch, we've been in a meeting and get a phone call. Sure, we can dismiss the call by tapping on the red button, but for those of us who have fat fingers, their is a faster way.
When a call comes in, put the palm of your hand over the watch face. The call will immediately go to Voice Mail.
Well, now you know. :-)
Apple Patents Finger Print Tech to Help Catch Thieves
“Being the leading portable devices company in the world, Apple is constantly advancing new security features so that consumers and business executives could be assured that their sensitive data is locked down,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“Apple’s iOS based devices currently come with a certain degree of security with features like ‘Find My iPhone,’ high end encryption and remote wipe,” Purcher reports. “Apple is also working on advanced biometrics such as using heart sensors to detect an unauthorized user.”
“Way back in 2010 Patently Apple covered a patent application showing that other new security features were on the way including taking a photo of the thief recording the thief’s voice if they make a call,” Purcher reports. “Since then Apple has added Touch ID to the iPhone and so they’ve now updated their security intellectual property to include this feature to assist authorities in catching an iPhone thief.
Read more in the full article here.
