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Guides, New Travel App by Lonely Planet

Software: Guides Developer: Lonely Planet Web: Lonely Planet Guides Buy: Apple’s App iTunes store Price: FREE Pros: excellent resource for navigating cities Cons: none Rating:  Moose…5/5 Excellent! by...

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Why You May Want a Smaller iPhone, and Your Questions Answered

Tech Fix By BRIAN X. CHEN MARCH 23, 2016 It is hard to turn back after going big. When people moved up to big-screen televisions, nobody wanted to switch back to small TVs. Larger computer monitors...

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New from Lonely Planet Publishers…

New from Lonely Planet Publishers… As we think about travel, I always thing about what new books and periodicals are out to inspire, intrigue, and get me packing. Lonely Planet has some new titles that...

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iPad Pro 9.7 review: damn the torpedoes… full speed ahead!

By Dieter Bohn, The Verge… “We believe that iPad is the perfect expression of the future of personal computing.” So said Tim Cook at the introduction of the new iPad Pro 9.7 last week. It’s exactly...

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Take Control Books, great resources

Take Control Books really make great resources for all aspects of your tech world, especially Apple products, and they support user groups, thankfully. Here are a couple from their lengthy and always...

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Snagit v4 for Mac review

Software: Snagit version 4 Developer: TechSmith Web: TechSmith Price: $49.95 with free trial software available! Pros: excellent resource for making video and screen capture plus so much more… Cons:...

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iPhone Missing Manual, 9th Edition by David Pogue

Book: iPhone, Missing Manual, 9th Edition, 656 Pages Author: David Pogue Web: DavidPogue Price: $24.99  with lifetime free updates from O’Reilly!  or $17.99 on Amazon Pros: smart, witty, tells and...

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New from Lonely Planet Publishers…

Just Point is a great way to travel using a Visual Dictionary, yes, a way of showing a card to someone with an image on it of what you’re attempting to say or convey your meaning. I tried showing a...

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October 12th Meeting agenda @ BP, 7 pm. join us!

AAUG MEETING AGENDA October 12th, 2016 INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS:  Please pickup refreshments before the meeting and during the break.  Guests please tell us the following: (1) how you found out about...

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Jony Ive on bringing the Apple “touch” to the new MacBook Pro

Apple’s Chief Design Officer Jony Ive holds more than 5,000 patents and has shaped Apple’s iconic, sleek design aesthetic for all of its devices over the past two decades. When the new MacBook Pro was...

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It’s Fall and new travel books are out…

It’s Fall and traveling comes alive. I booked a trip to New York City, and then wondered what had changed, was new, and what I’d like to do, for I’d not have a lifetime to explore. So I looked at a...

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AirPods review: They sound great, but Siri holds them back

AirPods   MSRP $159.00   review from MacWorld When Apple pulled the headphone jack off the iPhone 7, it also unveiled a new set of wireless earbuds called AirPods, and claimed they were so great, users...

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Siri, Am I About to Have a Heart Attack?

Siri, Am I About to Have a Heart Attack? Big data could provide early warning of disease—if medical records can learn to talk to one other. By Andy Kessler Jan. 9, 2017 7:16 p.m. ET. Wall Street...

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Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2017

Each year, my favorite travel publisher – Lonely Planet comes out with a new book about what’s hot and where to go/experience whatever tops your interests. And for 2017, it’s another stellar year for...

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Mac OS Sierra, The Missing Manual by David Pogue book review

David Pogue’s Missing Manual’s series from O’Reilly Media, truly saves having to hire a consultant or call Apple every time I have a question about Apple’s latest Operating System.  It’s 879 pages of...

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iPhone, the Missing Manual, 10th edition by David Pogue, book report

by Gary Miller, AAUG Member I love my new iPhone, but don’t love not getting a complete manual, so I get the most from it, so when I saw David Pogue authored a new edition of his book that covers the...

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Toolbox for iWork review

Review by Gary Miller, AAUG Member. Toolbox for iWork by Jumsoft is my new favorite app. When I open Apple’s productivity Apps – Pages, Numbers, or Keynote on my MacBook Pro, I see some templates, but...

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Toolbox for Pages & Keynote… iOS for your iPhone & iPad

Reviewed by Gary Miller, AAUG Member Toolbox for Pages & Toolbox for Keynote, both iOS. by Jumsoft, $19.99 for the bundles, or by piece in the iTunes Store.  I wrote a review recently posted here...

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Review: Chimani Perks for Chimani National Parks App

Review by Gary Miller, AAUG Member When I think summer, I think national parks, and when I want information to plan, and accompany me when enjoying them, I turn to National Parks App by Chimani,...

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New cool Travel App – Trips from Lonely Planet

For the past few weeks, Trips, a very cool new travel App on iOS has pleasurably occupied my time.  Thanks to Lonely Planet! I’m a lover of photography and using Instagram always visually keeps me...

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