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  • iOS 10.3.3 Gets Incompatible Google Drive Update

    iOS 10.3.3 Gets Incompatible Google Drive Update

    Google Drive Update Google gets today’s Fail Whale prize for distributing an updated version of Google Drive to iOS devices that are incompatible with the update. Nice work Google!

  • It’s Ok to Swipe Away iOS Apps

    It’s Ok to Swipe Away iOS Apps

    Go on, you know you want to! A recent rash of articles have said that there is generally no need to swipe away iOS apps. In fact, it tends to be better not to. However, with the way some people are talking, it sounds like you could cause a nuclear disaster if you can’t resist…

  • iOS Rotation Weirdness

    iOS Rotation Weirdness

    There is a lot to like about iOS 10. On my iPhone 5, folders and apps launch and close snappily and there are some great new features such as widgets on the search and home screen. iOS Rotation However, when you do things too quickly iOS can get a bit mixed up. This is a…

  • The Google Mobile Strategy Is Services

    The Google Mobile Strategy Is Services

    If Google want to beat Apple in the mobile device game, they need to keep building an ecosystem of Google Mobile Apps and Services that also work on iOS.

  • Cover-Up your MacBook Pro or iPhone with #WOODBACK

    Cover-Up your MacBook Pro or iPhone with #WOODBACK

    Check out these cool wooden covers for Apple products from Cover-Up’s #WOODBACK collection. They look stunning – and free economy shipping to Australia too!

  • What Old Phones Did You Have?

    What Old Phones Did You Have?

    I just spent way too long looking up all the old mobile phones I used to have. It was kind of fun. I have not had a lot of phones, but here is my list

  • New AirPods Ad will make you want to buy Marian Hill

    New AirPods Ad will make you want to buy Marian Hill

    AirPods ad Apple have released a new AirPods ad. The ad features dancer Lil Buck and music by Marian Hill.

  • iOS App Reopens When Closed

    iOS App Reopens When Closed

    Have you ever closed an iOS app and found it automatically reopened itself? Perhaps you thought you imagined it? No, it really happens, it is a bug, and this is how you can reproduce it

  • iOS 10 Bug Will Drain Your Battery

    iOS 10 Bug Will Drain Your Battery

    If your iOS device has its display on when you don’t expect it, perhaps you have run into this bug. This iOS 10 bug causes the display to unexpectedly stay on (i.e. not fade to black).

  • MacBook Pro Battery Life Resolved

    MacBook Pro Battery Macworld is reporting that Apple has resolved the poor MacBook Pro battery life issue raised by Consumer Reports. (Macworld, Consumer Reports) Update: Apple has released the macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Update which addresses battery problems. Perhaps this indicates that the Consumer Reports issue was not the sole cause of MacBook Pro battery life…

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