Android to iOS – how to swap from the Google to the Apple mobile platform

Apple's Android app to assist users to move to iOS
Credit: Apple Inc./Google Play

“Everything about iOS is designed to be easy. That includes switching to it.” – Apple – http://www.apple.com/au/iphone/switch-to-iphone/

Move to iOS – app available on the Google Play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.movetoios

Move from Android to iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201196

How to move from Android to iPhone: Transfer contacts, photos, music & apps from Android to iOS without losing everything (including your mind)
http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/transfer-contacts-music-photos-apps-from-android-iphone-move-to-ios-3459466/

Join the Apple club with our complete guide to switching from Android to iOS
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-switch-from-android-to-iphone-guide/
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On the other hand, if you're swimming in the opposite direction, have a look at these:

Get going on Android
https://www.android.com/intl/en_au/switch/

Apple detox – how to switch from iOS to Android without missing a beat
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/ / move from Android to iPhone transfer contacts photos music apps from Android to iOS without losing everything explain how move from Android iPhone transfer contacts from Android to iPhone transfer apps from Android to iPhone transfer photos from Android to iPhone how to transfer music from Android to iPhone Apple's user-friendly Move To iOS app alternative methods you may prefer making the switch easiest way transfer all my data old Android phone iPhone Android user thinking about switching iPhon already made switch from Android to iPhone transferring all your data music photos contacts calendar nothing lost in the process transferring contacts from Android phone to iPhone Google is good at this stuff basic principle back up backup to the cloud desktop machine sync to iPhone Apple recently launched Android app guide through process move from old iPhone new iPhone transfer music from one iPhone to another how transfer contacts music photos Windows Phone to iPhone move from BlackBerry to iPhone transfer contacts from Android iPhone Move to iOS app iOS 9 new Move to iOS app wirelessly transfers user's contacts message history camera photos videos web bookmarks mail accounts calendars wallpaper DRM-free songs books from Android phone to new iPhone switching process suggests install free apps Android device also available on Apple's App Store switchers quickly get back on their feet favourite apps Facebook Twitter paid apps Android with iOS versions available added user's wish list iOS App Store Android app helpfully prompts users recycle Android phone Google's mobile platform Apple Move to iOS app app available on the Google Play store app makes process moving Android to iPhone far simpler alternative methods prefer transfer contacts Android to iPhone use Google the simple way transferring contacts from Android to iOS Android phone transfer contacts from BlackBerry to iPhone Android phone Google account Gmail Google Play your contacts will be associated with your Google account use most often should be back up backup backed up Android phone Settings Android phone choose Accounts and Sync enter your GMail account details enable synchronisation phone contacts Google Contacts synchronise new iPhone Settings > Mail Contacts Calendars Gmail account Contacts enabled account all of your Google contacts in your iPhone iPhone productivity app reviews transfer contacts from Android to iPhone Google belt and braces make sure this process always works in future iPhone followed the steps above Android before you make the move open Settings application on your iPhone select Mail Contacts Calendars Add Account… Other Add CardDAV Account account information server enter google.com User Name enter your full Google Account Google Apps email address password Google Account Google Apps password enabled 2 Step verification generate enter application specific password description Personal Contacts select Next Contacts option turned ON completed setup process open Contacts app your device syncing automatically begin iPhone Google smartphone Google should hold the key to all of your contacts transfer contacts Android to iPhone swap SIMs Android phone same sized SIM micro-SIM nano-SIM micro SIM nano SIM later iPhone models cut down any SIM to fit last resort SIM contacts save all contacts Settings Import SIM Contacts transfer apps from Android to iPhone pay app Google Play pay to buy again on Apple App Store app Android available iOS login details content service purchased Android app accessible on your iPhone using iPhone sign up Apple App Store Transfer photos videos Android iPhone installing data-transferring app data transferring app data transfer app data transfer app Apple App Store Android Google Play store recommend Copy My Data PhotoSync install your chosen app both your Android and your iPhone guided moving files from one to the other move photos from Android to iPhone use computer with iTunes find photos videos your Android phone move your computer sync iTunes sync your new iPhone with iTunes similar process music transfer photos Android to iPhone connect Android phone PC Mac choose photos videos want to move drag folder your computer create new folder Desktop called Photos for transfer plug in your iPhone PC Mac iTunes click your iPhone click Photos select Sync Photos from checkbox choose folder saved your photos click Apply photos sync your iPhone transfer music Android to iPhone transferring photos Android to iPhone music files Android files iTunes sync up your iPhone simple to transfer critical stage back up backup Android PC or Mac Android devices mounted used as external storage simple dragging your music files mounted Android phone's folder structure moving into music folder your PC or Mac install open iTunes on your computer Library click Music open the folder your music files drag Music view iTunes iPhone click iPhone click Music sync your entire library select songs artists just added click Sync songs added to your iPhone owning music use Spotify Apple Music Best ways to back up photographs How to transfer photos from iPhone to PC move from iPhone to Android swapping handset from iPhone to Android smartphone transferring contacts music other data Apple create tool company has firmly contradicted this assist its customers pro-Android detailed advice swapping from iOS to Android How to move from iPhone to Android summary process bullet points contacts open contacts iPhone swipe down select the tab share via email email download contact your new Android device music back up backup your music from your iPhone Mac or PC software TrustCopy WideAngle Software your music your computer attach your Android USB and drag-and-drop the music files photos & videos save video photos your iPhone your Mac or PC drag and drop your Android device install third-party media player play the videos /

