20Jul 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

New Apple Mac Books are having serious issues

Hardware Reviews
New Apple Mac Books are having serious issues Apple has been experiencing customers complaining and returning the latest MacBook Pro due to a slew of issues.   The product returns have been numerous and it seems that the issues must be addressed sooner than later. Apple’s new MacBook Pro comes with the brand new Intel Core i9 processor. Heating issues has created the biggest complaint and the rumors coming out are customers storing the MacBooks in the freezer to cool it down.  When a CPU tends to overheat quickly machines will shut down in the middle of work or worst case is that components could become damage. The issue with the MacBook cooling system which couldn’t keep up with the heat i9 processor is generating and causes another issue called “Thermal…
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29Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Apple announcements for Education

Software Events
Apple announcements for Education Apple took its annual spring event out of California and hosted it at a high school in Chicago this year, promising to focus its newest products toward the education market that’s been dominated by Google and Microsoft. The keynote was condensed into just one hour, most of which revolved around all the things you can do with a newly announced iPad. Here’s a look at all the biggest news today. The star of today’s announcement was the new “affordable” iPad with stylus support. Affordable is in quotations because it costs $299 for schools, but $329 for everyone else — the same price as iPad’s 9.7-inch tablet announced last spring. The biggest update with this iPad is that it’ll finally work with the $99 Apple Pencil ($89 for students…
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21Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Google believes Android is as secure as iOS

Software Events
Google believes Android is as secure as iOS Google recently published its fourth annual year in review for Android's security and looking  through the comprehensive, 56-page report yourself there are various items you can see and determine whether they are legit. Machine learning is playing a huge role in securing Android devices. Back in May, the company announced Google Play Protect, which is a one stop shop for Google's suite of security services on Android. Machine learning found 60.3 percent of all potentially harmful apps within the Play store, and Google expects that number to continue increasing. Android may be perceived as "less secure" than iOS but in 2016, the annual probability of downloading a potentially harmful app was at .04 percent, which is a pretty small number and in 2017 Google was…
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13Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Next Version of iOS to be announced during Apple WWDC on June 4th

Software Events
Next Version of iOS to be announced during Apple WWDC on June 4th Apple has announced WWDC 2018 and it’ll be taking place in San Jose in just over two months.  The focus will undoubtedly be on the future of iOS, and in particular iOS 12. Apple is reportedly focusing on reliability and performance in iOS 12 over new features. Apple is still rumored to be launching new universal apps that work across iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Bloomberg also previously reported that Apple will bring its Animoji characters to the iPad, thanks to a new model of the tablet that has a Face ID camera. Apple will talk about iOS 12 and the next version of macOS at that event.  Both have been well discussed in the rumor mill with reports originating from Bloomberg about a merger of…
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02Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Apple iTunes store will stop access for Windows XP and Vista users

Software Events
Apple iTunes store will stop access for Windows XP and Vista users APPLE HAS PUBLISHED a new support document confirming that the iTunes Store will no longer run on Windows XP, Windows Vista or first-gen Apple TVs beginning May 25th According to Apple, Windows XP and Windows Vista users can still use previous versions of iTunes on their PCs, but without support from Apple. Unfortunately, though, this means XP and Vista users won’t be able to make new purchases from the iTunes Store or re-download previous purchases.  This is a huge hit for anyone that is still using these operating systems that Microsoft stopped supporting for XP over four years ago and Vista which was last year. You can read the Apple official document here and now may be the best time to start…
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