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New Apple Stuff, and possible Even More Photography Stuff
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Tag Archives: iPhone
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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Getting Less Battery Life Out of Your iPhone?
Zack Whittaker posted his take at ZDNet: Struggling to get a full day of battery life out of your smartphone? It could be because of those pesky “free” ads, according to new research. Although putting ads in phone and tablet … Continue reading
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Tagged iPhone, Zack Whittaker, ZDNet
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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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7 awesome iPhone apps
Zach Epstein has a bad habit of posting lists of cool iPhone/iPad(/iPod Touch) apps that are temporarily free over on BGR. 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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iCloud Security Warning from Apple
Salient points from the article on the San Jose Mercury News: “We’re aware of intermittent organized network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain user information, and we take this very seriously,” the computer-maker said in a post Tuesday on its … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, iCloud, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Safari, San Jose Mercury News, security
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The Second Mac Commandment Returns
Mind you, it also pertains to iDevices (which should come as no big surprise). In How to back up your iPhone and iPad before an upgrade, Chris Gonzales gets into a lot of gory details, including security and restoring from … Continue reading
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Tagged backup, Chris Gonzales, iOS, iOS 8, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 6, iPod Touch, Merlin Mann, security, The Sweet Setup
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You *Need* This on Your iDevice
Andrew Cunningham reports on Ars Technica this morning: One of the new features iOS 7 introduced was an upgrade to the Find My iPhone service called Activation Lock–in addition to tracking your phone, sending it messages, and wiping your data, … Continue reading
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Tagged Activation Lock, Andrew Cunningham, Apple, Ars Technica, Find My iPhone, Infinite Loop, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, security
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Get Caffiene-ated!
From Macworld: Unlimited coffee! This week’s roundup of apps includes ways to buy coffee, plant your garden, plan your tasks, and call a cab. Oh, and everybody’s favorite web-slinger makes an appearance, too. Upon further review, caffiene-ation will only work … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, CUPS, Flickr, FTL: Faster Than Light, games, Garden Plan Pro, Helpouts, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Joel Mathis, Kindle, Macworld, Mailbox, Paper, productivity, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Uber, Up Next
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I’m Supposed to Do What? …Where??
Yeah, we all have stuff to do; are you noticing that a lot of that stuff needs to be done in a particular place? Or in one particular place rather than another? How does this sound?: Perhaps the coolest part … Continue reading
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Tagged Checkmark 2, Dan Moren, iOS 7, iPhone, Macworld, productivity, utilities
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iPhone Photo Editing
Nick Heer has a very interesting piece on The Sweet Setup on editing photos that will remain electronic (as opposed to being printed). You gotta love an author whose mindset is summarized thusly: …I’d like to ask you a question: … Continue reading