UPROXX.COM5 Hours Ago

Apple Will Be Streaming Your Cable Through The Apple TV

by Dan Seitz

Apple’s bid to completely destroy the cable industry didn’t quite work out, so Apple is doing the next best thing: adding cable streams to the Apple TV. By all accounts, Apple is close to a deal that will give Time Warner Cable subscribers the chance to stream through more than just their Xbox.

Hot on the heels of that Microsoft deal, it seems Time Warner Cable has opened the floodgates:

The companies plan to announce an agreement within a few months… A deal with Time Warner Cable would be a first with a cable company for Apple, which said last month that it’s also adding content from Time Warner Inc.’s HBO and Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN.

Helping substantially is the fact that Time Warner’s CEO has proclaimed publicly that he doesn’t care what the software looks like as long as he can sell people cable, which is a surprisingly open-minded and intelligent opinion from a cable CEO. Apple, meanwhile, is hoping to bolster the Apple TV without having to let anybody else into the digital sales playpen, a strategy that has largely helped keep the Apple TV a second banana to the Roku. Give it up, Apple, you’re going to have to let Amazon in to play with your toys eventually.

Time Warner’s strategy, on the other hand, is becoming clearer and clearer. One question that popped up in the comments was “Will Time Warner be offering this outside its normal service areas?” At the time we assumed the answer was no, because that would trigger a massive streaming arms race and the cable companies have been a bit nervous about fighting each other when companies like Netflix are ready and waiting to help viewers cut the cord.

Now we’re not so sure. It seems that Time Warner Cable very much wants to stream all the channels to your set-top box, whatever, and possibly wherever, it may be. Now, how about decoupling HBO Go from having a cable subscription, guys?

 IPADPILOTNEWS.COM2 Days Ago

iPad memory management – how to free up storage space

One of the key reasons the iPad works so well for pilots is that its simple to operate–just turn it on and go flying. There’s really no required maintenance other than to keep the iPad battery charged and periodically update the apps and aviation data. Over time though as you download more and more apps you may run into an alert on your iPad that says “Cannot Download – There is not enough available storage to download these items” when downloading apps or aviation charts. This means it’s time to start thinking about freeing up some space by deleting unused apps and media.

iPad storage options

Before we go further, let’s review the storage options for the iPad. Fortunately this is pretty simple since there are only 4 to choose from: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB (the iPad Mini maxes out at 64GB). Since the iPad’s internal memory is not upgradeable, it’s important to plan ahead and buy a model with more storage than you initially anticipate needing.  As a point of reference, downloading all the VFR/IFR charts, airport info and high-resolution terrain data for the United States in ForeFlight Mobile takes 16GB of data. And keep in mind too that if you update your charts a few days before the expiration date, ForeFlight will store 2 sets of charts until the start of the next cycle, requiring additional space for a short period of time.

While many of us don’t need to download charts for the entire U.S., you can see that it still doesn’t take long to fill up a 16GB iPad. On top of that you’ll want room for your other apps, along with additional space to accommodate new features that may be added in the future. So while a 16GB model may work, we think it’s worth spending the extra $100 and purchasing the 32GB model.

You can free up iPad storage space by deleting unused apps.

How to free up iPad storage

There are several ways to free up storage space on an iPad. Start out by checking the current memory status, which is located on the main iPad Settings page. Next select General from the list of options on the left, and then select the Usage option towards the top. At the top of the usage page you’ll first see  how much free space is remaining, along with a list of all your apps sorted by size. The MB/GB size next to each app represents the actual application size plus its downloaded content (e.g. charts, movies, music, etc.). The easiest way to free up space is to review this list and see if there are any apps that you don’t use any more. You’ll probably be surprised to see how space some apps are taking up, especially if they contain embedded video or media.

