Articles about mobile technologies
Apple released its first major update to its watch OS on September 21st, watchOS 2. This is five days later than its original launch date but was delayed due to bug fixing taking longer than expected. While five days isn’t a long time, it seemed that […]
How To Update Apple Watch Now That watchOS 2 is (Finally) Here? Read More »
There’s a little firestorm brewing in the Apple mobile universe and suffice to say, THEY started it. Although web browser plugins like Adblock Plus have been available to computer users for some time, Apple’s new iOS 9 allows for developers to create ad-blocking apps for
Apple and Ad-Blockers and Refunds, Oh My! 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
The App Store Has Been Hacked! Read More »
Other than a Windows 7 laptop at work and an Amazon Echo at home, I live exclusively in Apple’s ecosystem — iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Time Capsule. I am very happy living in Apple’s walled garden. Life is good. I had no
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Apple held their Special Event on Wednesday, September 9th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook, promising “monster announcements across several product lines”, called on Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, Jeff Williams, to announce changes in the Apple Watch world.
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If you are anything like me, you have lost your phone at least once and if you are really like me, you have lost (misplaced) it more than once. It can be a little scary thinking about not getting it back. It is not like
Keeping Your Cell Phone Safe Read More »
What the what?? Just a few days ago I downloaded the app Cut the Rope – Time Travel for free from Amazon’s Free App of the Day. Now it looks like they’ve turned that concept upside down only to appear suddenly online with a strange
Amazon Android Apps Go Free and Underground Read More »
If you’ve watched the phone wars from the sidelines over the last several years, then you probably remember a time when Blackberry was a force to be reckoned with. It permeated the business market with its security, mobile productivity, email push, text messaging and that
Is Blackberry Mixing it Up with Android? Read More »
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
What Are The Best Apps For Kids? Read More »
Apple updated its iPod touch line on July 15th. It has been about three years since the last update. The only iPod that runs iOS, it sports the same 4-inch Retina display as the iPhone 5 and 5s. Features of the newest iPod touch include:
Apple Spruces Up the iPod touch Read More »
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
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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
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You ever want to turn your cell phone into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot? Well, you can. Many Android devices give you the option to share your internet connection with other devices. This feature will allow you to share your internet connection with 3 to 5
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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,
TypeMail: Great Mobile App for Mail Read More »
