I don’t think I can really pull a tech angle out of this idea but I’m going to tell you about it anyway. Like many people, we only meet our friends in video these days. Six of us decided to get together for a glass of wine and a chat every Wednesday. Because we’re clever […]
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Manage Your Web-Connected Meetings with Meeter – by Dr. Marty Jencius
Meeter from TryMeeter.com I work as a faculty member at Kent State University, and with the pandemic, my job, like many, moved to my home. Something you have to know about university faculty besides our teaching, much of our time is spent in meetings; program meetings, department meetings, committee meetings, meetings with students, dissertation meetings, […]
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Security Bits — 14 June 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. As expected, Apple quickly patched the Kernel flaw powering the Unc0ver Jailbreak: Kernel Vulnerability Causes Apple to Update All Operating Systems — tidbits.com/… Apple is no longer signing iOS 13.5, stopping jailbreakers from downgrading […]
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NC #785 Jill on 15, Mythical Sea Monsters, 12X Zoom Kit for Phones, Keyboard Adventures
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, May 24, 2020, and this is show number 785. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite On this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, […]
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Can $8 Enable a Great Webcam Experience?
When we all went underground, I did a blog post where I talked about the essential equipment for participating in video calls from home. I also talked warned about price gouging. At the time, the Logitech C920 webcam that I recommended was going for close to $300 when it’s normally closer to $50, but it […]
Continue readingNC #781 Accessing Downloads, Midwest Mac BBQ Game Night, Magic Keyboard for iPads Pro
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 26, 2020, and this is show number 781. mp3 download
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 19 April 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Correction: — the microphone cut-off switch in the new iPad Pros is not a physical disconnect, but it is completely independent of iOS and can’t be affected by malware because it’s in the T2 […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 5 April 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Cloudflare’s WARP VPN Enters Beta for macOS, Windows — www.macobserver.com/… Related: WireGuard, the new and very promising open source VPN protocol that powers WARP VPN has reached 1.0, and has been added to the […]
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Interesting Audio Hijack Sessions
I’m a huge fan of Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba. In fact, I’m such a huge fan that when I was at Alt Conf last year and they were giving out free drink tickets if you answered a question and I was asked, “What one app keeps you from switching to Windows?” I answered, without […]
Continue readingNC #749 Nightscapades, Zoom Mistake, Nite Ize Waterproof Containers, iWork Password Security, Go64, 64-bit Beta of Clarify, Video Streaming Woes Resolved?
This week I’ll walk you through why my Chit Chat Across the Pond recording with Doug Ingram didn’t have the audio quality I had hoped for. I’ll tell you about some reliable waterproof containers for your water adventures. I’ll answer a Dumb Question about whether iWork document passwords are secure. I’ll give you a tool […]
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