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My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• 6 lessons Apple retail taught the industry in 2001 May 18, 2021
  Apple opened its first Apple retail stores 20 years ago on May 19, 2001 — and soon became one of the most successful retailers in the world — at least, it was in the time before COVID-19.What Apple did with retail “The Apple stores offer an amazing new way to buy a computer,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s […]
• Cloud-based thin-client Macs become a reality May 17, 2021
  Does your workforce actually need company equipment, or do they simply require access to cloud-based Macs and PCs? Teradici and MacStadium are betting the future is Mac As A Service.Toward the thin-client Mac The two companies are pooling skills to offer this kind of future, which lets users access their Mac from any device anywhere.Perhaps […]
• WWDC 2021 is coming, and we know very little about it May 14, 2021
  Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) takes place online June 7-11. That's just over three weeks away. So what do we expect?Known unknowns It’s interesting how little we think we know this year, but don’t let the lack of anticipation fool you. This may turn out to be a year in which Apple lays the foundations for its […]
• Social engineering, fake App Stores, hit iOS, Sophos warns May 13, 2021
  I didn’t entirely mean to focus on Apple device security for most of this week (see here and here), but new Sophos research should interest any enterprise working to enhance security awareness.Breaking bad The research looks at 167 counterfeit apps used to scam iOS and Android users. Those that impact Apple’s mobile OS particularly stood […]
• Jamf adds zero trust security to the Apple enterprise May 12, 2021
  Apple enterprise management company Jamf has announced its pending $400 million acquisition of zero trust cloud-based security company, Wandera.Apple security with zero trust Security remains of critical concern to the many enterprises deploying Apple equipment during the time of COVID-19, and as the mobile device management (MDM) services industry becomes more competitive, many providers are attempting […]