The New iPhone – Apple September event 2016

iPhone 7 showing revised antenna lines
Credit: weibo.com

Apple has a major event every year in September, at which the new iPhone is announced. This year it will be at 10:00am US West Coast time on 07 September (5pm GMT, 3am 08 September Australian EST).

Apple upgrades its iPhone to a new number every second year, with a minor, “s” upgrade on the alternate year. Last year was the 6s (& 6s Plus), so this year should be the 7 (& 7 Plus).

What to expect on Wednesday:
● new design with revised antenna lines
● no earphone socket

● new earphones utilising the Lightning socket – an earphone plug to Lightning adapter is almost certain to be offered – just what combination will be included in the box is another question – & other manufacturers are ready to take up any slack

● additional camera – probably only in the Plus – depending on the implementation, may yield better definition, &/or low light performance &/or performance equivalent to an optical zoom

● rumoured iPhone 7 Pro is unlikely to appear

Watch the keynote live at:
https://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2016/

The Verge – Apple’s iPhone 7 announcement: what to expect
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/2/12639648/apple-iphone-7-event-rumors-watch

Forbes – Apple Loop: iPhone 7 Launch Confirmed, iPhone Features Being Killed, Apple's Super iPhone Cancelled
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/09/02/apple-news-digest-iphone-launch-dates-confirmed-pro-cancelled/#1d20ef8b1582

9 to 5 Mac – iPhone 7 – Apple's next flagship iPhone is expected to arrive fall 2016
https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-7/

MacRumours – Spec Sheet Shows iPhone 7 Plus With 256GB Storage & Lightning EarPods
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/31/spec-sheet-iphone-7-plus-256gb-earpods/ / Apple’s iPhone 7 announcement September tech world time for Apple news Apple holding event unveil next generation biggest products 07 September 7th new versions iPhone Apple Watch launch generational leap iPhone Apple different approach this year subtle subtler physical changes phone first Apple updated Apple Watch changes San Francisco iPhone 7 new iPhone new number usually brand-new design Apple tweak existing formula improving things here and there laying the foundation bigger changes down the road new(ish) design iPhone 6 iPhone 7 look pretty much the same cleaner look unsightly antenna lines disappearing off the back small change strong effect no headphone jack new feature The Big Story of the iPhone 7 Apple expected remove the headphone jack standby of consumer electronics invention consumer electronics iPhone all headphones wireless connect Lightning port upsides Lightning headphones downsides, too devices work with 3.5mm headphone jack annoying tradeoff to consider new Pods headphone jack Apple Apple new EarPods terminate Lightning connector headphone jack wireless earbuds AirPods another camera Apple add second camera onto back iPhone higher-quality photos zoomed-in view zoom lens Huawei’s P9 uses second black-and-white black-&-white b&w camera added sharpness detail LG’s G5 second camera zoomed-out perspective zoomed-in view Plus model larger iPhone model 7 Plus smaller model camera updates image stabilization goodbye 16GB finally no more 16GB model Apple stop putting 16GB storage entry-level iPhones bump up 32GB clickless home button home button won't click in new button pressure-sensitive haptic feedback feel like you're pushing it in won't physically move as in MacBook 12 inch blacker black space gray black phone faster new processors more RAM removal of the headphone jack iPhone 7 more water resistant waterproof bit thinner dual SIM tray blue color option wireless charging smart connector /

Tesla cell size comes from the first principles of physics & economics

AA cell left, 18650 cell right
Credit: Kaayee Electronics

Last year, I reported that the Tesla Gigafactory would be producing 20700 cells (20mm diameter 70mm tall), rather than the 18650 (18mm x 65mm) size used in all Teslas to date.

