I just got back from a three-week cruise that took me to a lot of fascinating (and cold) places. Whether it was good old England, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Ireland or Ireland, I didn't...
Siri is surprisingly useful for foreign travel, where it can help you to ease the transition between the units used in your home country and those of the countries you're visiting or supply you with directions from your hotel to...
Apple made a quiet change to the iPad lineup last week that means that all of the tablets currently being sold by the company now have Retina displays. The change was simple — the company stopped selling the original...
For a tech blogger, there’s nothing more exhilarating and frustrating than watching an Apple keynote. There’s usually too much information crammed into too little time, and our fingers can only capture so many notes. That means that after the first...
One of the interesting highlights of last year's Apple WWDC was the announcement of HomeKit. It is a framework that is designed to integrate iOS devices and Siri with home automation accessories such as thermostats, light switches, and more. The idea...
On June 8, 2015 at 10 a.m. PT, Apple executives, developers, and the press converge at Moscone West in San Francisco to kick off a week of announcements and sessions at the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that point...
The view from Petcube of Merry (left) and Pippin (right, looking at laser dot) The Internet of Things has expanded during the past few years to encompass all sorts of devices from smart thermostats and remote-controlled LED bulbs to Wi-Fi...
iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite brought a host of new features to the respective computing platforms, but one of the most useful treats is the ability to answer phone calls coming into your iPhone on another device --...
While many Mac and PC users regularly back up their data on their desktops and laptops, a surprising number of people forget about backing up the rest of their digital lives. In this final installment of the OWC Blog Backup...
