How to set-up parental controls on your iPad

Now-a-days, kids are far more technologically advanced than most of their parents were at the same age much less now. This is both a blessing and a curse for us as parents, though. I think it’s great that my 7 year old can pick up an iPad and get his reading and math homework done … Read more

March 11, 2014: eBooks and More on the iPad

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Reading books in electronic form (eBooks) on a portable device has taken decades to develop and become practical. From LCD display research at RCA Labs in the late 1960s, to Alan Kay’s Dynabook concept in 1972, to the Project Gutenberg literature digitization efforts of the ’70s and ’80s, to MIT’s E Ink display technology and … Read more

iPad tips and tricks

PRINCETON MACINTOSH USERS GROUP PRINCETON, NJ 08540 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Khurt Williams PHONE : 609-375-8479 EMAIL: publicity@pmug-nj.org PMUG site: http://pmug-nj.org/ TOPIC: iPad Tips and Tricks SPEAKER: Caitlin Trought LOCATION: Stuart Hall, Room 6, Princeton Theological Seminary, (Alexander St), Princeton, New Jersey. See http://pmug-nj.org/ for map and directions. WHEN: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 8:00 p.m. … Read more

Home Automation Control from iPhone, iPad

CONTACT: Khurt Williams PHONE : 609-375-8479 EMAIL: publicity@pmug-nj.org PMUG site: http://pmug-nj.org/ TOPIC: Home Automation Control from iPhone, iPad SPEAKER: George Katsiris of Savant Systems LOCATION: Stuart Hall, Room 6, Princeton Theological Seminary, (Alexander St), Princeton, New Jersey. See http://pmug-nj.org/ for map and directions. WHEN: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m. FREE: Open to the general … Read more

It’s simple!

If you look at the two tablets that have succeeded — the Apple iPad and the Amazon Kindle Fire — both Apple and Amazon have treated their tablets as simple screens connected to powerful sets of software and services. Amazon spent a year getting its services lined up before it even launched its tablet, and … Read more