I was wrong! Size was wrong & the naming system too!

Turns out they’re going for 21700 size. I.e 21mm x 70mm.

Plus they are changing the naming system from the industry standard. Tesla is calling their battery size the 21-70.

In other applications, the last 3 digits specify the cell length to one tenth of a millimetre because it is a more critical dimension for making a good electrical contact. But other applications don’t include 7,104 cells¹. Maybe with that many cells, alignment problems mean that getting the diameter correct is just as critical to getting a good electrical contact.

Names aside, why is 21-70 (or 21700) better than 18650? (Or is that 18-65 now?) In the Electrek article linked below, Elon Musk is quoted as saying: “It really comes from the first principles of physics & economics.”

Economics

A slightly larger cell of 21-70 size (i.e. 3 mm wider, 5 mm longer than 18650) will be 47% larger in volume², with a similar effect on storage capacity, for negligible increase in cell cost.

For a given pack capacity, using 21-70 cells will yield a battery pack containing 47% fewer cells, & a similar reduction in wiring & connections, further reducing cost.

Physics

A larger object has less surface area for each unit of volume. This impacts cooling. There is a limit to how far the individual cells can be increased in size, without compromising cooling, &/or increasing complexity & cost of the cooling system.

https://electrek.co/2016/07/28/tesla-gigafactory-tour-roundup-and-tidbits-this-is-the-coolest-factory-ever/
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¹ 7,104 cells in 85 kWh battery – “Tear down of 85 kWh Tesla battery pack shows it could actually only be a 81 kWh pack”, https://electrek.co/2016/02/03/tesla-battery-tear-down-85-kwh/

² 18650 versus 21-70 cell volume

18 x 65.0 mm cylinder = pi x (18/2)² x 65 = 16,540 mm³
21 x 70.0 mm cylinder = pi x (21/2)² x 70 = 24,245 mm³
Relative volume = 24,245/16,540 = 1.47 = 147%

/ Tesla Motors Elon Musk LiIon lithium ion lithium iron phosphate LiFeO4 charge recharge battery Model S Model 3 III range capacity kilo Watt hour Supercharger /

Tesla total cost of ownership – maybe not as prohibitive as you think

Tesla Model S after 100,000 miles (161,000 km)
Credit: Steve Sasman/Kristian Köhntopp/Google+

Upfront, a Tesla Model S electric vehicle is expensive. Model X even more so.

On the other hand, one owner has the figures that show total cost of ownership is lower than many other vehicles he has owned, including a 2014 Mustang Convertible & 2010 Dodge Charger AWD. At least in Switzerland:

“Faster, cleaner, cheaper” – lifelong motorhead becomes EVangelist
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/faster-cleaner-cheaper-lifelong-motorhead-becomes-evangelist/

If, after doing the sums, you still can’t stretch to a Model S, here are a few ways another owner made money with his:

