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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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