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    The Ministry of Short Memories

    November 21st, 2014

    I remember it well. Apple released a spanking new OS. As soon as people started to install it, the complaints come in, lots of them. It’s unstable, this, that or the other thing doesn’t work. Why can’t I just go back to the previous OS? What’s wrong with Apple anyway? Why is the quality going […]


    Reporters or Copy Machines

    November 20th, 2014

    One quick way to pad content in an online or print publication is to publish someone’s press release. Sure, it may be adapted slightly to create the veneer of original reporting, but at its heart it’s just someone’s publicity spiel. It may come from a politician, a government agency, a company, or any individual. But […]


    The Glitch Report: Should You Worry About iOS 8?

    September 30th, 2014

    When iOS 7 came out last year, there were major and sometimes controversial changes. The new user interface looked fine for most, but turned off some, particularly if they had vision problems of one sort or another and couldn’t cope with the parallax view and all that zooming. Apple provided a limited set of Accessibility options […]


    The iOS 8 Report: Getting Dumb and Dumber

    September 18th, 2014

    Some tech sites with no imagination whatever issue the same tired nonsense every year when Apple is about to issue a major product update, be it software or hardware. There’s always suspicion, the warning how bad things are apt to happen, or that the product isn’t good enough. So maybe stay away or wait for things […]