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Many thanks to Apple for this new. Few of those... 71 Views / 3 Replies  
Many thanks to Apple for this new. Few of those who contemplate suicide would go through with it if they receive the right help.

Those who live in Silicon Valley, including Apple staff, might...
Posted by Inkling, on Yesterday at 11:12 AM, in Mac News
Quote: "However, I would still like to see Apple... 201 Views / 14 Replies  
Quote: "However, I would still like to see Apple also give users the option [of] quickly kill all apps running in the background without having to dismiss each individually."

Or simply kill the...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 17, 2013 at 09:53 AM, in Tech News
Other posters are right. The fact that this email... 89 Views / 6 Replies  
Other posters are right. The fact that this email remained unsent suggests Apple and Jobs was leery of pressuring the major booksellers. And to understand that, we need to realize the context. Apple...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 12, 2013 at 03:20 PM, in Tech News
As an author, I'm most concerned about whether... 170 Views / 5 Replies  
As an author, I'm most concerned about whether the iBooks app is going to be available for older versions of OS X. Not everyone has or can afford the latest hardware. That's particularly true of one...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, in Mac News
Quote: "... the case -- which has already become... 164 Views / 6 Replies  
Quote: "... the case -- which has already become more into a inquiry of Amazon's misdeeds than of Apple's -- so far away from where the DOJ wanted it to go that even Apple's own lawyers sat up and...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 8, 2013 at 03:35 PM, in Tech News
Great article and one that raises the question we... 107 Views / 2 Replies  
Great article and one that raises the question we should all be asking. Why isn't Amazon being sued by the DOJ? If Apple's adoption of agency pricing was a crime when it had virtually 0% of the ebook...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 7, 2013 at 11:12 AM, in Mac News
Quote: ...the judge heard from an Amazon... 115 Views / 3 Replies  
Quote: ...the judge heard from an Amazon executive who claimed that Apple's proposal of a shift to the "agency model" of e-book pricing (where publishers set the price rather than retailers) was...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 6, 2013 at 11:17 AM, in Mac News
I brought my own phone to T-Mobile years ago,... 80 Views / 1 Replies  
I brought my own phone to T-Mobile years ago, but I'm about to take that unlocked iPhone back to AT&T from whence it came.

Why? Because in the last two months my coverage has fallen apart. I've...
Posted by Inkling, on Jun 4, 2013 at 10:05 AM, in Tech News
Even handier would be a single, linkable webpage... 92 Views / 1 Replies  
Even handier would be a single, linkable webpage for individual books that wouldn't be as cluttered with extraneous links as Amazon's typical detail page. It'd include links to that particular book...
Posted by Inkling, on May 29, 2013 at 01:16 PM, in Tech News
Like I said in a posting yesterday, I've got a... 101 Views / 5 Replies  
Like I said in a posting yesterday, I've got a bad feeling about this judge. Her mind, it appears, is already made up even before the evidence and arguments have been heard. And that's likely to mean...
Posted by Inkling, on May 24, 2013 at 10:27 AM, in Mac News
WiFi-ac is a must have for my next laptop, that... 110 Views / 1 Replies  
WiFi-ac is a must have for my next laptop, that and a 10+ hour battery life. I'm sure Apple's going to deliver the former. We'll see if they can deliver the latter with Intel's new chipset.
Posted by Inkling, on May 21, 2013 at 06:24 PM, in Tech News
Apple is simply being smart. Crazy Ants aren't... 127 Views / 4 Replies  
Apple is simply being smart. Crazy Ants aren't nearly the hassle that California's high-taxes, high-cost-of-living, and dreadful regulatory regime creates.
Posted by Inkling, on May 21, 2013 at 06:21 PM, in Mac News
There are other factors behind those frozen Mac... 167 Views / 4 Replies  
There are other factors behind those frozen Mac sales.

1. No compelling reason to upgrade. I did replace my six-year-old iMac with a Mac mini, but that was primarily because I needed more RAM to...
Posted by Inkling, on May 20, 2013 at 02:44 PM, in Mac News
Updating iWork is long-overdue. I just hope the... 155 Views / 4 Replies  
Updating iWork is long-overdue. I just hope the new apps are up-to-date enough to support a powerful ePub export, including pop-up notes. PDFs simply don't work on tiny iPhone screens.

And...
Posted by Inkling, on May 14, 2013 at 09:31 AM, in Mac News
The growth isn't surprising. T-Mobile prepay is... 118 Views / 1 Replies  
The growth isn't surprising. T-Mobile prepay is an excellent way to save money, particularly if you use it, like i do, most for incoming calls and use a VOIP app for outgoing ones. Still better would...
Posted by Inkling, on May 8, 2013 at 09:25 AM, in Tech News
None of the news stories I've read thus far have... 114 Views / 3 Replies  
None of the news stories I've read thus far have stressed what's likely to be the CC's most popular feature: continual updates. No more waiting 18 months for the next major upgrade. I just hope, as...
Posted by Inkling, on May 6, 2013 at 02:24 PM, in Mac News
For all but the destitute, who're unlikely to own... 303 Views / 6 Replies  
For all but the destitute, who're unlikely to own the latest iPhone, this $15 settlement is ridiculous. It's less than the value of the time it'll take to process the settlement paperwork.

