If I have a business card in my contacts, like for sightglass coffee in San Francisco, that has got a contact card not filled completely out, then I ask Siri for the address for that business, Siri will say “I don’t have an address for that business” rather than proactively getting the address from the [...]
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Smarter Siri – Addresses
One more reason to use iMessage
Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an “ongoing, daily basis” to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries. From a few months [...]
Speed, and managing resources.
updateTurns out that the accusations are untrue, which makes sense to us, as our iPhones always got better speeds than android devices anyhow. News today, that the three big cell carriers use techniques to “throttle” or “limit” data usage of the iPhone. well, true this may be, but in any well regulated system, limits must [...]
Need a new PC?
The MacBook Air (starting at $999) is an awesome computer, and the base MacBook Pro is fantastic too. (as long as you order it with the Flash storage option.) Every HP/Sony/Dell/Asus computer that I see used as a windows PC has some kind of issue that makes people either ticked off, or just live with. [...]
Essential iPad Apps – Finance Edition
These are our top picks for iPad Finance apps, if you’re not yet using these, you should try them, if you’ve others you’d like to see on this list, please share them with us! MintFreshbooksBank of AmericaWells FargoCharles SchwabTd AmeritradeStock TouchWSJ LiveMarketwatch Market Data App
Amazing iPad apps
If you could have just three apps to show how amazing an iPad can be, what would they be? These are three we pick: Firstly: Procreate, a really nicely designed drawing and painting app, has no near peers to my knowledge on any platform, it is not only ipad exclusive, but features ways to work [...]
Being more productive, and more informed, thanks to the cloud
Remote working solutions like VPN have been around for decades, but what the cloud really brings that’s amazing and special to businesses is an ability to always be connected securely and safely for a cost that’s a fraction of those old VPNs. To learn more, get in touch.
San Francisco, born in the clouds
iPhone 5, an awesome device for the whole world.
Lets talk about what the iPhone 5 brings to the world. Power consumption: iPhone 4S was more power efficient then the iPhone 4. (http://chipdesignmag.com/lpd/absolute-power/2011/11/03/iphone-4s-power-efficiency-analysis/) Dollar cost of power needed for an iPhone is around $0.40 per year. A typical PC costs about $40 to run for a year. iPhone 5 may improve on these numbers. [...]
do.com and gtd
Listening to David Allen on this great podcast, I’m prompted to share with you, good reader, some thoughts on how the cloud adds value to David’s “clear mind” GTD philosphies. GTD is about “keeping your psyche clear for having ideas, not storing them”, so do.com, a rebirth of the truly great manymoon.com, works extremely well [...]