Well uh, this is going to be a different spin on something I usually write, where I give advice to Destiny 2 players starting new content, be it DLC or a season, once I’ve grinded a fair bit of it. This time, however, I’m trying to gently suggest that there are some mistakes that have been made with Season of the Worthy that Bungie should have avoided while making it in order to have made it more successful.

I am going to actually steer away from Trials today, as I have written like three different articles now on what is ailing that mode and I think we’ve covered the basics now between cheating, beaver errors, card farming, low-level and flawless rewards, among other things. Today I’ll focus more on the bunkers and PvE side of things, which is what most of the community still comes to Destiny for. And as I said yesterday, this is the lightest PvE content in the game’s seasonal history, if you ask me.

I’m going to try to stay away from big obvious things like “hey a raid would have been nice instead of legendary lost sectors” and focus more on smaller things that could have helped this season, but I fear it’s too late to change most of this now.

1. The Entire Artifact Mod System Needs A Revamp

I think there are quite a few things wrong with the seasonal artifact mod system, but I’ll break it down to two main issues. First of all, I see literally no purpose in forcing players to choose just 12 different mod options out of 25 from the artifact when fully leveled, as opposed to simply letting everyone unlock everything in the artifact as they gain XP in the season, allowing for greater potential build diversity. The current system which forces you to refresh the entire thing and pick 12 new ones for an increasing amount of glimmer is annoying for no reason and I cannot see a downside to just being able to unlock and use everything.

The second aspect of this is that I want the anti-champion mods to simply turn into passive intrinsic perks on guns during a season, rather than mods. As in, all hand cannons in Season of the Worthy have a perk toggle which can give them anti-overload or anti-unstoppable. SMGs can have anti-barrier or anti-overload this season. This would let you use your normal mod slot instead of replacing it and make the entire process more streamlined. You could apply this to exotics too, which would get around their lack of a mod slot, but I understand that making all exotics anti-champion automatically could break the game in unforeseen ways, so I also support the idea of just going back and making certain ones anti-champion across all seasons like we have for a few now.

2. Everyone Should Have Been Getting Some Passive Warmind Bits From The Start

I cannot tell you how many people I have had tell me that they have just not engaged with the bunker system at all this season. That’s bad design, considering once you get even a cursory amount of upgrades going, it’s beyond easy to max them, and they are way, way easier than the obelisks last season. But no one realizes that, or they don’t care.

I think a core issue is that you only essentially get any Warmind bits at first from bounties (and who isn’t sick of bounties now) and the public event. I think the game should have been giving random drops of X amount of bits for pretty much all activities in the game from the start so players would have been able to play whatever they want and still feel engaged with the season. As it stands right now you need hundreds and hundreds of bits to even upgrade a bunker to the point where you can start getting Warmind bit drops from activities like strikes or Crucible matches when I think that should have just been active from the start.

3. Bunker Clearing And Featured Bunkers Are Too Convoluted

Here’s an example of how the current bunker system is too messy for its own good. My New Light buddy has been running through older content with me, and finally got high enough in power to do seasonal Worthy stuff this past week. But he missed the EDZ bunker two week stretch and now is on the moon bunker. And the moon bunker gave him a bounty to do three moon legendary lost sectors to complete a weekly bounty for bits, but he can’t activate and clear the moon bunker until he finishes the EDZ part of the quest. It’s a mess, and I think all the bunkers should just be “active” at all times once they arrive in the game to avoid this.

I also think the concept of a daily bunker clear is just not fun or engaging. It feels like a chore, and I think Bungie even realized that since they literally built a way to skip doing it into the game with the seasonal pass perk (which is bugged, but still). If you are giving players to avoid a gameplay obstacle you build by paying to not play it at all, something has gone wrong.

4. Force Players To Engage With The Warmind Cell Mechanic

Here’s a message from a reader on Twitter that was sent to me literally seconds ago as I write this:

“Reading the replies… I didn’t even know what Warmind Cells were, thought they were a consumable or token. I’ve now found out, wow. Kept that secret Bungie.”

Warmind Cells are one of the most fun, most interesting, most powerful mechanics Destiny has ever introduced. The problem is that I would be amazed if even 10% of the playerbase utilized them this season because of how well hidden they are. The same thing happened with Charged with Light, but this time, the mechanic is even better.

