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Apple Released New iPad Pro and MacBook Air This Morning

3/18/2020

We woke up early this morning and checked Apple Newsroom for any more updates. Much to our surprise and delight, Apple has two new press releases that had not even been out for a minute at the time. Apple released both a new MacBook Air and iPad Pro, but what to this updated devices have to offer? Let's find out after:

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The New MacBook Air
The New MacBook Air include the Magic Keyboard, found on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, and now offers twice the base storage with the lower price of $999. Apple is offering quad-core processors in the Air for the first time, using Intel's 10th Generation Core processors.

Hidden within the MacBook Air information, the Mac Mini was also updated today. Apple says the standard configurations of Mac mini now come with double the storage capacity.

iPad Pro
The iPad Pro is now updated with an A12Z Bionic chip. At the same time, adopting the square camera bump of the iPhone 11 in order to accommodate an extra Ultra Wide camera and a LiDAR Scanner. Apple is even bringing trackpad support to the iPad, while offering it on their own Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro, which has a built-in trackpad. This keyboard is also backlit.

What do you think? Do you like these updates to Apple's products? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Apple Working On Many Mini-LED Products

3/3/2020

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According to Ming-Chi Kuo, a well respected Apple analyst, Apple has six mini-LED products in the works which are set to debut in 2020 and 2021. Mini-LED offers advances over traditional LCD to deliver wider contrast ratio and deeper blacks without the disadvantages of OLED.

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Kuo says that Apple is developing a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, a 27-inch iMac Pro, a 14.1-inch MacBook Pro, a 16-MacBook Pro, a 10.2-inch iPad, and 7.9-inch iPad Mini, all with Mini-LED. He does not provide specific launch dates. He says, "

The product research and development for mini LED remain unaffected by the COVID-19. The visibility for commercialization has even exceeded the expectations in our previous report.

The trend for Apple's development and promotion of mini LED are more identifiable in five years. We predict that Apple is currently developing six mini-LED-support products (vs. the previous report of only two products), including a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, a 27-inch iMac Pro in 4Q20, a 14.1-inch MacBook Pro (upgraded from 13.3-inch), a 16-inch MacBook Pro, a 10.2-inch iPad, and a 7.9-inch iPad mini in 2020.

Of interest is the 14.1-inch MacBook Pro, which would mean that Apple would be planning on using the same design as their 16-inch MacBook Pro for its smaller offering. Bringing back more scissor style keyboards.

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iPhone 9 May Have a Starting Price of $399

2/11/2020

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According to some sources, we could be about a month away from the announcement of the long-rumored iPhone 9. The device is expected to be bigger than the SE, but still smaller than the iPhone 11, targeting those that do not want a big phone. A new report this week from Fast Company says that the iPhone 9 price will start at $399.

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The iPhone 9 is expected to feature a 4.7 inch display, and Apple's A13 processor. The device is also expected to have a body style like the iPhone 8 and include Touch ID. Ming-Chi Kuo, a respect Apple analyst, predicts that the iPhone 9 base model will include 64GB of storage.

Apple surprised us with the design and price of the iPhone SE. Will they do that again with the iPhone 9?

Do you still own an older iPhone and holding on to it due to iPhones getting larger? If so let us know what iPhone you are still using in the comments below. Also, if you do, would you consider picking up this iPhone after it is released.

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The Encrypted USB...

1/29/2020

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Protecting your data is important. Nowadays, people digitally store personal, sensitive data like tax forms, family pictures and more. Without encryption this data is vulnerable and could be stolen. Most encryption for files of this nature is software only and is generally done on a file to file basis. Hardware encryption devices are now becoming more common, allowing the entire drive to be encryption through the hardware, not software. Secure Data provides hardware encrypted portable storage drives and in today's post we will check out their SecureUSB BT.

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The idea of encrypted media storage is not new. Ubuntu has been using an optional encrypted journal for a long while now. This type of drive encryption is based upon software only, while having hardware encryption improves security and is harder to hack into.

So, we started by testing the SecureUSB BT using Blackmagic's Disk Test. The drive tested with speeds of 61 MB/s and 150 MB/s. This means that the drive is fast enough to run a VM off of it, and thus you get some interesting use cases like a secured operating system that may host sensitive data like taxes and family pictures.

We were really impressed with the quality of the drive, especially considering the built-in hardware encryption. We recommend this drive if you need to securely store data. The SecureData SecureDrive is also a good storage medium to store hardware encrypted system back-ups.

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2020 iPads May Be Released Alongside Smart Keyboard with Scissors Switches

1/21/2020

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Apple may release a new Smart Keyboard with a scissor switch design for the next-generation iPad or iPad Pro models, a report from DigiTimes claims. This report, however, is very uncertain and we may not see a scissor switch Smart Keyboard.

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The report is believe to receive the Smart Keyboard accessories and not a built-in keyboard. As Apple only recently switched back to scissor switches in their 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro, it is unlikely that they will adopt it with the next Smart Keyboard. They might switch the switches on the Smart Keyboard after all of their MacBooks have switched over.

In contradiction, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that the iPad keyboards would continue using the rubber dome design in 2020-21.

We think that it would be amazing if the Smart Keyboard adopted the scissor switches, but do not think that it will happen this year. Do you think Apple should and do you think they will? Let us know in the comments below!

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