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Bartender 3 configuration tool released, adds new fixes, changes, macOS High Sierra compatibility

A nifty app just got an appreciate update. Bartender 3 by Surtee Studios allows the user to rearrange the macOS menu bar, hide items, or move them to the Bartender’s Bar, allowing for a higher level of configuration than that found in the operating system. The new fixes and changes are as follows: – Completely […]

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Pocket Casts acquired by NPR, other radio firms

A cool app just got some major support. Pocket Casts, considered to be one of the best mobile apps for podcast listening, has been acquired by a collective group that includes NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life. Moving forward, Pocket Casts will operate as a joint venture between the new owners. Philip […]

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Twitter locates bug through internal review, recommends changing account passwords

There’s no grey area to be had here: It’s time to reset the password on your Twitter account. This advice hails from Twitter itself, which discovered an internal bug that essentially stored passwords unmasked Twitter has stated that there was no known breach of this info and offered the following comment:

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Apple, other tech firms, push back against encryption backdoor proposals suggested by law enforcement agencies, cite privacy concerns

The debate continues. Apple, along with other major technology companies, have formed the privacy-focused Reform Government Surveillance (RGS) coalition as part of an effort to fight government agencies pushing for the addition of encryption backdoors. The RGS offered the following statement on Wednesday: “Recent reports have described new proposals to engineer vulnerabilities into devices and […]

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Rumor: Apple thought to release iOS/macOS cross-platform development tools in 2019

Apple’s rumored combined code base, which was said to debut at the Worldwide Developer Conference this year, may be most likely to arrive in 2019. The project, codenamed “Marzipan”, is thought to function as a hybrid macOS/iOS app platform, wherein it’s been thought that developers could write both macOS and iOS apps as a single […]