Reading Time: 5 minutes Apple Maps may have begun with a rocky start, but it’s evolved into an excellent app. Many people benefit from its navigational features. My wife has always been “directionally challenged.” She doesn’t think in maps and would have difficulty finding her way to a new location and back home again. Apple Maps changed that for …
Reading Time: 3 minutes When The Always-On Display Was Announced, I Didn’t Think I’d Use It. iOS 16 and the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have a new feature this year, an always-on display. Although dimmed, the phone displays the information on the lock screen such as date, time, screen widgets, and a background photo if being used. …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Almost every year before the new iPhones are announced, I decide I’m not going to buy a new one this year because my present iPhone is perfectly adequate. And then every year, after the iPhone event describes the improvements to the new iPhone, I buy another iPhone. The determining factor for me is almost always …
Reading Time: 6 minutes At the Far Out Apple Event last week, Apple announced a new feature for the iPhone 14: Emergency SOS via satellite. Using the GlobalStar satellite system, it allows users to contact emergency services when out of cell coverage. The service is free to users for the first two years, starting in November. I enjoy doing …