iOS 12 Looking Good
From an attention management perspective iOS 12 includes some features that are moving things in the right direction.
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Upgrading & Obsolescence
Upgrading and Obsolescence The mobile computer (aka smartphone) is a rapidly growing market and is one of the most competitive in the computing domain. More people have smartphones than any other type of computer and for many of them the smartphone is their only computer. Suppliers of smartphones and mobile computer software are driven by
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IOS 8 Overview
Frederico Viticci has done a wonderful job summarizing the new IOS 8 capabilities that have been announced yesterday. There is a lot to learn about and the potential with the new tools is exciting to think about. Developers will be busy this summer. This fall is going to be something to look forward to with
WWDC Dreams Come True
Ted Landau wrote a WWDC summary which almost perfectly expressed my thoughts. I too was impressed how Apple has addressed some longstanding issues of iCloud and app communication. They have also managed to bring together the best evolution of OSX and IOS and still have them retain their strengths. One very significant item Ted left
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IOS 8 Inter-Application Communication
With WWDC just around the corner in the first week of June it is exciting to anticipate the possibilities for IOS improvements not the least of which is improved inter application communication. This would go a long way in supporting capabilities which could really advance the possibilities for workflow improvements. 9to5Mac has an article that
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IOS7 Web Address Keyboard tip
To quickly add web domain suffixes like .com from an IOS keyboard use this tip: Web address keyboard shortcut
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IOS 6 Transition to New Maps
By now some of you have already upgraded to IOS 6 which became available as a free upgrade on Wednesday September 19, 2012. One of the changes that is a bit controversial is that Google Maps has been replaced in the system with Apple’s own implementation which has some new features but isn’t as mature
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IOS Text Editors
There is an incredibly rich selection of text editors for IOS. Federico Viticci does a review on his 4 IOS text editor favourites and also has done a review on Byword which only recently been introduced on IOS (IA Writer also deserves an honourable mention). I agree for the most part with Federico’s selections and
Why I Love Simplenote — Still
As surprising as it might sound when the richness and diversity of IOS apps are considered, one of the killer apps for me on my iPad and iPhone is Simplenote (and nvAlt on the Mac). Text notes that are always in sync between your iPad and computer (even Windows with the free Resophnotes application) are
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Scrivener on IOS in 2012
Scrivener is an excellent application on Mac (and recently on Windows) for all sorts of long form writing. Limited syncing with Simplenote and Index Card on iPad are supported but what many users have been craving is full synchronization with an IOS version of Scrivener. Dreams do come true as an IOS version of Scrivener
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