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The More-Flexible Edition Friday, July 13, 2018

I Actually Like USB-C Dongles, by Alex Cranz, Gizmodo

Do I miss the convenience of having a single machine that packs everything I could ever need inside? Sure. It was convenient! But being up to customize my USB-C dongle load-out every day is a nice feeling, too. It might not be as convenient, but it’s a lot more fun and a lot more flexible.

Adobe To Launch Photoshop For iPad In Strategy Shift, by Mark Gurman and Nico Grant, Bloomberg

Adobe’s chief product officer of Creative Cloud Scott Belsky confirmed the company was working on a new cross-platform iteration of Photoshop and other applications, but declined to specify the timing of their launches.

“My aspiration is to get these on the market as soon as possible,” Belsky said in an interview. “There’s a lot required to take a product as sophisticated and powerful as Photoshop and make that work on a modern device like the iPad. We need to bring our products into this cloud-first collaborative era.”

10 Years Of App Store Controversies, by Ryan Christoffel, MacStories

Apple created and has maintained the safety of its closed platform thanks to its thorough review procedures and guidelines. Every app on the App Store must follow Apple's rules, which for the most part is widely accepted as a good thing. If an app's aims are nefarious, it should be rejected by Apple and, hence, not allowed in public view. However, throughout the App Store's life, there have regularly been controversial app rejections that stirred up the Apple community. Here are a few of those controversies.

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Apple-owned Magazine Subscription Service Simplifies Its Fees, by Luke Dormehl, Cult of Mac

Now Texture has lowered the price for the Premium Plan to $9.99. In essence, this means that all customers should now have access to the widest possible range of publications for just ten bucks a month!

Apple’s Back To School Promotion Once Again Offers Students Free Beats Headphones, by Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge

It might feel like summer just started, but Apple’s Back to School promotion is now live, starting today through September 25th, once again offering students who buy new Macs and iPad Pros some free Beats headphones.

Apple Shows Off Apple Pay Cash In Latest Advertisement, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

This video focuses on Apple Pay Cash and how it can be used between roommates to easily handle things such as rent payments.

National Geographic Turns Top 2018 Travel Photos Into iPhone-friendly Wallpapers, by Buster Hein, Cult of Mac

Some of the best photos from National Geographic’s travel photographers of the year are now available as free wallpapers for iPhone, iPad and Mac. The collection includes images from a wide range of photographers. They’ve been divided into categories for nature, cities and people so you’re bound to find a few that catch your fancy.

Farrago Soundboard App For Mac Gains MIDI Support, Accessibility Improvements, More, by Zac Hall, 9to5Mac

Farrago 1.2 brings MIDI support, multi-tile editing, and accessibility improvements to the Mac soundboard app.

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Weaponization Of A JavaScriptCore Vulnerability, by Nick Burnett

Software bugs come in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes, these code defects (or ‘asymmetries’) can be used to compromise the runtime integrity of software. This distinction is what helps researchers separate simple reliability issues from security vulnerabilities. At the extreme, certain vulnerabilities can be weaponized by meticulously exacerbating such asymmetries to reach a state of catastrophic software failure: arbitrary code execution.

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Apple Announces $300 Million Clean Energy Fund In China, by Chloe Aiello, CNBC

Apple in partnership with several of its suppliers announced on Thursday a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China. The China Clean Energy Fund aims to produce at least 1 gigawatt of energy — or enough to power about 1 million homes — through fully renewable means over the next four years.

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China may be a receptive market for incubating renewable energy initiatives, but for smaller companies with limited resources, transitioning to clean energy can be challenging. Apple hopes the scale of the China Clean Energy Fund will give fund participants greater purchasing power to pivot toward clean energy.

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I don't think I've ever used Photoshop before. In fact, I don't think I've ever pirated Photoshop before.

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