Mastodon is the unintentional social network for journalists
- March 27, 2024
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When social networks appeared during the mid 2000s, there were a few of them: MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, LinkedIn. The initial three on the list were gossip based, LinkedIn is for professionals, while Twitter didn’t know its place … yet. Instagram didn’t exist, and when it showed up, it was a photo sharing app. With…
VisionPod
- February 6, 2024
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At last, the VisionPro started shipping! with no short of audacious people using it where they shouldn’t and no short of memes for it! Nevertheless, this device equates to the launch of the Mac. At the begging people were confused and mocked this toyish thing called the mouse, eventually all personal computers were handled that…
HoloApplePro
- June 27, 2023
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By this time Apple’s recipe of success it’s not a secret: The previous is the formula for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods. None of those products (MP3 player, smartphone, tablets, smart watch, wireless headphones) were a breakthrough from Apple. However Apple did capitalized on improving those to a point they become independent…
So you want to be in Mastodon …?
- November 28, 2022
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In case you’re not aware of, Twitter is experiencing some deep changes, depending on the eye of the beholder, these changes are great or catastrophic. Personally, I use twitter a lot! When configured properly (i.e., proper filtering) it’s a great source of information. Nevertheless, the changes are pushing many users to search for alternative/similar platforms…
How to know the WiFi Link Speed in MacOS?
- August 17, 2022
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Without further ado: Press the Option key while clicking on the WiFi icon on the top bar. There, this will give you the link speed in WiFi. Rational In the old days the venerable NetWork Utility used to give the user that answer straightforward. However, starting from BigSur (Nov 2020), the practical utility has been…
Immediate challenges to make the Metaverse a reality
- February 2, 2022
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It has been a long time since I write (been very busy), so much has changed, so much has stayed the same. Case in point XR, ie, the Metaverse. Why are we here in the 1st place? In short: PR. Let’s elaborate. For many of us in the tech world, the advent of AR/VR (XR)…
To centralize contact tracing, or not to centralized contact tracing, that is the question
- May 5, 2020
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As you may have heard lately, contact tracing is one of the latest topics in vogue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m not going to explain contact tracing, it’s superbly explained here. That said, here’s the gist of it. Contact tracing, a quicky In the health world, the way to track and shut down an…
¿Como funciona el rastreo de contactos propuesto por Google y Apple?
- April 13, 2020
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Tienen un cafe o su bebida preferida a mano? No? Pues busquenla, porque esto es largo 🙂 Estamos encuarentenaos gracias a la pandemia causada por COVID-19, dos oponentes del mundo informático (Google y Apple) acaban de unir fuerzas para ayudar a combatir la pandemia. Actualmente existen bosquejos de la tecnología y tratare de explicar como…
Why AR devices lag behind VR ones?
- September 19, 2019
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First, the basics: AR enhances your surroundings, while VR detaches you from it. While they may seem similar, the end experience is completely different. Today’s VR is a reality (pun intended) due to the mass adoption of smart phones. Bluntly put, VR devices screens are phone screens put in front of your eyes. Advances in…
At last! A decent antivirus for Mac
- March 25, 2019
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Macs suffer from less virus/malware attacks than Windows, not because they’re better, but because they’re fewer. This fact allowed Mac users to live without antivirus software, so far so good. Granted, macOS has had some sort of protection mechanism for years now, it’s called System Integrity Protection, it does some of the functions that antivirus…