Bungie needs to put this in people’s faces. Don’t make people max an entire bunker to get some of the best Cell mods. Reward them earlier. And force them to use it by having say, bounties or modifiers that utilize Warmind Cells and force people to figure out what they are instead of making them totally missable. Hell, even have a mini tutorial to show people what they are, don’t leave it up to YouTubers and me to do it. You put a lot of work into this mechanic, and everybody playing PvE should be at least attempting to make Warmind Cell builds this season. The fact that barely anyone is doing it is a serious problem.

Integrate The Actual Almighty Story Into Any Of This

Through all the PvE content this season, have you remembered at all that the plot right now is supposed to be that the Almighty is going to come crashing down on the Last City? Because I have totally forgotten about it other than the initial cutscene we got on day one.

I understand that we’re powering up Rasputin to launch a super laser at the ship or something, but all of this bunker stuff seems wildly disconnected from the storyline of the season in practice. I would love to see it connected in a big way, ie. story missions that have us returning to the (chronically underused) Almighty to fight enemies there and do something related to the plot, or something even smaller, like a changing skybox that shows the Almighty getting closer and closer to the city every week as we visit the Tower (a very Fortnite-ish kinda thing). But so far, there’s nothing. Just a few new lines from Ana every time a new bunker opens. I have hope this may change later in the season, but this is nothing like the “rescue Saint” storyline last season that we actually felt engaged in.

Those are my critiques. Let me hear yours on Twitter.

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It’s Sunday again, time for bold action, time for steely-eyed determination in the face of uncertain outcomes. Today Daisy Mae arrives once more in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, selling as many turnips as you’ve got bells, a couple of the roots bopping around on her head for good measure. There is a lot of uncertainty in the Stalk Market, but with the right information you can at least increase your odds of getting a good return. I’m putting 400,000 in this week, and who knows? I might always get a little more before Daisy Mae leaves at noon.

Buying Price: Seeing as it’s Sunday, the most important information for today is your buying price. This fluctuates too, but not nearly so much as the selling price.

Data from the community suggests that the buying price is always between 90-110. so if you’ve got something in the low 90s, you’ve got a good price on turnips. If you’re in the high 100s, maybe try somewhere else. My price today was 100, which was not high enough to make me want to try someone else’s island. At the end of the day, this isn’t going to make the difference in whether or not you get a good return.

Selling Price: As we’ve noted before, selling prices change twice a day: once at the beginning of the day, and once at noon. The price here is wildly variable, so you can either sell at a deep loss or a massive profit.

I’m not sure that there is a lower bound on Turnip prices. A “bad” price is anything below what you bought at, but I see them priced at 40-70 a fair amount. Don’t go near that with a 10-foot pole. I’ve heard tell of prices as low as 15.

A good price is in the eye of the beholder. If you’re just playing on your own, I’d argue that anything above 200 is a good price: there’s no guarantee that you’ll see that in a week, and definitely no guarantee you’ll see anything bigger.

If you’re using social media and/or a a friend group to cast the net wider, however, you can hold out for a better price. A “good” price here is likely anything above 500: you’re getting somewhere in the neighborhood of a 5X return with that, and any investor will tell you that’s probably a good deal. On Twitter and elsewhere, I regularly see prices go as high as 650. I have yet to see a price above 650, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist: if you’ve got one, send a screenshot. I’ve heard rumor of 800 but not seen proof.

As usual, cooperation is the best way to get a good price. There are also some predictive tools that you can use to try to figure how high the price will go, but I need to play around with them some before I write them up here.

After a brief beta period, Samsung began updating its 2019 flagships to Android 10 in November last year. Now that the vast majority of S10 and Note10 users have received the update, let’s take a look at what’s new in Android 10 and what features Samsung users should start checking out.

Gesture navigation

Samsung already had a gesture navigation system in Android 9, and that hasn’t gone away. But this being Android 10, Google’s vision of navigation is included too. Head to display > navigation bar and press “more options” beneath the full-screen gestures card. From there, you can switch back and forth from Samsung’s “swipe from bottom,” and Google’s “swipe from sides and bottom.” Here you can adjust the sensitivity of the back gesture, just as you can on a Pixel or other Android 10 device.

