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Michael Ross
Michael Ross
michael_ross@societas.online
#tech #technology

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

‘Secret’ iPhone feature lets you easily sign online documents for free, with no scanning, printing, or app installing

Hand holding up an iPhone with a post-it note stuck on the front that has writing on saying "sign here" with an arrow pointing to the left
In the age of digital communication, needing to sign important documents online has become increasingly common, but it’s not necessarily the easiest process.

For an iPhone you can just use the standard Photos app to open it, hit Edit, click the Markup button, and add signature. Useful that you can also move it around.

I see on my Samsung Galaxy phone I can similarly use the Samsung Notes app and just a PDF with the S Pen. The selection tool will also allow me to select and move that signature around or resize it.

Both phones will allow you to sign, or complete, a document offline and no 3rd party apps needed.

See thefocus.news/lifestyle/secret…
#Blog, #ios, #signature, #technology

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

Palm OS and the devices that ran it: Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets, and Palm did them best

A grey coloured PDA device resting in a cradle on a desk. At the bottom of the PDA are four round buttons, with a small green button to the left, and in the centre bottom are two smaller rectangular buttons for scrolling up or down. Bottom right of the cradle is a single round button.
I remember my PalmPilot very well. I used its Graffiti handwriting recognition to take many memos and keep my life organised.

I’m pretty sure before the PalmPilot I only had fixed ROM organisers which had the standard notes, calendar, contact, etc functionality (like the Sharp ZQ-3200 organiser with 64kB of RAM and a serial link). The PalmPilot also allowed 3rd party apps to be installed. It would also interface with some PC apps to sync data when you pressed the sync button on the cradle.

I think I moved to a Psion 5 after the Palm Pilot. Its EPOC OS was the forerunner to the Symbian OS that appeared on Nokia phones later on.

The 1990’s was an exciting time of innovative breakthroughs in all sorts of consumer computing devices.

There is a pretty good history and context and the link below and covers both the rise and the fall of Palm.

See arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
#Blog, #palmpilot, #retrocomputing, #technology

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Congo questions #Apple over #knowledge of #conflict #minerals in its supply chain

source: https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphones-congo-blood-minerals-b1f20aa7bd3a3f4f8cf7fcde19c6f053

A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled east that might end up being used in the company’s products.

#SupplyChain #HumanRights #Economy #business #iphone #smartphone #technology #trade #TimCook justice #crime #news

Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain

Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains.

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z428@loma.ml
Kristian

Beyond 9am again. Common challenges: Looking for the actual code running on a particular system, knowing the observed behaviour doesn't seem to fit what's written in the relevant files. Also, discussing different levels of reliability and availability of systems in light of minor outages. (Wondering whether there's a tendency to prefer small fails simply because they're easier to ignore even in a long-term timeframe.)

#outerworld #home_office_hours #technology_and_its_amazing_consequences

#home office hours #technology and its amazing consequences

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