When Tim Cook announced iOS 13 earlier this year many Apple fans were most excited about its new live streaming service, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade, its game subscription that launches this week. People who are constantly concerned with privacy and security listened closely as Apple executives talked about Sign in With Apple. It isn’t as exciting as the other…
It’s called “Apple Arcade” with a simple premise: rather than downloading games to your phone, you pay a flat fee, 5 dollars a month for unlimited games. Sort of a Netflix-for-gamers. These are games developed for Apple. Some first-person fighter games, some puzzles. This game is a story where you choose what the characters say to determine what happens next….
How many apps do you have on your smartphone? Probably more than you think. A survey by App Annie shows that the average smartphone user has in the neighborhood of 80 apps on their phone and they use less than half of them. Big deal, you think? What’s the harm? Maybe I’ll get back to that game one of these…
One of the greatest things about streaming content is having choices. But it’s almost impossible finding something to watch. Like many of you, I have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I also use a Roku which gives me more streaming options. When we sit down to find something to watch, I’m switching back and forth on the screen or in…
iPhone users can download the new operating system, iOS 13 which in some ways, will change how you use your phone. iOS13 was introduced in June and underwent months of testing by iPhone users who agreed to download and install the beta version. What’s in it? If you’ve ever had your face light up from the too-bright screen on iPhone,…
Are the new iPhones all that much better than the older iPhones? That’s the question we find ourselves every fall. Apple unveiled 3 new iPhones, a new iPad and a Watch Series 5 and we’ll have to decide whether it’s worth another upgrade. The most exciting thing about this year’s September event is not the new devices but the new…
Search for “Hurricane” on GoFundMe and you’ll find over 56-thousand fundraising campaigns. People from across the country, with plans to help people in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. This one, with a goal of 10-million dollars, has raised over a million so far. Nearly 9-thousand good-hearted people donating what they can. $200, $25, $7. It adds up. And that’s the…
Thanks in large part to Facebook, the 6 degrees of separation is down to three. In other words, we’re all connected to each other through a friend of a friend of a friend. So Facebook Dating, for some people looking for a love connection, may be the best thing to come to online dating. It’s on everyone’s Facebook profile now…
The phone numbers and Facebook ID’s of some 419 million Facebook users have been compromised after a group discovered a database left unprotected on a server that anyone could access. The discovery by TechCrunch found the server had no password protection and that anyone could find and access the database. The information included users’ unique Facebook ID and the phone…
Facial recognition is now a full part of Facebook offered to all users. Last year Facebook quietly rolled out facial recognition to some users. The feature allows Facebook to scan photo uploads from all users and identify a person who is in the photo whether they took it or not. It replaces the ‘tag suggestions’ you may have seen when…
