You know that feeling when you first get a new iPhone? When you pull it out of the box, and it feels so sleek and shiny? You carefully cradle it in your hand and feel great joy. But then something changes. The joy turns to fear when you realize you’re standing over a hard floor. […]
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Will Android Apps on ChromeOS be a Game Changer?
Guest Post by George from Tulsa In November, 2015 I reported about my new Asus Chromebook Flip and 2015 Toshiba Chromebook 2 with Intel i3. Text of that review is in Nosillacast 551. Nearly a year later, I’m very pleased with both. The 2015 i3 Toshiba Chromebook remains on Amazon for $476 even though Toshiba […]
Continue readingYou May Not Want to Turn on Two-Factor Authentication If You Have an Apple TV 2 or 3
This post has been dramatically edited (and improved) since it’s first publish date, thanks to alert readers Mike C and Giles Croft. Spoiler alert – you CAN use two-factor authentication on an Apple TV 2 or 3! If you’ve already read this post, jump down to the heading “Breaking News”. A little while ago I […]
Continue readingPodfeet Sticker Pack for iMessage
Greetings fellow NosillaCastaways. Allister here from New Zealand with a little bit of fun for those of you who have already upgraded your devices to iOS 10. If you've been watching the recent announcements and coverage, you'll probably know that Apple have put quite a bit of time and effort into enhancing the Messages app, […]
Continue readingFly All Over the World with X-Plane Flight Simulator
Guest Post by Tom Stewart This is Tom Stewart again and I am hoping to take a few minutes of your time to discuss a topic which has only a very slight Macintosh bias. There is no problem to be solved here, merely a way to use our computers for fun – I am talking […]
Continue readingHow Does the Apple Watch Series 2 Compare to the Original?
When the Apple Watch Series 2 was announced, it didn’t sound like that big of an upgrade to me from the original watch. I bought it anyway, mostly because Steve wanted to get a new one, and I had the dreaded FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Now that I’ve had it for a week, I […]
Continue readingHow Much Better is the iPhone 7 Plus Wide-Angle Camera Than the iPhone 6?
There’s a lot of reasons we use to justify how much money we spend on our technology. One of my personal favorites is how we justify new phones. “My contract is up”, “It’s been 2 years” and “It’s my turn” are amongst the more popular versions of this silliness. Well, it’s my turn to get […]
Continue readingFirst Few Days with the iPhone 7 Plus – Size Matters
One of the hard things about reviewing gadgets is to remember to use the words, “for me” and “I feel” and not make categorical judgments. I hear a lot of male podcasters who talk about gadgets from their own point of view and don’t take into account that another gender might have a different perspective. […]
Continue readingActivity Tracking is Really Improved with watchOS 3 and iOS 10
I entitled this segment “Activity Tracking is Really Improved with watchOS 3 and iOS 10” but I’ll leave it up to you whether are all are of these are truly improvements. Activity Sharing One of the reasons that Fitbit has been so successful has been because of the ability to share your activity with your […]
Continue readingDanger! Insecure Clock!
Sunday night during the live show, we noticed a big problem with the page for the live show, podfeet.com/live. It wasn’t showing all of the elements of the page. At the top when it’s working properly, you should see a clock that tells you what time it is at my house. It’s not that I’m […]
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