Of all the third-party partners announced onstage at Apple’s big MacBook Pro unveil back in October, Adobe was almost certainly the most enticing. In the two months since the Touch Bar was shown off, Apple’s mostly relied on its own proprietary software to demonstrate the appeal of the new input …
Read More »Apple eyeing touch controls to extend the power of the stylus
Apple has been looking at ways to extend the control power of stylus input methods, patenting a touch sensitive stylus which could allow for users to manipulate on screen objects depending on how and where they place their fingers on the stylus shaft itself. The patent, spotted earlier by AppleInsider, was first filed in December …
Read More »Just because you can play Doom on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar doesn’t mean you should
“Does it run Doom?” has long been the gold standard of getting stuff to play on other stuff that it probably shouldn’t be played on. The answer is almost invariably “yes.” The longer answer is usually more along the lines of “yes, but why would you want to?” That certainly …
Read More »This LastPass bug could reveal your password on the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar
If you happen to use LastPass and have the brand new MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar, then we suggest you avoid using the macOS app for the time being. Why? You could be at risk of revealing your master password when logging into the service. In other words, you …
Read More »Oculus Touch Virtual Reality Controllers Officially Launch (video)
After previously being made available to preorder Oculus has today officially launched their new Oculus Touch virtual reality controllers which have been under development for quite some time and were expected to be made available during the middle of 2016. The Oculus Touch controllers have been developed to complement the …
Read More »Oculus Touch Teardown By iFixit (video)
Now the highly anticipated Oculus Touch virtual reality controllers are finally available to purchase from the likes of Amazon and directly from the Oculus online store. iFixit has wasted no time taking their tools to the new virtual reality controllers to reveal their inner workings and hardware. iFixit have awarded …
Read More »Tiny-TS Open-Sourced DIY Touch Synthesiser (video)
If you fancy building your very own open source DIY touch synthesiser you might be interested in a new hardware kit called the Tiny-TS which has been created by Jan Ostman. The Tiny TS takes the form of a credit card sized player measuring just 100 x 65mm in size …
Read More »Helios Touch Modular Lighting System (video)
Dyena has designed and created a new modular lighting system called the Helios Touch that provides a new and very unique lighting system for your wall. The Helios Touch project has this week launched via Kickstarter to raise the £60,000 the team requires to take their unique modular lighting concept …
Read More »Apple’s MacBook Pro with Touch Bar has some serious battery life problems
Apple’s new MacBook Pro hasn’t had the smoothest debut. It’s more expensive than previous Mac systems, and it relies heavily on dongles or third-party add-ons to offer port compatibility. But the systems themselves have reviewed well. If you can live with the restrictions Apple puts on the MacBook Pro and …
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