Geoffrey A. Fowler and Hayley Tsukayama, The Washington Post Published 11:39 am, Monday, June 4, 2018 Apple is trying to make us love our iPhones a little less. Helping consumers and parents combat addiction and encourage healthier relationships with technology is on Apple's agenda at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. Unlike Apple's other confabs, where executives take the stage to make sales pitches for new hardware, WWDC is targeted at the programmers who make apps for the iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch and other products. At WWDC, Apple typically previews new versions of its iOS and MacOS operating systems months ahead of releasing the finished software to the public. It's also a chance for the world's most valuable tech company to lay out its vision for the future of the iPhone and consumer tech broadly. This year, analysts think Apple will focus on incremental improvements to make its software more reliable - and be less disruptive in our lives. Apple … [Read more...] about At WWDC 2018, Apple lays out its vision for the future of the iPhone
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Bingham managing partner says firm is exploring options, including remote possibility of bankruptcy
Bingham McCutchen managing partner Steven Browne isn’t commenting on the firm’s possible merger with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, but he does acknowledge his firm is exploring a variety of options.One of those options, albeit a remote one, is bankruptcy, he tells the Boston Globe. “I’m not going to pretend things aren’t out there and the world isn’t a real world,” Browne told the newspaper. But bankruptcy is “certainly not any strategic alternative that I’m interested in pursuing.” A merger vote is expected in coming weeks.Browne’s interview with the Globe was the first in which he commented on the status of the firm, which lost more than 50 partners since last year, including 18 partners at its London office. The firm also saw revenue drop by $110 million last year.Legal analysts believe the firm’s rapid expansion is the source of its troubles, the story says. Under prior leadership, Bingham merged with 10 law … [Read more...] about Bingham managing partner says firm is exploring options, including remote possibility of bankruptcy
Touch ID a $10M Jewel in Apple’s Crown
When the overall deal is for $365M, $10M starts to seem like a small penance to pay. That’s how far Apple was willing to go to acquire the fingerprint recognition technology that now fuels its very valuable and versatile “Touch ID” iPhone feature. But it seems the board of AuthenTec, the company that sold the technology to Apple, was willing to go even farther, i.e., into the gaping lion’s mouth of litigation, and the shareholders took a $10M bite.Let’s put you in AuthenTec’s shoes and see how you fare. The year is 2012 and you’re the slick, groomed CEO of a fast-rising techno company, AuthenTec. You have been busting your hump for years to hone the true asset of your company’s portfolio: fingerprint recognition technology. In this fast-growing eWorld, the ability to grant access or authority quickly and securely with the simple scan of a fingerprint on a touch screen will surely garner attention from the smartphone giants. Apple starts … [Read more...] about Touch ID a $10M Jewel in Apple’s Crown
Nebraska signee Cam Jones is a big hitter and even bigger talker. Spend a day with the ‘baddest thing walking’
MANSFIELD, Texas — Cam Jones won’t stop talking. He likes talking. He’s good at it. Teachers at Mansfield High School like when Jones talks. He raises his hand often. He’s never short on participation points. At lunch most days, Jones doesn’t even eat. Just talks. Here on the Mansfield turf after track practice on a windy March evening, the Nebraska signee isn’t ready to go home. “I got like, girl hair. I can do it all sort of ways,” he says, picking at his long curls blowing in the breeze. He then switches topics, as he tends to do. “Let’s get some tacos.”He hops in Corbin Frederick’s jet-black Ford Raptor, and Frederick, a soon-to-be preferred walk-on at Nebraska, tears out of the high school parking lot and merges onto U.S. Highway 287, heading away from the setting 6 p.m. sun.“Ever heard of Gunna? This guy goes hard,” Jones says, pulling out his phone and plugging it into the … [Read more...] about Nebraska signee Cam Jones is a big hitter and even bigger talker. Spend a day with the ‘baddest thing walking’
Aretha Franklin: Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Queen of Soul brings star-studded funeral to emotional finale
STEVIE Wonder was among a host of Motown legends paying a soulful tribute to Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul was transported to her final farewell in Rosa Parks' hearse wearing a gold dress inside a gold casket to the Greater Grace Temple where family, celebrity friends and fans gathered. Before the golden casket was closed at the top of a service, Franklin's body could be seen dressed in gold sequins. More than eight music-filled hours later, Stevie Wonder took to the stage. He wowed with his harmonica skills and then brought the remaining mourners at Franklin's lengthy funeral to their feet with a moving version of "As". The choir, Aretha's family, preachers and remaining guests swayed as Wonder played the classic tune in honour of his old friend. Stevie dedicated his song, "I'll Be Loving You Aways", to his departed friend and musical kindred spirit whom he'd known since he was a boy. "God bless, Aretha," Wonder said at the end of his song. "The joy is in knowing that she … [Read more...] about Aretha Franklin: Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Queen of Soul brings star-studded funeral to emotional finale