This...
Posted by Inkling, on Apr 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, in Tech News
Compelling reasons 157 Views / 5 Replies  
Apple simply isn't giving potential customers any compelling reasons to upgrade. Why I ask myself if I should upgrade my six-year-old MacBook to a MacBook Air? I can't come up with a single...
Posted by Inkling, on Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM, in Mac News
Good news for the price conscious 155 Views / 4 Replies  
Hell freezes, pigs fly, and T-Mobile gets the iPhone without becoming as pricey as the other carriers. That's good news for price-conscious consumers.

I only wish T-Mobile would make a deal with...
Posted by Inkling, on Apr 13, 2013 at 10:42 AM, in Tech News
Visual Voice Mail 132 Views / 4 Replies  
Since the first iPhone shipped with Visual Voice Mail, I can't understand why every iPhone won't soon have it. Why the upgrade? Why only the iPhone 5?
Posted by Inkling, on Apr 6, 2013 at 10:19 AM, in Tech News
Oh no.... 1,059 Views / 8 Replies  
Oh no, tell me it isn't true! Tell me that Apple isn't going to uglify the new budget iPhone with greenish, see-through plastic to drive users to the pricer version. It's start out looking awful,...
Posted by Inkling, on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:42 AM, in Tech News
What's new? 189 Views / 3 Replies  
Other than the claims of accuracy, I fail to see how this new technology is different from the ability of existing Macs and iOS devices to use GPS data for locations. And since that mapping is done...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 24, 2013 at 10:07 AM, in Tech News
More details 126 Views / 1 Replies  
It'd help if the article offered more details. From their website, it seems rather spartan. There's no mention of it handling data or email, just SMS. And while it has an emergency call feature that...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 21, 2013 at 07:03 PM, in Tech News
A not-so-capable judge 143 Views / 4 Replies  
I looked the location data on my iPhone when this fuss first appeared . It included a number of places I've never been, probably because the locations were of the cell tower I was using at that time....
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 20, 2013 at 10:40 AM, in Tech News
Justice: Unequal and foolish? 105 Views / 2 Replies  
Quote: "While most of them belonged to regular iPad buyers, celebrities on the list included people like then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg."

So...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 18, 2013 at 07:26 PM, in Tech News
Plastic cases v. metal 1,066 Views / 16 Replies  
You're clearly not aware how antennas work. Metal cases on laptops and cell phones play havoc with the radiation pattern. Imagine owning an apartment in a beautiful location but with your only view...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 15, 2013 at 10:32 AM, in Tech News
France is weird 215 Views / 3 Replies  
France is weird. I actually prefer late-night work for my 'support my writing' jobs at events. I'm too tired then to write anyway, so getting paid is a plus. The same would be true if I worked...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 13, 2013 at 10:22 AM, in Mac News
The worse the better 148 Views / 1 Replies  
As I told friends after that silly ruling by the Librarian of Congress that unlocking a cell phone is a copyright violation, sometimes the news can be so bad, it's good.

That ruling seems to have ...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 12, 2013 at 02:58 PM, in Tech News
Disgusting AT&T 419 Views / 7 Replies  
Quote: "The move requires a customer's account to be in good standing with no unpaid balance...."

And what if you're like me? I bought a 3GS from a AT&T customer who fit the criteria but I run it...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 9, 2013 at 10:58 AM, in Tech News
A broader design genius 582 Views / 7 Replies  
You'd think Apple could apply a little of its much-trumpted design genius to repairability. It's not that it can't be done. My new Mac mini is actually easy to work on.

Second-hand devices may not...
Posted by Inkling, on Mar 2, 2013 at 09:16 AM, in Tech News
Too much, 133 Views / 1 Replies  
It's easy to suspect that, like their high-end fighter aircraft, the military hierarchy is attempting to do far too much. The result is likely to be the usual cost overruns and failed objectives.
...
Posted by Inkling, on Feb 27, 2013 at 09:47 AM, in Tech News
Trademark protection 157 Views / 4 Replies  
You need to be selling something in the trade to retain a Trademark, so that's probably why Apple didn't bother to renew. For a company the size of Apple, the cost of a renewal is trivial.

