It didn’t take long for Verizon and Apple to get their act together, and it looks like indeed Verizon using VoLTE (Voice over LTE) instead of falling back to CDMA will happen before the end of the year. The public beta of iOS 12.1.1 is out, and has enabled this. …
Category: Mobile
With the launch of iOS 12.1 comes the feature I was most excited about with this year's iOS update - Dual SIM support. This means I can have not one but two cell carriers active on my phone at a time through the use of eSIM cards. …
Everyone knows my love for Apple and tech, and many have suggested over the years that I should get my own podcast - so I did! …
I’m not a fan of “New Years Resolutions,” but I do enjoy setting goals for myself. What’s the difference? In my mind resolutions seem to be very arbitrary, not well documented or mesaured, and quickly forgotten, while goals are much more specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and time-bound. Sound familiar? If you’ve been in the business world for any length of time, you’ll recognize these as S.M.A.R.T. goals. I first set annual goals in 2015, and enjoyed the process of working towards them …
I typically keep two pairs of headphones - Plantronics BackBeat Fit wireless headphones for workouts and trusty wired Bose QC20s for travel and conference calls. About four months before iPhone 7 was announced, the left earphone in my beloved Bose QC20i headphones quit working. I was quite sad - my Bose QuietComforts were amazing. We had done so much together including traveling literally hundreds of thousands of miles across multiple countries. I mourned the loss of great sound, superior comfort, …
You can now let messages from certain people override Do Not Disturb and make an audible/physical alert. …
I've had several friends remark to me that they don't like the new Home Button function of pressing to Unlock. I'll tell you how to change a setting to restore prevsious functionality, but PLEASE read the following explanation first. …
As I was putting together the list of things I hope to see in 2016, I started thinking about what tech things really made this year work for me. I decided to take a page out of Oprah's book and jot them down. These are not all necessarily things that I found this year or even things that hit the market this year, but as I think back to 2015, they're all things that I love that helped make 2015 …
Apple just sent invites for a September 9 announcement – just under two weeks away. The announcement is expected to center around a new iPhone, likely called the iPhone 6s (and iPhone 6s Plus). Rumors are also circulating around a new Apple TV that would finally have an App Store. I’m crossing my fingers for that one. The tagline on the invitation for this event is “Hey Siri, give us a Hint.” so I decided to ask Siri for a hint. …
UPDATE 3/23/2016: AT&T has lifted the international calling restriction, no more need for VPN tunnels back to the US! Read more at The Verge. For those using the latest iOS 9 beta builds on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6+, Wi-Fi calling for AT&T is now an option to enable. As has been widely report, most users cannot enable the feature. But everyone can read the “Wi-Fi Calling Trial Participation Agreement”. Here are few interesting highlights: You have to have a Mobile Share …