In the latest episode of the Mac Power Users podcast, California attorney David Sparks and Florida attorney Katie Floyd discuss Apple's announcements earlier this week at WWDC. I recommend this episode if you want to hear some insight on the announcements while you are driving in your car, doing some chores this weekend, or otherwise looking for something interesting to listen to. Like me, they were impressed with many of the new features coming to iOS. However, Katie was less impressed with the new improvements to Animoji in the Messages app, including Memoji, saying: "I was stunned when we went to the ABA TECHSHOW this past year, and the lawyers, the professionals that we entrust to secure our liberty and to save us from tyranny, were going crazy over the [Animoji]. I shudder for what is going to happen with the Memoji." I had not previously considered Memoji a threat to the foundation of this country, but I guess we'll find out in a few months. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- Kentucky attorney Stephen Embry shares his thoughts on Apple's WWDC announcements.
- Virginia attorney Sharon Nelson discusses Formal Opinion 2017-5 from the New York City Bar, which was updated on May 9, 2018, and which discusses an attorney's duty to keep client information on a mobile phone confidential when crossing the U.S. border.
- Ste Smith of Cult of Mac posted a video showing every new iOS 12 feature in action.
- Jeff Banjamin of 9to5Mac posted an even longer video showing off 100 new iOS 12 features.
- Jeff Benjamin also posted a video showing off 50 new watchOS 5 changes.
- Dan Thorp-Lancaster of iMore notes that Microsoft's To-Do list sharing app now works on iOS, Windows. and Android, if you have a need to share lists with folks on other platforms. Of course, if you just need to share with folks using an iPhone, you can easily share a note with a checklist or other list in Apple's Notes app.
- One of the iOS 12 improvements that I am really looking forward to is the ability for password manager apps to integrate more directly with Safari, so that you can use them without having to leave Safari. 1Password (the password manager that I use) posted a short demo of how this could work, and it looks great.
- Another interesting iOS 12 feature is called Live Listen. Steven Aquino describes the feature for TechCrunch. In short, if you are in a situation in which you will have trouble hearing, you can put your iPhone near the audio source and then step away while you are wearing your AirPods, and your AirPods will play the audio that your iPhone is hearing. There are some hearing aids that work the same way.
- Graham Bower of Cult of Mac discusses an Apple Watch stat that I had never heard of before called Heart Rate Variability, which you can use to determine how hard you should work out and when you should slow down.
- John Sculley has been talking about the 10 years that he was CEO of Apple ever since he left in 1993. Even so, in this article by Catherine Clifford of CNBC, Sculley reveals some interesting details that I had not heard before.
- Although this has nothing to do with the iPhone, if you find yourself getting hungry, I thought you'd want to know that TripAdvisor named New Orleans the best food city in the United States (and #5 in the world) and the best place in the United States for a foodie vacation. Rankings were done using a "proprietary TripAdvisor algorithm which considers booking volume, traveler reviews, and traveler ratings based on all food tours and food-related experiences on our site." You can't argue with science. (And if you find yourself headed this way, feel free to ask me for restaurant recommendations.)
- And finally, the upcoming iOS 12 will include features which let you limit the amount of time that you spend using your iPhone. But what if you need to REALLY limit the time that you use your iPhone? Conan O'Brien came up with a solution — the new addiction-proof iPhone, shown in this video:
