Allison interviews Auli Co-Founder, Spero Koulouras, about their alternative to eye gaze to control applications and devices. Auli’s Cato device empowers people with motor disabilities by providing familiar customizable control of electronic devices. Cato is a motion-based wearable device that controls Windows, macOS, and Chromebook computers by emulating mouse and keyboard input. It also operates […]
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NC #989 Podcast Index to Subscribe to Podcasts in Mastodon, Scosche, Docsify, MacBook Pro Battery Finale
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, April 21, 2024, and this is show number 989. mp3 download Articles Subscribe to Podcasts … Through Activity Pub … Using Podcast Index … on Mastodon CES 2024: […]
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Battery Drain on the M1 Max MacBook Pro – the Final Chapter?
In November of 2021, I bought the first M1 Max MacBook Pro. Within a few months I noticed that the battery life was nothing like what Apple had promised. I worked with Apple and had them replace the battery since it had gone down into the 85% range in just those few months. After the […]
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CSUN 2024: Touch Graphics Interactive Tactile Displays
Allison interviews Lindsay Yazzolino and Steve Landau from Touch Graphics about two of their products that provide universal access using tactile designs. The first is a custom tactile overlay for maps that provides orientation and wayfinding for people with visual impairment. Lindsay demonstrates the T3 Tablet that has various tactile overlays with raised features. The […]
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Make Beautiful Online Documentation with Docsify
A few weeks ago I told you about how much fun I was having learning MkDocs to create the user guide for our XKPasswd project. Once I got past the hurdle of fighting with Python (mostly by avoiding it which limited what I could do), I was able to produce beautiful documentation. MkDocs allowed me […]
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CES 2024: Scosche Cables, Jumpers, and Modular Chargers
Allison interviews Darryl Miya from Scosche about their latest diverse line of products. Darryl begins with their novel Strikeline Cobra USB-C magnetic cable that sticks to itself when you coil it up and also sticks to metal. Even with magnetism built into the cable, the cable remains supple and flexible when uncoiled. Next, Darryl shows […]
Continue readingNC #988 Apple ID Misdirect, Bellman & Symfon for Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Ocutrix for Macular Degeneration, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, April 14, 2024, and this is show number 988. Amongst other things in today’s fun-filled show, during Security Bits with Bart Busschots you’ll hear a very brief appearance […]
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Security Bits — 14 April 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An excellent writeup detailing the fascinating story of the XZUtils compromise we discussed last time — arstechnica.com/… (Editorial by Bart: Definitely one of the nearest misses we’ve had in the supply chain for some […]
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CCATP #791 – Bart Busschots on Submarines, Lasers, and Vacuum Cleaners???
In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, Bart Busschots joins us to talk Dyson vacuums. I know that doesn’t sound too technical but you’d be surprised how advanced the tech is in the new devices. I share a few of my Dyson stories too and we both talk about our love for […]
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Someone Else Was Prompted to Verify My Apple ID
This week I got a text from my friend Ryan that really surprised me. We haven’t seen each other in ages, but he saw something on his iPhone that he thought might be of interest to me. You know how on occasion your iPhone or other Apple device will demand that you verify your Apple […]
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