August 2021

by Jeff McKamey

Below are our August 2021 Meeting Notes:

Apple Cracks Down On Leakers

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/21/07/28/1355238/apple-tells-leaker-to-snitch-on-sources-or-it-will-report-them-to-the-police

Merlin can now listen to a bird and tell you what it is!

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/whats-that-bird-song-merlin-bird-id-can-tell-you/?utm_source=Cornell%20Lab%20eNews&utm_campaign=f910527ad4-Cornell-Lab-eNews-July-2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47588b5758-f910527ad4-308479777

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVVpAnKzCs0

Kindles and a whole bunch of only 3G devices (including Tesla’s) are about to stop working

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/3g-only-kindles-begin-their-long-slow-death-this-year/

This includes the first Tesla models, old security systems, and other devices that use 3G.

Apple had a record setting quarter with Mac and iPad sales

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/27/apples-mac-and-ipad-sales-break-quarterly-records

Apple posts $81B quarterly results: Charts – Six Colors

Apple must go to court over the Apple Watch heart rate sensor:

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/02/apple-watch-heart-rate-sensor-lawsuit-to-proceed/

Some games for IOS:
Tetris

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tetris/id1491074310?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Bubble shooter

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bubble-shooter-pop-bubbles/id604044220

Pull the pin

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pull-the-pin/id1496150467

Alien Shooter

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/galaxy-attack-alien-shooter/id1176011642

Mulan at 60 fps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unRdyQYwL5k

Transformers at 60 fps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVEaW0yHiw

Overcast pod casting app

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/overcast/id888422857

amazon employs almost 1 million people in the us, 1 in every 169 workers

https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/08/01/0150225/amazon-now-employs-almost-1-million-people-in-the-us—or-1-in-every-169-workers

Where to get an immunization:
Government search box

Vaccines.gov – Search for COVID-19 vaccine locations

La Palmera mall

https://www.cctexas.com/vaccineregistration

Beeville:

https://cacost.org/

CVS

https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine

HEB

https://vaccine.heb.com/scheduler

Corpus

https://www.cctexas.com/vaccineregistration

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics | City of Corpus Christi (cctexas.com)