How I used & abused my Tesla — what a Tesla looks like after 100,000 miles, a 48 state road trip, 500 Uber rides, 20 rentals & 2 AirBnB sleepovers
https://medium.com/@SteveSasman/how-i-used-abused-my-tesla-what-a-tesla-looks-like-after-100-000-miles-a-48-state-road-trip-6b6ae66b3c10#.8c6s40wgx / faster cleaner cheaper lifelong motorhead EV electric vehicle EV electric vehicle EV electric vehicle EV electric vehicle EVangelist Marco Speedy Jeanrenaud Lake Geneva region Switzerland connoisseur automobile lover classic American cars 1976 Cadillac Dodge Charger Ford Mustangs Range Rover SUV Harley BMW motorcycles more prosaic vehicles Hyundai minivan Honda Civic highly skeptical hybrids EVs performance loving intrigued by Tesla test drives step on the pedal launch event new Jaguar Model S next to new Jag parking lot party seemed to be talking about test drive Mr. Jeanrenaud bought dealer demonstrator Model S 70D bargain price 74,000 Swiss francs $75,480 Speedy Tesla EVangelist explaining ought to go electric too solar panels installed SolarCity performance amenities Model S far superior any car Mr. Jeanrenaud has driven in the long run Tesla is cheaper analytically-minded Swiss prepared spreadsheet data favorite cars owned usage of 40,000 km/year gas price petrol price 1.50 francs per liter data local electric utility electricity cost 3 francs per 100 km used abused my Tesla Tesla looks like 100,000 miles 48 state road trip, 500 Uber rides 20 rentals 2 AirBnB sleepovers $100,000 cars babied by their owners garaged extremely low mileage only driven by the owner Tesla worked that thing like a rented mule how did the Tesla hold up exact operating costs repair numbers dollars spent earned car 2 years ownership purchased Blue Tesla Model S P85 bought used 35,000 miles local Phoenix owner $79,000 originally sold for well over $100K when new bought original 21" Turbine wheels dual milestones 100,000 miles 500 Uber rides first really expensive car I’ve owned find way help pay for the car Uber first official Uber ride Flagstaff AZ many firsts Tesla tweet Uber rep commercial insurance UberBlack high end service activated oBlack waiting list Phoenix UberBlack ride rented out my Tesla The World’s Fastest Hotel AirBnb potential renters sleep in my Tesla parked in my garage real business idea media frenzy next Tesla adventure Million Dollar Tesla Trip 4.5 month 27,615 mile journey across all 48 States plus Canada where Tesla drove across the country charities former Driver for Martin Luther King fellow Tesla owners another cross country road tripper longest continuous road trip in an electric vehicle Tesla owner visit 200 SuperChargers. Read about my Top 11 Tips for Road Tripping in a Tesla massive road trip renting my Tesla out Turo.com AirBnB for Cars renting Vacation Rentals rent out my Tesla Turo provides match-making service insurance their 25% cut commercial insurance trip low UberX rates driving for Uber UberX cheapest service Select most espensive reserved nicer cars 2X the price Select addicting Uber’s prices so low really doesn’t pay to drive for Uber expensive vehicle if earning an income Uber Tesla drive more sharing the Tesla experience lot of fun slightly profitable To Accelerate the Advent of Sustainable Transport drive for Uber or Lyft Uber’s commute option total cost of ownership regular maintenance annual service 2 sets of tires oil changes brakes regenerative braking recharges battery total maintenance out of pocket repairs 12v Battery door handle repair wheel well fasteners total repairs total maintenance repairs earnings Uber UberBlack UberX UberSelect Turo AirBnb rentals Tesla income Tesla road trip savings Tesla SuperCharger network SuperChargers gas savings petrol savings 25 mpg Tesla Hotel Tesla run A/C heat all night road trip purchase the Extended Warranty purchase Tesla Extended Warranty extend regular warranty to 100,000 miles Tesla out of pocket expenses Tesla 8 year unlimited mile warranty drive train and battery drive train replaced 65,000 miles battery replaced 76,000 miles Tesla service zero out of pocket cost meant to be driven and driven hard daily driver high performance yet practical and extremely safe car better than a traditional car in so many categories it’s fall down funny car almost 4 years old few more minor blemishes paint nothing out of the ordinary for 100,000 miles any difference between my car and any other with similar milage 500 Uber rides rented car out 20 times complete strangers Turo Tesla owner ruin the car share the hell out of it sign up for Uber Lyft give people rides help spread the word world changing cars Tesla can take all the abuse you can dish out Tesla fans industry analysts cheaper Model 3 fully autonomous volume ramp up production once people realize they can pay $35,000 for a killer car bring on the disruption coming fast just like Tesla /

Sorry, but your browser password manager probably isn’t enough

Credit: JMark Business Solutions

Opera has been hacked. Data loss included, “some of our sync users’ passwords & account information.”

https://www.wired.com/2016/08/browser-password-manager-probably-isnt-enough/?mbid=nl_83016_p4&CNDID=

