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Apple Gave Zoom Access to Special API to Use iPad Camera During Split View Multitasking Sunday May 9, 2021 2:00 am PDT by Sami Fathi Zoom, a hallmark platform used by millions during the global health crisis, has been given access to a special iPadOS API that allows the app to use the iPad camera while the app is in use in Split View multitasking mode. This case of special treatment was first brought to attention by app developer Jeremy Provost, who, in a blog post, explains that Zoom uses a special API that allows the app to continue using and accessing the ‌iPad‌ camera while the app is...

iPad Camera Multitasking A few months back I was surprised to see that Zoom had somehow been able to tap into using the camera during iPad Split View multitasking. This is an obvious feature for a videoconferencing app so that you can keep one eye on your meeting while you consult notes, look at a presentation, or slack off on Twitter. I scoured the web and found no reference to how to enable this feature for our own iOS Zoom client, Participant for Zoom. We asked Zoom and to our surprise they gave us the answer, and in the process revealed an apparently private process, available only to tho...

updated: Apr 12 2021, 13:47 ist Everyone knows Google has a huge cash pile and it always experiments to improve user experience online and hardware such as phones and PCs. It usually comes up with its own proprietary applications and sometimes takes inspiration from rival brands and puts a spin on its version. One such of many apps was Google Shopping. In India, it was launched in late 2018. Truth be told, there was no mobile app in the country, but it was integrated as a tab in Search results and has also been accessible also on a separate website. Google Shopping is a made-to-browse e-co...

The software, called Kipod, is also used by European companies to secure their facilities (Source: Synesis) Wednesday, March 10, 2021 When Nikolai Dedok, a prominent Belarusian protester and self-identified anarchist, was arrested last November, he was found with the help of advanced facial recognition technology used by the country’s security services.   The Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs discovered Dedok’s whereabouts through the use of software called Kipod, according to an investigation by By_Pol, a Telegram channel run by defected Belarusian law enforcement officials. He...

Can Intel’s ‘boy wonder’ pull a Steve Jobs? MarketWatch 1/13/2021 MARKETWATCH FIRST TAKE Pat Gelsinger left Intel Corp. more than a decade ago, when it was clear he would not become CEO after 30 years at the company. On Wednesday, he finally got his dream job, but faces quite a task in returning the chip giant to the glory days of which he was a part. Gelsinger started his career at Intel at age 18, and during his 30-year tenure, he said in a note to employees, he “had the honor to be mentored at the feet of” Intel co-founders Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove. He eventually...