To delete an app from this list, tap the name and you’ll see a red Delete button appear. After confirming the deletion, the app is removed and that space is instantly freed up. You can also delete apps directly from the home screen of the iPad. To do this, tap and hold the application icon until it wiggles. You’ll see a small “X” in the upper left corner, and tapping this will bring up the deletion confirmation alert. Keep in mind too that deleting an app does not mean you will have to buy it again if you decide later on that you want it back. Simply find that app in the App Store, and you’ll see an ‘Install’ button to re-download it at no cost.

There are other ways to free up storage besides deleting apps. Browse through your music and movie collections and see if there are items there that you don’t listen to or watch anymore. Review your stored photos and videos as well, as these can quickly eat up storage space. Finally, open up your aviation apps and check if there are states or regions selected for download that you realistically won’t be flying through–for example removing downloaded charts for Alaska instantly frees up 2GB.

Tags:Memory, storage

 IMORE.COM3 Hours Ago

How to adjust privacy settings in the Facebook app for iPhone and iPad

by Allyson Kazmucha

Today on Talk Mobile the topic is social network privacy, with a particular emphasis on Facebook and employers. The question of the week is whether or not your employer should be entitled to ask for your Facebook password. Most of us will most likely say absolutely not.

That doesn't mean they can't snoop anything you haven't made private or available to only friends. That's why it's a good idea to check your Facebook privacy settings now and again. You can even do it right from the Facebook app for iPhone and iPad. Here's how:

How to adjust privacy settings universally in Facebook for iPhone and iPad

If you'd like to change who can see what you post to Facebook for everything you may post from the Facebook app, follow these directions:

1. Launch the Facebook app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the menu button in the upper left hand corner.
3. Now scroll down and tap on Privacy settings.
4. Tap on Privacy.
5. Under the Who Can See My Stuff menu, you can drill down into each menu and choose who can see what when you post it. This will change the default setting for posts going forward.

How to adjust privacy settings on a per post basis in Facebook for iPhone and iPad

Facebook also allows you to change settings on a per post basis for when you'd like to share certain things publicly and other things privately. Doing this will only override your privacy settings on that particular post but keep the default settings for everything else.

1. Launch the Facebook app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
2. Go to post a status or photo like you normally would.
3. Tap on the Sharing settings icon above the keyboard to the right. The icon looks like two people with a drop down triangle next to them.
4. Here you can change who you'd like to view that particular post.

Our recommendation is to set default privacy settings to friends only at the bare minimum and then adjust for public posts on an as needed basis when you need to.

How do you have your Facebook privacy settings configured? Let us know in the comments and make sure you jump in the conversation on Facebook and privacy over on Talk Mobile as well!

 APPLEINSIDER1 Day Ago

Inside iOS 7: Mail gets advanced gesture support and reworked UI

by Mikey Campbell

By Mikey Campbell

Although not as striking a change as some other first party apps in iOS 7, Apple's makeover of Mail offers a number of usability changes that are welcome improvements over its predecessor, including gesture controls and a cleaner layout.Mail in iOS 7 continues Apple's theme of an uncluttered look with maximum usability, made effective by a predominantly white background behind thin black text. Popping out from the monochrome design are blue circles demarcating unread messages, and orange circles or flags for flagged content.Starting from the Account Setup page in iOS 7 Settings, things are already a bit different. For the first time, users have a way to easily add multiple "From" addresses to one IMAP or POP account, instead of listing out each one in a single text field. With the new system, users can also choose a default account from which emails are sent directly from the Settings menu.

Additionally, iOS 7 now lets users choose whether to send a deleted IMAP or POP account message to the "Archive" folder. Previously, only iCloud supported archiving, though attached Gmail accounts had a similar method that would send messages to the "All Mail" tab in Mail.

Moving to the Mail app itself, the home screen is spartan, but not uninviting. Small tweaks have been made to the Inbox layout, like truncated message string separation bars that don't run across the full width of the display, but stop at the left border of the email title text. filling in the dead space are the aforementioned unread and flagged message symbols, making them even more visible.Also changed are the small gray boxes showing the number of messages in a conversation. Instead, Mail in iOS 7 shows either on or two right-facing chevrons, respectively denoting a single email or a message string. A quick way to check how many emails are in a conversation is to use the newly implemented gesture controls to slide a message tile to the left as seen below.

