Apple's new AirPods are a wireless version of their Earpods, meaning they're two independent little things that hang in your ears with no cord. It would be easier than easy to lose one or both of them. One of their features is that they are self-configuring, via iCloud, rather than having to much ...
Apple Store Opening in Williamsburg
An Apple store is set to open in Williamsburg -- the first one in Brooklyn. It opens at 10 am on July 30th. The location is 247 Bedford Avenue, at the corner of North 3rd Street, just 4 blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train stop. It's across the street from the new Whole Foods. So Williamsburg ...
LinkedIn, Microsoft, and $27 Billion
If you read the business or tech pages, you know that Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion this week. Here are some highlights from around the web on why this was a good or bad idea. Now I don't know a lot about high finance and running mega-corporations but I can't think of anything that ...
Top 5 Websites for Tech Gifts for Kids
If you want to buy a tech or geek present for the kid in your life, here are our top 5 websites specializing in tech gifts. 1. LittleBits These kits of “electronic building blocks” let kids create their own robots, musical instruments, and remote controllers. 2. WowWee Toys with ...
Gadgets I like: Roku
There's a lot of hype about the new generation Apple TV, and I'll be taking a closer look at that soon. However, while I was sitting around waiting for Apple to up their game -- the previous Apple TV was certainly long in the tooth -- I tried out a Roku, and I love it. Roku was an early pioneer in ...
Sale on Apple Mail plugins — and Our Top 10
Check out all these pieces of software that make your Apple Mail more useful — on sale now through October 18th. And they all work under El Capitan! Go to MailCapitan.com and use discount code MAILCAPITAN. Here are the 10 sale items for Apple Mail we think are the most useful: 1. Take Control ...