I read the technology reviews site The Wirecutter, which tests tech hardware and software and advises on what’s the best and why. (I highly recommend you subscribe to their weekly email newsletter; they also have a related site The Sweethome for household items.) Last week they published an article ...
iOS 8 Review Roundup
Yes, iOS 8 is now available for the iPhone and iPad! You can upgrade if you're on an iPhone 4S and up. The reviews have been very positive. Here is a selection of the best reviews we have read. Ars Technica: iOS 8, Thoroughly Reviewed by Andrew Cunningham “iOS 8 is transformative on a functional ...
Do a quick check to make sure your iPhone is backing up
Is your iPhone set to back up automatically to iCloud? If your phone is lost or stolen, or you drop it in the toilet (I haven’t done that yet but I know it will happen one day), wouldn’t it be great to just go to the Apple Store, buy a new iPhone, enter your iCloud account, and boom! You are back ...
Use the Stand Up! iPhone App to Take Regular Breaks
By now we all know it’s important to move around during the workday, not just sit in the same spot for hours at a time. I’ve been using the free Time Out software on my Mac for years. I can set it to ask me to take a break after X minutes, and I can set the break itself to X minutes. It's been very ...
The best way to read the New York Times digitally
The New York Times has a bewildering panoply of options for reading the paper digitally, including an almost-unknown but very awesome "Replica Edition" in which each page of the daily paper appears exactly as it does in print. (Hat tip to Dan Okrent for telling me about that, as I almost certainly ...
Prevent thieves from using your iPhone, iPad with Activation Lock
An article in the New York Times today discusses how the iPhone and other smartphones now have a way to make the device unusable if it’s stolen -- a so-called “kill switch.” In Apple’s iPhone and iPad, it’s called Activation Lock. It prevents other people from using your phone, turning off Find My ...