Snap will reportedly file publicly for its massive IPO late next week

 Snap — the makers of Snapchat — had confidentially filed for its IPO late last year, but it looks like we’ll be getting a look at the inner guts of the company’s financials and workings as early as late next week. The company will file publicly for its initial public offering late next week, according to a new report from Kara Swisher over at Recode. This is yet… Read More

Ford’s new SmartLink OBD accessory adds connected features to older cars

 Connectivity features are increasingly included as standard on new vehicles, with cellular modems in particular becoming a popular feature included even in base level trim. Now, connectivity is so important to Ford, that the automaker is actually offering an easy retrofit option to add connected features to Ford and Lincoln vehicles from model years between 2010 and 2016, with SmartLink, a… Read More

Qualcomm reaffirms it will continue to supply Apple during its legal dispute

 Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said today on the company’s call accompanying its first-quarter earnings report that Qualcomm would continue to work with Apple as a supplier despite a major legal battle between the two companies.
“We intend to remain a good supplier to Apple even while this dispute continues,” Mollenkopf said on the call. “Our preference is to resolve… Read More

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Apple releases macOS 10.12.3 with MacBook Pro GPU and battery fixes

Apple has just released an update to macOS Sierra. 10.12.3 is a bugfix update, but it brings some much-needed changes for the new MacBook Pro released late last year. With today’s update, Apple has issued a couple of fixes for the graphics chipset in the 15-inch model. Apple has also fixed the Safari icon fetching bug that was affecting battery life. There are many screenshots and videos out there showing the new MacBook Pro’s GPU seemingly overheating. It prompts to graphical glitches and makes your PC unusable.

That last video has countless perspectives, so it appears like a typical issue. Apple as of now said that it had settled the issue in the past redesign. However, it would seem that there were a couple missing fixes. In case you’re an overwhelming Adobe Premier Pro client or on the off chance that you’ve experienced this issue with GPU-concentrated assignments on the 15-inch display, the issue ought to be settled for good this time.

Prior this month, Apple additionally issued an announcement about Consumer Reports’ battery benchmark on the new MacBook Pro. As indicated by Consumer Reports, the MacBook Pro performed ineffectively with regards to battery life. While the MacBook Pro battery isn’t awesome, Apple has found a bug that influenced Consumer Reports’ benchmark.

A Safari icon fetching bug was using too many resources. Apple released a fix with 10.12.3 beta 3, and it looks like the final version of macOS 10.12.3 comes with the Safari update (10.0.3).

This update also comes with other minor fixes and important security updates. Head over to the Mac App Store to download and update to the latest version.

Here are the full release notes:

  • Improves automatic graphics switching on MacBook Pro (15-inch, October 2016).
  • Resolves graphics issues while encoding Adobe Premiere Pro projects on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (13- and 15-inch, October 2016).
  • Fixes an issue that prevented the searching of scanned PDF documents in Preview.
  • Resolves a compatibility issue with PDF documents that are exported with encryption enabled.
  • Fixes an issue that prevented some third-party applications from correctly importing images from digital cameras.

Enterprise content: Resolves an issue were network or cached user accounts (such as Active Directory accounts) using the maxFailedLoginAttempts password policy were becoming disabled.

Apple’s first AirPods ad reminds me of the iPod ads

 Ever since the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch took the spotlight, most of Apple ads have been focused on those devices. So it’s always nice to see the company try new things for less important devices, such as the AirPods. With today’s new ad, Apple is going back in time to the good old days of the iPod. I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but I instantly thought about the… Read More

Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is now Snapchat’s chairman

 Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Entertainment, will be stepping down from the company in order to serve as chairman of Snap (the makers of Snapchat), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lynton’s name may sound familiar with respect to Snap. During his time at Sony Entertainment, he oversaw the company suffer a massive breach — which also included a trove of leaked emails… Read More