Anyone who owns an Apple product, or in the case of many of us: many products, may be familiar with Adobe graphic design and creative suites. The Mac in the 80s and early 90s became synonymous with publishing and later graphic design, which in many ways is tied with Adobe’s dominance in this field. This is one facet that separates it from Microsoft up to this very day, even though most apps or software are available cross-platform.

I am also a fan of the Amiga even though I never experienced it when it was at its heigth or when it originally debuted as a I was just a child in the 1980s. However, the Amiga in a way, or at least it seems to me, paved the way for 90s-and-up Apple. The original Mac was monochrome and could not compete with it in multitasking or graphics. It was also behind in creative software as Amiga had EA’s DeluxePaint. However, over time, or at least when Amiga failed as a computing concept, Apple became the creative system to use. …

Good News if you are a gamer who owns an iOS device: Apple is now allowing streaming services to run on its devices without relying on iOS apps or the App Store to access the content. It is doing this through the Safari web browser and allowing web apps that use the power of the cloud to stream console and PC games to mobile devices like the iPad.

This will allow you to overcome barriers to AAA console developer focus and hardware limitations of your favorite iOS devices when compared to dedicated gaming consoles or PCs that cost up to $2k per machine. …

Google Analytics is a great way to keep your site relevant and up to date with insight such as traffic stats. You can use it for a variety of analytics and find out what you need to work on with your website to stay competitive. It is one of the many tools available for marketeers online and one that should not be overlooked or forgotten. …

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Rich push notification are a new method of sending push notifications to customers or clients. They replace the standard and traditional push notification full of a line of text with multimedia content, such as images — and in the case of the iOS platform, video and sound as well.

Companies are looking at new ways to reach audiences and stand out in the sea of text that mobile users are bombarded with daily. …

Future Of Windows On Phones Looking Dire but Microsoft Doesn’t Give Up Entirely

At one time the Windows Phone seemed like a promising smartphone worth keeping an eye out for, while it was developing its app ecosystem, as a potential competitor to Android and iOS. It had interesting integrations with Microsoft’s Office software suites among many other benefits. However, time has not been kind on Microsoft’s ambitions for the handset.

Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Phone 8 in 2017, and Windows Mobile 10 was the successor to that ill-fated effort to bring Windows to small form factors. It ran on devices with screen sizes below 7” or what most phones, phablets and mini tablets come with. …

Last winter, I went on a trip to Marrakech, Morocco – winter by North and East European where I am from as Morocco tends to stay warm year round. The inexpensive flight to Marrakech felt like a nice excursion. There were many bazaars and street peddlers around Marrakech and you can get anything from exotic spices to carpets and even electronics.

However, on this trip I ran into an unpleasant surprised when it comes to one particular purchase: a new iPhone 7 Plus, or so I thought. While walking around Ja mal square (official name: Jemaa el-Fnaa) a seemingly friendly Senegalese man approached me and offered me a wide range of iPhones he had for sale. He claimed they were genuine and gave me huge discounts from the retail price. …

Developing true artificial intelligence or a thinking computer has been mankind’s dream for decades. It is a notion that has been mystified through the use of science fiction literature and film over the years. However, it is still just a concept that many of us don’t believe is anywhere close to reality. The advancements in this regard, however, are closer to reality than you may think.

Watson

IBM wants to prove skeptics wrong and create a system capable of human-like thinking. It already has a computer capable of some sort of cognitive computing with the Watson.

The Watson has already proven itself by winning a game of Jeopardy. …