“In early January, it was reported that Apple was working on wireless charging for the iPhone 7. However, that report warned that the feature could be pulled from the iPhone 7 for a future iteration of the device as Apple is working on the technology currently.”
Why doesn’t the iPhone have wireless charging already?
“Apple is finally working to bring wireless charging to iPhone, according to a recent report, but we’ll have to wait until 2017 to get it. Why? Because Apple doesn’t think the wireless charging standards we already have are good enough.”
Cisco Security Report: Majority of Orgs Do Not Monitor DNS
“Cisco’s annual security report released this week, covering everything from threat intelligence, aging infrastructure, geopolitical Internet governance, outsourcing security, and many other topics.”
Periscope integrates with GoPro to bring live streaming to action cameras
“Periscope just took its first steps away from the smartphone. The Twitter-owned live-streaming app announced an integration with GoPro that will let users broadcast to their followers from an action camera for the first time.”
Barclays Confirms it Will Launch Apple Pay by Late March
“The launch date was provided by Barclays CEO of Personal and Corporate Banking Ashok Vaswani in what appears to be a legitimate email sent to customer Oli Foster-Burnell, and later reported by Engadget. We can verify the executive has emailed customers about Apple Pay in the past.”
Facebook’s Android app now lets you flip a switch to browse over Tor
“Facebook has supported Tor-enabled browsers for around two years, and it’s now extending its Tor support to Android mobile connections. Tor software allows internet users to browse anonymously, and avoid being tracked when visited websites.”
It turns out uninstalling Facebook for Android is pretty great
“This is not an article about how much I hate Facebook. While it’s not my favorite social network, Facebook is where I go to see photos and commentary from local friends and family I don’t see every day. And it does that really well, most of the time.”
Microsoft to recall Surface Pro power cables due to overheating concerns
“Microsoft is planning to recall a number of Surface Pro power cords following overheating concerns. Channelnomics Europe reports that the software giant will announce a voluntary recall for power supplies for the Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 that were sold before July 2015.”
How to replace El Capitan’s missing Secure Empty Trash
“Secure Empty Trash: We lost that option with El Capitan; how could we get it back? I’ve seen this question come up a number of times since late in the El Capitan public beta cycle, and you can find hundreds of postings about it on Apple’s forums and elsewhere.”
Microsoft adds Mac testers to its Office Insider preview
“Microsoft today announced its Office Insider preview program now accepts Mac users of Office 365 Home, Personal and University, following up on the the same beta offer to Windows customers in November.”
