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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- Apple: Macs are best choice for enterprise July 27, 2021Apple has gotten very serious about building its enterprise business, with an updated enterprise website explaining the many reasons to move to Mac, supported by a Forrester report that shows using M1 Macs will save enterprises $843 over three years when compared to a PC.Apple’s growing TCO advantage The list of advantages include lower running […]
- Acronis teams with Jamf to secure the Apple-centric enterprise July 26, 2021As the Mac security journey becomes ever more challenging, there's fresh activity in the Mac security and enterprise infrastructure space: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now integrates with leading enterprise management platform Jamf.Acronis and Jamf: Better together That’s a significant step forward in terms of better native Mac support from Acronis, which has been working to widen […]
- Apple admins get a new remote support option July 23, 2021Apple administrators in the enterprise and education markets now have a new remote access option thanks to a new integration between Addigy and Splashtop.Splashtop comes to Addigy The move means Splashtop, which already has over 30 million users — including many Fortune 500 companies — is now the exclusive default remote support solution included in Addigy. […]
- Scary ‘malware-as-a-service’ Mac attack discovered July 22, 2021Another day, and it's time for another Apple security scare: malware that can harvest keystrokes and log-ins and is available on the Darknet for only $49.Malware-as-a-service for Mac attacks Check Point Software’s research team claims to have identified the hack, which it is calling XLoader. Enterprise security specialists managing Macs and Apple devices (of which there are […]
- Apple plans an all-5G iPhone range, but not until '22 July 21, 2021Apple’s first 5G iPhones are available now, but most users don’t yet really feel the benefit, given that network infrastructure and services are still being rolled out. But you can expect adoption on both fronts to accelerate into 2022.Good news, bad news Let’s get to the bad new first: If a report on Nikkei is to […]