Hardware

Amazon has quietly released another good set of deals on its popular Kindle series of e-readers, and this time the discount runs through 11/28 only. Kindle’s price sinks $30, Kindle Paperwhite is discounted $20, the Kindle Voyage drops $30, and the worry-free … Continue reading →

Have you noticed how people seem very loose with Apple’s money? It would be broke if it bought every company people have said it had to buy. Writing for ZDNet, Larry Dignan tries to tell us “Why Samsung’s Harman purchase … Continue reading →

Apple headlines for the week ending Nov. 18, 2016 In case you missed it, Apple had a major product release. As this video from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert puts it, “There was the iBook, the MacBook, and now…the … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Cook, I was chagrined to learn that Sal Soghoian, who was Apple’s Product Manager of Automation Technologies, was let go for “business reasons.” Mr. Soghoian had been with Apple for nearly 20 years, and was the keeper of … Continue reading →

Dave Price writes in with a very practical concern about the slightly abstract way in which Apple links the original photos in an iPhoto Library with the same images for an imported Photos Library. I understand that the Photos library … Continue reading →

Sometimes too much information makes things confusing; iTunes’ display of iCloud Status for movies and TV shows is one example. I explain what this means. I also discuss how to delete songs from a playlist on iOS 10, how to … Continue reading →

These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting … Continue reading →

New apps of the week This week’s roundup of apps includes significant updates to some of your favorite iPhone and iPad applications. Read on! Any.do One of our favorite taskmaster apps has long been Any.do (freemium, iPhone and iPad). Version … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, Apple let go of Sal Soghoian, who was the company’s Product Manager of Automation Technologies—meaning he was responsible for AppleScript and Automator. The news about Soghoian, who worked at Apple for nearly 20 years, raised concern in … Continue reading →

It looks like Apple’s newfound TV strategy is moving along. This week, Sony announced that it was bringing its TV streaming service, PlayStation Vue, to Apple TV (4th generation). PlayStation Vue is also compatible with the Apple TV’s Siri Remote, … Continue reading →