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Adobe announces “end of life” date for Flash Player at end of 2020

Adobe’s Flash Player now has an end date: the end of 2020. Adobe says it’s working with companies including Apple and Google to prepare for the upcoming death of Flash, as quoted here: Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook pushes for mandatory coding requirement at Trump administration tech summit

This is sort of nifty. On Monday, at a technology summit with President Donald Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly suggested making programming a mandatory subject in the country’s schools. Cook, who was among other tech executives, was among the representatives for the first gathering of the White House’s American Technology Council. Over the course […]

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Amazon executive extends invitation for Siri on Echo speakers

It looks like Amazon is open to supporting third-party voice assistants such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant on its Echo speakers. “If Apple or Google want to come call, my phone number is out there. They can call,” David Limp remarked to CNBC. “I hope there is a day when that happens. I don’t […]

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Rumor: Apple begins manufacturing Siri Speaker, will debut unit at WWDC 2017

Apple’s long-awaited Siri Speaker may already be going through the manufacturing process with a debut date at WWDC 2017. Per Bloomberg, sources have stated that Apple’s smart speaker system will feature “virtual surround sound technology” and deep integration with Apple’s current lineup. Prototype testing apparently began began months ago and the manufacturing company behind Apple’s […]

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Apple posts directions for watching the WWDC 2017 keynote, conference sessions

Apple won’t be televising its WWDC, albeit you can live-stream it to your heart’s content. The company has confirmed that users will be able to live-stream the keynote for the Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple’s first event of the year is scheduled to kick off with a keynote on Monday, June 5 at 10 a.m. PT. […]