That is the reaction of just about every non-Geek I met in recent times who read Fortune India’s “40 under 40”, which features 40 CEOs in the country who are on the right side of forty. One of them is Manu Kumar Jain, the head of Xiaomi India. That statement tells you a lot about the man. In an industry where people love the spotlight (we have seen fights break out backstage between executives as to why a certain person was taking more time on stage than another one), Jain prefers the shadows....

Marco Arment’s Overcast podcast player updated to version 3.0 this week and includes a new design with a novel monetization strategy: in-house advertising. Overcast has relied in in-app purchases and subscriptions in the past as well as Google-based advertising, but Arment is now rolling his own ads starting with the latest version. Arment’s podcast player, Overcast, has seen a major update this week to version 3.0, bringing new UI changes and a significantly updated watchOS 3 app....

Shortly after going live on the Apple Store site, the Mac Pro is starting to appear on third-party reseller sites. While you’re unlikely to get your hands on one any sooner than buying via Apple (which currently lists Dec 30th as shipping dates), it can’t hurt to make a few calls. You may also be able to save yourself the sales tax. B&H, which has the machines on pre-order, only charges sales tax in NY, and MacMall charges sales tax in just five states (and that’s in addition to the whopping $5 discount off the base price!...

Just under a week ago, Apple released a supplemental update to macOS Catalina with various bug fixes and performance improvements. Now, Apple has made a revised version of that same supplemental update available to users. On its developer website, Apple says that a new version of the macOS Catalina supplemental update has been released today. If you installed the original supplemental update released last week, you might not even receive today’s revised version with Apple focusing on people who hadn’t yet installed the initial supplemental update....

On the heels of Ming-Chi Kuo claiming Apple will refresh the MacBook Pro this year and introduce a new 16-inch model, a new concept video from Viktor Kadar shows what a redesigned MacBook Pro might look like. Kadar imagines an edge-to-edge design with rounded corners and more. This incredibly optimistic concept depicts a 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro lineup with a nearly bezel-less OLED design. The display here features rounded corners similar to the iPhone X and iPad Pro design refreshes....

The new MacBook Pro models have been coming under a fair amount of criticism on the Internet. Many are saying that the new machines just aren’t wowing them, especially just after Microsoft demonstrated that it is still possible to do so even in the boring old desktop PC market with the new Surface Studio. That criticism is absolutely fair enough, and echoes my own views when I said that I was buying it despite not being excited by it....

Ransomware, corporate email compromise, and credential harvesting together brought bring sector companies to a standstill in Latin America in 2021, further straining supply chains, the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index has found. In Brazil, ransomware was the primary attack method used by perpetrators last year, accounting for 32% of the security incidents. Manufacturing companies were the most attacked sector in Brazil, representing 20% of the ransomware attacks in 2021. According to the study, this reflects a global trend as cybercriminals found a vantage point in the critical role manufacturing organizations plays in global supply chains to pressure victims to pay ransoms....

The most notable part of the Maps 8.1 update is terrain view. In this view, the user can see the elevation changes in many areas, which can be pretty helpful if you’re in hilly San Francisco. There are a hful of subtle changes that you might not even notice in Maps, or care to acknowledge, really. Now, when getting route information for directions, the total travel time is in bold....

The Los Angeles Rams defeat the New England Patriots in Madden NFL 19’s Super Bowl LIII simulation. This weekend, another exciting football season comes to a close as the two teams meet in Atlanta and compete for the Vince Lombardi trophy. The Patriots, who have made the big game three consecutive years, are attempting to win their sixth Super Bowl in franchise history. Meanwhile, the Rams are looking for the franchise’s second and first since relocating from St....

Enter wipers. The name comes from a single piece of malware which appeared back in 2012, but it has come to be associated with a whole class of malware that has similar data destruction goals. This article will detail the wiper type of malware. We will explore what wipers are and how they work, real-world examples of the malware and what you can do to prevent this nightmare from happening to you....

In addition, the company is reducing its portfolio management fee from 0.35% to 0.25%. These are welcomed changes to the robo-advisory investment platform. A robo-advisor investment platform manages a selection of portfolios on behalf of investors. According to Harshal Goel, managing director of Marcus by Goldman Sachs, portfolios are based on models created by the Goldman Sachs Investment strategy group. The portfolios are matched with investors based on their answers to questions as they create an account, as well as according to investment goals they set....

AMC period drama Mad Men (2007-2015) received critical acclaim for its innovative storytelling and immersive portrayal of 1960s America. A large part of the show’s success was the beautiful and historically accurate costumes, courtesy of designer Janie Bryant. Bryant used color, shape, and texture to tell each character’s story, from the suited-up Sterling Cooper executives to the secretaries keeping the ad agency running. No matter how small the role, there was always a story behind the costume....

Apple has announced that the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro will be available to order today and begin arriving to customers next week. This is ahead of schedule, with Apple having originally said orders would open in May. Apple wrote in a press release: The Magic Keyboard is compatible with the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pro models. It features a scissor switch keyboard paired with a trackpad, as well as a built-in USB-C port....

As Apple continues to work through a shrinking list of classic retail stores in need of upgrades, customers in Reston, Virginia may be next in line to receive an improved in-store experience. According to Reston Now, new building permits filed with Fairfax County indicate Apple’s plans for an imminent store expansion. Following the sudden departure of an adjacent Pottery Barn store, Apple has submitted commercial alteration permits for the former home furnishing showroom....

Unfortunately, Philips Hue lights don’t include motion sensor functionality. If you want, you could purchase motion detector hardware that works with the Philips Hue lights. But if you’d prefer to save some money, there’s another way. The following trick is a great way to build a Philips Hue motion sensor from an old Android phone you might have laying around. Step 1: Install Motion Sensor Software on Your Android Phone For your Android phone motion sensor to work, all you need is any motion sensor app that can send an email whenever there’s a motion alert....

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. iOS 12 and macOS Mojave have both been in the news this week....

Disney showed off new footage from the upcoming Maleficent: Mistress of Evil at this year’s D23 Expo. Disney began developing the sequel to Maleficent in 2015. However, it wasn’t until 2017 when star Angelina Jolie confirmed her involvement with the follow-up to the first film. The first movie, titled Maleficent, sought to tell the tale of the villain of Disney’s animated feature Sleeping Beauty. In Maleficent, the story follows Maleficent (Jolie) as a fairy who is wronged when a human cuts off her wings....

Ironically, the couple realized about the scam before the lawyer. The lawyer’s carelessness allowed the hackers to steal the 10% deposit for the purpose to buy Manhattan co-op for $19.4 million, according to a new lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court. The couple were able to recover all but $196,000 of their transferred funds. “Through her negligence, she permitted cyber criminals to hack into her email system and read and intercept all of her communications,” states the Manhattan Supreme Court....

As we head into the weekend, all of today’s best deals are headlined by Apple’s 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro returning to an all-time low for only the second time at $149 off. That’s alongside Anker iPhone essentials from $9 and M1 MacBook Air from $899. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. M1 MacBook Pro deals take $149 off Equipped with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, Apple’s latest MacBook Pro enters with an M1 chip for improved performance and up to 17-hour battery life....

Today’s 5th developer beta release of macOS Mojave has brought about some good news for Mac-owning eGPU enthusiasts. Users can now selectively enable eGPU acceleration on a per-app basis. According to Apple’s macOS Mojave developer beta 5 release notes, users may now operationally request to use an external GPU when an app’s windows is located on a display connected directly to the Mac. What’s even more exciting is that this includes the built-in display for the iMac and MacBook Pro....