Heading back to the main navigation menu, Samsung has added two little tweaks to this system. If you don’t like the thick black bar beneath your keyboard, you can switch it off. The same goes for the gesture hints, the small bar at the bottom of the display, giving you the choice of an immersive experience. The only caveat is that you can only use these gestures with Samsung’s launcher set to default, although that may soon change.

Notification management

Google introduced notification categories, a feature intended to help users organize their notification panels to focus on what’s important. Although Android 11 will take this further, it’s still a useful and prominent part of Android 10. Screenshots and other lower-priority notifications are located at the bottom in a separate “silent notifications” category.

What’s more, you can choose which notifications are assigned to this list. In this example, we’ll use Instagram. I want to see new posts from certain accounts in my notification shade, but I don’t want my phone to buzz when they arrive, or to show as a heads-up alert. By long-pressing on the message, I can set it to silent and then back again. You can also go to an apps notification menu in settings, and go through each notification channel and set things to silent or alert. This may sound like a lot of work, but it’s worth it. Once you have everything to your liking, you’ll see and hear the important stuff at the top of the list, while everything else is tucked away for when you have time.

Dark mode

Sure, Samsung did dark mode before it was cool and included it in Android 9. But now that it’s a standard part of Android, mainstream apps are finally starting to adopt this feature too. In the past, it was only the pre-installed Samsung apps that would match the system theme, but now apps like Instagram, WhatsApp, Reddit, and the majority of Google apps do so as well. You’ll find dark mode in the same place as before, only now there’s a setting that applies it to your wallpaper. Now, this isn’t going to magically make a dark and light mode of your wallpaper, dimming whatever wall you currently have instead.

Tighter location permissions

In previous versions of Android, once an app had location access, it could use it 24/7. Now then an app requests location access, you can deny it as before, or allow only while using the app. That means that apps like Instagram or Facebook can access your location when they’re open in the foreground, using the features that require that access, but they’ll lose it as soon as you close the app. This kind of restricted access is perfect for those of us who need to use certain apps, even if we don’t trust them. If you have an app that you want to give 24/7 location access to, you still can. Head to the info screen for that app in your settings, tap on permissions, and awa

Focus Mode

Focus mode, a new component of Digital Wellbeing, is designed to keep you focused on work or any other activity. By default, it has two profiles: work time and me time. Each one has a list of apps that you can edit to include things you need while focus mode is on.

For work time, you could include the phone app, calculator, settings, calendar, and anything else you want to use while at work. The apps excluded from this list will then become grayed out and inaccessible from the homescreen until focus mode is disabled. Even homescreen widgets pertaining to blacklisted apps will disappear, eliminating all distractions. There’s also a handy quick settings toggle to save you digging through settings when you need it.

Privacy settings

Privacy settings houses everything related to, as the name implies, your privacy. This menu doesn’t add any extra features; instead it groups together all of the privacy settings that were hidden in various sub-menus on Android 9. Everything from managing your permissions to setting up your auto-fill service is here. It may not sound like much, but having everything in once place is more convenient than searching for them in all the other menus.

Smart replies add, well, smart replies to the notifications from messaging apps. For some strange reason, Samsung disables this by default, so to switch it on, you’ll need to go to the notifications menu in settings and turn them on. With that done, you’ll start to see suggested responses to messages, as well as buttons to matching apps. If someone sends you an address, a Google Maps button will appear.

Before Android 10, the share sheet was a bit of a pain to use. It was slow, sluggish, and glitchy and drove users mad. The one found in One UI 1.0 wasn’t as bad as that of Pixels and others, but it still wasn’t perfect. Android 10 finally fixed these issues, making it fast and smooth.

Once again, Samsung has added its coat of paint to the share sheet, moving some things around, and adding shortcuts to its own sharing services. Even so, the improvements Google made are welcome indeed.

Sharing Wi-Fi via QR codes

Sometimes joining a friend’s Wi-Fi network is a pain. Often you’re left dealing with the password that the router came with, and trying to work out an O from a zero, or a lower case L or an upper case I (to say nothing of a 1). Android 10 devices can generate Wi-Fi QR codes, as well as scan them to join a network.

