If I ignore the cost of the iPhone X and the silly talk about how it is soooooooo expensive, I come to the logical conclusion that the iPhone 8 would be a better phone for me. When people talk about… Read More ›
Articles
It… Just… Works…
I have witnessed a lot of snark and humour at Apple’s expense over the past week since the iPhone X was announced and I wonder where it all comes from at times. I am not wondering because of what is… Read More ›
Apple’s Presentation
Unfortunately for Apple, most of what was shown had been leaked or accurately rumoured. That seems to get worse as time goes on. Of course this time around, someone leaked the release version of iOS 11. watchOS 4 has some… Read More ›
Beware the new iTunes
Beware the new iTunes if you manage your iOS apps on your Mac. As of version 12.7, they’ve removed the iOS App Store from iTunes. While I applaud the thinning of iTunes, there is no real replacement. Some things become… Read More ›
The new Apple stuff
I shall ignore the fact that Apple Events was unavailable on my Apple TV at the start of the keynote and that AirPlay kept playing up when streaming from my iPad. These things happen I guess, but perhaps it is… Read More ›
iPhone number 10
The iPhone has become an integral part of our lives, to the point that most of us do not even think about it as a special object anymore. We use it for everything from scouring the web to communicating with… Read More ›
How the airport came to embody our national psychosis
In 1962, New York’s Idlewild Airport inaugurated Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center, a swooping concrete-and-glass icon of jet-age glamor. The building incarnated an idea of air travel’s allure that lingered like a contrail in the national imagination. In his 2015… Read More ›
Not every Apple Watch owner is a triathlete
The Apple Watch is a capable fitness device which has been lauded by many for helping them move more and be more aware of they general activity levels. I felt this way for some time, but then decided that I… Read More ›
Tornado Black
An operation would solve the issue, but Black said she cannot afford to pay for it. The money she earns from giving tennis lessons is not enough because she is also helping to support her mother and sister, Hurricane Tyra… Read More ›
Atomic City
Few Americans know their nation’s nuclear history. In 1946, after the bombing of Hiroshima showed that the atom could destroy a city, Congress created the Atomic Energy Commission to show it could also generate electricity. Reactors sprang from the sage… Read More ›
