Do you remember standing line line at the mall in front of an Apple Store to get the latest iPhone? Those days are gone. Yes, Apple still sells a couple of hundred million iPhones a year, but where ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerIf there is one thing we should know about the internet it’s the prevalence of conspiracy theories. They’re everywhere. One that arises now and again is the time honored “Elvis is alive!” theory. Guess what? Now there’s one ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerEvery Mac, iPhone, and iPad comes with a growing number of must-have applications. Apple provides some of them for free; think Mail, Safari, Calendar, Messages, and many others. After the basics, Apple’s customers still have some universal requireme…
Lees meerJust when you thought it was safe to go back online for a swim across the interwebs, Google comes out with yet another browser. Google? They make Chrome, right? Is there going to be a Chrome Lite? Yes. ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerGuess what iconic cellphone brand is back in town? Nokia. Yes, the blast from the past– utterly destroyed by iPhone and Android-based smartphones– is back and taking a cue from what Apple does best. HMD Global bought the ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerPoor Google. The company just cannot catch a break. Despite spending tens of billions in R&D and various acquisitions in a vain attempt to diversivy the company, it remains what it has always been. A search engine advertising ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerIgnore all the dumb-assed memes and link-bait headlines you’ve read over the past year about how Apple is changing, or Apple is pivoting, or how Appe’s business is different because Services and Wearables. We’ve sounded the alarm at ... Continue Rea…
Lees meerIt doesn’t seem like that many years ago, but measured in dog years technology years, those old Mac Pros and PowerBook Pros and early MacBook Pro models seem positively quaint; ready for the Hall of Fame Museum of ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWho’s the king of hardware gadget that technology writers love to bash? Apple! Who’s the king of hardware that absolutely positively demands that you buy accessories to match? Apple! Who’s the king of iPhone accessories? Well, that would ... Continu…
Lees meerMaybe I did that headline wrong. Sorry. My bad. AirPods need ears, right? Sure, they look a bit weird but with everyone using them nobody pays much attention anymore. Guess what? Someone made some headphones that look even ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWhat do we hate? Passwords. Why do we need passwords? They’re a requirement to log into everything. What’s easier? Anything. Well, almost. That explains why there are Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon and other types of co-login systems floating ...…
Lees meerDo we have something in common? Ok, we’re members of humanity. And, probably enjoy Apple gadgets as members of the company’s famous ecosystem. Anything else? Well, there’s email. Got Gmail? Most of us do even if we hate ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWhat happens when a very, very large number of people live in about the same dense space? Cities? And what happens in cities? Neighborhoods. Homeowners and slumlords. The latest meme hitting the interwebs is that Facebook CEO Mark ... Continue Readi…
Lees meerOver the past month Apple must have seeded 20 eleven different websites with detailed information about Apple Card. I’ve read everything I could find about the card, the process, the details, the good, the bad, and the not ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerThere doesn’t seem to be much that unifies humanity other than we’re all human and work much the same way. We breath, we eat, we digest, we, well, you know; get rid of what we ate and digested. ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerLet’s face the music. We live in a capitalist world. Everyone is out to get your money first. That means capitalist businesses will do whatever it takes to make you pay. Apple does it with cleverly designed hardware ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerOne of my favorite websites of all time is Digital Photography Review. Until recently, any DSLR I bought was based upon detailed reviews and comparisons from the writers and photographers on DPReview. Until recently? What happened? DPReview focuses …
Lees meerAs much as I hate to admit it, I was a computer user long before Steve Jobs introduced the Mac back in 1984. I date my computer experience back to before DOS, back to the CP/M days. Apple, ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerWell, that was easy. It looks as if Apple has figured out yet another way to make it drop dead simple to segregate me from my money thanks to Apple Pay’s new companion, Apple Card. I clicked on ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerThat might be an exaggeration. Nobody knows exactly how many jobs God has allowed to be created since the beginning of time or just this past year. If answers to prayers count, then maybe God is #1. Recently, ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerGot search? Of course you do. People search for anything and everything and the world’s biggest search engine is you-know-who. Do not let that playful, colorful logo and cute name fool you. Google knows so much about you ... Continue Reading »
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