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Archives for October 2016

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Friday, October 28, 2016

‘Please Invent TV Again’

Barbara Marie Brannan isn't happy with Apple's re-invention of TV so she asked for a do over:Television needs to be reinvented. Apple claims to have done that a couple of times already but I still find myself switching back and forth between Apple TV and my local cable TV provider because, you know,... Read More »

Apple Has A Cord Problem

This is the price of progress. Ethan Wolff-Mann (what a name) on Apple's new MacBook Pro and the need for yet another new cord to hook it up to an iPhone.Apple finally treated its laptop users to a new MacBook Pro today. Among the new “touch bar” feature and the usual slimming, nipping and... Read More »

The Stolen Subaru

Daniel Uria:An Oregon woman's car was "accidentally" stolen and later returned with an explanation note and some gas money.The note?Hello, So sorry I stole your car. I sent my friend with my key to pick up my red subaru at 7802 SE Woodstock and she came back with your car," the note read.... Read More »

Is It Too Late To Be Afraid Of Technology?

Thursday, October 27, 2016
Technology seems to have invaded every facet of our lives in the 21st century. In the iPhone we have in our pockets what would have been a supercomputer just a decade or so ago; a single device that can do far more than PCs or Macs just a generation ago.News items of the past week include large... Read More »

iPhone 8. Already?

I'm still enjoying the new car smell from my iPhone 7 and now they've started talking about the iPhone 8. Debby Wu:The three new iPhone models to be launched next year are likely to sport glass backs supplied by China's Biel Crystal Manufactory and Lens Technology, an industry source told the Nikkei... Read More »

Who Needs 603-HP Luxury?

If you have the money then maybe it makes sense; especially if the Autobahn is where you drive, but all-wheel-drive and 603-HP seems a bit over the top. Will Sabel Courtney:As with the previous model, both versions of the new AMG E-Class use the same engine in different states of tune. In this case,... Read More »

The Day The Internet Died

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
You know it's coming, perhaps later than sooner, but soon enough we'll see the day the internet died. Someone with control over a few million DDoS bots managed to wreak havoc on a single DNS provider last week and that cause numerous outages throughout the U.S. last week; so severe that many major websites... Read More »
Monday, October 24, 2016

‘Hello Again’ Means ARM CPUs In Macs

Ah, there it is. New Macs with ARM inside instead of Intel Inside. Wil Gomez:Allow me to preface my opinion with a warning. I’m wrong a lot. I can pick out the basics of future products but Apple has a tendency to surprise and disappoint and somehow do both at the same time. So, my track record... Read More »

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New Macs Coming

Ewan Spence with more details on Apple's 'Hello again' event:The key feature on the new MacBook Pros will be a context-sensitive touchscreen that will replace the physical function key strip. This will give access to popular commands and quick actions that can be determined on an app-by-app basis.... Read More »

More Samsung Galaxy Fires

Lulu Chang:Yet another Galaxy S7 Edge phone has caught fire, this time while being charged with an OEM charger... a customer came to the retailer just two weeks after receiving his new S7 Edge, which as luck would have it, was a replacement for the Galaxy Note 7. While charging the phone overnight... Read More »

A Few Words On Managing A Mac’s Windows

Thursday, October 20, 2016
No, not that kind of Windows. Application windows. Despite the widespread use of Retina displays, we Mac users live in an age where the number of applications we use has increased but screen real estate has not. That means screen clutter. How do you get rid of the screen clutter of many different app... Read More »
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

On Fragmentation

Wil Gomez echoes my thoughts exactly on what is happening to communication in the 21st century.The setup:My Mac, iPhone, and iPad have FaceTime, Skype, Mail, Messages, WhatsApp, Line, Twitter, Facebook, and a dozen other apps which slice and dice society in various and sundry groups of people;... Read More »

Opinions Can Be Dangerous

Michael Walsh quoting The Arizona Republic's president on their endorsement of Hillary Clinton:We chose patriotism over party. We endorsed the Democrat. And then the reaction started pouring in. Threats against our business. Threats against our people. What is the correct response to any of the vile... Read More »

No Apple Car

We have Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple Pay, but no Apple Car. Bloomberg:Hundreds of members of the car team, which comprises about 1,000 people, have been reassigned, let go, or have left of their own volition in recent months... New leadership of the initiative, known internally as Project Titan,... Read More »