iOS – programs for Apple mobile devices
WhatsApp Some Apps have become indispensable and WhatsApp is one of them, far exceeding the capabilities of SMS and used by more than 1 billion people every day apparently, but it’s only recently that I discovered that you can send someone your location. It’s very …
I’m a photography buff and while I don’t take a ton of pictures on my phone, (mostly because my HTC One M9 has a mediocre camera), I can certainly appreciate a camera phone’s use when you’re in a pinch and without a real camera. The good …
There’s a ton of hype today about the new Yahoo Messenger app. Remember Yahoo Messenger? There’s a chance it was popular and then nonexistent before you were even born. I personally remember wondering if Y2K would affect Yahoo Messenger (then known as Yahoo Chat). Here …
Yahoo Messenger 11.5 allows you to unsend messages… kinda Read More »
I get a lot of email. More than I would like to but it all serves a purpose. When I look at my email on my iPhone or iPad, I don’t want to see my ‘old’ email that I’ve already read, just my unread email. …
I’m a list maker. I may not be a mover or a shaker but, Dang it, I always have things to do and I like making To-Do lists (I may not even complete all those tasks, but that’s another story!). While I don’t mind using …
Wunderlist: Making To-Do Lists that Work for You Read More »
The Apple community has long bragged about how it is seemingly immune to hackers. Not so anymore. Hundreds of apps are plagued with a serious security flaw. The hackers duped Chinese developers into using a counterfeit version of Xcode, Apple’s official development tool. WeChat, a …
If you have kids you know you do not want them vegging out just playing mind numbing games, why not look for an app that teaches them something at the same time? This is the thinking that led me to this article. I have 3 …
Nine Great Reasons There are many reasons for using an app like Flipboard, nine great ones are: It’s Free, you can’t beat the price. It’s Fast, Flipboard gets its name from the way the page flips. Very similar to turning a page in a book …
Dropbox offers a cloud repository for your files. Its basic subscription is free. I use it sparingly, but I always recommend it to people who need this kind of service. Still, I like to make folks aware of my pros and cons with it. Pros: It’s …
Sometimes, in this wango fango world of technology and viruses, and fails and computer snafus – things just work and work well. TypeMail is one of those things. I have more than one email account, as I think you should too – for personal, business, …
So, I was happily browsing away this morning, as is my usual crack-of-dawn practice, and came across a web page that I wanted to bookmark, opened up the Bookmarks menu in Firefox and noticed this: I’m not the most observant of people so this item …
Pocket: Save Anything from the Web Quickly & Easily Read More »
You’re getting warm, warmer, you’re getting hot, you are sweating … BINGO there it is! I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. There have been times when I have set it down for it’s own protection and later when I remembered about it, the phone …
Smartphone ‘Bluetooth Finder’ App Plays Hide and Seek Read More »
I find texting with my Apple Watch to be pretty handy. You can either reply with one of the default or contextual replies or dictate your reply. Dictating is not always practical and I find some of the default replies not particularly useful. The default text …
How to Create Custom Text Replies for Your Apple Watch Read More »
So what’s going on with iOS? I long for the good old days when it was a no-brainer to download the latest version because it may fix a problem or two and would also provide some new features. The last few iOS releases have seen …