If I'd...
Posted by Inkling, on Feb 26, 2013 at 04:10 PM, in Mac News
A Disturbing Trend 919 Views / 21 Replies  
The comments about iOS needing file management capabilities is right on. I opted to get an iPad rather than a MacBook Air in part because, with Scrivener preparing an iOS version, I could use for...
Posted by Inkling, on Feb 6, 2013 at 09:19 AM, in Tech News
Spectrum idiocy 151 Views / 3 Replies  
Oh great, we're fussing over the shortage of cellular data spectrum in our major cities and what is Apple doing? They're apparently coming up with a streaming music service, yet another demand on...
Posted by Inkling, on Feb 5, 2013 at 10:00 AM, in Tech News
Bad news, good news 195 Views / 5 Replies  
The bad news is that Congress should have never given the Librarian of Congress the authority to make these sorts of rulings, particularly since they involve some potentially nasty criminal...
Posted by Inkling, on Jan 28, 2013 at 10:05 AM, in Tech News
The app is a step in the right direction,... 750 Views / 8 Replies  
The app is a step in the right direction, although the mechanics apparently need improving.

Our debate over guns is distorted by the fact that Hollywood owns the Democratic party, and Hollywood...
Posted by Inkling, on Jan 15, 2013 at 10:34 AM, in Tech News
Sadly, all these delays are for nothing. Most of... 128 Views / 2 Replies  
Sadly, all these delays are for nothing. Most of use could care less if our desktop display is excruciating thin or not. An inch or even five inches makes no difference in whether it fits on our desk...
Posted by Inkling, on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:36 AM, in Tech News
How about text? 763 Views / 7 Replies  
It's all well and good for Apple to win an award for something that entertains us, but I'd like to see them win an award for making easier what most of us do all the time--work with text.

They...
Posted by Inkling, on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:27 AM, in Tech News
Simpler, cheaper & Better 131 Views / 2 Replies  
Simpler, cheaper, and better might be a WiFi transponder you'd turn on and put in your luggage. It'd do nothing but listen until it picks up a coded signal from an app in your iPhone as you wait at...
Posted by Inkling, on Jan 7, 2013 at 05:18 PM, in Tech News
Thieves merely go after the softest and most... 60 Views / 4 Replies  
Thieves merely go after the softest and most lucrative targets. If it wasn't Apple gadgets, it'd be something else.

The real problem is that Mayor Bloomberg lacks sense. It he didn't waste the...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 28, 2012 at 07:31 AM, in Tech News
I love the retina display on my iPad, but I'm not... 98 Views / 6 Replies  
I love the retina display on my iPad, but I'm not in a rush to see a MacBook Air with one. The iPad feature I'd like most to see migrate to the MBA is double-digit battery life. Since a battery can...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 28, 2012 at 05:15 AM, in Tech News
Bringing Mac mini production here makes a lot of... 28 Views / 1 Replies  
Bringing Mac mini production here makes a lot of sense. It's growing more popular because it's the easiest Mac to repair and upgrade. With our dismal economy, that matters to more and more people....
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 27, 2012 at 06:19 AM, in Tech News
Corporate execs are often so drawn in by large... 27 Views / 1 Replies  
Corporate execs are often so drawn in by large tax subsidies, that they fail to notice that the state is going to get its money someway. Most likely that's going to come out of taxes on employees,...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, in Tech News
Kerryb is right. Subscription is great for some... 42 Views / 3 Replies  
Kerryb is right. Subscription is great for some but not for everyone. It certainly makes no sense for me, since 99% of my Adobe product use is InDesign, with only an occasional dip into an older...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 14, 2012 at 04:48 AM, in Tech News
Let's hope Apple isn't getting seduced by upfront... 28 Views / 1 Replies  
Let's hope Apple isn't getting seduced by upfront subsidies and tax benefits. Given the state's high taxes and the horrible climate in upstate New York, this might not be a good long-term move.
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM, in Tech News
These companies complaints would be more... 24 Views / 1 Replies  
These companies complaints would be more impressive if they were actually doing something to make cleverer use of existing spectrum.

One obvious example is their one-to-one narrowcasting of...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 12, 2012 at 04:56 AM, in Tech News
Samsung, Google and the Android gang must be... 77 Views / 8 Replies  
Samsung, Google and the Android gang must be absolutely delighted by this cat fight. Its main effect is to make iOS apps clumsier than their Android counterparts. On a Samsung tablet, someone on...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 11, 2012 at 09:51 AM, in Tech News
Any new features for InDesign? I'd love to see... 27 Views / 1 Replies  
Any new features for InDesign? I'd love to see ePub export include support for pop-up footnotes for iBooks/iPads. The specs are out, so it shouldn't be that hard to implement.
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 11, 2012 at 09:38 AM, in Mac News
It will be interesting to see how this develops.... 28 Views / 1 Replies  
It will be interesting to see how this develops. I own two iPhones, because I can't afford one.


The 3G is jail-broken and unlocked. Because it can't stay up with iOS upgrades, it's just a...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 6, 2012 at 10:35 AM, in Tech News
It would be a disaster for the country if Apple's... 162 Views / 14 Replies  
It would be a disaster for the country if Apple's bold effort to bring consumer electronics manufacturing back home bombed. And bomb it will, if Apple locates that $100 million factory in one of our...
Posted by Inkling, on Dec 6, 2012 at 05:53 AM, in Tech News
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