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Category Archives: Apple
How to Get a Free iPhone 15 (if You Qualify)
That headline is not a come-on. If you’re considering upgrading to a new iPhone, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon all are offering a “free” iPhone 15 – if you qualify as the right kind of customer, have the right type of … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, Techlicious
Tagged Apple, AT&T, Google, iPhone, iPhone 15, OnePlus, Samsung, T-Mobile, titanium, trade-in, Verizon
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Apple iPhone 15: Only Photo and Film Pros Need Apply
At today’s Apple event, Apple told us exactly who ought to upgrade to one of the new iPhone 15 models: creative professionals. Throughout its presentation of its new models – especially the now appropriately labeled 15 Pro models – Apple execs kept stressing, in … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, Techlicious
Tagged A17, AAA, Academy Color Encoding System, ACES, Apple, iPhone, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, Roadside Assistance, satellite, SOS, Tim Cook
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5 Reasons to Upgrade to Apple Watch 9
If you’ve been clinging to an older generation Apple Watch, Apple has imbued its new Series 9 models with five improvements that make it easy for you to justify an upgrade. One especially tempts me to upgrade even though I own an … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple Watch, Name Drop, Series 9, Watch Series 9
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SmartTechCheck Podcast: ChatGPT losing steam, coming streaming chaos, legacy of the light bulb
I join host Mark Vena along with fellow tech journalists Dwight Silverman and John Quain in an informative SmartTechCheck podcast discussing the waning momentum of ChatGPT, the potentially coming chaos of streaming services and content, and the legacy of the … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, SmartTechCheck Podcast, Tech History
Tagged Apple TV+, AppleTV, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Disjointed, Disney Plus, Edison, generative AI, HBO Max, Hulu, light bulb, Netflix, Silo, streaming, Thomas Edison
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SmartTechCheck Podcast: AirBNB, iPhone legacy, consumer electronics slump, AI detection woes
I join Super SmartTechCheck podcast host Mark Vena, John Quain and Rob Pegoraro to discuss AirBnB efforts to recruit more hosts, AI photo detection woes, the legacy of the original iPhone, and the consumer electronics slump. Tune into the podcast … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home, SmartTechCheck Podcast, Tech History, VR/AR
Tagged AI, Airbnb, Android, App Store, Apple, CTA, Facebook, Google, home office, IDC, Instagram, iOS, iPhone, smartphones, Steve Jobs, Twitter
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Our 9 Favorite 15-Inch Laptops
How small is too small for a laptop computer? How big is too big? A laptop with a 15- to 16-inch display, measured diagonally, is the just-right size for many—the most convenient convergence of productivity versus portability. Read the rest of this … Continue reading
SmartTechCheck Podcast: Apple WWDC 23 Recap
A “feisty” SmartTechCheck podcast hosted by Mark Vena with myself and fellow tech journalists Rob Pegoraro, John Quain, and AppleDsgn’s Niels Van Straaten on the major themes coming out of Apple WWDC 23. Watch this podcast here on YouTube.
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, ear/headphones, SmartTechCheck Podcast, VR/AR
Tagged Apple, Apple Watch, iOS, iPadOS, iPhone, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacOS, Name Drop, Sonoma, spatial computing, Vision Pro, watchOS, WWDC
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Apple Finally Intros a 15-Inch MacBook Air
Young people overwhelmingly own Apple iPhones. According to Statistica, 58% of 18- to 34-year-olds own iPhones, and, according to Piper Sandler, a whopping 87% of GenZers own iPhones. But if anyone in these age groups wanted to buy a reasonably … Continue reading
Is Apple’s Vision Pro Mixed-Reality Headset Too Far Ahead of Its Time?
Apple finally unveiled its innovative and potentially revolutionary mixed reality goggles, the Vision Pro. But Vision Pro is more than just another augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) headset, and more than how Apple describes it, as “a new kind … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple App Store, AR, augmented reality, Mixed Reality, spatial audio, virtual reality, Vision Pro, visionOS, VR
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SmartTechCheck Podcast Prognostications on Apple WWDC 2023
I join host Mark Vena with Rob Pegararo, John Quain, and Hartley Charlton, senior editor at MacRumors.com, for this week’s podcast focused entirely on what we might hear at Apple WWDC 2023. Watch the full podcast here on YouTube.
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, SmartTechCheck Podcast, VR/AR
Tagged Apple, iOS, iPadOS, MacBook Air, MacOS, Vision Pro, visionOS, watchOS, WWDC
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