Dear Friends,

Our hearts and souls mourn with the families of the victims of the senseless tragedy at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Hate crimes always make me concerned about the future of the human race. Whether it is madmen slaughtering innocents with assault rifles, the genocide of the Yizidis at the hands of ISIL, or the endless wars fought in the name of religion or resources it is hard to call ourselves a civilization when there is so much uncivilized violence.

I see so much of what is happening now being depicted in science fiction of the past, whether it is the Bezerkers of Fred Saberhagen or terrorism as normalcy in the movie Brazil the dark side of the future sometimes overshadows what could be a world free of violence, bigotry and war.

Apple is committed to making products and software that enriches our lives and while I sometimes get frustrated with Apple as a huge company, I believe Tim Cook and Apple’s commitment. This week at WWDC they introduced improvements to their four operating systems, macOS Sierra, iOS 10, WatchOS 3 and tvOS. Improvements included the Breathe app on the Watch and hidden new accessibility features such as Magnifier in iOS 10 which turns your iPhone into a magnifying glass. In addition to the new wheelchair optimizations for Apple Watch — “time to stand” settings become “time to roll”, two wheelchair-specific workouts, and optimized activity rings for wheelchair pushes — users can now discretely check time with a voiceover feature that uses haptic feedback to tell you the time. Apple continues to enhance the Health app and their ResearchKit, too.

Emily and I will talk about macOS Sierra and iOS 10 this week and follow up next week with a discussion of tvOS. This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive features the Apple Airport Express Base Station. This is an Apple Factory Reconditioned unit with the same 1-year warranty as new. This is a great way to set up your wireless network or extend an existing network. Normally, this is $99 new but this week for Kibbles & Bytes Readers you can buy the Apple Refurbished Airport Express for only $59!