In recent years, Apple has allowed customers to take a huge chance. As with members of Apple’s developer program, you can get early access to Apple’s operating systems, for better or worse. And sometimes it can be for worse. While Apple wasn’t doing public betas of what was then called the Mac OS in the […]

When Apple debuted Touch ID on the iPhone 5s in 2013, it wasn’t the first fingerprint sensor to appear on a mobile phone. But it probably reached far more people than any predecessor or successor for that matter. As with some other technologies, such as the Siri digital assistant, Apple didn’t just invent fingerprint sensing […]

My initial odyssey with the first public betas of iOS 11 had a predicable ending. As I reported, the early post-installation experience was very positive. Most everything worked first launch, and performance was reasonably smooth. In some ways, it appeared to be a tad snappier than iOS 10.3.2. But then I had a couple of […]

Revolutionary technologies can have revolutionary effects on one’s lifestyle. I’m at an age where I’ve seen the impact first hand through several generations, but the biggest change has been from being a passive observer of technology to an active participant. But most any Baby Boomer can likely report similar experiences. It all started for me […]