If you are ready to tighten up your password management, lots of good information at:

https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-to-keep-your-passwords-secure.html / your browser password manager probably isn’t enough navigate through Chrome Safari Firefox your browser of choice enticing option would you like us to save your password recent browser breach reminder if you answer yes you’re taking a risk browser Opera confirmed successful attack system systems hackers able access personal information company developer Tarquin Wilton-Jones post announcing breach sync users passwords account information Opera sync browser’s version feature coordinate passwords across devices save your Facebook password Chrome Safari Opera your desktop waiting mobile versions devices logged in Opera encrypts all passwords stores reset all Opera sync account passwords reset passwords third-party as a precaution Opera’s 350 million users used sync last month fallout likely limited incident reminder browser-based password syncing terrific time-saver not a replacement for more serious security hygiene real concern browser-based password managers make life more convenient offer a false sense of security issue what happened to Opera happen elsewhere concern repeated companies more security resources at their disposal Google Apple real concern browser-based password managers make life more convenient false sense of security not at all clear how secure any of them really is cryptography details implementation details should at least be documented somewhere but they’re not Evan Johnson systems engineer CloudFlare studied password managers Chrome your passwords are always encrypted Safari Firefox Opera difficult assess scope damage last week’s hack Opera’s password synchronization implemented Jérôme Segura analyst Malwarebytes users developers full access to the code secure password managers reputation doing a better job protecting stored passwords claims Mark Burnett Perfect Passwords who is more secure who will get hacked next price of convenience browsers keep your password safe security secondary focus features make your life easier not safer convenience-versus-security problem digital lives storing passwords with the browser bad idea browser password managers have not evolved stagnant Chrome improve Chrome Password Manager Smart Lock suite of features Google introduced passwords.google.com central place manage passwords Chrome access site protected two-factor authentication Smart Lock skip log-in process entirely some apps activate setting potential benefit Lorrie Cranor FTC chief technologist Carnegie Mellon computer science professor relying on your browser at least better just reusing passwords find out pretty quickly security problem browser password storage use the same passwords everywhere password had a breach biggest problem browser-based password storage doesn’t require strong passwords value equation would be different Opera breach only public example so far hack vulnerabilities large scale hypothetical scourge of weak passwords browsers usability features good password hygiene random password generation weak password hunting password reuse browsers one strong password required to access the other passwords browser storage system Opera major web browser developer breach like this passwords strong master password experts recommend use dedicated password manager like LastPass 1Password Dashlane store your information in the cloud breached researchers unearthed handful of LastPass vulnerabilities help you create keep better passwords fair trade-off security versus convenience online password managers better suited browser-based ones browsers many interweaving parts password managers singular focus more secure result Opera sync changed your passwords browser share your password across devices /

Alzheimer’s – can we prevent it?

There are two forms of Alzheimers – about 1% of cases are the early-onset genetic form. Other forms are partly genetic, but largely caused by factors that are in our control.

What you can do:
● exercise
● Mediterranean diet

● normal blood pressure – exercise & Mediterranean diet help here

● high levels of good cholesterol – exercise & Mediterranean diet help here too

More good news – the measures above will improve all other aspects of health too, including reduced incidence of cancer, Parkinson's, & heart disease.



Transcript of the video:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4524857.htm

