Retail Stores Use Bluetooth Beacons To Track Customers

In an opinion piece for The New York Times, writer Michael Kwet sheds some lights on the secret bluetooth surveillance devices retailers use to track your every move and better serve ads to you. Anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: Imagine you are shopping in your favorite grocery store. As you approach the dairy aisle, you are sent a…

Mouse Support In iOS 13 and iPadOS Includes USB and Bluetooth Devices

TheFakeTimCook writes: According to an article on Apple Insider, both iOS and iPadOS 13 will contain mouse support for USB-C and Bluetooth pointing-devices, as part of the “Assistive Technology” features in those Operating Systems. “Apple confirmed both wired USB and Bluetooth mouse models will work in iOS and iPadOS, though the company has not compiled an official list of compatible devices,”…

Apple Expands tvOS Gaming With PS4, Xbox One S Controller Support

Apple CEO Tim Cook today announced that the company is expanding Apple TV controller support to include “two of the best and most popular game controllers available, Xbox One S and PlayStation DualShock 4” with the next tvOS update. Unfortunately, as Ars Technica notes, this “does not include original Xbox One control pads that shipped with the 2013 version of the…