Divinity: Original Sin 2, The way a MacOS game should be done.
Fast forward a year to The Who would think have thought that Apple Metal Engineering team would publicly be working with a developer like Elveris to bring a game to the MacOS ecosystem with all the features that make it great. Everyone always talks about, but until now games on MacOS have fallen short and were out in the cold. Hopefully, this is a new era where gamers will feel the warmth and at home in the ecosystem.
FirstLook: Caavo Control Center
Caavo is back no more than 8 months later. They took all their feedback to heart and released a follow-up in the form of "Caavo Control Center." Merging all the smarts of the original meshing it with new features like HDR at a price point that should have Harmony shaking in their boots.
FirstLook: Nuraphone
As some of you may know that I’m not a person that tweaks sounds. I want clean reference sound as it was intended. However, music should move you, and you should feel it deep inside. I think Nura has hit the nail on the head here with something new. A technology I may not entirely understand but never the less one I can feel with clarity to match.
Next generation of HDMI will support 8K video with HDR
CES 2017 is under way and we are hearing specifications of the new HDMI 2.1 standard. This new standard will increase link bandwidth to 48 Gbps and will enable support for up to 10K resolutions without compression, new color spaces with up to 16 bits per component, dynamic HDR, variable refresh rates for gaming applications as well as new audio formats
Security: What is a BlackNurse Attack?
By now everyone is aware of what a DoS or Denial of service attack is. A large number of compromised systems are used to flood a system over TCP/IP protocols. BlackNurse is a new breed of attack that doesn’t require large recourses, in fact, 15mb’s of bandwidth and a laptop can get the job done.
macOS Terminal Tips
Let us run through some great interface and user tweaks to customize MacOS. These tricks are simple and can improve your workflow beyond what the System Preferences window allows.
End-To-End encryption & Facebook
In a world where so much of our personal information is moving back and forth across the internet. It’s important to understand people with the right tools can eavesdrop on your conversations. We have to be diligent and hold privacy and security close to the chest on everything we do online. Encryption is key here, even if someone is able to listen to a conversation, it would sound like a foreign language to them and impossible to decipher without the right dictionary.
Quicktip: Force Restart iPhone 7
The Apple iPhone 7’s has done away with the mechanical home button, for the new solid-state haptic experience. As a result, there’s a new way to force restart the device.
Quicktip: Getting Refund for Unused AppleCare
Whether you're an early adopter or just someone who likes to get that shiny new iPhone every year, this tip could save you some money.
How to use Siri Handsfree On your Mac
So you have Sierra installed and you finally have Siri on your desktop. Having an assistant at a push of a button is great, but how awesome would it be not having to push that button. Find out with Daniel Portis as he explains how to go hands-free.
Getting started with Apple News
Magazines are a dying breed. We have dozens of apps and subscriptions eager to take its place. Many are just clumsy and clunky and take from the experience of reading a good magazine. Apple’s News app attempts at polishing up online journalism, and while it may not be a huge leap in innovation, it is refined and a pleasure to use.
We’re Back
We here believe in taking time out for our family and friends and use the summer months to do just that. We’re back recharged and with renewed energy along with a new design for lifewithtech.net. We are shifting away from the frills and having our content speak for itself, with a new minimalistic design.
QuickTip: Hide an account in OSX
There maybe a time you find yourself wanting to hide a user account in osx’s menu. Maybe just to clean up the menu and make it less confusing for younger users or just the added security of not giving away the administrator userid. this terminal command will do the trick.
Drone Racing: 210 Build
Why did I wait so long? Drones, a mesh of some of my favorite technologies in one. This should have been a no-brainer. It took the interest of my boys to make me realize how much fun this sport is. Yes, I said “sport”, With drone advancements and growing interested even ESPN had declared Drone racing a sport.
California bill would require ‘back door’ access to encrypted phones
People could argue even if it saves one life, it’s worth it. If you really think about how much sensitive information we store on our phones, everything from contacts, credit cards to health data. Would we all be safe if that gets out? Were not talking about identity theft, that would be the least of the problems. How about people on witness protection, or celebrities with orders of protection to Financial records of millionaires with contact info of their children.
Time Warner Cable Hacked, Change Your Passwords
If your a Time Warner Cable customer or have a Roadrunner email account with rr.com you will want to head over to their site and change your passwords.
Could 802.11ah be the internet of things savior?
The WiFi Alliance has recently approved a new standard, 802.11ah also known as “HaLow”. This could very well could be the saving grace the internet of things has been waiting for. HaLow would operate in an unlicensed 900MHz band, allowing it to get double the range of 2.4GHz standards with less power
Are you ready for the Apocalypse?
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
Bend Uber to your will this holiday season
The holidays are here and our love and hate relationship with Uber’s on-demand ride service continues, But how about if I told you with a few simple tips it’s possible to bend this service to your will making it even more powerful and/or more convenient.
Still on the wall on an Apple Watch? Let us help
Six months after the watch release and you're still on the wall about it, So were we. My wife and I were in that exact position not too long ago. Let me shed some light on the good, bad and slow while helping you determine if it’s the right fit and time or if you should just hold off.