Steve Sande

<p>Welcome to another week in the weather-wacky month of April. Today we talk about a new feature that may be on the way to watchOS, how quickly a law enforcement tool called GrayKey can crack iOS passcodes, and ponder Apple's next exercise challenge:</p><ul><li>watchOS 5 may come with support for third-party watch faces...or not</li><li>Grayshift's GrayKey box can break your four-digit passcode in about 6 minutes, 30 seconds...so if you're a criminal it might help to give your iPhone a long, complex alphanumeric passcode</li><li>There's an Earth Day exercise challenge coming up</li></ul>

<p>Apple's 2018 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC 2018) begins on June 4, which has me thinking about what changes I'd like to see in Apple's ecosystem. One of the biggest items for me would be for Apple to add Dropbox-like sharing to iCloud Drive.</p>

<p>Since construction started on Apple Park years ago, we've been watching and posting beautiful aerial imagery from Duncan Sinfield and Matthew Roberts. Today, Sinfield posted the video seen below on his <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/duncansinfield" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube channel</a> along with a note that indicates that Apple might be using anti-drone technology and that it's "only a matter of time until the campus becomes shut-off to drones completely."</p>

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<p>On today's Friday the 13th edition of the Apple World Today News Update podcast, we use our crystal ball to look at a possible feature for macOS 10.14, report on the FBI being questioned by lawmakers about why they hassled Apple, and have photos of an unreleased gold iPhone X:</p><ul><li>In a little less than two months, macOS 10.14 will be unveiled. We speculate on whether the popular Workflow app for iOS will be released in a version for macOS</li><li>A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to know why the FBI took Apple to court regarding the unlocking of an iPhone used by a killer in the 2015 San Bernardino shootings...when it didn't need to</li><li>The FCC (of all places) releases photos of a gold iPhone X, something that was never released</li></ul>

<p>I finally found an Apple Watch (and iOS) app I love. It's called Just Press Record and it does just what its name implies when you press the big, red record button. </p>

<p>Welcome back - the podcast skipped a day yesterday, as Steve was taking advantage of warm Spring weather and enjoying some downtime with his wife. We have three short news items for your listening pleasure on today's Apple World Today News Update podcast:</p><ul><li>iMovie for iOS got an update today, adding iPhone X screen support and adopting Apple's Metal graphics processing framework, among other improvements</li><li>The HomePod isn't selling well; Bloomberg feels that it's the lack of Siri smarts and the price tag that are hurting the smart speaker, not the speaker's great sound</li><li>Today's the day Apple started warning Mac users about the impending incompatibility of 32-bit apps</li></ul>

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<p>The AWT News Update podcast will be "off the air" tomorrow, but we'll be back on Thursday. Today's stories:</p><ul><li>Instagram adds new features to its iOS apps that add a depth of field focusing capability and an @mention sticker</li><li>Vimeo hits the Mac App Store with a native client that adds functionality to Final Cut Pro for easier publishing of video to the service</li><li>Facebook attempts to "save Face" with a new Data Abuse Bounty program that awards those with first-hand info about Facebook apps abusing Facebook policies or selling user data</li></ul>

<p>Facebook has been under a lot of scrutiny lately because of the disclosure that data gathered by a Facebook app was used by Cambridge Analytica to target political advertisements. In fact, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying to Congress today on the entire situation... Was your personal data used by Cambridge Analytica? There's a very easy way to find out.</p>

<p>Three stories headline our short, fast and fun podcast today:</p><ul><li>Microsoft Office for iOS gains the ability to open Office documents that are stored in Files</li><li>PayPal is becoming a bank...without going through the usual hassles associated with becoming a bank</li><li>Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has signed off of Facebook, citing the social network's policy of making money off of user's personal information as his reason</li></ul>

<p>Here's an amazing milestone: Apple today announced that all of its worldwide facilities are powered with 100 percent clean, renewable energy. This figure includes facilities in 43 countries around the world. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company is "committed to leaving the world better than we found it."</p>

<p>A lot of people have finally gotten fed up with the kings of social networks -- Facebook and Twitter. Facebook started by finally admitting that yes, YOU are their product and they're busy selling your data to the highest bidder. Twitter has threatened to limit third-party apps and has questionable criteria for handing out the almighty "verified" checkmark. Both locations are full of hatred. Tired of them? <a target="_blank" href="http://mewe.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">MeWe</a> might be the place to go. </p>

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