Month: July 2017

How to Unsubscribe from an E-Mail Mailing List in iOS Mail

CompuScoop Staff July 15, 2017 1

For those of us who rely on e-mail, we see one come in from a source that we have no idea where it came from.

Fortunately, starting with iOS 10, Apple has given us a way to easily unsubscribe from those mailing lists.

Here's how:

When an email comes in, the above message appears at the top of the screen.
Tap on the above message.

If that doesn't work, then you'll need to do it the old fashioned way - scroll down to the bottom of the email and hit the small (or sometimes hidden) unsubscribe link.

Virus Alert for Mac: OSX Dok

CompuScoop Staff July 14, 2017 0

“A recently discovered strain of Apple Mac malware has begun mimicking major banking websites in an effort to steal login details from victims,” Danny Palmer reports for ZDNet. “First uncovered in May, OSX.Dok affected all versions of Apple’s older OS X operating system and was initially used to spy on victims’ web traffic.”

“The malware was later modified to infect macOS users, and its latest variant has been updated to steal money and financial credentials, say researchers at Check Point,” Palmer reports. “This new Dok campaign is distributed via phishing emails relating to financial or tax matters, with the payload deployed via a malicious ZIP file that victims are urged to run.”

Palmer reports, “Check Point warns the malware is still on the loose and will be a threat for some time to come, especially if the attackers continue to invest in advanced obfuscation techniques.”

Read more in the full article here.

Apple’s Spaceship Campus causing Surrounding Housing Prices to Skyrock

CompuScoop Staff July 14, 2017 1

(CNBC.com): Things change when a spaceship comes to town.

Tourists stroll by, whipping out their iPhones to get a photo. New businesses move in. And real estate prices go up even more.

Apple's new home in Cupertino — the centerpiece being a $5 billion, four-story, 2.8 million-square-foot ring that can be seen from space and that locals call the spaceship — is still getting some final touches, and employees have just started to trickle in. The full squadron, about 12,000 people, will arrive in several months.

But the development of the headquarters, a 175-acre area officially called Apple Park, has already helped transform the surrounding area.

To read the rest of the article, click here.

Use your Amazon Alexa to Control your Amazon Fire TV

CompuScoop Staff July 13, 2017 0

(TheVerge.com): Amazon has just released a software update for its Fire TV devices that allows you to control them using Alexa on another device... like, say, an Amazon Echo. The update was first spotted by Android Police.

To use the new feature, you’ll have to link your Fire TV to your Alexa device using the Alexa app on your smartphone. Once set up, you’ll be able to use voice commands through Alexa for things like playback controls, searching for videos, and opening apps. It’s similar to the functionality provided by Amazon’s Alexa Voice Remote for the Fire TV, just without actually requiring that you use a physical remote. The update is compatible with all of Amazon’s Fire TV devices, except for the original first generation Fire TV Stick.

It’s also a move that puts Amazon’s virtual assistant on par with Google’s Home speaker and Chromecast, which have granted the ability use the Home in tandem with a Chromecast for voice commands for a while now.