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My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• ‘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 […]
• Apple quietly builds the business case for AR February 14, 2020
  Apple has quietly introduced new AR features that should help the company push adoption of the technologies more into the mainstream, particularly for retailers, animation houses and educators – and you can access these using QuickLook.What Apple is doing Apple’s QuickLook supports 3D models that use the USDZ file format the company built in collaboration with […]
• Hard times inside Apple’s forgotten App Store February 13, 2020
  Are you one of the many iOS users that ignores the row of apps at the bottom of the message composition window?Once the appeal of sticker packs wears off, there just doesn’t seem to be much inside Apple’s forgotten App Store for Messages.In between the hype and the reality… Apple introduced the App Store for […]
• Apple's Mac Catalyst is becoming very, very serious February 12, 2020
  Apple appears to be setting the table for some interesting moves with the introduction of Swift Playgrounds for Mac and recent news that it’s now possible to offer both Mac and iOS apps as the same app.What could this mean? Soe thoughts....The news in a nutshell These are the two key items in a little […]
• Why every enterprise needs Apple’s Pro apps team February 11, 2020
  Apple’s Mac Pro delivers plenty of power for its price, but its tight integration with macOS means pro users also get the kind of performance they need.Putting Metal to the Mac Pro When Apple announced Mac Pro, it told us that the big names in graphics and video had already adopted, or were about to […]
• Smart lighting security flaw illuminates risk of IoT February 7, 2020
  The latest smart home security nightmare highlights the risk you take each time you add another connected item to your home, office or industrial network. And even market leading brands make mistakes.The story of Hue Philips Hue smart lighting systems are probably among the most widely installed smart home solutions in the world, so plenty […]
• Is Apple's iCloud Folder Sharing a shadow IT problem? February 6, 2020
  After a long delay, Apple is preparing to introduce iCloud Folder Sharing across both its Mac and iOS platforms. This looks like it is a big blessing for collaboration, but is it safe?What is iCloud Folder Sharing? iCloud Folder Sharing was first announced at WWDC 2019, but delayed until – well, at present it is […]