This week was the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We didn’t go to CES but we’ve been reading lots of articles and blog posts. Here are what some of the top tech websites said were their top picks from CES. Mashable They loved the giant curved 4K (super high resolution) TV, that’s 105” ...
Domain name registration in China email scam
If you own a domain name (like we own ivanexpert.com), at some point you have probably gotten an email purportedly from a China domain registrar, asking about ownership of a domain name similar to yours. For example: We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to ...
Lose your iPhone or iPad? Make sure the person who finds it can contact you.
I have a 4-digit lock on my iPhone and my iPad, because I don't want my personal info falling into somebody else's hands if I lose my devices or they get stolen. But I realized that it means nobody can get in to see the phone numbers I call regularly, or the emails I send regularly. Which means if ...
How long do hard drives last? And what does that mean for the life of your Mac?
How long do hard drives last? A post on the company site of cloud backup service Backblaze discusses the life cycle of hard drives. (They are using about 25,000 hard drives at a time.) They have found that about 5% of the hard drives fail in the first 18 months. They call this "infant mortality" ...
iPad Air Review Roundup
The iPad Air came out today from Apple, and is available in their stores and on the website (if it hasn’t sold out already). Here are the most influential and interesting reviews of the iPad Air from around the internet. New York Times: “Lighter and Faster, It’s iPad Air” by Damon Darlin “Do you ...
Top 7 Mac Backup Blog Posts
Backing up your Mac is so important that today we’re giving you our top 7 posts on the hows and whys of Mac backups. 5 tips on backing up your Mac These tips are useful for anyone on a Mac, and cover local as well as cloud backup. Why Did My Hard Drive Die? The simple facts behind the fragility ...