Monthly Archives: July 2024

EVs: It’s the little features that matter

I recently purchased a new car after doing tons of research. But after buying it, I realized that what I found I enjoyed most about the car had little to do with all that research. Instead, it was an assortment of technology features that add convenience, improve safety, and just make things more pleasurable, things […]

A huge tech fail

We all want our information systems to be interconnected. We expect to withdraw money from an ATM in Paris, use our charge card to pay for a dinner in Tokyo, and get our boarding pass on our phone in Singapore. It’s all enabled by a technology and network infrastructure that connects computers worldwide. The convenience […]

Using your phone when traveling internationally

When I travel out of the country, one of the first things I think of is how to use my phone without it costing a small fortune. It’s hard to forget those surprise bills of hundreds of dollars when traveling internationally in the early days of cellphones. One of the best options has been to […]

A travel charger deal for Apple users

When Apple introduced MagSafe, their version of wireless charging using a magnetic ring to position the phone, they also brought out a clever folding charger for a iPhone and an Apple watch. Called the Apple Duo Charger, it sold for about $129. As shown below, it folds in half to provide charging surfaces for the […]

Using the Apple Vision Pro

For the past 10 days I’ve been using an Apple Vision Pro (AVP) headset. Thanks to a loan from a friend, I was able to put it through its paces and try pretty much everything that’s available for it. The product is very well designed, from its aesthetics to its functionality. It’s solid, beautifully finished, […]