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Billion Dollar Apple

I was blown away when I learned Apple had become the first trillion-dollar company in August 2018, and I’m flabbergasted to learn that — at least as of Wednesday morning – the company was worth over $2 trillion.… Thus begins … Continue reading

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, you missed another great Apps & Traps and an utterly informative and interesting, to say nothing of greatly discussed, presentation on cloud storage! We got so into cloud storage, we totally forgot about new Apple products. Wow! At … Continue reading

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Learn More Stuff

Y’all might be interested in attending the LAPUG (Los Angeles Portable Users Group), too! They get a bit techy-er than we do, but I’m told the meetings are pretty interesting! Their next meeting is tomorrow, 10 August, at 7:00p. PYBT: … Continue reading

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August 17th General Meeting

Cloud-based storage: iCloud, DropBox, other applications Keep your stuff where you can access it all the time (as long as you have an Internet connection). Regular Features Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and … Continue reading

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Stock vs Products

So… should you buy products from your preferred providers, or buy their stock? Never thought about such things? Neither I, until Phil Goodman brought this Web link up at the General meeting last night. Really interesting! We’re talking about Yaron … Continue reading

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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?

If not, you missed massive hysteria in Apps & Traps and a great WWDC presentation. The best part about the WWDC? Everybody chimed in with notes, observations, additional pointers, and questions! The Meeting after the Meeting didn’t really rev up; … Continue reading

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Who Are You and What Do You Do?

At The Sweet Setup: In this series, we post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what … Continue reading

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July 20th General Meeting

WWDC Report Yes, Apple is up to a lot of new stuff! We’ll have it all. Regular Features Apps & Traps – Our essential monthly feature on interesting new products and services for iOS and OS X, brought to you … Continue reading

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Who Are You and What Do You Do?

At The Sweet Setup: Every week we {aim to} post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into … Continue reading

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On the Other Hand…

…Microsoft is shutting stuff down… In a major shift in its approach to retail, Microsoft said Friday it’s closing all its physical stores in a move that will result in a pretax charge of $450 million for the June quarter. … Continue reading

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