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If the rumors are true, the updated laptop would include the new Force Touch trackpad, which responds differently based on how much much pressure you apply to the surface. Those of you looking to buy Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro with the Force Touch trackpad might finally get your wish in just a couple of days. French blog site MacG reported the news, pegging the information on "reliable sources," as translated by 9to5Mac. If the rumor is true, the updated laptop would likely include the new Force Touch trackpad, which responds differently based on how much much pressure you apply to the surface. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro would join the 12-inch MacBook and the 13-inch MacBook Pro in offering the new Force Touch trackpad. Force Touch brings a new type of sensitivity to Apple's standard trackpads, where people trace and tap with their fingers to move the cursor on the laptop's screen or to initiate actions in software applications. The technology is pressure-sensitive, so for example, a light press might select a word on a web page in Safari. Meanwhile, a deep press might bring up a Wikipedia entry on that word based on Apple's Force Touch gestures. Force Touch is the latest feature designed to give Apple's MacBooks a greater competitive edge over rival laptops. The Force Touch trackpad also provides tactile feedback, so you can feel when you've performed a certain task. Further, Force Touch contains four sensors that let you click the trackpad anywhere, even along its top edge, so it will respond no matter where your finger lands. Some reports have suggested that the Force Touch technology might pop up on the screens of the new iPhones. Force Touch is perhaps the most enticing feature in the redesigned 15-inch MacBook Pro. But the new version is also likely to sport upgrades to its Intel Core processor as well as the graphics processing unit, according to 9to5Mac, adding up to a speedier performance overall. In March, the 13-inch MacBook Pro was treated to a small processor boost as Apple updated the CPU to Intel's fifth-generation Core i-series, formerly code named Broadwell. But wait, there's one more tidbit reportedly in the works this week. On Wednesday, Apple may also launch a new edition of its 27-inch iMac desktop, 9to5Mac cites MacG as saying. No details were available on this new model, though 9to5Mac suggested that it's the non-Retina Display model most likely in line for an upgrade. Source http://www.cnet.com
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Technically Incorrect: A sales executive for a money transfer service is suing her former employer after disabling a GPS app that, she says, followed her even when she wasn't working. Some employers believe they have the right to follow their workers around all the time. Truck drivers occasionally use GPS jammers to make sure their bosses can't find them, sometimes with difficult consequences. A California sales executive, however, believes it's a disgraceful invasion of her privacy. Myrna Arias says she was required by her employer, money transfer company Intermex, to install the Xora iPhone app (now part of Click Software). This app can track users even when they aren't on the employer's time. She found this uncomfortable and uninstalled the app. Shortly afterward, she was allegedly fired. Now, as Ars Technica reports, she is suing Intermex. Filed last week (PDF), the suit alleges invasion of privacy, as well as retaliation in violation of the labor code, wrongful termination and several other offenses. She is also accusing John Stubits, Intermex's regional vice president of sales, of bragging in April 2014 that she would not only be monitored off duty, but that he would know precisely how fast she was driving. bracelet. However, she claims that Stubits insisted she keep her phone powered up 24 hours a day. Meanwhile, she says she deleted the app at the end of April 2014. On May 5, 2014, she was allegedly fired. She cites her deletion of the app as a cause. And now she is seeking damages of at least $500,000. Arias's lawyer, Gail Glick, told me: "Intermex's justification for firing Ms. Arias was that her boss claimed that he and Intermex had just found out that she was working for another company at the same time she worked in sales for Intermex. Ms. Arias asserts that this is false." She added: "Ms. Arias asserts that her boss did not provide her with a good reason for using the app 24/7. She recalls he told her that the company was assessing whether it would provide its sales force with company cars, rather than pay them a car allowance, so it wanted to determine the number of miles its employees were driving for the business of the company. Her problem was that comments her boss made to her revealed that he was monitoring their whereabouts during non-work hours and on non-work trips." Intermex may view these accusations very differently. Attempts to contact Intermex have so far been unsuccessful. However, the mere concept of a company being able to follow an employee 24 hours a day is surely unconscionable to those who still believe that there exists something called privacy. Source http://www.cnet.com/