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Digital Lives For Sale – Please Save Our Privacy

This month, it was discovered that Ring – an Amazon-owned company- has allowed unfettered access to the videos that its doorbell cameras were recording. No user had ever given access to something like this. Combined Ring’s news with the news that our cell phone carriers were selling our locations to bounty hunters and other entities without […]

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First-Generation iPod Shuffle Turns 14 Today – MacRumors

Happy Birthday iPod Shuffle. It was a wild ride. Today marks the 14th anniversary of the unveiling of the first-generation iPod shuffle, presented by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on stage at the… — Read on www.macrumors.com/2019/01/11/first-generation-ipod-shuffle-14/

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T-Mobile adds Caller Verification

T-Mobile added a new service to help combat spam callers today. The service is called Caller Verification. As the explain, Caller Verified is T-Mobile’s implementation of the STIR and SHAKEN standards. These standards combat illegal caller ID spoofing, which occurs when scammers temporarily hijack a phone number to match the area code and 3-digit prefix

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Running Diary – Run 3 – Nike Run Club’s Popular App

Well, I’ve stayed with it heading into week 2 of the year. I’ve now completed 3 runs, which I’ve tracked on my Apple Watch. The first two runs were completed using the standard Workout App on the Apple watch. For my last run, I used the Nike Run Club app. The Nike Run Club app

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AirPlay 2 and iTunes coming to smart TVs

The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing. While Apple usually doesn’t have a major presence at the show, it seems to be making headlines anyway. Yesterday, Samsung announced that it will bring iTunes Movies and TV, as well as AirPlay 2 to all of it’s Smart TVs soon. Later, more TVs by other companies

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Bandersnatch And The Struggle to Watch

Bandersnatch, Netflix’s chose your own adventure Black Mirror episode, was released last week. With company over, it took me a while to get to the episode. Once I did, Bandersnatch felt like I was stuck in a choose your own adventure hell just to get to watch. Where should I watch Bandersnatch? Smart TV or

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Apple’s Stock Plummet – What They Should Have Done

The stock market plummeted in the last few weeks. If you’re invested in Apple stock, you have probably looked at your portfolio and started to cry a little – at least on the inside – just like I have. Things have been complicated by Apple’s recent correction to their projection for the quarter. This correction

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The Rock Solid Workout App – Running App – Diary Day 1

Update: I updated this after my second run.  Check out the pace alerts and other new tidbits So I managed to get my first run of 2019 yesterday. I’m off to a great start if I do say so myself. As I mentioned yesterday in my first post about using tech to get healthy I recorded my first run of the year. To start with I’m using the Workout App

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Apple in 2019

New Year, New Apple: What I’d like from Apple in 2019

I think Apple is coming off a very strong 2018. For them to have a strong 2019 they need to keep the pedal to the ground. Here are 4 things that I would like to see from Apple in 2019. A Strong Start Apple held four events last year, one in March, June, September, and

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My Top 5 Apps To Help Me Stay In Shape

The Holidays are one of the toughest times of the year to stay in shape.  There’s so much food, temptation, and stress that many people start to just dive right in.  We’ve just made it through the American holiday of Thanksgiving where we basically celebrate overeating.  So while I’m guilty of doing that as well,

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