On the subject of gestures, Apple has moved to more animated swipe controls, such as those found in the iOS Gmail client Mailbox. Swiping left now reveals a "More" button as well as a "Trash" button, the latter showing how many messages will be trashed. Selecting "More" brings up a contextual menu from the bottom of the screen in which users can directly reply, forward, flag, mark as unread or move an email.

In the opposite direction, swiping right from off screen will trigger the "go back" action present in other iOS 7 apps like Safari, making it easier to navigate between both emails and inboxes.

Unique to iOS 7 is the "Move to Junk" selection, which previously required an extra step after selecting "Move Message" when viewing an email. Moving messages now triggers an animation that brings up the account to which an email was sent, with a small thumbnail of the email displayed above the various account folders. Alternatively, users can still move the message to any other attached account by selecting "Accounts" at the top left of the screen.

Other graphical changes to Mail's Inbox screen include the nixing of iOS 6's "gummy" pull-to-refresh icon, which is replaced by the spinning wheel as used elsewhere in Apple's mobile OS.

Searching has also been enhanced, with the text input field still located near the top of any Mail window. Entering a query results in the dynamic search of all mailboxes, or just the currently active mailbox, with search terms highlighted in bold lettering.

Finally, Mail now includes a "shake-to-undo" feature that can restore messages mistakenly archived or sent to trash. In the current iOS 6, shake-to-undo applies only to text.Overall, Mail hasn't been greatly changed, but the revisions and small feature additions in iOS 7 are proving to be quite useful. More importantly, the implementation makes the process of sifting through numerous emails less challenging, while the layout is devoid of unnecessary eye candy.

It is unknown what will stick and what will be augmented or added in future betas, though Mail is shaping up to be a strong addition to Apple's built-in app stable.

 THEEDUBLOGGER.COM6 Hours Ago

Losing an iPad: Simple Things to Protect Identity and Theft on Your Mobile Devices

by Sue Waters

Last night I had one of those incredibly horrifying moments that I hope you never experience.

Just as I’m getting ready to go to bed at 11 PM in my hotel room I suddenly realize my iPad was missing. Losing an iPad is upsetting – knowing the damage someone could do if they accessed online accounts using my iPad was terrifying.

Fortunately I knew I had some protection because I password protect my devices and had set up Find My iPad/Phone. Which can’t be said for many of the educators I noticed using mobile devices at ISTE. But had I done enough?

Photo Credit:Miguel AngelviaCompfight

Here’s what I learned! And I’m hoping my horrifying moment encourages you to improve the security on your devices.

Enable Find My iPad

Fortunately I had Find My iPad/iPhone enabled on all my devices. It is one of the first things you should do when you set up a new iOS device.

You’ll find detailed step by step instructions here.

Enable Password Lock

It’s pointless to use Find My iPad without password lock. Anyone finding your device before you realise it is missing is able to automatically access all your logged in apps and accounts as well as go to Settings > iCloud and turn off Find My iPad.

My device had been lost for 8 hours before I realised it was missing. They could have done considerable damage if they had been dishonest and able to use the device.

Fortunately I had password lock set up on my iPad.

Entering a password whenever you use your device may seem inconvenient, but you’ll appreciate having taken the precaution if you ever lose your device.

Here’s how to set up passcodes:

1. Go to Settings > General > Password Lock.
2. Turn Passcodes On.
3. Create a four digit PIN and confirm it.

You can read more about passcodes here.

Enable Restrictions

Restrictions prevent changes being made to accounts or locations. It works similar to password locking your device except you need to use the correct password to make a change to accounst or locations.

If you don’t take this step, any one that finds your device before the auto-lock engages can simply turn off Find My iPad/iPhone just as fast as you activated it. When Don’t Allow Changes is enabled for locations, the Find My iPad section of Settings > iCloud is greyed out and it can’t be disabled unless you change restrictions for locations to Allow Changes using your passcode.