More about Mediterranean diet:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/mediterranean-diet/art-20047801 / memory is the mother of all wisdom fundamental part of being human Alzheimer's disease slowly robs the mind cruel and undignified descent Prof Cassandra Szoeke every five years after the age of 65 your chance of getting dementia doubles no cure research Alzheimer's delayed prevented possible have healthy older age intact memory cognitive function lifestyle choices today affect chances cognitive decline in the future Prof Kirk Erickson one year brisk walking roll back ageing clock by one to two years Prof Cassandra Szoeke adhering Mediterranean diet had better cognition what we eat how much we move how we sleep scientists power push back disease Prof Ralph Martins 80% of Alzheimer's is preventable Graham Plant cakes developed Alzheimer's slow onset slightly worse forget things cooking forget disoriented forgetting diagnosed with dementia Alzheimer's you lose them long before they go Alzheimer's disease most common form of dementia up to 70% of cases condition chronic degenerative ultimately terminal hallmarks of the disease clinically speaking memory loss change in brain function dementias other brain functions memory Alzheimer's disease first changes noticed are memory healthy brain billions of neurons send messages via electrical chemical signals long tail axon synaptic connections messages travel Alzheimer's brain toxic deposits accumulate protein beta-amyloid amyloid attract another brain protein called tau form fibrous clumps inside brain cells disturbs brain's message transport system neural networks effectively disintegrate characteristic accumulation beta-amyloid detectable after death post-mortem Australian research advanced imaging living process of accumulation begin several decades before Alzheimer's disease appears normal amount amount in people with Alzheimer's disease takes about 20 years intervene before you've lost any brain cells before you've got memory loss intervening much earlier than we are now image Alzheimer's diseased brain lots holes lots of cell loss really wide ventricles occurs over a great many years intervene 10 years before expect still some cell loss a lot more of this white matter intervene 20 30 years before disease maintain full cell function cells without loss early intervention is just so important midlife mother died from Alzheimer's take active steps avoid Alzheimer’s what processes do to reduce the risk healthy overweight running health and wellbeing science genetic risk Alzheimer's less than you might think Prof Ralph Martins less than 1% of people who have a genetic form of Alzheimer's uncommon familial form early-onset Alzheimer's more prevalent later-onset form of the disease riskiest gene variant APOE4 environmental factors largely determine whether the disease develops Prof Ralph Martins genetic risk factors don't cause Alzheimer's disease other factors lifestyle factors people go over the edge develop Alzheimer's disease genetic component risk about a quarter three-quarters risk environmental something that we can change encouraging message exactly what we should be doing latest research identify preventative factors cognitive decline researcher team followed group 400 women Melbourne study beganwomen aged between 45 and 55 monitored next 20 years wide range assessments done physical measures weight BMI battery neuro-psychiatric tests researcher reaction time task recruiting participants midlife pivotal studies cognitive decline dementia recruit participants over 60 over 70 when cognitive decline in dementia starts to occur repeat as many of the words as you can remember our work what people were doing at 45 to 55 cognitive decline across 15 years what factors were most important most important preventative factors preventive factors against cognitive decline normal blood pressure high levels good cholesterol number one was being physically active results paper entire group group trends individual people's test results exercising every day remembered eight words remembered as many words as possible ceiling of the test exercising on average daily good memory recollection maintained all of the years of the study never exercised poor memory function declines quite considerably over the testing period memory decline over this period effect was cumulative what you did entire 20 years important memory you had in later life very clear message move often start today study not prescriptive what kind of physical activity being active on a daily basis research women only observational scientific gold standard randomised control trials American neuroscientist Kirk Erickson conducted several of these trials older adults both women and men effect of moderate exercise brain size and memory relatively inactive people aerobic walking group stretching control group trainer Prof Kirk Erickson three days per week intensity of the activity walking group moderate intensity stretching toning light intensity participants began activities brains were imaged MRI machine magnetic resonance imaging machine take very high-resolution detailed images of their brain hippocampus region critical to memory formation Prof Kirk Erickson hippocampus hippocampus deeper in the centre of the brain normal ageing decline size hippocampus 1% to 2% a year after the age of 50 trial found that brisk walking could reverse that decline pattern of normal ageing control group normal decline people that are exercising exercising group showed increase size of this structure one-year period change size structure amounted 2% increase hippocampus rolling back the clock ageing of the hippocampus very tangible changes structure brain improved cognitive function hippocampus memory formation exercise influences hippocampus deterioration hippocampus age leads to Alzheimer's disease enlarging hippocampus through exercise clinical meaningful impact memory function risk for dementia eating very differently to her very different cuisine diet better brain health in general meat fish fish protein intake oils benefits fish primarily vegetable no dairy reduced weight research cardiovascular benefits healthy diet mounting evidence diet impacts brain cognitive function research Mediterranean diet investigations Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle study AIBL study Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle study AIBL study investigated effect Western diet versus Mediterranean diet cognitive change AIBL study longitudinal study longitudinal study diet Mediterranean diet lower risk of Alzheimer's lower levels of beta-amyloid in their brain AIBL study gold-standard clinical trial findings are consistent with other similar studies adherence Mediterranean diet good executive functioning planning Western diet is more likely to drop your visuospatial associated with a vascular disease Western diet Sue Radd dietitian expert Mediterranean diet dishes Mediterranean garlic onion olive oil good-quality clinical trials Mediterranean diet cognition brain function next frontier reason to be optimistic Mediterranean diet associated with a longer life span Mediterranean diet cuisine consumed olive-growing regions around the Mediterranean Sea culturally broad diverse area Sue Radd Lebanon Morocco Spain Italy Greece characterising Mediterranean plant-based diet unrefined foods whole grains legumes fruits vegetables nuts seeds extra-virgin olive oil olive oil sweetens vegetables bitter-tasting vegetables edible wild greens masked bitterness masked olive oil makes vegies taste really sweet each ingredient diet protective against Alzheimer's isn't yet clear two particular ingredients have very powerful roles to play fish omega-3s fish fruit vegetables anti-oxidants fruit vegetables Sue Radd thoroughly washed dark leafy greens endive dark green leafy vegetables scientific research very rich lutein Lutein important anti-oxidant deposited in the back of the eye macula sunscreen for the eye taken up into the brain concentrated important role anti-oxidant dark green leafy vegetables loaded nitrate nitrate consumed converted nitric oxide nitric oxide keep your blood vessels flexible olive oil Mediterranean diet low in refined sugar traditional Mediterranean diet very low added sugar content sweeteners honey grape diet low-sugar sugar participant AIBL study Mediterranean diet cutting out all the cakes and biscuits ice-creams excessive sugar intake Western diet increases risk developing insulin resistance action of the body's insulin becomes ineffective researchers Professor Suzanne de la Monte detrimental effect on the brain brain diabetes Alzheimer's Prof Suzanne de la Monte brain diabetes story research Insulin hormone controlling amount blood glucose in the body insulin has crucial role brain aids uptake glucose brain's nerve cells regulate chemicals involved the brain's signalling Prof Suzanne de la Monte insulin effect keeping neurons alive studying studying how insulin worked in the brain /

