Brand: MacNews

Parents lack awareness regarding online safety for children

AnchorFree (www.anchorfree.com), which specializes in consumer online privacy and Internet freedom, has unveiled its latest survey results revealing parents’ sentiments over children’s online privacy and the measures they take to protect it. The responses surveyed more than 600 parents in the U.S. between the ages of 35 and 54 who have children who are under the age of 18.

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Kool Tools: ViewSonic PG703X and PG703W projectors

ViewSonic Corp. (www.viewsonic.com) has two new additions to its line of award-winning projectors. With the launch of the PG703X and PG703W digital projectors for education and business applications, the company offers high brightness, dependable color and sound technologies, energy-saving lamp-life, and reduced latency features that ensure vivid image reproduction in nearly any environment.

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The Northern Spy: A busy month for Apple watchers

By Rick Sutcliffe

Cupertino handed us a flurry of products this month, and more are on the horizon, hopefully software updates to the software updates.

First up and of greatest interest to the most people are two new versions of the iPhone–the 8 and the X (pronounced “10”). The Spy understands that the numbering is intended to be celebratory of the tenth anniversary of the iPhone’s introduction, but skipping a number in the sequence seems strange. What comes next? The 9 or the XI?

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Apple posts iOS 11.0.2

Apple has released iOS 11.0.2. According to the update notes, it:

°Fixes an issue where crackling sounds may occur during calls for a small number of iPhone 8 and 8 Plus devices;

° Addresses an issue that could cause some photos to become hidden;

° Fixes an issue where attachments in S/MIME encrypted emails would not open.

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Dropshare for macOS revved to version 4.7

Timo Josten has announced Dropshare 4.7 (https://getdropsha.re), an update to his secure file sharing tool developed exclusively for macOS.

It’s a menu bar application for drag ‘ dropping upload files, screenshots and even directories to many supported hosting providers, including Dropshare Cloud. Version 4.7 introduces screenshot annotations, additional hosting providers, improved screen recordings and more changes.

Dropshare requires macOS 10.9 or later. Version 4.7 is a free update for current users. For new users the price is $24.99

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