After teasing Touch Bar support for the omnipresent Office in October, Microsoft has added preliminary support for the MacBook Pro feature in its most recent build for beta testers.
This is a long time coming. No word on when this will be publicly available.
For those who are going to this year's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Apple has updated its maps app to help those get around the annual event.
The update should be available now.
(WSB TV): Voice assistants like Siri, Google Home and Amazon Echo take convenience to a new level, but does that convenience come with a price?
Channel 2 Consumer Advisor Clark Howard says the in-home technology could impact your privacy.
The assistants work by listening for the “wake word.” For Echo, that word is “Alexa,” for Google Home it’s “OK Google” and for Siri it’s “Hey Siri.”
After it detects the wake word it begins recording the interaction. As those recordings build up the device becomes more efficient, but with that convenience comes constant monitoring.
What these devices record, accidental or otherwise, is what prompted an attorney in Arkansas to request a search warrant for the recordings on the echo of an accused murderer.
Their response, plus what you need to know about when your device is listening and how to stop it, on Channel 2 Action News Monday at 5 p.m.
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As we wait for today's Super Bowl, many of our readers have been asking us what is the best way to view the big game without cable. Fortunately, their are many options to choose from if you have a reliable Internet Connection, no matter what streaming box you may have (AppleTV, Amazon Fire, etc.)
Here are some options:
For those who have Verizon, the company is offering free data streaming for customers.
Which ever way you choose, you're not going to be far away from today's game which starts at 6:30pm Eastern on Fox.
