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Yesterday’s dot-release of OS X 10.10.1 has seemingly failed to address the WiFi problems some users have been experiencing since upgrading to Yosemite, according to continuing posts on the Apple Support Communities. Despite the first bullet-point in the release notes for 10.10.1 reading ‘Improves WiFi reliability,’ many of those who had reported connection failures, dropped connections and slow speeds said that nothing had changed since upgrading to 10.10.1 … ComputerWorld quoted a number of illustrative complaints from a support thread containing more than 1,100 posts....

After introducing a new alarm clock feature for iPhone users back in December, streaming music service Pandora today updated its iPad app with the same functionality. The app already let users fall asleep to music using a Sleep Timer feature, and with today’s update to version 5.3 iPad users will now be able to set song or artist stations as alarm clocks. The alarm clock feature also packs in the usual snooze feature and can be configured from Settings inside the Pandora app....

Lead photo via @nn744234 Apple Central World opened today, becoming the second Apple Store in Thailand and rooting Apple deep in the culture of Bangkok’s busiest social hub. Readers and Apple customers from all across the city visited the new space on opening day and shared their photos of the experience. Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection teems with activity, and Apple Central World is a space perpetually in motion. The store’s hypnotic lines and Tree Canopy roof express a sense of energy and life....

President Barack Obama just began a Reddit “AMA” (ask me anything) that invites Internet folk to ask questions and hopefully get answers. He is notably using a MacBook Pro and Magic Mouse to work his magic. We previously noted his fondness of Apple, as he has been caught several times with a MacBook at his side. Someone go ask about the next-generation iPhone. [Reddit] By the way, is he rocking the same tie from when he tweeted?...

We reported back in June that Apple was dropping support for 32-bit applications altogether in iOS 11. In iOS 10, Apple displays a warning message and then allows the app to open; in iOS 11, the app won’t open at all. But with some 187,000 32-bit apps still in the App Store – amounting to around 8% of the total – now would be a good time to check your own apps....

Apple is famously one of the most secretive companies in the world. It believes in what Steve Jobs called the ‘magic’ of the surprise reveal. The ‘one more thing’ presentation style pioneered by Steve is so much a part of Apple’s DNA that it has a stock phrase it uses to answer questions about its product plans: ‘We do not comment on future products.’ It’s hard to imagine Apple would ever take a different approach....

Discussing the FBI case with a friend yesterday, one distinction that seems worth addressing is the difference between a backdoor into iPhones – which is what law enforcement agencies have so far been calling for – and what we might term a master key, which is what the FBI is calling for in this particular case. Law enforcement agencies have so far been calling for Apple to abandon its use of strong encryption....

Oppo A91 just launched and it is a great device for the price. Because of the features and spec list, it provides at a mid-range smartphone, many people are looking forward to buying it. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and soon will receive the official Android 10 update. Here we will know whether the Oppo A91 will receive the official Android 11 (ColorOS 11) update....

Viral pandemics have been on everyone’s mind lately as news of the recent coronavirus outbreak spreads with as much voracity as the deadly RNA strain itself. There have been over 80,000 confirmed cases of this latest epidemic so far, which originated in China’s Wuhan Province. This is not the first virus whose transmission soared to uncontrollable rates, and it’s definitely not the first to take thousands of lives. The documentaries on this list are educational access points for anyone who wants to learn about the science behind the spreading of contagious diseases....

We were selling our own software products and services online, but found ourselves having to ‘duct tape’ various solutions together in order to give us the functionality needed to maximize each new and existing customer we generated. Leaving aside the fact that duct tape lasts longer than most startups, Thompson’s frustration is understandable. If you can solve a problem with one product, why monkey around trying to make several different ones work together?...

Pet Sematary captures the bruality of King’s source material, but its attempts to add shocking twists to the original narrative yield mixed results. In the wake of the ongoing Stephen Kingaissance in film and television, it was probably inevitable that Pet Sematary - one of the author’s most popular and (in)famous horror stories ever - would eventually find its way back to the big screen. The book, which King wrote in 1983, is far from a stranger to cinematic interpretations, and was previously adapted by director Mary Lambert in 1989....

Apple has started some temporary construction works at the Lane Technical College Prep High School ahead of its education focused event on Tuesday, March 27. Apple appears to be setting up some kind of stage/demo area outside the main school buildings. More photos after the break … In the past, Apple has constructed these buildings to serve as the demo area for press for when the main keynote concludes, with these specially built structures, often mimicking a pop-up Apple Store, to demo the just-announced new software and hardware announcements....

Pokémon Go is approaching its first anniversary later this summer and Niantic is kicking off a new in-game event to keep the momentum going. Pokémon Go will soon launch Adventure Week which includes perks at PokéStops, discounts in the shop, and bonus candy when walking buddy Pokémon. Adventure Week will also include more rock-type Pokémon and other bonuses… Adventure Week kicks off in two days on May 18 at 1pm PT and runs through the same time on May 25 next Thursday....

It should be no surprise; therefore, that Instagram is a favorite site for generating e-commerce traffic. Marketers have been quick to discover Instagram’s possibilities, both for paid and organic e-Commerce traffic. However, constant tinkering to Instagram’s algorithm has made it tricky for firms to gain traction on the platform. You can’t achieve success randomly. You need to implement robust strategies if you hope to get e-commerce traffic from Instagram. Here is a selection of strategies that can help your account stand apart from your competition....

Navigating holiday customer service spikes is always a tough task. When you throw in supply chain delays, shipping lags and 10% year-over-year growth in online shopping, it’s a whole new ball game. To keep things running smoothly, customer care managers need to make the most of all available resources. Luckily, Sprout Social is equipped with tools designed to alleviate the holiday customer service rush while strengthening customer relationships in the process—a gift that keeps on giving well after the holiday season....

Popular drawing app Procreate has today released version 3 of their iPad app ($5.99) with a whole host of new features. This includes new brushes (including quick brush previewing before committing to canvas drawing), motion blur and perspective blur, simplified tap gestures and much more. Perhaps the most significant change is the addition of iPad Pro and Apple Pencil integration. Procreate now create images with up to 16,000 x 4000 resolution on Apple’s latest hardware, due to be released later in the month....

If you’re tempted by YouTube’s new ad-free subscription video service, YouTube Red, don’t subscribe to it via the iOS app. ArsTechnica reports that YouTube is taking the same approach as Spotify initially did to Apple’s 30% cut on in-app purchases: adding it to the monthly cost. ArsTechnica says that Apple users will “most likely” be able to sign-up instead on the web for the normal $9.99/month and then access the content via the app, and I’ve confirmed in a chat session with YouTube support that this is indeed the case....

If you’re having problems using Spotify right now, it’s not just you: many are reporting Spotify down when they try to play songs … The most common occurrence appears to be that a song plays for a few seconds, then stops. Various different error messages are being reported: Something went wrong. Have another go? Try again. Sorry, something went wrong. That didn’t work. Please have another go. Can’t play the current song....

Just as one glitch with the 2018 MacBook Pro gets resolved, another one appears, although so far only for a very limited number of users. Some owners are reporting repeated kernel panics – as often as once or twice a day. The same issue has been experienced by a number of iMac Pro owners, with some clues suggesting it may be the fault of one component found only in these two machines …...

Good news for Oppo R11 Plus users. Oppo R11 Plus will receive the latest Android 8.0 Oreo version. When it comes to smart phones, there are more android users in this world than smartphones controlled by other operating systems. This is the reason whenever a fresh version of Android arrives, the first question that comes in the mind of users is when they will get the copy of same on their phone....