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Why I stopped wearing my Apple Watch

I’ve been a Mac user since 1984 and iOS user since 2007. In 2016 I’m switching from iPhone and Apple Watch to Android and Android Wear as an experiment. This blog post is one in a series from a lifelong Apple/iOS user  switching to Android. Like many of you I ordered an Apple Watch at […]

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Microsoft purchases SwiftKey, states that iOS and Android versions will continue to be developed

Microsoft confirmed via a blog post that the company will be buying SwiftKey, the developer of a popular software keyboard for Android and iOS phones—even though it already has its own software keyboard, Word Flow. SwiftKey and Word Flow allow users to slide their finger from one letter of a keyboard to another, drawing the […]

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CrashSafari.com site spreads, points out bug in Safari web browser

You’re going to want to avoid this. A recent link to CrashSafari.com has been circulating around Twitter and other web sites, the site itself doing what you thought it would do and crashing Apple’s Safari mobile web browser on your iOS device. If you tap on the link on your iOS device, your iPhone will […]

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Ford announces CarPlay for 2017 models with Sync 3 feature, offers Eyes Free for older models

CarPlay will be coming to all 2017 Ford models equipped with the Sync 3 system. Ford has stated that the 2017 Escape, which goes on sale early this year, will be the first to receive CarPlay as well as support Android Auto. Ford says that CarPlay will also be available as an upgrade to 2016 […]

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Nielsen ratings show more than 54.5 monthly Apple Music app users in 2015

While specific Apple Music user numbers have yet to be released, the early estimates are looking good. A year end report from consumer research firm Nielsen states that Apple Music was one of the most popular smartphone apps of 2015, and with more than 54.5 million monthly users ranked among offerings from Facebook and Google. […]