Hardware
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HomePod mini software update will activate hidden sensor and Sound Recognition feature
The existence of the sensor was noticed two years ago. Next week’s update should include: Apple has updated its website for the HomePod mini to advertise the temperature and humidity sensor for the…
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Apple’s HomePod Mini has a Temperature and Humidity Sensor
According to this post from the iDownload blog Apple’s HomePod Mini has a Temperature and Humidity Sensor. Made by Texas Instruments and measuring 1.5 x 1.5 millimeters, the secret sensor is embedded in…
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I Love My Kindle Paperwhite
One of the things that has been especially useful during the year of COVID-19 isolation has been my Kindle PaperWhite ereader. I was an early convert to ebooks, and not just because I…
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Apple HomePod Mini
I used an Amazon gift card to buy a DOSS SoundBox portable Bluetooth speaker in 2017 when I realized I would be away from home and my stereo for an indefinite time. It’s…
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Standing Bird Desk
Currently I do most of my writing on my MacBook or a Chromebook, while sitting on the couch. I do some work standing up using an older iMac, but I really hate the Apple A1048…
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iPod 2001 still going
I celebrated the tenth anniversary of the original iPod. The initial iPod was released on October 23, 2001. I’m pleased to note that mine is still going strong 14 years later. It’s funny…
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Brydge+ with Speakers iPad Keyboard
The Brydge iPad keyboard began as a Kickstarter project. New owners based in Singapore took over in 2014, and the current models are improved. You should look at the Brydge Keyboards Website for…
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John Gruber on the new iPad Mini with Retina Screen
John Gruber writes: After three days of extensive use of the Mini (a review unit on loan from Apple), it works and feels exactly like the iPad Air. Everything about it is of…
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Apple’s March 7 New iPad Announcements
First, the big news. Apple is taking orders right now for March 16 shipping for their third version iPad. The specs are here. The crude details: Retina display with 3.1 million pixels (2048-by-1536-pixel…
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Tenth Anniversary of the Original iPod
My original 5 gig iPod, purchased in November of 2001, still boots, still charges, and still works. October 23 was the anniversary of the initial announcement regarding the then new iPod, and while…