If you’re sharing your Wi-Fi, head over to Wi-Fi settings, tap your network, and press QR code. Once your friend scans it, they’ll be connected. To scan a QR code and join a network, you have two options. Open the camera app, and Bixby Vision will detect the QR code and do everything for you. Otherwise, you can tap the QR button in the Wi-Fi menu and go from there.

Seek bar in media notifications

You can now seek through media right from the notification shade. This feature is particularly useful when listening to a podcast, and you want to hear a section again. Or if you enjoy a particular part of a song, and want to enjoy it a second time. The seek bar will show for all media notifications, without the need for the app to add support.

Those are the top 10 Android 10 features coming to your Galaxy S10 or Note10. There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes as well, so your phone will work better than ever before. On my S10+, I got even better battery life, and system performance improved as well. As soon as that update appears for you, make sure to install it.

The Entertainment Software Association has notified partners that E3 2021 will be held June 15th to 17th, 2021, according to GamesIndustry.biz. The ESA canceled E3 2020 last month due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak but is reportedly working on a “reimagined” event for 2021.

There’s still no word on whether North America’s biggest annual gaming conference, held annually since 1995, will return in some other form in 2020. When it announced the cancellation of this year’s E3, the ESA said “We are also exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020.”

E3 has traditionally been one of the biggest weeks for new video game announcements, but several big companies, including Sony, had pulled out of the event prior to its official cancellation. Other gaming and tech events, including SXSW, the Game Developers Conference, Facebook’s F8, Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference, Google I/O 2020 were also canceled this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

I have been using a Kindle for many years now. Most recently, I was using a Kindle Oasis as my primary book reader. As I was looking at some upcoming books a few weeks back, I realized that I was not too fond of the purchasing process on iOS for Kindle. I started thinking about if the Kindle (and the Kindle apps) were still the best place for me to purchase books. Apple Books vs Kindle: what’s the best way to read books and listen to audiobooks?

Amazon is undoubtedly the top e-book seller in the world, and there are plenty of reasons why. They offer low-cost hardware and run frequent specials on popular books. Over the past few years, I’ve picked up countless books as I built up my library. As I sat and looked at the mobile interface for purchasing Kindle Books, I started thinking about how slow and dated the overall Kindle interface has become. While I love the idea of the Kindle hardware, the software hasn’t advanced very much. The overall experience is quite clunky. It feels like the current Kindle hardware is still running the original software. I argued last summer that Apple should build a competitor to the Kindle as well. There is something to the e-ink display, but it needs a fresh approach.

Getting back to my original point, I closed out the mobile version of the Kindle website, and I reinstalled Apple Books. As I opened it, it felt like a breath of fresh air. The overall design is just stunning. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with the new interface that Apple released with iOS 12, but I was quickly blown away. I had a few purchases from years ago, so my library certainly isn’t as big as what it is on Kindle (I still think there should be a ‘Books Anywhere’ service). I am using a lot of Apple’s services in my daily life (iCloud, Apple Music, etc.), so does it make sense to move my book reading into Apple Books?

After pondering Apple Books vs Kindle for the rest of the day, I realized both of them have their benefits. Amazon has dedicated e-book hardware and a massive bookstore. Apple has excellent support on iOS with a built-in store. I feel like Apple’s overall app design is much stronger as well (comparing to the Kindle iOS app). Before I could change my mind, I sent a tweet asking if anyone wanted to buy my Kindle. I told myself that if I sold it that night, I would take the plunge into Apple Books.

Benefits of Apple Books

Once I sold my Kindle Oasis, I decided that the iPad mini would be the best device for reading books from Apple Books. While it’s more expensive than the 7th generation iPad, in the long run, it’ll be a more comfortable device to hold for reading.

One thing I quickly noticed was that Apple Books has audiobooks built right into the app. With Kindle on iOS, you generally use the Audible app. I expected Apple’s audiobooks to be very expensive as I remembered from a few years back, but to my surprise, they were all in line with Audible’s pricing. I picked up The Rise of Skywalker as an audiobook for the same price as the e-book version.

Overall, the interface for everything in Apple Books is first class. Reading books is delightful, and the audiobook player is also well done. You can sync audiobooks with Apple Watch as well. I’ve spent some time picking out some books I plan to purchase in the future. I am frustrated to lose access to my existing library by switching vendors, but I’ll wait till I have the urge to re-read them and buy them one at a time. I can always reinstall the Kindle app, as well.

