November 15, 2024

Month: June 2020

The New York Times is leaving Apple News over lack of readers

People who have been using the Apple News app to read stories from The New York Times may have gotten a surprise Monday morning, as the paper has announced that it’s leaving the platform over "readers' attention and dollars" implying that the platform has not met up to the paper’s expectations regarding the number of readers and advertisers that use the service.

Stories from the paper had stopped appearing from the news service in Apple News’ headline feed.

Apple supporting COVID-19 diagnostics research on Apple Watch

[AppleInsider.com]: Alongside features like hand washing detection, Apple says it is supporting further research to help turn the Apple Watch into a device to fight COVID-19.

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Apple has pushed a number of initiatives to help curb the spread of the virus. That includes everything from its Exposure Notification with Google to the watchOS 7 hand washing feature.

Beyond hand washing, the Apple Watch appears particularly well-suited for various medical applications. According to TechCrunch, the device has allowed doctors to remotely monitor a patient's ECGwithout risking infection.

Apple doesn't currently make any claims about the potential pandemic-fighting benefits of its flagship wearable, however. The company does say that they're supporting health-related initiatives by "enabling" their colleagues in the space.

"While we haven't studied specifically how Apple Watch can track COVID, we're happy to support the research the medical community is doing," said Sumbul Ahmad Desai, Apple's vice president of Health.

This is an area that Apple has been working on for some time. The aforementioned hand washing feature, which guides users through a proper length hand washing session, has reportedly been in development for "years."

The system was developed over a long period of trial and error, TechCrunch reported. That effort resulted in a solution that uses a mixture of accelerometer and microphone data, as well as machine learning, to accurately detect hand washing.

Apple's path into healthcare technology has been spearheaded by the Apple Watch, but could eventually include other hardware devices like AirPods.

Although Apple doesn't have any virus-fighting features to announce quite yet, third-party health app maker Cardiogram announced a feature in March that could use the Apple Watch's heart rate sensor to monitor a user's bodily response to infection.

How to install iOS 14 Beta on an iPad

Now that iOS 14 is available to registered developers, some who are new maybe wondering how to download and install the beta version to their iPad.  Here’s how:

* Login to the Apple developer portal at http://developer.apple.com/

  • Login with your developer username and password.

* Over on the left-side, select Downloads.

* In the Beta Software Downloads section, scroll down until you find the profile for iPadOS.

  • Tap the [Install Profile] button.

  • A disclaimer window will pop-up, read and agree to it.

* When the profile downloads, you must manually activate it in Settings > General > Profiles.

* That’s it.

Note: Once you install the beta, you cannot easily uninstall it and restore the iPad back to the way it was without some major work. DO NOT INSTALL THE BETA ON AN IPAD THAT IS USED FOR WORK.

Exclusive Review: DesignCap.com

What is DesignCap?

DesignCap is an online tool to create images or graphic designs from a template or scratch. Up to 5 models can be saved in your free plan and exported in JPG. All templates are customizable in terms of images, texts, backgrounds, icons, etc. And DesignCap can also be used for commercial use.

The graphical interface is immaculate and very easy to use; in a few minutes, you will be creating very attractive designs.

What can I create in DesignCap?

Virtually any document can be created with its tools; it can be from a personal document such as a resume to advertising. You do not need to be a graphic designer for your projects because you will have at your fingertips an infinity of templates that undoubtedly one or more adapts to your idea.

Among its categories, you will find designs for any project:

  • Charts
  • Infographics
  • Presentation Design
  • Time organization
  • Curriculum Design
  • Reports
  • Greeting cards
  • Invitations
  • Posters
  • Flyers
  • Business cards
  • Brochures
  • Food menus
  • Logos
  • Advertising Ads
  • Facebook Ads
  • Facebook cover
  • Facebook posts
  • YouTube thumbnail
  • Twitter cover
  • Tumblr cover
  • E-mail
  • Instagram posts
  • Pinterest posts

And if you can't find a template that suits your project, it doesn't matter because you can create your idea from scratch.

What are the DesignCap requirements?

You only need a Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari browser. So you can use it on Windows and Mac.

Does it have a watermark?

DesignCap has two types of elements, the free elements and those included in the payment plans. If you use the free ones, you will not have a watermark, and if you use the premium ones, they will have the watermark.

If you want to know it here, you can see it in the following basic tutorials for DesignCap.

Something that strikes me and is quite useful is that you can create statistical graphs directly in the application. That is to say, in its Graph menu or Chart, you select the image that you like, and a table is displayed where you can add the values ​​and format the graph.

You can also add graphic elements such as lines, geometric figures, and a wide variety of icons that you can customize with the color you need. As for the stock of photos, you will find millions of royalty-free images.

The interface is amicable; on the left side, you have all the elements that you can add to the graphic composition. Just click or drag to place it in position. Selecting any item displays the edit bar of what you can change.

Export formats

Once you have finished the design, you can export it in .jpg, png, or pdf in different resolutions. And if you need to export it in.PNG with a transparent background, it also allows you.

Sometimes a specific resolution is required for the project to define the height and width in pixels. For example, in the following video, an Advertising Banner and an Overlay for OBS were created.

Price

As for the price, you have three options, the free plan, the basic and the plus. The main difference between the three plans is the number of own images that you can upload to the platform and the number of designs that you can have stored in the account.

Besides that, in the free plan, there is a limit of templates of images that you can upload, and you can only export in JPG.

If you want to see the prices on their website, in this link, you can see them.

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In my opinion, DesignCap is a very good tool at a reasonably affordable price; if you don't want to invest a lot, go for the Basic plan, and if you are going to create many designs go for the Plus.

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