A blog post details the change, which will only affect the Android version of Maps. The update adds a new menu bar to the bottom of the home screen that brings easy access to three common features: places, driving, transit. Designed to cut down on the number of taps you’ll need to make to get directions find restaurants, the update focuses on delivering real time at a glance, according to a blog post: Under the new places tab, users will find lists of restaurants bars around you, as well as a search bar that lets you find ATMs, pharmacies, gas stations grocery stores....

The company says the service is aimed at distributed development teams working on iOS and macOS projects. AWS said in December that it expects to have M1 Mac minis available in the first half of this year. This new launch provides Scaleway customers with the latest fully native Apple experience based on macOS Big Sur running on the lightning-fast Mac mini M1 at €0.10 per hour. All systems come pre-installed with the latest version of macOS Big Sur 11....

For the first time in fifteen years, Apple’s Mac has passed five percent global market share for computers. The writing has been on the wall since Intel switch was announced in the summer of 2005. With sales outpacing the industry for the 22nd consecutive quarter, Mac biz was revitalized and benefitted tremendously from Apple’s successes with iOS devices. Apple sold 4.89 million Macs in the September quarter, a 26 percent annual growth....

The debate this year, AI Debate 3: The AGI Debate, as it’s called, focused on the concept of artificial general intelligence, the notion of a machine capable of integrating a myriad of reasoning abilities approaching human levels. While the previous debate featured a number of AI scholars, Friday’s meet-up drew participation by 16 participants from a much wider gamut of professional backgrounds. In addition to numerous computer scientists and AI luminaries, the program included legendary linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, computational neuroscientist Konrad Kording, and Canadian parliament member Michelle Rempel Garner....

1. Who needs a guard dog? With the new update, Guard can also let you know if a faucet is on and if it hears footsteps or people talking in your home. All of these features are great on their own, but Guard has automation routines that push it to the next level. All you have to do is say, “Alexa, I’m headed out,” or a similar phrase, and Alexa Guard will take over, locking your smart locks, arming your alarm and security systems, activating any motion sensors or outside lights and setting Guard to “Away” mode....

Man of Steel’s third act and final battle is Superman’s greatest movie moment. It contains three distinct sections, each of which speaks on one aspect of Superman’s character. Full of hope, brimming with spectacular action, and challenging the character in a unique way, Zack Snyder’s sci-fi superhero epic made the perfect Superman third act. Man of Steel has its share of incredible, visually stunning moments, including some divisive ones. The film was DC’s attempt to reboot Superman in a similar fashion to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy....

The most exciting thing about the game is that it features characters from the Mario Franchise. Nintendo launched the first game of the Mario Kart series way back in 1992. After the success, more installments have been added to the gaming series. Out of all those, Mario Kart Tour seems to be the most popular, and it’s available for mobile devices. Mario Kart Tour is available for both Android and iPhone, and it’s heavily popular amongst gamers....

Written by “Dr. Mac” himself, veteran Macintosh expert Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X Tiger For Dummies is perfect whether you’re brand-new to the Mac or you’re a longtime Mac-thusiast. You’ll find sections on Basic Mac usage, including keyboard and mouse, menus, windows, the Dock, saving and backing up files, and getting around OS X Internet ins and outs, how to print from your Mac, and the how and why of System Preferences How to set up a network, share files, and troubleshoot problems Step-by-step installation instructions for OS X, and a lot more...

Calling all Apple IT/Consulting/Tech professionals! MacTech is having their annual conference in Los Angeles in just 2 weeks and you are invited. Besides learning a boatload about developing, managing and deploying Apple products and related services, you’ll get to meet like-minded folks in your field, eat some great food on the house and have a lot of fun – probably on the corporate dime. Speaking of that, 9to5mac readers can grab $400 the price of admission using this link making the total $1199 for the three day event…...

If aesthetics were everything, the Draper family would be the pinnacle of the idyllic 1960s American family. But any Mad Men viewer knows that appearances are meant to disguise the truth, not reflect it. Despite financial security and a beautiful home in the New York suburubs, Don Draper and his family are as dysfunctional as they come. But achieving such a peak level of middle class discontentment requires strict discipline. Here is Mad Men: 10 Rules That Members Of The Draper Family Have To Follow....

