Here's that word FREE. "For the storage of your photos, Google Photos is free, has unlimited storage, and is available on iOS devices. What's not to like about this scenario?" asks Jim Hamm. See http://bgr.com/2015/05/28/google-may-have-just-won-the-cloud-wars-with-google-photos/ and take a look at this article, dated 5-28-15: http://bgr.com/tag/google-io-2015/
Keeping Up With the Controversy
"On Monday, several media outlets mistakenly reported that Apple had installed 'backdoors' on millions of iPhones and iOS devices," states David Passell. He sends this link http://www.zdnet.com/the-apple-backdoor-that-wasnt-7000031781/ and comments, "Interesting article on 'hacking the 'backdoor.' Media reports anything that may upset somebody or make them insecure. Then they will make themselves happy again by buying a sponsor's product."
Apple Files New Patents for iPen
"What?" exclaims John Carter. "A stylus for the iOS device? Unheard of. Well, not entirely. I have purchased several stylii over the past year only to either lose them in the wash or ignore them altogether—because they just don’t work as well as my finger!
"But, let’s take a look at Apple’s idea for a stylus.
"First, it will be expandable. Add a camera or a laser pointer. Or turn it into a power source.
"Second, it will be Wi-Fi linked via Bluetooth. I think Apple’s ideas are a bit on the fantastic side, but as a toy, it will sell. As a tool for designers, it will sell. As a tool for businessmen, it will sell.
"But for us minions? What will it do for us?"
And here's John's opinion: "I think you’ll have to read the news release from minyanville here and then wait and see. After all, the iPhone was big hit, the iPod was a big hit, the iPad was a big hit, and Apple Fanboys everywhere are probably sitting on the edge of their seat breathlessly awaiting the big event of the iPen.
"The next thing we’ll be saying is, “i-What?” What will Apple think of next?"
How to Lock Down Location Services
"Here is a tip that you might want to implement on your IOS device. Read the article and it makes a lot of sense to do so. I just did on my iPad and will do so on my iPhone," writes Jim Hamm. See it here.
A Review of Apple's New Router
"Here is a review of Apple's new router," begins Jim Hamm. "It gets good marks with one exception: it is not friendly with PCs, which I think is a huge mistake by Apple. One initially needs a Mac or iOS device to set it up. Afterwards, a PC can connect and use it easily. But Apple is missing a huge chunk of the router market by not designing it to be PC friendly to set it up.
Jim closes with these comments, "For years I've used use the older Apple Extreme router, and both of them have worked flawlessly. Next time I get a router, it will be this new one from Apple."
About Google Now
About IMAP and POP
"If you'd like to understand better what the email protocol 'IMAP' is all about, here is an article that gives a good description of it," begins Jim Hamm with his trademark grin. He acknowledges, "Understandably, you may not care. If the client you use for email works for you, and you're not inclined to change, then just bypass this article.
"As an ancillary note, I use IMAP— and like it — but no longer use an email client, like Apple's Mail, on any of my computers or iOS devices. I use the web-based Gmail as my email client. That is, I log into Gmail on their server and do all my email reading, etc., there — not on my computer. I find this to be much simpler: all my emails are always coordinated and in-sync between all my devices, all of the emails I've ever received are permanently stored there (mighty handy to look up an old email from a long time ago), and I never have to worry or fuss with doing an update to my email program -- Google takes care of that for me — and I never have to tell anyone to 'hold sending any email to me while I travel' — I've got plenty of storage space in Gmail."