Hi folks, this is Steve back with a product review of Apple’s latest wireless earphones, the Powerbeats Pro … by Beats … by Dre (ok, that’s clumsy). In this review, I’ll describe the Powerbeats Pro setup and how they fit and function. I’ll discuss how they sound compared with other earphones I’ve used and I’ll […]
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Electric Vehicles Will be Required to Make Sound
In Chit Chat Across the Pond this week, I talked to David Woodbridge about Samsung tech and we wandered off topic a while when I mentioned that I bought a Tesla. It spawned a discussion of how you can’t hear an electric vehicle coming. My buddy Ron, who has driven Teslas for the last 5 […]
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MacSparky Presents — Keyboard Maestro Field Guide
Good friend of mine and great geek David Sparks has created another one of what he calls his Video Field Guides. This one is all about Keyboard Maestro. Keyboard Maestro is really misnamed. It’s not just a tool to make something happen when you hit a keystroke. It’s really a very advanced automation tool designed […]
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Tesla Tech – How Long Does it Take to Charge?
My father had a lot of weird sayings that I didn’t completely understand. For example, when I was misbehaving, he would threaten me with “I’m going to cut you off too short to hang up!” When I asked a question that was too vaguely worded to have a unique answer, he would say, “How big […]
Continue readingTesla Tech – There’s an App for That
Last week I mentioned that I’d like to create a little segment that will probably go on for quite some time that I’m calling Tesla Tech. I’m hoping in little bite-sized chunks I can explain the technology of this car that I find intriguing, helpful or annoying. I’m going to try to focus on a […]
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Security Bits – 16 May 2019
Security Medium 1 — The WhatsApp Vulnerability 🧯 The Financial Times were first to report that a vulnerability existed in the WhatsApp app for iOS & Android, and that it was being actively but very selectively exploited against high-value targets, probably by governments. Facebook confirmed that the vulnerability existed, and that it is patched in […]
Continue readingShould You Feel Sorry for a Company?
I’ve had something itching at the back of my brain that I feel compelled to talk about. I’m finding it fascinating how differently tech companies are characterized depending on the emotions of the day. My thoughts on this started to take form when on MacBreak Weekly, Leo LaPorte, Andy Ihnatko and René Ritchie were talking […]
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TextExpander Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
Every time I produce a video tutorial for ScreenCastsOnline, I tell you that it’s amazing. But this time I really mean it! My latest tutorial is on TextExpander, the amazing text-expansion tool for the Mac from TextExpander.com. Their latest subscription-based version 6 of the software has many very advanced features from the old standalone version […]
Continue readingTale of Two Teslas
Tesla Model 3 in “Give Me a Ticket Red” Six years ago, Steve and I adopted a lovely young dog and named her Tesla, after the inventor Nicolai Tesla, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system. Before we met Tesla, our plan was to name […]
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Wyze Sense and Happy Hour
2 Wyze Sense, 1 Motion Detector, 1 Wireless Bridge If you’ve been listening to or reading my content for the last few years, you know I’m crazy about the Wyze Cam security cameras. They first came to my attention when Joe Lagreca told me about them when we hung out at CES a few years […]
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