Sometimes, you need to get to a web site quickly. Fortunately, Mac has a way to do this via its Spotlight search feature.
Here's how:
1. Activate Spotlight.
2. Type in an URL address (such as https://www.compuscoop.com).
3. The default web browser will open and go to the above URL.
4. That's it.
“Apple is ceasing production of its AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule Wi-Fi routers,” Rene Ritchie writes for iMore. ” I had a chance to speak to Apple briefly about the decision, and here’s the statement I was given: ‘We’re discontinuing the Apple AirPort base station products. They will be available through Apple.com, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last.'”
“The AirPort Base Station line was last updated in 2013,” Ritchie writes. “Since then, we’ve seen the advent of mesh networking, which lets larger, more irregular, and more challenging areas enjoy better and more robust coverage. Rather than release AirPort Mesh, though, Apple chose to offer the Linksys Velop at its retail stores instead.”
Ritchie writes, “Over the next few weeks, Apple will also be posting knowledge-base articles to help customers transitioning away from AirPort products.”
Read more in the full article here.
T-Mobile is closing in on a deal to merge with Sprint that will value Sprint near its current market price of $6.50 per share, according to people familiar with the matter.
The $26 billion deal could be announced as soon as Sunday, said the people, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private. No deal has been signed and talks could still fall apart, said the people. The sides have agreed on an exact exchange ratio, although that figure couldn't immediately be determined.
SoftBank, which owns about 85 percent of Sprint, will allow Deutsche Telekom, which owns almost two-thirds of T-Mobile, to consolidate the new company's earnings, said the people.
Several things changed over the last few months that led Son to change his mind, including greater synergies from lower corporate taxes, an increased understanding of how much 5G deployment will cost Sprint, and a rapidly changing competitive wireless landscape that now includes cable providers, the people said. Last week, Comcast and Charter, the two largest U.S. cable companies, announced an extended partnership agreement that will allow each company to develop products and services.
A deal announcement doesn't mean a merger will actually happen. Combining the third- and fourth-largest wireless U.S. providers in a market with only four participants -- Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint -- could be a hard sell for U.S. regulators. AT&T attempted to buy T-Mobile in 2011, only to have regulators block it on anti-competitive grounds.
Now a days, we're relying more and more on our iPhones. Because of this, its battery has become an important part of the hardware.
Up until iOS 11, their wasn't a way to check the health of the battery to see if you needed to take it to an authorized Apple repair place to have it replaced.
Here's how to check it:
1. Go to SETTINGS > BATTERY.
2. Tap BATTERY HEATH (BETA).
If the section says that the battery is at "Maximum Capacity" and "Peak Performance Capability" then it is at peak performance. But as the device gets older, this information may change.
Note: If you don’t see the “Battery Health” section in iOS Settings, it means you either do not have iOS 11.3 or newer on the iPhone, or it’s not an iPhone. As mentioned before, iPad does not currently support the Battery Health feature.
