The idea behind today’s missive has to do with being on the bleeding edge and buying a promise of the future, vs. buying a new product that actually works well from day one, and improves over time. Would ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerLet’s face it. The world is getting older and so are we. Humanity is aging and that means we should gain experience and become more willing to adjust and make changes. My first Mac notebook was the venerable ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerTalking speakers are all the rage these days. Amazon’s Echo and Alexa are a trending hit. According to Amazon. Google countered with Home and Assistant. Apple fell far behind with HomePod. What do all those talking speakers have ... Continue Reading…
Lees meerGuess who just pointed toward the future? Google and the Pixel 4? Nope? Amazon and 49 more Echo and Alexa devices? Nah. How about Samsung and Galaxy Fold? No, that folded a couple of times already. Apple? I ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerIt has been so long since Apple introduced Touch ID to the iPhone that I forgot what model iPhone it was. I had to look it. Think iPhone 5s and 2013. iPads have had Touch ID since iPad ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerFor all the collective smarts roaming the halls of Apple Park– engineers, executives, designers, et al– one has to wonder what they were thinking when they designed the last Mac Pro. No, not the one above. That’s the ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWhen it comes to getting a little service and support for your techno-gadgets, who’s got your back? Samsung? Nope. Google? Have you ever seen a Google or Samsung employee? Take Apple. Please. We can laugh at the Genius ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerSuccess has gone to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s head. We just don’t hang out like we used to back in the day. Well, to be fair, it’s exactly the same. We never hung out. Nothing has changed. Also ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerYes, all techno-gadget makers steal from each other. It’s the nature of the game and they all do it. Google, Apple, mostly Samsung, but you get the idea. Google’s new Pixel 4 has a feature that the iPhone ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerThat’s not a rallying cry. It’s a warning. Maybe it would sound more ominous this way; “Anti-Apple Screed Writers Are United To Bring Down Apple.” Would that be more of an attention-getter? Almost anywhere on the interwebs you’ll ... Continue Readin…
Lees meerGot a smartphone? Of course you do. Hey, this is a place about all things Apple and iPhone is half of Apple, so you have smartphone. Got earbuds? Another affirmative. If you’re like most of our readers it’s ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWhat does your car cost? As of a few months ago, and the numbers do not change quickly, in the U.S. the average car costs about $36,000. Wait. That’s wrong. The actual cost is much higher. That’s because ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerLook at what Apple has done to prop up the entire personal computer, tablet, and smartphone industries. Competitors have no need to run their own expensive R&D groups (research and development) because Apple does it for them. What ... Continue Readi…
Lees meerThere once was a time when we measured computer performance in tests and specifications. More Megahertz was better. More Gigahertz was better. More pixels was better. These days, the only specification that matters is storage. Yes, with faster ... C…
Lees meerOK, you’re online. Are your online habits fully private and secure? No. Not now. Maybe not ever. Last week I read about text messages vs email. Which is more secure? As it stands now, without government intervention, your ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerLet’s say you went to the beach or a park, and there half buried in the sand (or, the weeds) was an oddly shaped lamp which was crusty, came with a handle, maybe even some odd writing on ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerRemember when Apple contractors were caught listening to your Siri queries? Oh, the humanity! The shame. Why Apple? Why? As it turned out, the reason was a good one, but seemingly overlooked among the Privacy Police. How so? ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWho owns the most used maps service on planet earth? Google, right? Apple chose Google Maps (actually, just the data; Apple owned the app itself) for the original iPhone. Many stories tell many tales about what happened, but ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerGuess what is dying a slow death? The Mac. Guess who wants to save the Mac? Apple. Like duh, right? Wait. If Mac sales are near record levels, then how is the Mac dying? Change is inevitable. Nothing ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerMy Mac is home to over 275 applications; all of the basic Mac apps from Apple, a few from Microsoft and Adobe, but the vast majority come from third party app developers. I collect. Unlike the iOS App ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerThe school where Nathan and I work is home to many hundreds of Macs, Windows PCs, Chromebooks, iPads, and at least than many iPhones and Android phones. What do they all have in common? YouTube videos. Every student, ... Continue Reading »
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