A little over a year ago I told you that if you want something to be different about podfeet.com or the podcast, you should go ahead and ask. I think this bears repeating, maybe once a year. It has come up just lately because a few people have made requests and I thought if I […]
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CCATP #510 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions
This week our guest is Dr. Maryanne Garry, a professor from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Garry is a scientific researcher into memory, memory distortions, false memories, the myth of repression and its overlap with the law. This is her third appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond, and has pretty much […]
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Dumb Question Corner – HEIF/HEVC in Photos
Listener (and good friend) Rally brings us our Dumb Question this week: When MacOS High Sierra is installed, the photo and video formats are changed to HEIF and HEVF, respectively. I presume that means that the Photos library on the Mac is updated to this new format for all the pictures in the local library. […]
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Tiny Tip – Starbucks App Confused by Face ID on iPhone X
This one might count as a nano-tip, but if you’ve got the problem this solves, it might be a mega tip for you. One of the cool things about Face ID on iPhone X is that you don’t have to enable it for sites and apps that already used Touch ID. The API (Application Program […]
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Duolingo – Guest Post by Terry Vogelaar
NC #653 iOS Clean Install, iPhone X Second Look, Animoji Karaoke, Hue Motion Sensor, Security Bits
Possible replacement for Clarify (but maybe we don’t need it), a clean install tip for iOS from Joop Bruggink, a second look at iPhone X after a bit more time, my attempt at Animoji Karaoke, Denise Crown brings us her review of the Hue Motion Sensor. Then we have an installment of Security Bits with […]
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Security Bits – Canvas Fingerprinting, KRACK Updates, TOR Browser Bug, New Zero-Day WiFi Bug, Brother Printer Exploit
Security Medium 1 — Canvas Fingerprinting Before we look at canvas finger printing, I just want to set the scene with a reminder of one of the most fundamental truths about how the web was designed – each web page load is an independent event. Because that meant websites had no memory of anything that […]
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Hue Motion Sensor – Guest Post by Denise Crown
iPhone X Second Look
Last week I gave you Steve and my first impressions of the iPhone X and I promised to give you more observations after using it for a bit longer. Face ID is the flashy new feature, so let’s start there. Steve and I like it more and more as we use it. When you first […]
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