Wrap-up on Apple Books vs Kindle

As good as the e-ink experience is on a Kindle, Apple Books provides a first-class experience from beginning to end. Purchasing books is easy, thanks to in-app purchases. It’s nicely integrated with iOS. Highlighting content is much easier on an iPad compared to an e-ink Kindle. I’ll miss the waterproof design of the Kindle, but that only helped me in the summer months at the pool. Since I have young kids, I didn’t get to read much by the pool anyways.

Are you using Apple Books? What are your thoughts on the overall experience?

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In this week’s top stories: iPhone 9 rumors continue, iOS 14 features, Apple acquires Dark Sky, and a hands-on look at a powerful CarPlay accessory. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.

One of the most surprising announcements this week was that Apple has acquired the hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky. Dark Sky announced the acquisition in a blog post and explained that the app for iPhone and iPad is still available and there will be no changes at this time. The Android app, however, will stop working in July and the Dark API will shut down in December of 2021.

Apple this week began beta testing of iOS 13.4.5. The update focuses primarily on bug fixes and performance improvements, but there are a few things worth noting. The update includes a new feature for the Music app that makes it easy to share a song to Instagram and Facebook Stories. The update also corroborates details of the upcoming iPhone 9 and CarKey.

Speaking of iPhone 9, 9to5Mac learned this week that Apple’s release of the device is imminent. The iPhone 9 will be available in black, white, and PRODUCT(RED) in configurations of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB.

Elsewhere, iOS 14 code has revealed an updated Activity rings system for the Apple Watch’s expected kids mode feature. This would change the move ring so it now longer focused on calories, instead emphasizing how long a child is moving throughout the day.

iOS 14 code also suggests that Apple is working on new features for the iCloud Keychain password manager. These features would enable support for two-factor authentication codes as well as increased awareness of when someone reuses a password across multiple websites.

Finally, iOS 14 code also indicates apparent support for Home screen widgets. Read our full coverage here to learn more.

9to5Mac’s Zac Hall took a close look at an adapter that turns standard CarPlay into Wireless CarPlay, concluding that “somehow it actually works.” Check out his full hands-on review here.

These and the rest of this week’s top stories below.

iOS | tvOS |

• Leaked iOS 14 screenshot shows new wallpaper settings, beta code reveals Home screen widgets
• How to screen share and remote control iPhone, iPad, Mac to help colleagues, friends, and family
• iOS 14: Keychain password manager to gain new 1Password-like features
• Apple releases first beta of iOS 13.4.5 and more to developers
• Concept imagines a redesigned Weather app for iOS based on Dark Sky
• iOS 13.4.5 beta includes new option to share songs from Apple Music on Instagram Stories

iPhone |

• Exclusive: iPhone 9 launch imminent, 2020 ‘iPhone SE’ in red, white, and black with up to 256GB
• iPhone 9 case inventory arriving at Best Buy, other retailers with April 5 merchandising date
• Review: This adapter turns standard CarPlay into Wireless CarPlay, and somehow it actually works
• iOS 13.4.5 beta code corroborates a new iPhone model with Touch ID, Express Card, and future CarKey support
• Foxconn’s iPhone 12 production ‘on schedule’ but supply-chain doubts remain
• Reuters: 5G iPhone 12 production ramp up postponed amid concerns about demand

Apple Watch |

• Everything we know so far about the Apple Watch Series 6
• Rumor: Apple developing Touch ID fingerprint biometrics for Apple Watch, Series 2 will not support watchOS 7
• iOS 14 code reveals updated Activity rings for Apple Watch in upcoming kids mode on watchOS 7

iPad |

• Video: iFixit tears down the new 2020 iPad Pro and LiDAR Scanner
• Report claims new iPad Pro’s A12Z Bionic chip is just a ‘renamed A12X with an enabled GPU core’
• Comment: Expanded mouse support will go a long way to bring iPadOS to parity with macOS
• iMovie is now ready for Apple’s new Magic Keyboard and trackpad for iPad Pro