By all accounts, Apple is set to unveil its first Apple Silicon-based Macs in the next few weeks. While there is much to discuss around the benefits of Apple Silicon for the general consumer, there will be massive benefits to Apple’s strategy in K-12 and the enterprise. About Making The Grade: Every Saturday, Bradley Chambers publishes a new article about Apple in education. He has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009....

Apple has announced that its upcoming macOS Mojave release for Macs will officially be the last to support 32-bit apps. The company made the announcement after unveiling macOS Mojave at WWDC earlier this week, sharing the news on 32-bit apps with developers following the keynote event. Apple first introduced support for 64-bit apps way back in 2007 with the release of OS X Leopard, and last year’s macOS High Sierra release was the last to support 32-bit apps “without compromise”, according to Apple....

Set Snagit to Print Screen The first thing to do is to go into the Snagit Print settings and make sure it’s going to the right device. To do this, click the Output menu and select Properties. Go to the Print tab and then double-check the settings and make sure the printer is set up correctly. Next, there’re the capture/input settings. The basic way of doing this would be to set it to Full Screen....

Maps+ is a universal app for your iPhone and iPad that combines common mapping features, courtesy of the Google Maps back-end, with advanced location and tracking capabilities usually found in standalone GPS tracking apps. The app can record and edit your GPS tracks and tweet your location, for starters. But that’s so last century. How about pinning location-based alarms on the map? This is when things get interesting. For example, a location alarm lets you remind yourself to get off at a train station....

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-3628271656800759125&hl=en&fs=true Oh, and they mention Apple and the iPhone a few times along the way along with postulation of a 7-inch iPhone type device that will challenge the Kindle. Best interview we’ve seen in years. Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls, Iowa and raised in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, United States) is known as an entrepreneur, investor, startup coach, blogger, and a multi-millionaire software engineer best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, and founder of Netscape Communications Corporation....

Just over a month ago, Nintendo released its highly anticipated Mario Kart Tour game for both iOS and Android. The initial launch day stats looked strong, and new data from Sensor Tower today reveals that Mario Kart Tour was downloaded over 123 million times in its first month of availability. Sensor Tower explains that Mario Kart Tour amassed 123.9 million unique downloads across the App Store and Google Play during its first month....

Microsoft has released a new update today for Office 2016 for Mac that includes Touch Bar support. These features were originally announced during Apple’s October event last year. We reported last week that members of the Office Insider beta program got a chance to try out the new update first. Now, the update with Touch Bar functionality is available to all users. After a short beta period all Microsoft Office 2016 users with a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar can now take advantage of the improved functionality in Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Outlook....

To use the power of email marketing effectively, it is important to choose the right software that can take your marketing to a whole new level. Running an email marketing campaign with hundreds to thousands of subscribers isn’t an easy task. Managing the entire process takes time and effort. Email marketing software is more than a send-and-track platform. The software’s features for growing your audience, allocating your lists, and merging your marketing channels make it a valuable tool for scaling your business and growing revenue....

Quick Access on Windows 10 It’s also handy if you need to pin a folder in the cloud or on a server for faster access. This, in my opinion, is a nice change to File Explorer, and makes it easier to get what I need without creating shortcuts, or navigating my way to a file or folder buried deep in a directory. Make File Explorer Open to This PC When you open File Explorer, the default view is Quick Access, but you might not like the new feature, or prefer that it opens to This PC (formerly called My Computer in Windows 7) instead....

June Shannon aka “Mama June” from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and star of Mama June: From Not to Hot and her boyfriend, Geno Doak, have been bouncing from hotel room to hotel room as they continue their hiatus together. Earlier this week, the cops were called on the former reality TV star’s hotel room and after they left the hotel room it was wrecked and covered in blood. Mama June has recently transformed her life when she decided to document the weight-loss makeover on WE TV’s Mama June: From Not to Hot....