App of the week! Party edition

Hey! Guess what? It’s the weekend. How rad is that? And sometimes, we hear, people like to drink all kinds of liquid refreshments on the weekend, like fancy cocktails and fine wine’s and crafty beers.

That’s cool. But what if those things are, like, really really far away? Our App of the Week is here to help, yo!!

It’s called Minibar delivery and it is exactly as cool as it sounds. You shop for liquor, beer, wine etc online, you buy it (with no hidden fees) and some awesome little elf (probably) delivers it to you door within 30-60 minutes.

Whaaat. Is that or is that not hella cool? TRICK QUESTION IT’S HELLA COOL.

Currently, Minibar delivery is available in New York City, Chicago, Miami, Brooklyn, Hoboken, The Hamptons, San Francisco, Washington DC, Jersey City, Silicon Valley, Palm Beach, Austin, Minneapolis, San Diego, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Dallas.

The App is free, so check it out here, and have a good weekend!

Kiddle! Google’s new kid-safe search engine is here!

Do you have children? Worried about them Googling and getting some less than ok results? Well, good news parent guy! Google has just released ‘Kiddle’ a kid safe version of their search engine (That’s google, just in case you didn’t know).

Bad words are not allowed. As you can see.

The first 1-3 results are curated by editors and are safe sites written specifically for children. The next few results are in simple kid-friendly language and the rest are filtered by Google safe search to avoid them stumbling on anything inappropriate.

Additionally, Kiddle’s logs are cleared every 24 hours and it collects no personal information.

Check it out at www.kiddle.co

Virtual Reality Happy Meal an actual reality!

Aw the Swedes get all the good things. McDonalds is beginning a program in Sweden whereby your Happy meal Box turns into Virtual Reality Glasses. Whaat.

After they’ve eaten their meal, kids (and lets be real here, adults) can transform their Happy meal Box into VR glasses supposedly similar to Google Cardboard with a couple of folds and the included plastic lenses. They call them Happy Goggles.

You need to provide your own Smartphone, but they do have an App for download which includes a virtual Ski race game which has been officially endorsed by the Swedish alpine ski team

From the Sauce, the Happy Goggles website: “It’s our mission to ensure that the world’s most famous box will continue to be magical and relevant to families for another 30 years. The Happy Meal simply must move with the times.”

Watch:

That is so cool.

Are you an IT Asset Manager?

Are you an IT Asset Manager? Do you have iPads or iPhones in your office that are not being used, are broken, water damaged, or cracked? Are you looking to upgrade your staff devices soon?

We at iPhone Antidote are branching out into Mobile Asset acquisition. We have been buying used and broken devices from members of the public for five years and believe that we have the knowledge, experience, and understanding of the market to help businesses transition between upgrades and receive fair compensation for broken and old devices they no longer need.

We believe we offer very competitive bulk trade-in rates as well as some of the best customer service in our aim to make the transaction as easy and painless as possible.

If this is of interest to you, please email our President, Ryan Wallace at Ryan@iPhoneAntidote.com and he will contact you personally to discuss the terms.

NYC judge rules FBI can’t force Apple to unlock iPhone

Apple Vs The FBI update!

A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York ruled Monday that the Department of Justice cannot force Apple to unlock a phone for the FBI.

While the ruling is for a different case than the one regarding the iPhone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernadino shootings, it may have bearing on it.

It was from a Brooklyn drug case, and it rejects the government’s argument that the All Writs Act, a law from 1789, can be used to force Apple to help access a suspect’s iPhone. The FBI are also using the All Writs Act to compel Apple to unlock the San Bernadino gunman’s phone in the upcoming case.
From the Sauce, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein:

“I conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the government has failed to establish either that the AWA permits the relief it seeks or that, even if such an order is authorized, the discretionary factors I must consider weigh in favor of granting the motion.”

Apple will go to court on May 22nd.