Operation Gadget: Home Automation in the Apple Ecosystem
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Team Cannondale-Drapac’s Approach to the 2017 Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Business Insider tells the story of the Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team and their huge achievement of winning Stage 9 in the 2017 Tour de France with their General Classification rider Rigoberto Urán. First of all, writer Daniel McMahon is totally correct when he refers to Cannondale-Drapac’s strategy is akin to the strategy of the Oakland […]
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Buying a Bus Ticket in Switzerland with Your Watch
Reading Time: < 1 minutes A company in Switzerland called Fairtiq has an iOS app with support for the Apple Watch that lets you pay for transit tickets using your Watch. The way it apparently works is you start the trip on your Watch as you board the bus (they also have partnerships with rail carriers), and end the trip […]
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A Glimpse of the Future from 15 Years Ago
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fifteen years ago this week, Steve Jobs gave this pre-opening tour of the first Apple Store in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. If I said to you in 2001 that Apple Stores would become the fastest growing boutique store concept in retailing, that in the future the presence of an Apple Store would be the best indicator […]
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Knuckle Lights Light Up Night Cross Country Races
Reading Time: 2 minutes On the Friday before Thanksgiving, I ran a race called Run the Lights at Shady Brook Farm in Yardley, PA. This was a two mile run along through a farm field that is lined with large Christmas and Hanukkah light displays. The race began at 7pm, long after the sun set. The entire point of […]
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12 Years of Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minutes November 17, 2003 was the day I published the first four articles on a new website called Operation Gadget. Here’s what the first article said: Good morning. Today I’m kicking off a new weblog called Operation Gadget that will talk about electronic gadgets, software, and related products. I realize that this is not virgin territory […]
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High Speed Dual Car Chargers Charge Two Modern Smartphones Faster Than My Standard Wall Charger Charges One
Reading Time: < 1 minutes I drive a GMC Acadia that has a built-in entertainment system, so my sons can watch DVDs when we’re driving on trips of more than an hour. This was a great purchase for them. It also gives me an 110 Volt AC outlet which I can use to charge an iPhone using the standard iPhone […]
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The iPhone Upgrade Program Would Pay for Itself, If Customers Could Switch to Pre-Paid Mobile
Reading Time: 3 minutes The most significant part of the recent announcement of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus was the introduction of the iPhone Upgrade Program. This is because it allows iPhone customers, for the first time, to lease unlocked iPhones directly from Apple, finance them through Apple1, and get away from the two-year subsidized purchase contracts with […]
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Put a Star Shower on Your House for the Holidays
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the holiday decorating season begins again this year, we want to point out a product that we see people buying to decorate the exterior of their homes that doesn’t require the placement of stranded lights. The Star Shower Outdoor Laser Christmas Lights and Star Projector is one of the more interesting light projectors that […]
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The Apple Watch’s Greatest Impact May Be Incremental Change in Lifestyle
Reading Time: 3 minutes I got an Apple Watch for Father’s Day. It was a complete surprise because my sons were heavily involved in the gift choice, and they kept absolutely silent about it in spite of many opportunities to spoil the surprise. I was prepared for a few aspects of Apple Watch functionality, such as the translation of […]