Apple wants to limit how the new MacBook Pro 2016 Touch Bar can be used

Apple wants to limit how the new MacBook Pro 2016 Touch Bar can be used

 

When Apple unveiled the latest MacBook Pro, it was the Touch Bar that stole the show. But if you were expecting this touchscreen addition to the keyboard to become an all-singing, all-dancing fun parade, you may be disappointed.
 
Apple -- loving, as it does, to remain firmly in control of everything -- has issued developers strict guidelines that restrict how the Touch Bar can (or should...) be used.
 
The company is very keen for the Touch Bar to be seen as an extension of, or addition to, the keyboard, and not the screen. As such, Apple is keen to avoid the Touch Bar being anything other than useful -- and certainly avoiding the risk of it becoming a distraction. TechCrunch shares details of some of the guidelines that have been given to developers:
 
It remains to be seen whether developers choose to abide by these guidelines, or what sort of penalties -- if any -- might exist for those who decide not to. But it is safe to assume that there will be a burgeoning market of third party tools that go against everything Apple has set out.
 
~ Mark Wilson

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Mamma Mia! Drone used to deliver pizza in Mumbai

By Wapmark

A local Mumbai pizzeria used a drone to deliver a pizza to one of its customers living a kilometre and a half away.

Well, this was one headline I never thought I’d get to write.

Mumbai’s Francesco Pizzeria used an unmanned aerial drone to deliver a pizza to one of its customers on May 11. The customer, whose apartment was in a high-rise building, lived about 1.5 kms away from the pizzeria outlet and received the pizza from the drone in less time than it would take a delivery person. As Medianama points out, this does appear to be a well thought out and well planned publicity event. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy, especially at a time when Amazon has also been trying out drones for package deliveries.

While speaking to the media, the chief executive of Francesco Pizzeria, Mikhel Rajani said that the drone delivery was just a test run but it did appear to be more economical than relying on delivery boys. He revealed that the drone cost $2,000 (about Rs. 1.2 lakhs) and it was modified to be able to carry the pizza. The modified drone has an effective range of 8 kms which means that it will be able to make deliveries within a radius of 4 kms.

Don’t expect pizza deliveries via drones to become a regular thing though. Security restrictions prevent such drones from flying at an altitude of more than 400 feet or near sensitive locations.

You can watch the video of the drone delivering the pizza below:

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