Facebook takes the Plessey on Apple’s AR plan
Facebook appears to have gotten hold of a technology Apple really wanted to acquire as it reaches a deal with UK company, Plessey.
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- Lessons learned: Provisioning new employees during a pandemic September 30, 2020COVID-19 means just about everyone who can do so now works from home. But the rapid pace at which this happened put IT under a great deal of pressure, so, what have we learned that may help in future?The digital transformation continues The JNUC conference this week sees 15,000 Apple-in-the-enterprise IT staff come together, and a […]
- JNUC 2020 opens with big news for Apple and Azure September 29, 2020Apple in the enterprise focused company, Jamf, kicked off its virtual JNUC conference today with a deluge of news and information for Mac, iPhone and iPad using enterprises.Apple and Microsoft together for work The show comes at a pivotal moment in the transformation of enterprise IT. Not only is work becoming virtual, but Apple’s presence […]
- 5 HomeKit-compatible solutions for working from home September 28, 2020It should be pretty clear now that the new normal involves working from home for much longer than most originally anticipated, so it makes sense to invest in optimizing the experience.Managing the new normal We’ve moved from phase one of COVID-19 response. It’s no longer about making the best of what we have or rushing […]
- Will Apple Silicon slow enterprise Mac deployment? September 25, 2020Apple’s decision to migrate Macs to Apple Silicon opens up interesting opportunities for enterprise IT but also poses some challenges, not least of which is further balkanization unless the company ensures its products play nice with others.The good, the bad and the FUD-ly The good side of the move to Apple Silicon on enterprise Macs is better […]
- Microsoft's forthcoming Outlook for Mac should boost WFH September 23, 2020Microsoft has been watching what remote workers need and seems to have introduced some of these necessary features in the planned October release of Microsoft Outlook for Mac, which adds new tools, customizations and more for Mac users working in Outlook-based enterprises.Feels like a Mac app Microsoft moved fast to support Apple’s new operating systems […]
- Apple’s Tim Cook shares his company's WFH experience September 22, 2020It still seems a little counter-intuitive that one of the world’s biggest technology firms was also one of the least amenable to remote working, but this, I’ve heard, describes the culture at Apple pre-COVID-19.Now things have changed there, just as they have elsewhere.Going back better Speaking during a more extensive interview conducted at The Atlantic Festival, […]
- iOS 14: What’s new for enterprise IT? September 21, 2020Apple has introduced a selection of interesting improvements for iOS and Mac admins in the recently introduced iOS 14, including new APIs for mobile device management (MDM) and usability improvements.The easy (but good) stuff One of the better enhancements is the introduction of choice. iPhone and iPad users can now choose which web browser and/or […]