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The Public-Private Edition Friday, October 2, 2020

Singapore-Apple App Spotlights Asia's Health-privacy Tightrope, by Kentaro Iwamoto, Nikkei Asia

When it comes to LumiHealth, Stephensen called it a "great modern example of a public-private partnership" that promises community benefits. But she also said she is "relieved" Singapore has a proactive personal data protection regime and data protection watchdog.

Leong Thin Yin, a professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, predicted the Apple program "will showcase how Big Tech and government collaboration can work to improve the health of citizens."

Apple Has Released macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update, by Howard Oakley, Eclectic Light Company

Apple has just released a set of new updates for macOS Mojave 10.14.6 to address earlier problems with the Safari 14 update and Security Update 2020-005. These should ensure that all Macs running 10.14.6 have Safari 14 installed, together with the fixes of the later Security Update, without suffering problems.

Apple Pulls Problematic Safari 14 And Security Updates For macOS Mojave, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple appears to have pulled the latest macOS Mojave Security Update (2020-005), which was released on September 24 alongside the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 update. Apple has also removed Safari 14 for macOS Mojave from download.

Across the Pond

Apple Launches The New Detailed Apple Maps Experience In The United Kingdom, Look Around In Select Cities, by Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac

Apple today officially launched its in-house mapping data in the United Kingdom and Ireland, after completing the rollout across the United States in 2019. The new map is rolling out now and should be available to all customers later this evening.

Apple’s New Map, Expansion #9: Ireland & The United Kingdom, by Justin Obeirne

This is the ninth time that Apple has expanded its new map since its public launch in September 2018. And it’s also the first time that Apple has expanded its new map outside of the United States.

Bug Reports

One Year Old iPhone Bluetooth Volume Bug Still Causing A Nightmare In The Car, by Bogdan Popa, Autoevolution

More specifically, once their iPhones connect to the Bluetooth system in the car, the volume of the notification sound (for both calls and alerts) is automatically set to zero and isn’t restored when the connection is ended.

Apple Card Mislabeling AT&T Charges As 'Waters, Hardy & Co' Leading To Customer Confusion, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

A transaction labeling error with the Apple Card has been causing confusion for some ‌Apple Card‌ owners, with AT&T charges listed as “Waters, Hardy & Co” instead of AT&T on ‌Apple Card‌ statements.

The problem appears to have started at some point yesterday, with tax preparation service Waters, Hardy & Co receiving hundreds of phone calls from confused customers.

Lights Up The Screen

Apple Watch SE Review: The Ideal Smartwatch For Most iPhone Users, by Matthew Bolton, T3

The Watch SE lights up the screen so quickly when you turn your wrist that it's rare that you would be in a situation where you want to see the screen but can't.

There are some occasions like this, and exercising or bike riding is when we noticed it the most – times when you might want to see your workout stats, but don't want to turn your wrist. But for this to be a dealbreaker, I think you'd have to be quite hardcore about fitness.

The Apple Watch As A Pandemic Peripheral, by Julio Ojeda-Zapata, TidBITS

This got me thinking about how the Apple Watch can be a helpful—even essential—piece of personal technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stuff

A Practical Guide To Writing On The iPad, by Bill Bennett

The iPad is a great tool for writers. For many professional and part-time writers it is a better option than a laptop.

In this feature we’ll look at why the iPad could be a better option for you. We’ll examine which model iPad to choose, explore keyboards and outline writing applications.

Microsoft's Brad Anderson On Apple In The Enterprise, by Jonny Evans, Computerworld

In many ways, the work to support an increasingly heterogenous computing world reflects Microsoft’s strategic approach.

One illustration of this could be Microsoft Teams, which is is built on a framework called Electron. “We build for the Web first, and then we take that code and apply it to all the platforms,” Anderson said. “What this allows us to do, that’s really important to the Mac community, is that as we roll out new capabilities these roll out across all platforms at the same time.”

Notes

Why I’m Teaching My Kids That Computers Are Dumb Machines, by Greg Lavallee, Slate

But a 7-year-old should be learning to read and write, not to navigate a “learning management system.” She should be learning math, not Microsoft Teams, pop-ups, and the concept of a “chat.” I find our second grader concentrating more on typing the letters than on actually thinking about what she’s typing. Her brain is trying as hard as it can, but it’s focusing on how she’s learning instead of what, because the how is so new.

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Isn't it sad that "don't believe everything you read on the internet" now applies to almost everything?

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