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Monday, 16 February 2026
The Meeting after the Meeting
Once again, we’ll be hanging around on Zoom after the general meeting, and the usual chatting will commence.
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Who are you and what do you do?
At The Sweet Setup: Every week we try 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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Apple (Un)Music(alness)
Caught an interesting post on TidBITS this morning: Josh Centers notes that Jim Dalrymple had the worst experience with Apple Music: …when he disabled Apple Music, it took 4,700 of his songs with it. “I trusted my data to Apple … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, News
Tagged Apple, Apple Music, apps & software, Jim Dalrymple, Josh Centers, TidBITS
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Hacking Is Everywhere
:::sigh::: Hackers can now take over automobiles. Aamna Mohdin posted a rather frightening piece on IFLScience the other day. It starts: Andy Greenberg was driving his car in St. Louis when he lost control of his vehicle. The air conditioning, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aamna Mohdin, automobiles, CBS News, iflscience, security
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10 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein, over on BGR, has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free. Here’s the fine print: These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for … Continue reading
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Apple Is Thriving!
Apple sees growing Mac shipments in 2015, Aaron Lee and Joseph Tsai tell us: Apple has revealed it shipped 4.8 million Mac products in its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended June 27, 2015), up 5% sequentially and 9% from the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Lee, Apple, DigiTimes, iMac, iPad, iPhone, Joseph Tsai, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
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Had You Heard?
View image | gettyimages.com Be very, very careful about what buttons you push, when and where, on your devices. As an Ohio business exec ruefully discovered, Butt dialers beware: If you don’t lock your phone, it’s OK to eavesdrop: … Continue reading
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Tagged Ars Technica, butt dialing, Cyrus Farivar, Had You Heard?, Law & Disorder, privacy, security
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9 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein, over on BGR, has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free. Here’s the fine print: These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for … Continue reading
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Tagged apps & software, BGR, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Zach Epstein
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10 hidden tricks that could completely change the way you use your iPhone
Zach Epstein strikes again! His current iPhone, et al, tips-and-tricks article on BGR starts here: If Apple included a paper user manual with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that included explanations of each and every feature, it … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged BGR, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, tips and tricks, Zach Epstein
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8 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein, over on BGR, has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free. Here’s the fine print: These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for … Continue reading
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Tagged apps & software, BGR, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Zach Epstein
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Were You at the Meeting Last Night?
If not, you missed some seriously-funny humor, great material presented, and great questions asked and answered. At Coco’s, we touched on dried apricots, sound bites of quotes from old movies, the Marx Brothers, weather apps, and politics. That’s my story; … Continue reading
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