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Great Samsung Phones Problematic in a Mac Environment

The Samsung S21 Ultra has arrived to market accompanied by outstanding reviews. There is no question, this is a stunning device especially the Phantom black and it is loaded with features. However, if you work in a Mac environment, although a lot of software is cross platform (runs and syncs from Android to Apple) there is significant software that does not meet this criteria. No matter how good…

s21 Ultra vs the s20 Ultra

Over ten years ago the the die was cast and we entered a new era of mobile products first starting with the smartphone and moving on to the smartwatch. Prior to 2007, when Steve Job’s presented the iPhone, he was convinced the mobile space needed reinvention. He was right. The iPhone, version 3, exploded and began to leave dust in its wake. Hardest hit was the Blackberry whose phones dominated…

Canary Mail for Apple and Android provides End to End Encryption

Canary Mail is a wonderful email app chock full of features but in an easy to understand interface. In these days where privacy is of tremendous concern the package provides end to end encryption of your email. This is probably its most significant feature and the most important feature. Beyond that it has a tremendous feature set that is a substantial aid in managing your email. Using Canary…

Disaffected with the Current State of the Tech Nation

      Tech has brought us some great things. Business processes flow both more efficiently and effectively. The access to all kinds of information both when we’re stationary and mobile has changed all aspects of things from the recall of an actor’s name through to the ability to do extensive research on a topic. However, there are negatives happening around this new tech that are concerning and…

Samsung’s s21 Series of Smartphones

    Samsung has just released three new Smartphones in its s21 series. They are: s21– s21 +– s21 Ultra These phones have all received a positive reception from various analysts. There are two primary reasons for this. Firstly, the prices have been dropped from the ludicrously expensive s20 series and secondly they have better functionality and design. The Ultra this time around is getting the…

Cross Platform is not Quite There Yet

    Cross Platform, as it is being used here, refers to the ability to use an Android phone with its applications in a Mac environment. New applications always seem to come out for both Android and IOS making them cross platform. These apps can sync with your Mac and other devices. However, a number of high quality, older apps often do not port to Android. They might not feel there is money in…

Tech’s Downside Especially that of Social Media

Tech as we know it provides a great many benefits. It enables business processes, provides for a range of new entertainment and information sources and allows us to do work and remain abreast of critical information. However, there is an area of tech that is proving problematic and this is increasing. Social Media applications can be fun yet dangerous providing us with information that is…

Apple’s New Macbook Air with m1 Chip

Apple’s Macbook Air has been popular since the day it came out. There’s more than one reason for this but in large part the Macbook Air was a very sophisticated and light design in a robust, easy to use package. The new Macbook Air with m1 chip is not a simple step up in performance but is a dramatic step up in performance. Getting a Macbook Air with the new M1 chip has never held such promise…

Things have been changing at a phenomenal rate for the last forty years especially since the introduction of the Personal Computer. Over time now it is not only the evolution of the PC that is important and we’re caught in its web hook, line and sinker but you could say that in the last forty years the digital self has more or less emerged. The digital self is more than an identity but it is all…

The Task Manager TickTick has it All

Task management as a category is important in most aspects of our lives. As we are swamped with more and more information and asked to do more we need a method to keep this tangled mess in some semblance of order. We have for quite some time turned to a task management system to help do this. There are many options to provide assistance but is there just one that can deliver all of what we need.

iPhone 12 Pro vs Samsung s20+

Samsung’s s Seriesof phones, upon introduction, suffered immediately from sticker shock. They were viewed as not too expensive but as way too expensive. To say the least, they got off to a rocky start. Then the reviews started and the next thing that was obviously a problem was the colours were pitiful for such expensive devices. Putting these things aside however, when you compare running your…

Notion the New Kid on the Block

Notion is a relatively new app garnering a lot of interest. It was released in 2015 and has grown to over 1 million users. There are many reasons for this rapid growth and all this interest but it could probably be summed in one word – productivity. Mastering Notion improves either an individual’s productivity or a group or team. This article is a review and overview of Notion. As a starting…

The iPhone 12 Pro is a Beaut and Well Worth It

Today I was able to purchase an iPhone 12 Pro in Graphite which matched the Graphite Series 6 watch I purchased about a month ago. I decided I wanted the pro primarily for a couple of reasons specifically:

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the 128 gigs of storage which I would have had to pay extra for if I had just gotten the 12

primarily though for the 6 gigs of RAM the pro’s come with. I am very big on the more RAM the…

Inundated in 2020 with a Deluge of Information

We have entered a very interesting period in our evolutionary development. We have literally gone in forty years from too much information to deal to an overwhelming deluge of information. How did this happen.

An Interconnected world Enhanced by the Internet

Some have been born into the period of the internet. They don’t a world without it. For them, it’s a given.

For many others they have grown…

Using DEVONthink Pro Ten Years and Never Looking Back

I have used DEVONthink Pro for ten years very happily. It is probably the most powerful Note-taking system on the market based on a free flowing database system. It allows me to take the most simple note through to the most complicated and everything in between. It has proven not only an indispensable Information Manager but it goes a step further in that it is a Knowledge Manager.

I have tried…

Apple‘s Hi, Speed Presentation a Hit

Apple announced on Oct 13 2020 likely one of their strongest product presentations. Although Apple’s iPhone lineup was strong prior to the presentation it was somewhat disjointed. The Pro products were the only AMOLED screen based products and their Homepod has met with very luke warm success. As of yesterday, everything has changed.

The new small Homepod, priced at only $99, will likely be a…

Apple‘s Hi, Speed Presentation a Hit

Apple announced on Oct 13 2020 likely one of their strongest product presentations. Although Apple’s iPhone lineup was strong prior to the presentation it was somewhat disjointed. The Pro products were the only AMOLED screen based products and their Homepod has met with very Luke warm success. As of yesterday, everything has changed.

The new small Homepod, priced at only $99 will likely be a…