Month: January 2019

Hey Apple – Why no HOME Button on the Safari Web Browser for iOS?

Dan Uff January 6, 2019 0

I don't know about anyone else, but I use Apple's Safari web browser as my main browser when I'm on my Mac and iOS devices.

Coming from other operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and others, I have always used their default browser. Most of the time, the default browser includes a HOME button to get back to the page where you started from (called a home page). But Apple's default browser does not include one by default. Although annoying, their is a way to get that button to show on the Mac. Here's how:

While in the browser, select View > Customize Toolbar.
Look for the HOUSE ICON.
Click on it, hold down the mouse button, and drag it onto the Safari bar (probably next to the URL bar).

Now that you have the home button showing, here's how to customize it with your own start (home) page:

Select Safari > Preferences.
Click on the General Tab.
Look for an input field called Homepage.
Clear that field.
Type the URL of the page you wish to have as your home page.
Click Ok when finished.

Now when you click on the Home icon, you'll be taken to your home page.

China’s Huawei punishes employees for iPhone New Years Tweet

Reuters News January 5, 2019 0

Huawei Technologies has punished two employees for New Year greetings sent on the smartphone maker's official Twitter account using an iPhone, an internal memo shows.

Huawei, whose P-series handsets compete with Apple's iPhones, on New Year's Day wished followers a "Happy #2019" in a tweet marked sent "via Twitter for iPhone".

The tweet was quickly removed, but screenshots of the blunder spread across social media.

"The traitor has revealed himself," quipped one user on microblog Weibo, in a comment "liked" over 600 times.

In an internal Huawei memo, dated January 3 and seen by Reuters news agency, corporate Senior Vice President and Director of the board Chen Lifang said, "The incident caused damage to the Huawei brand."

The mistake occurred when outsourced social media handler Sapient experienced "VPN problems" with a desktop computer, so used an iPhone with a roaming SIM card in order to send the message on time at midnight, Huawei said in the memo.

Blocked in China

Twitter, like several foreign services such as those from Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc, is blocked in China, where the Internet is heavily censored. To gain access, users need a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

Huawei, which overtook Apple as the world's second-largest smartphone vendor by volume in January-September, declined to comment on internal issues when contacted by Reuters.

Sapient did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via the contact form on its website. Calls to its Beijing office went unanswered.

Huawei in the memo said the blunder showed procedural incompliance and management oversight. It said it had demoted two employees responsible by one rank and reduced their monthly salaries by 5,000 yuan ($728.27).
It is not the first time the use of the Apple product has given cause for embarrassment.

Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of nationalistic tabloid Global Times, was mocked online last year after he used his iPhone when expressing support for Huawei and domestic peer ZTE Corp.

He later said his actions were not hypocritical as foreign brands should not be discriminated against.

SOURCE: REUTERS NEWS AGENCY

Apple purchases Billboards in Las Vegas ahead of CES 2019

Dan Uff January 5, 2019 0

Even though the company is not involved in this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, Apple wants to remind its current and future users that what is on their iPhone stays on their iPhone, as this photo suggests.

Beware of this new Phishing Scam posing as Apple Support

Dan Uff January 5, 2019 0

Their is a new scam targeting Apple users. The scammers call the user claiming to be from Apple Support stating that the user's account has been compromised. The caller's phone number spoofs it so it appears to be coming from Apple itself.

One person targeted by the scam, called the 1-866 number that's mentioned in the automated message. He encountered an automated system but then a real person answered the call. He then placed the user on hold, before eventually disconnecting the call.

The effected user then called the real Apple Support phone number, which they confirmed that the call was indeed fake.

There's also a similar scam with persons posing as Microsoft support claiming that their computer has been compromised by a virus, and the user needs to give them immediate access to their computer so the company can get rid of the virus in question.

These calls are from people seeking personal information (such as Credit Card numbers, Social Security information, etc.) to turn around and sell it on the dark web for money.