New York is a fast-moving city, and we need info on our iPhones like yesterday! Here are our 5 favorite iPhone apps for New York users. 1. Exit Strategy, $5 Plan what subway car to get on, so you're right at the exit when you get to your stop. Plus shows you neighborhood maps with subway ...
5 Top Mac, iPhone, and iPad Accessories for New Yorkers on the Go
New Yorkers have special needs when it comes to our technology. We don't have a car to stash cables in, or to charge up our phones in -- and we often find ourselves out and around the city for hours at a time, or from day into evening. So we need to be prepared for almost anything! Here are our 5 ...
MacBook Pro or MacBook Air Is Slow To Wake Up? Here’s a Solution
If you have a fairly new MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, and you put it to sleep a lot instead of shutting it down, you may notice that if it sleeps for less than an hour it wakes up fast. But if it sleeps for longer, it takes 10-15 seconds to wake back up again. The screen comes on immediately, but ...
Jury Duty and Technology
I've been on jury duty this week, and my case is finishing up today or tomorrow. I'm at the Manhattan courthouses on Centre Street in lower Manhattan. A lot has changed since I last did jury duty a number of years ago. Here are the most striking differences. 1. There is free wifi everywhere, ...
HD and SSD upgrades for your MacBook Pro
If you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro (not the Retina display version), you have lots of hard drive upgrade options. These are: - 5400 RPM hard drive. Comparatively slow, but Toshiba now has one (the catchily named MQ01ABD150) that is a whopping 1.5 TB. (If you have a pre-Unibody MacBook or MacBook ...
Use your old iPhone as an iPod touch
We regularly get asked whether an old iPhone (even an iPhone 3) can be used as an iPod touch. The answer is usually yes. What you want to do is turn off the phone radio so it's not continuously looking for service, running down your battery. The way to do this (if your phone isn't jailbroken) is to ...