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☆ How to make sure your luggage doesn't get lost when flying, according to an airline executive
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Anne Wen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He says the best way to avoid lost baggage is to arrive early and not pack bulky items like coats. Seriously, an airline doesn't want to lose your baggage, and even though you may be more inconvenienced than the airline, it's too costly for us to deal with lost baggage. Here's my best advice for handling a lost bag and making sure you never have to worry about lost baggage again when flying. Then the airline doesn't scan it in time for TSA or the baggage handler to take the luggage to the airplane, and it gets lost. If it's not in baggage claim, the ticket counter is the second best area to go.

☆ An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen campaign signs in Philadelphia. The Tredyffrin Township Police Department received numerous reports of stolen political signs. In a press release, the police department said it received numerous reports of stolen political signs from community members between Oct. 10 to Oct. 13. Police said a person whose signs were stolen told them that one of their signs had an AirTag attached to it which led officers to a commercial dumpster behind the Valley Fair Shopping Center where they discovered more than 100 signs. The Apple AirTag has been used to track campaign signs before: In April, a candidate in Florida used an AirTag to track a stolen campaign sign located in a Jeep parked outside the home of his political rival.

☆ An Uneasy Use for Apple’s AirTags: Tracking a Loved One With Dementia
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Julie Jargon | Photographs Caroline Yang For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michelle Hirschboeck was looking for a way to keep track of her husband, Paul, who has dementia. Caregivers have turned to Apple tiny, $29 tracking devices after finding other methods of monitoring people with dementia aren’t a fit, or are too expensive. Many tracking apps require people to have their phones with them. People with dementia might forget them when they leave the house, say caregivers. They do tend to remember keys and wallets, however, to which the AirTags were designed to attach.

☆ Lufthansa says passengers can put activated AirTags in their checked luggage just days after banning them
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lufthansa says activated AirTags are now allowed in checked luggage just days after banning them. "The German Aviation Authorities (Luftfahrtbundesamt) confirmed today, that they share our risk assessment, that tracking devices with very low battery and transmission power in checked luggage do not pose a safety risk. On Saturday, the airline sent a tweet saying it was banning activated AirTags in checked luggage. This meant they would need to have their batteries removed before going into checked luggage, rendering the tags useless for tracking luggage. Some passengers started using AirTags during the summer of travel chaos where thousands of bags went missing or were lost entirely.

☆ A passenger only found out his lost luggage was in Amsterdam when a stranger messaged him on Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He'd changed from a Turkish Airlines to a United Airlines flight in Schiphol. He ended his journey with an economy-class United Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Newark Liberty Airport, New Jersey, which arrived on August 28. Saith said that he then contacted United Airlines "immediately" by phone and using its online chat function. He said he also contacted Turkish Airlines by both email and Twitter direct message. The chaos has led to mounds of lost luggage swamping airports.

Apple AirTag and Tile trackers are both compact Bluetooth trackers that help you find lost items. In addition to Bluetooth, AirTag also uses Ultra Wideband technology to enable an Apple-exclusive feature called "Precision Finding." AirTag and Tile trackers also have features designed to locate items when they're outside of Bluetooth range. AirTags integrate directly with Apple's anonymous Find My network, which uses other people's Apple devices to help locate your item. Meanwhile, Tile trackers are designed to be stuck on to objects with an adhesive.

Persons: Apple's, AirTag, Slim, Belkin, It's Organizations: Apple, Service, Bluetooth Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Noutăți de la Apple. Compania anunță o nouă linie de iPad-uri și de iMac-uri care urmează să fie lansate pe 30 aprilie
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Compania anunță o nouă linie de iPad-uri și de iMac-uri care urmează să fie lansate pe 30 aprilieApple Inc. a lansat o linie de computere iMac și iPad subțiri, cu o calitate video mai bună, care utilizează propriile procesoare, accelerând astfel migrarea de la Intel și adresându-se, în special, angajaților care lucrează de la distanță. De asemenea, compania a lansat produsul AirTags, un breloc pentru chei, mereu conectat la telefon, folosit pentru găsirea obiectelor pierdute. Televizoarele Apple au fost și ele actualizate cu procesoare mai rapide și un afișaj mai spectaculos, iar noul Apple TV 4K comunică și poate fi controlat de pe un iPhone. Apple a prezentat și un nou iPad Pro care utilizează același cip M1 ca și computerele sale. Acesta are posibilități suplimentare pentru conectarea monitoarelor și conectivitate 5G, fiind un dispozitiv orientat în special către creatorii de conținut.

Persons: AirTags, Reuters Organizations: Apple, Apple Inc, Intel, 4K

☆ У iPhone появится сканер отпечатка пальца
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Bloomberg предполагает, что складной iPhone появится не ранее, чем через несколько лет, а может и вовсе не выйти, поскольку компания может в конечном итоге сосредоточиться на обновлении своих флагманских iPhone и iPad, которые должны выйти в 2021 году. Ранее компания использовала номенклатуру «S» для незначительных обновлений. Несмотря на это, Apple тестирует встроенный под экран сканер отпечатка пальца Touch ID, который может стать существенным изменением для существующей биометрической системы флагманских устройств. Купертиновцы использовали разблокировку по лицу с помощью сенсора Face ID, начиная с выхода iPhone X.Датчик отпечатков пальцев будет доступен в качестве дополнения к Face ID. Такой вариант, похоже, всё еще актуален для модельного ряда смартфонов 2021 года.

Persons: Марк Гурман Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg

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