A few things Tim Cook has learned running the biggest company in the world

Tim Cook & predecessor, Steve Jobs
Credit: Australian Financial Review

Lengthy interview with Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. Lots of interesting & valuable ideas, including:

● “Maps was a mistake. Today we have a product we’re proud of. [But] we had the self-honesty to admit this wasn’t our finest hour & the courage to choose another way of doing it. That’s important. It’s the only way an organization learns. The classic big-company mistake is to not admit their mistake. They double down on them. Their pride or ego is so large that they can’t say, ‘We did something wrong.’”

● “Question: With the fight with the FBI, did you have any idea what you were getting into?

“Could we create a tool to unlock the phone? After a few days, we had determined yes, we could. Then the question was, ethically, should we? We thought, you know, that depends on whether we could contain it or not.”
“Other people were involved in this, too — deep security experts & so forth, & it was apparent from those discussions that we couldn’t be assured. The risk of what happens if it got out, we felt, could be incredibly terrible for public safety.”
“We knew the positioning on the outside would not be public safety. It would be security vs. privacy — security should win.”
“... the trade-off, so to speak, was essentially putting hundreds of millions of people at risk for a phone that may or may not have anything on it, & that likely didn’t, because of other things that we knew about.”

● “Over time, I’m convinced every person in the world will have a smartphone. That may take a while, & they won’t all have iPhones. But it is the greatest market on earth from a consumer electronics point of view.”

More:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/wp/2016/08/13/2016/08/13/tim-cook-the-interview-running-apple-is-sort-of-a-lonely-job/ / Tim Cook interview running Apple sort of a lonely job Apple’s CEO talks iPhones AI privacy civil rights missteps mistakes China taxes Steve Jobs steers right past the car rumors Apple CEO Tim Cook fourth-floor office framed posters Robert F. Kennedy the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jackie Robinson rose gold iPhone 6s in its original box Cook stood in front of employees Apple headquarters held up the phone staffer hand-delivered store Beijing commemorate notable occasion Apple sold its billionth iPhone celebratory milestone Cook big moment technology giant chief executive Cook mark fifth anniversary most closely watched transition power corporate history August 24 2011 24 August 2011 six weeks before his death Apple’s iconic founder Steve Jobs chief operating officer the reins filled in for Jobs medical leaves two milestones iPhone launched by Jobs biggest driver Apple’s massive growth during Cook’s tenure company soaring valuations accounted nearly two-thirds of Apple’s revenue past year iPhone sales $141 billion the past four quarters more than annual sales figures Cisco Disney Nike iPhone source of recent disappointment most recent quarter iPhone sales fell 23 percent 14.6 percent drop overall revenue Apple’s second straight quarterly drop sales after 13 years growth Apple disclosed results Tim Cook The Washington Post discuss first five years Corporate America’s most glaring spotlight self-reflective interviews scrutiny advice pivotal moments Warren Buffett decision return cash to shareholders Anderson Cooper publicly disclosing he is gay mistakes he’s made first hire to run Apple’s retail stores clearly a screw-up defended Apple’s tax policies succession planning importance grooming internal candidates most spirited talking about privacy long-term future Apple iPhone Apple’s big presence smartphone industry a privilege not a problem quieted considerably Jobs’s memory sounds bizarre I had convinced myself that he would bounce Cook, 55 speaking with a slight Alabama drawl deep Apple’s mission North Star eschews jargon many CEOs use quick to trumpet Apple unassuming his job can be lonely I’m not looking for any sympathy. CEOs don’t need any sympathy Cook’s imprint on Apple making it more systematic more transparent more team-oriented more humble social issues CEOs gay rights extraordinary decision oppose FBI unlock the San Bernardino killer’s phone CEO managing company’s growth keeping margins high expanding further markets China Apple retail stores pushed into the enterprise market grown Apple’s product lineup positioned Apple make more money off devices it’s already sold services business iTunes iCloud mobile payments service Fortune 100 business next year Apple most valuable most profitable company S&P 500 index declining sales major device categories markets like China critics some investors fretted about Apple’s innovation mojo Cook first all-new device Apple Watch mega hit iPhone juggernaut saturated smartphone market growing competition low-cost upstarts China longer upgrade windows consumers rumored big concepts reported car project years away analysts impatience is shortsighted long-term potential services augmented reality ultimately transform Cook’s tenure is viewed investors lose track of the big picture Gene Munster analyst at Piper Jaffray Apple wisdom legacy Tim Cook determined what happens in the next five years conversation Cook hinting augmented reality refusing to comment about a car project Apple believes people love a surprise lonely job leadership Apple CEO Tim Cook when it's important to seek out advice confident that Apple is not going to change qualities of Apple immutable DNA of the company North Star making insanely great products really change the world in some way enrich people’s lives our reason for being hasn’t changed other things change that’s the thread that ties everyone together what has changed more employees in the company is four times larger by revenue since 2010 broadened the iPhone lineup really key decision a good one Apple Watch business wellness and in health lots of core technology work has been done culture has evolved social responsibility been more transparent about what we’re doing products secretive on products increasingly difficult to do that environmental work environmental work at Apple for decades we didn’t talk about it aspirational kind of objectives philosophy products unveil them when you’ve finished re-evaluated helping anyone else get there, too traditional CEO divorced from customers consumer company CEOs interacting with consumers traditional CEO profit and loss revenue statement income balance sheet important incredible responsibility to the employees communities countries company operates in people who assemble its products developers whole ecosystem of the company nontraditional view long-term shareholder return really critical billionth iPhone 44 percent of company’s sales came from iPhone close to two-thirds Apple move forward iPhone industry that’s cooling off privilege problem products ratio of people to the product consumer electronics product one-to-one over the long haul increase Apple’s transparency products develop behind the curtain before a big reveal global sales of PCs each year 275 million declining global market smartphones 1.4 billion every person in the world will have a smartphone iPhones greatest market on earth consumer electronics it’s not going to be one-to-one core technologies smartphone smart phone today dominant in smartphones of the future artificial intelligence AI AI product even more essential to you become better assistant than it is today won’t leaving home without it today really going to be connected to it in the future level of performance nothing that’s going to replace in the short term intermediate term either people focused on this 90-day clock smartphone industry grew decreased global economy in it for the long haul best market on earth enormous opportunity India people in this country who don’t have smartphones using flip phones feature phone lot of people switching from Android to iOS more market share than we do unit point of view our goal make the best next big world-changing category Apple sitting on $231.5 billion pile of cash smartphone smart phone smart-phone technology industry industries new shiny object netbooks PDA technology product category better days are behind us analysts Apple this stupid iPhone $60 billion revenue you can’t grow anymore $230 billion I don’t subscribe to it traditional thinking Apple is still a long-term growth company today’s products services iCloud App Store Apple Pay $23 billion in sales Fortune 100 company size iPad iPad Pro using it at work enormous opportunity in enterprise collaborating much better with key partners important use our products in the enterprise work well together working with Cisco incredible with the network infrastructure IBM written a number of apps SAP because they own the back of the house processing three-quarters of the world’s transactions running on their products markets China India fast growing cellular infrastructure two major carriers investment 4G video 3G game changer India no fixed line to home mobile society China markets enterprise geographies products what’s Apple so great at Apple only company that can take hardware software services integrate experience aha for the customer markets limitation smartphone tablet Mac watch area investor impatience investors making our decisions based on long term investors focused on the long term total shareholder return over 100 percent pretty good number Steve’s not replaceable icons of American business step into those shoes Steve’s not replaceable CEO chairman the day he died worst day ever leading Apple customers have a really deep love for the company avalanche of customer mail FaceTime running the company scrutiny was much higher than I thought media interest scrutiny social networking love interest from customers media interest visibility Alan Greenspan Janet Yellen /