That’s a tricky question. I don’t follow mainstream news at all. It only takes about 15 seconds of reading a newspaper or watching broadcast news to put me in a bad mood. I don’t have time for it. This is what I do have time for.
Let’s face it. Most smartphones and tablets simply aren’t designed to put up with a hard day at work with a good chance of being dropped or rained on. Untimely accidental breakage of a device you or your people need to do their jobs results in office frustration, unhappy field workers and angry customers who are kept… Read More »
iOS 8 adoption reached 16% in only 24 hours after release! Adoption is running a little slower this time around. As of October 9, iOS 7 had dropped below 50% with iOS 8 reaching 46.5%. Interestingly, at 40 hours after launch, iOS 7 adoption was nearing 40%!
Earlier this year, I read an excellent InfoWorld article that summarized the security model of Apple’s iOS operating system many of us use on our iPhones and iPads. As the company says in the first line of its whitepaper, “Apple designed the iOS platform with security at its core.”
While researching quotes I found a book worth scanning on Google Books: 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said, edited by Steven D. Price. If you’re not aware of Google Books, you should be. Take a look. It’s free to view and you can download many as eBooks, for a small fee. A personal favorite quote from… Read More »
Calling all Drexel grads and attendees who started in the mid 80’s… For that matter, ANYONE who has one of these classic Macintosh computers. It’s a perfect storm for selling old Mac’s! Who wants a 30 year old 128K Macintosh, even without a hard disk? Apparently they are all the rage in some circles! I… Read More »
The new iPad Air commercial gave me chills… We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering – these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,… Read More »
Automatic helps you drive better by letting your car interact with your smartphone. It’s an accessory that plugs into your car’s diagnostic port that pairs with a smartphone app. As I like to say to my audience during briefings on tablet applications, “Apps help you do what you do, only better. The trick is figuring… Read More »
Ever want to randomly annoy your kids? Or someone else’s? You can’t hear the sound this app makes if you are over 30. It’s an age thing. Something about the hairs in your ear canal I think. Sorry. Anyway, the youngsters can hear it quite well and they tell me it sounds like there are… Read More »
Step aside Glass. Pivothead has you in their sights! They don’t look as geeky, and can record full HD for 3 hours! A well engineered design that includes add-on options they call mods – for power and connectivity. In a word, nice. Check out the details on their Indiegogo campaign. It’s active through Dec 12 and… Read More »