Month: August 2018

DirecTV Now adds Parental Controls

CompuScoop Staff August 20, 2018 0

Mid Monday, DirecTV Now announced it has added Parental Controls to its app.

AT&T said in a statement:

“Our new flexible parental controls are designed to give you peace of mind through the power to better manage what your kids watch. Streamers should be free to pick a package that’s right for them, and not worry about what young ones are watching on their devices in the next room. This way, you can watch those intense crime dramas in the master bedroom, but Pablo Escobar doesn’t become junior’s hero on a tablet.”

Here’s how you make changes. While watching DIRECTV NOW, pull up “Settings” and you’ll find “Parental Controls” at the top of the list or under “Preferences” (depending on your device). Using this feature allows you to restrict specific ratings for movies, TV shows and other programming. For example, anything above PG-13 movies can be set as “off-limits.” You’ll then be asked to create a four-digit pin number that’s required to access content that falls under these restricted categories.

The company says after five incorrect PIN attempts they will be required to go through the forgotten PIN process to prevent kids from guessing the pins.

Current customers will have to make sure they're running the latest version of the app to gain this new feature.

Overheating iPad Battery Prompts Evacuation of Apple Store

Dan Uff August 20, 2018 0

“Apple’s Amsterdam store was briefly evacuated on Sunday afternoon following what appears to the overheating of an iPad battery,” Roger Fingas reports for AppleInsider.

“After trouble began store staff immediately put the tablet in a bin with sand, which seemed to halt the situation, Dutch blog iCulture noted,” Fingas reports. “By around 2:20 p.m. local time, the city’s fire department was on the scene. Though there was no obvious smoke, three people reported respiratory issues.”

Apple being sued over Web Site Accessibility

Dan Uff August 20, 2018 0

Apple has become the target of a new lawsuit, one that claims the iPhone producer's website is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not being fully accessible to blind or visually-impaired consumers, due to the way the website itself is coded.

Filed in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York on Sunday, the complaint from the plaintiff Himelda Mendez is said to be filed on behalf of other users in a similar accessibility situation. Apple is the sole defendant in the lawsuit.

According to the filing, Mendez is described as a "visually impaired and legally blind person" who uses screen-reading software to access the internet. The software is able to either read out information seen on the screen or outputs it to a refreshable Braille display, and typically relies on the website being constructed in ways that it can read the contents.

To read the rest of the AppleInsider.com article, click here.