Mac |

• Here’s why you should buy the new 2020 MacBook Air [Comparison]
• Kuo predicts Apple’s switch from Intel to ARM in Macs will cut CPU component costs by 40-60%
• Unreleased version of Logic Pro X surfaces on Apple’s website with Live Loops feature

Top Apple stories, retail |

• Apple Stores in China offer a glimpse into an alternate timeline with new artwork and iPad Pro displays
• Apple planning for ‘staggered’ reopening of retail stores based on local conditions

Apps |

• Zoom iOS app quietly sending data to Facebook, even if you have no account [Update: Fixed]
• Ex-NSA hacker finds new Zoom flaws to takeover Macs again, including webcam, mic, and root access
• Zoom video calls are not actually end-to-end encrypted
• 10 Zoom alternatives for more secure, cross-platform video calls
• These apps and services are responding to coronavirus pandemic with free information
• Microsoft Teams heading for consumers, Office 365 plans rebranded as ‘Microsoft 365’
• Dropbox beta for macOS adds desktop, documents, and downloads syncing to match iCloud Drive
• WhatsApp speeds up experience on iOS 13 with share sheet contact suggestions

COVID-19 |

• Opinion: FaceTime for Android and Windows could make it the new default
• Apple coronavirus donation doubled in China, focusing on long-term efforts
• Apple Music Come Together playlists aim to help you cope with home lockdowns

HomeKit |

• HomeKit Weekly: Smart home projects to pass the time during social distancing
• Review: Danalock, the device which finally persuaded me to get a smart lock

Top Apple stories, company |

• Apple purchases hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky, ending API and killing Android apps
• What Apple buying Dark Sky could mean for iOS 14, iPad and Mac, and developers
• Bloomberg: Apple continues work on new HomePod, Apple TV, iMac, and more for 2020
• Amazon Prime Video now lets users buy TV shows and movies in the app, seemingly struck special deal with Apple

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• iPad Pro (2020) top features and impressions – a glimpse into the future [Video]
• MacBook Air (2020) top features and impressions – the best keyboard in any Apple laptop [Video]

9to5Mac Daily |

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

• 9to5Mac Daily: April 02, 2020 – iOS 14 Keychain features, Apple and Amazon reach a deal
• 9to5Mac Daily: April 01, 2020 – Apple’s Dark Sky acquisition, iOS 13.4.5 beta
• 9to5Mac Daily: March 31, 2020 – iPhone 9 rumors, watchOS 7 kids mode
• 9to5Mac Daily: March 30, 2020 – Apple Watch Touch ID rumors and more

9to5Mac Watch Time episode #18 |

Shawn Dorsey is an Apple Watch Warrior in every sense of the word. After the former analog watch collector was gifted the original Apple Watch years ago, he’s found new ways to use the iPhone and Apple Watch to systematically improve his full body workouts. The best part is how open Shawn is with sharing his workouts throughout the week. He’s a continuous source of motivation for me, and hopefully now you as well.

Bonus Watch Time episode: Adapting daily routines during the health pandemic

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Happy Hour Podcast #271 |

Benjamin and Zac unpack the week of news including more features coming to iOS 14 and watchOS 7, Siri for Spotify on Apple Watch, Apple’s COVID-19 app, the Amazon Prime Video App Store situation, new AirTag leaks, Apple buying Dark Sky, breaking 2020 iPhone SE news, and much more.

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Stacktrace Podcast 077 |

Deciding when to rewrite a piece of code, what makes Combine such a great way to do reactive programming in Swift, and the final part of our indie app development special series. Also, tips for coding beginners, Indie Support Weeks, and much more.

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Apple @ Work Podcast |

In this episode of the Apple @ Work podcast, Bradley is joined by Joel Rennich to discuss the FIDO Alliance and the future of password management for the enterprise and consumers.

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Apple @ Work and Making the Grade |

Apple @ Work is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing hundreds of Macs and hundreds of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students.

• Making the Grade: Why ‘OS Recovery’ will be a key feature for K-12 iOS deployments
• Apple @ Work: G Suite has brought immense benefits to Apple focused organizations
• Making the Grade: How to get AirPlay 2 in the classroom without the expense of an Apple TV
• Apple @ Work: Here’s how Apple TV has quietly become a robust digital signage solution

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