I was a Mac user in very difficult times, between the transition from Motorola microprocessors to Intel CPUs. I experienced the transition from traditional MacOS to the innovative MacOS X and I had a lot of fun as beta-tester for all the new technologies that the Unix world was bringing into the machines of the bitten apple. The moments of[…]
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From Mac to Linux. Again
Another interesting Linux Journal Podcast with Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal Editor at Large, Petros Koutoupis, about moving from Mac to Linux. Blast from the past: Apple stops to cover the developer’s needs and sells overpriced hardware, so people are looking to alternatives. Both, in hardware and software. Here, Why devs are switching from Mac OS X[…]
Read moreHow to delete Apple accounts, especially the developer ones
I returned to the Middle Ages, thanks Apple. WTF, during a huge digital privacy return session with obsolete accounts deletion and lots of other fun stuff, I found out that I still had some Apple accounts in operation. Ok, when I was young I fell in love for the first iPhone and I also developed some apps for it. A[…]
Read moreApple Maps are now available on DuckDuckGo
Apple Maps, which (in theory) unlike Google Maps has no interest in tracking where you go or what you are looking for, is now available on the web thanks to a partnership with DuckDuckGo. A valuable combination of mapping and privacy. But why not an open map? DuckDuckGo can now offer users improved address searches, additional visual features, enhanced satellite[…]
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