{"id":6364,"date":"2020-11-25T19:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2020-11-25T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:35:09","slug":"tech-abilities-talk-less-smile-more-find-my-what-keys-to-the-kingdom-5g-or-not-to-5g-mac-now-or-mac-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6364","title":{"rendered":"Tech Abilities: Talk Less, Smile More &#8211; Find My What? Keys to the Kingdom? 5G or Not to 5G? Mac Now or mac Later?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_371\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6364-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Raqi, Angie and Jeff gather before the start of the Holiday Season to talk tech and Jeff gets schooled a bit on how to listen to women, or at least these 2 techies from out West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Find My demo, to Apple\u2019s 15% break for the little developers, to 5G settings on the iPhone 12 series, we go, go, go in this Tech Abilities show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish all of you a safe Holiday Season and from all of us here at the Blind Abilities Studio, through these challenging times, to you, your families and friends, Stay Safe, Stay Informed and Stay Strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links from the show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2020\/11\/apple-announces-app-store-small-business-program\/\">Apple cuts commission rate to 15% for small developers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/11\/18\/apple-fitness-plus-ios-14-3-watchos-7-2\/\">Apple promised that its new Fitness+ service would launch before the end of the year, and it appears that the feature will be added to iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2.<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-fitness-plus\/\">Apple Fitness+: Everything You Need to Know About Apple&#8217;s Upcoming Workout Service.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_373\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6364-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/10TA.mp3 Show Summary Raqi, Angie and Jeff gather before the start of the Holiday Season to talk tech and Jeff gets schooled a bit on how to listen to women, or at least these 2 techies from out West. From the Find My demo, to Apple\u2019s 15% break for the little developers, to 5G settings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[524,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-abilities","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TechAbilitiesLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1EE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6315,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6315","url_meta":{"origin":6364,"position":0},"title":"Tech Abilities: How is Your Apple Picking Going? 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