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The Slow-Innovation Edition Friday, September 7, 2018

A 22-year Apple Veteran Explains Why Silicon Valley's 'Fast Fail' Approach Won't Work With Health Tech, by Robin Goldstein, CNBC

Early mistakes can have a lasting impact that reverberate beyond the offending company to impact an entire industry, affecting both the regulatory landscape and broad public perception.

For Safety’s Sake, We Must Slow Innovation In Internet-connected Things, by Martin Giles, Technology Review

In a new book called Click Here to Kill Everybody, Bruce Schneier argues that governments must step in now to force companies developing connected gadgets to make security a priority rather than an afterthought.

Top MacOS App Exfiltrates Browser Histories Behind Users’ Backs, by Tom Spring, ThreatPost

A top-grossing Apple App Store program called Adware Doctor is capable of sidestepping macOS security controls and surreptitiously copying a user’s entire browser history. It then sends it to a China-based domain.

According to Patrick Wardle, chief research officer at Digita Security and founder of Mac security company Objective-See, Apple was informed of Adware Doctor’s suspicious functionality last month, but has failed to take action.

Stuff

The Best Apps For Every Type Of Journaling, by Christine Chan, Lifehacker

Usually, when we think about journaling, the old fashioned method of pen and paper comes to mind. But of course, there’s a digital version of every activity now, and there are a ton of great apps and software out there designed to keep your memories in a single place. There are nearly endless options to choose from, so we’ve rounded up the best that are currently available, depending on how you want to use them and what your goals are.

Satechi Unveils New Wired & Wireless Extended Keyboards In Apple-friendly Colors, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Satechi says its latest keyboards are designed with “enhanced scissors switch keys,” which allow them to “capture every keystroke for fast and precise typing.” Satechi has become a popular alternative to Apple’s own Magic Keyboard, and the company hopes to continue that trend with its new extended keyboards.

Text Case For iOS Adds Title Case Text Transformations Based On Popular Style Guides, by John Voorhees, MacStories

The latest update adds Title Case, which can transform headlines according to the style guides for the Associated Press, American Psychology Association, Modern Language Association, or Chicago Manual of Style. The update also adds sentence case and Pascal case.

New App Helps The Blind Find Their Way Easier, by Joseph Goedert, Health Data Management

A person with partial or total vision loss can go to the closet to get a charcoal suit with light pinstripes, hold the phone close to the clothes, and be verbally prompted when the phone reaches the right item.

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Most Tech Employees Suffer From Impostor Syndrome, by Bonnie Burton, CNET

Feeling like a hack is more common than you might think. In fact 58 percent of people with technology-focused careers suffer from Impostor Syndrome according to a new informal study from workplace social media site Blind.

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Apple To Launch A Global Law Enforcement Web Portal By End Of 2018, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Apple this week announced it will be launching a dedicated web portal for authenticated law enforcement officers to submit lawful requests for data, track requests, and obtain responsive data from the company by the end of 2018.

Double Trouble, by Ernie Smith, Tedium

Ultimately, the patent lawsuit said more about Microsoft, and where it was going as a company, than it did about Stac Electronics.

Sure, the company had previously been accused of stealing the “look and feel” of the Apple Macintosh for Windows, but this was different; it had effectively gone through a negotiation process with another company, only to watch it fall through their hands, then decided to respond by coming up with a competing technology to give away, only to have a jury put the company in its place.

How Search Engines Are Failing Suicidal Users, by Lucas Chae, Fast Company

These users weren’t even asking for help in the first place. They were asking for ways to kill themselves. Passively offering an option to get help will not work. Instead, we must present something personal and relatable so that they feel that people care and help is always out there.