This fortnight, Jason and I talk about how the current political climate affects science, space and technology.
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“We’re thrilled to report that our holiday quarter results generated Apple’s highest quarterly revenue ever, and broke multiple records along the way. We sold more iPhones than ever before and set all-time revenue records for iPhone, Services, Mac and Apple Watch,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.
“Revenue from Services grew strongly over last year, led by record customer activity on the App Store, and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline.”
Here are some charts that help those numbers make sense. Federico has posted many, many more.
The problem is UltraFine 5K Display becomes unusable when positioned within 6.6-feet of a router. I discovered this issue after purchasing my own UltraFine 5K Display last week and thinking something was defective with my hardware.
Right out of the box, UltraFine 5K Display was hardly usable as it would consistently disconnect and even freeze my MacBook Pro which made it unusable for work on Thursday and Friday. Connecting it to my MacBook Pro consistently resulted in needing to reboot my machine to continue working.
Yikes.
I missed the show this week, so uhhhhh, I’m a little nervous:
Stephen is away on an important mission. He left Myke and Federico behind to discuss the financial decline of Fitbit, and what’s missing from iOS 10.3. Myke also has some follow up about sleeping and lightbulbs, and Federico has been observing people.
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Apple is here to help with that pesky watchband:
Find your band below to learn how to adjust or fasten it.
Before you adjust your band, place your Apple Watch face down over a clean surface like a lint-free, micro-fiber cloth or soft, padded mat.
This may be the best-designed knowledge base article I’ve come across.
I got this thing as a birthday present.
Obviously, I had to put it to the test:
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity might never be classified as speedy, averaging only slightly more than 2 miles (3.36 kilometers) per year since its landing on Jan. 25, 2004, at 05:05 UTC. Nevertheless, what the stalwart explorer lacks in range is more than made up with its longevity. Opportunity—also known as Mars Exploration Rover – B (MER-B)—has been in active operation on the Red Planet for 13 years, far exceeding the original planned mission of 90 sols (approximately 92 Earth days, with each sol being a full Martian day, lasting 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds).
What a machine.
When I hung up my Genius name tag for the last time and was clapped out at my local Apple store, I helped start an Apple Authorized Service Provider that focused on serving the needs of private, K-12 schools. We had a small walk-in repair business, but even then, in 2008, it was a hard way to make a living.
That company had a more tragic ending than most, but there’s no doubt in my mind that unless an AASP really specializes in something, it’s going to be harder and harder to keep the lights on. That’s a real shame.
If you’re an old-school Mac user, I apologize for the flashbacks this article is going to give you.
This is going to be great. I’ve had a lot of issues with Flux on my iMac:
Night Shift preference for automatically shifting the colors of your display to the warmer end of the spectrum after dark.
This week on Connected, Federico’s back, I am the Mac mini Spokesperson and Myke needs to buy some stuff.