There is a popular meme about how Apple doesn’t give much thought to the little guys as it moves forward with its platforms. My experience with the iBookstore has been the exact opposite. I found out yesterday that I now have my own page…
Continue reading →Trucks and Cars
In 2010, Steve Jobs made the analogy between PCs and mobile devices with the original trucks and cars. He explained that when we were an agrarian nation and automobiles were new, everybody wanted a truck. Automobiles were expensive things and you only bought one if you…
Continue reading →More on Microsoft Office for iPad
I’ve written so much about Office and the iPad that I almost feel obligated to pile on every time we get something new. I was all set to do that today (and even started a draft) until I read Jeff Richardson’s post. All I…
Continue reading →October 22 iPad Event
AllThngsD is pretty reliable about predicting Apple events and new iPads on October 22 makes a lot of sense. The one part of this scoop that really grabbed my attention is the idea of an iPad mini with a retina screen and A7 chip.…
Continue reading →Nest Protect
Today Nest announced its new product, the Nest Protect. It is a combination smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm that received the same love and attention the Nest thermostat did. It has an app and connects to your WiFi. It gives you a warning…
Continue reading →Dalrymple on Schmidt
Sometimes Jim brings his unique perspective to tech executives in a way nobody else can. ∞
Continue reading →MPU 158: iOS Gems and Delights
Episode 158 of the Mac Power Users is up. In it Katie and I cover some of our favorite iOS 7 tips and workflows along with our favorite iOS 7-ified applications. ∞
Listen & read notes →Sponsor: Rocket Matter and Free Evernote Book
This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by Rocket Matter, the premier cloud-based law practice management solution. The folks at Rocket Matter get how to run your business in the Internet age and Rocket Matter is the place to go when you’ve finally had it with the…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Greg Pierce
While there are a lot of app developers, there aren’t many that created an entire genre of applications. Greg Pierce (Twitter) from Agile Tortoise, who dreamed up and created Drafts, the App that holds the right-most position in my dock. Katie and I spent…
Continue reading →2.9 Million Adobe Accounts Compromised
It looks like they got customer names and encrypted passwords. I feel for Adobe. With a big database like that, how can you truly keep it safe with hackers always probing for another way in. It takes just one chink in the armor. Did…
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