The idea is you use a different password from your password lock and it adds another barrier to making the change and it might not be something that someone who finds the device will know to look for.

I hadn’t set up restrictions so if someone had been able to work out my password they would have been able to disable Find My iPad.

Here’s how you set up restrictions:

1. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions.

2. Enable Restrictions.

3. Create a four digit PIN and confirm it.

4. Tap on Location Services (under privacy).

5. Select Don’t Allow Changes.

6. Tap on Accounts.

7. Select Don’t Allow Changes.

Using Find My Phone

Once you’ve enabled Find My iPhone you can log into iCloud on your computer and use it to locate or erase a lost device.

This is as simple as:

1. Log into iCloudon your computer.

2. Click on Find My iPhone.

3. Click on Devices, if you have more than one device, and then click on the name of the device you are trying to locate.

4. Now you have the option to Play a sound, enable Lost Mode or Erase the device.

You can read more about each option here.

The downside of Find My iPhone is your device must be connected to the Internet for it to work. So in my situation where I’m travelling with an iPad that uses WiFi connections iCloud won’t connect to device until the person who finds it manages to connect to the Internet. However, I still enabled lost mode so if someone did manage to work out my password, and connect to the Internet, it would immediately contact me.

Setting up Find My Phone on Android Devices

I also have an android tablet I’m travelling with. Setting up Find my Tablet/Phone isn’t as obvious as on iOS devices.

The best option is to first check if your android includes Find My Phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and all Samsung devices have Find my Mobile (Settings > Security > Find My Mobile).

There are also a range of apps you can download for androids that work similar to Find My Phone.

What do you think?

This story did have a happy ending! I was fairly confident that is fell out of my bag in the hotel lobby. I went down to the hotel lobby to check and when they couldn’t find it I left my contact details.

The good news is someone had handed it into the hotel reception and the hotel manager had locked it in his office overnight. So they contacted me once he arrived to let me know they had found it.

I’m thinking:

1. I should also add a label on the back of my devices with my email address.
2. What type of security I need to set up on my laptop.

Thoughts? What other advice do you have? Let us know in the comments below and we will be sure to add it to the post!

Edublogs Support Manager @suewaters on Twitter

 DVICE6 Hours Ago

Hidden feature of iOS 7 lets you control your iPad with your head

by Adario Strange

Not everyone is a fan of the new look presented by Apple's iOS 7, but there does seem to be universal agreement that this is a real attempt by the company to launch an entirely new, more competitive version of its mobile operating system. And while the recent WWDC presentation revealed a number of cool new features embedded in the new OS, one really innovative tool has only just been widely exposed that indicates Apple has even more interesting things planned for the future of its interfaces.

Discovered by an anonymous tipster on 9to5Mac, the new iOS 7 feature allows a user to control their iPad using only head movements. The feature is located in the"Accessibility"section of the operating system's control panel, a familiar part of Apple's software designed to aid those with physical and visual impairments.

The new option uses the iPad's camera sensor to allow the user to control the tablet using left or right head motions, a feature that would be incredibly valuable to quadriplegic users as well as those with limited use of their hands. Although using the option is slow going due to menu constructs, the tool appears to be quite accurate.

With devices like the Kinectincreasing in popularity, and theLeap Motionpreparing for a big launch next month, this hidden-in-plain-sight feature in iOS 7 could hint at Apple's future plans for integrating more gesture controls in its operating system as a standard feature. You can see a demonstration of the head movement interface control in the video below.

Via 9to5Mac

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 YOUTUBE7 Hours Ago

iOS 7 for iPad Hands-On

iOS 7 for iPad Hands-On

The iPad and iPad mini received iOS 7 beta support this week, bringing with it the design cues we saw presented at WWDC. We took a look at the newest version of iOS on the iPad today, and we'​ve got a video to go along with it.

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