What’s so smart about it?
It pings your smartphone if it hears your fire alarm goes off.
Kyle Vanhemert provides details here: A Fire-Safety Nightlight That Offers a New Take on the Smart Home.
Short, sweet, and to the point.
A Smart Nightlight
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Tagged Kyle Vanhemert, Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight, smart home, Wired
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Upcoming Mac and iPad Classes at Di-No
Di-No Computers, in Pasadena, hosts a rotating set of Mac classes on Tuesdays from 2:00p to 3:30p; and iPad classes on the first and third Mondays of each month, also from 2:00p to 3:30p. These classes are all no-cost; feel free to contribute to the tip jar, though, if you feel so moved! The schedule for the next four weeks is as follows:
| 28 October 2014 | Mac Play | TBA |
| 3 November 2014 | iPad Basics | This class will focus on the essentials of the iPad: gestures, settings, and using basic apps |
| 4 November 2014 | Intro to the Interface | This class is an introduction to the Mac |
| 11 November 2014 | Navigating the Interface | This class focuses mainly on organizing files and dealing with the Finder | 17 November 2014 | iPad Basics | This class will focus on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar |
| 18 November 2014 | Mac Work | TBA |
Call Jordan at Di-No for further details, including what you should bring with you, etc. To subscribe to Di-No’s class-schedule calendar, click here.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Were You at the Meeting Last Night?
If not, you missed a long ton of iOS 8 tips, tricks, and hints!
At Coco’s, discussion topics wandered about vacuum tubes, science fiction (both good and bad), punch cards, orbital mechanics, soup choices, transistors (and smoke), Word Perfect, and Philip K Dick.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
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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 what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.
Today’s victim, er, interviewee:
I’m Nate Boateng, tech junkie. On the web, I guess I’m known for occasionally writing, although (admittedly) I don’t write as much as I would like to. Generally, though, you can find me talking nonsense on Twitter. Off the web, I spend most of my time with my lovely wife and two sons. I also work in healthcare, doing communications for a large area hospital.
You can catch Nate’s complete story here: Nate Boateng’s sweet setup.
“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interviews.
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Tagged Chris Gonzales, Nate Boateng, The Sweet Setup, Twitter
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Look at Apps & Traps!!
This month’s edition has been posted, and it’s got more stuff about iOS 8 than you thought existed! There’s also a monster selection of Yosemite tips and tricks. Wow!
PYBT: October 2014 Apps & Traps. For previous editions of Apps & Traps, click the link below the SGVMUG graphic.
I have spoken.
Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Work class, subject TBA, at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
There’s an App for That
Well, in this case, it’s a device…
Remember the 3D printing presentation? and all the cool things they were working on? Well, how ’bout this (spotted in InfoManager, http://www.UGNN.com/):
Yes, that’s a real, honest-to-goodness, 3D-printed concrete children’s playhouse!!! Read all about it, and what the designer has next in line, here: World’s First 3D Printed Castle is Complete – Andrey Rudenko Now to Print a Full-size House.
photo is from the Web site hosting the article
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Tagged 3D printing, 3dprint.com, house, There's an App for That
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Faster than a…
…speeding superhero?
The FCC is contemplating cellular networks that will be able to provide gigabit or better speeds. Yes, there’s a catch (or three): if these high speeds can be implemented, it will be years before we see them, and currently, the frequencies used to provide the speed are not capable of penetrating walls. Jon Brodkin gets into the details on Ars Technica; PYBT: Gigabit cellular networks could happen with 24GHz spectrum, FCC says.
Posted in Industry News
Tagged Ars Technica, cellular service, FCC, Jon Brodkin, Technology Lab
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Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.
Which, of course, refers to iOS 8. As Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham put it, “Overuse of hyperbole is a pet peeve of mine, but after using iOS 8 for a couple of months, I have to say that it’s warranted in this case.”
The article is entitled iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed, and let me tell you, he ain’t a-woofin’!! Here’s the table of contents:
- Supported devices and feature fragmentation
- Installation and setup
- UI and design
- Spotlight and the multitasking UI
- The new keyboard
- Control Center and Notification Center
- Extensions
- Extensions in practice
- Third-party keyboards
- Potential trouble spots
- Continuity
- Handoff
- Phone calls
- iCloud and iCloud Drive
- App Store and Suggested Apps
- Family Sharing (Updated 9/18/2014)
- Mobile Safari
- Mail, Calendars, Reminders, and Contacts
- Messages
- Phone and FaceTime (Updated 9/18/2014)
- Camera and Photos
- Health and HealthKit
- The Metal graphics API
- Grab bag
- Privacy
- TouchID improvements
- HomeKit
- Tips
- Siri
- Accessibility
- Passbook
- Podcasts and iBooks
- And the rest
- Performance, battery life, and battery usage monitor
- Conclusions
More than you ever thought you needed to know, eh?
Posted in Apple, Industry News
Tagged Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, Infinite Loop, iOS 8
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Buying Gadgets
MakeUseOf wants to know: Where Do You Buy New Gadgets?
Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.
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