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My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• Apple may introduce an ARM-powered Mac in 2021, claim February 25, 2020
  The rumor that would not die appears to be turning into a reality with Apple allegedly intending the introduction of some form of Mac powered by an Apple-designed ARM-based A-series processor in 2021.Unique technology advantage Apple’s silicon development team has pushed A-series processor development hard.To read this article in full, please click here
• Why every user needs a smart speaker security policy February 24, 2020
  Does your voice assistant wake up randomly when you are engaged in normal conversation, listening to radio, or watching TV? You’re not alone, and this could have serious implications in enterprise security policy.All things being equal (they’re not) “Anyone who has used voice assistants knows that they accidentally wake up and record when the 'wake […]
• Challo pushes enterprise collaboration across company walls February 21, 2020
  One of the big weaknesses of many enterprise collaboration solutions is that they aren’t always good at letting employees work with external parties. That’s a problem one of the latest entrants to the space tries to solve.Collaboration without walls  Like many such solutions, Challo is a feature-rich, cloud-based enterprise-class collaboration tool. What’s interesting is that it […]
• RIP: Larry Tesler, inventor of copy & paste February 20, 2020
  “You cannot reduce the complexity of a given task beyond a certain point. Once you’ve reached that point you can only shift the burden around.” ~Larry TeslerOne of the people who helped create the current age of personal computing passed away this week: Larry Tesler (74), the computer scientist who invented copy-&-paste while at Xerox […]
• Adobe Photoshop turns 30, now much smarter February 19, 2020
  Photoshop is one of the computer world's most influential applications. Thirty years ago today, Adobe first introduced the popular software. To celebrate, the company today updated Photoshop for Mac and iPad with a range of tasty new features that show how far digital arts have come in the last three decades.Photoshop on iPad Adobe has been […]
• Apple sticks with March iPhone event despite coronavirus February 18, 2020
  Apple is reportedly still gearing up for a late March special event to introduce the much-expected iPhone 9, though production of any new iPad Pro models may have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Calling change in a spooky market In January, a report claimed a March launch for the device. More recently, Germany’s  iPhone-ticker.de said Apple intends to host […]
• ‘Hey Siri, bring in the cattle and irrigate field four’ February 17, 2020
  If you go down to the farm today, you’ll likely find it packed with sensors, drones and remote management systems run by iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices.A new agriculture In fact, we’re only one or two Siri Shortcuts away from voice-controlled farms equipped with remotely controlled irrigation, livestock and crop management solutions and blockchain-based […]