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  • Use Photo Stream instead of emailing photos to yourself

    If you have an iPhone or iPad and a Mac, and are sick of emailing photos to yourself for work, blog posts, or other uses, there are two much faster, simpler ways based on Apple’s PhotoRead More
    06 May 2013
    David Chartier
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  • Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

    Google’s been shutting down services in an effort to focus, and one clearly not long for this world is FeedBurner, the service I (and many, many publishers) have used to power my RSS feeds.Read More
    02 May 2013
    David Chartier
    3
  • Disable remote images in Mail for iOS to fight spam, bandwidth bills

    Apple recently added the option to stop Mail from automatically loading remote images when it opens a message. This is a good way to fight spam and, if you’re a heavy Mail user whileRead More
    27 Apr 2013
    David Chartier
    4
  • Twitter #music is full of great animation, subtle touches

    Today Twitter released Twitter #music, a new free app for finding and following your favorite artists and discovering new music. Besides the music, though, it’s full of great animation andRead More
    18 Apr 2013
    David Chartier
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  • Tweetbot for Mac can have multiple columns, windows for just about anything you want

    Tweetbot, a powerful and stylish Twitter client for the Mac, can open just about any tab or stream in new columns and windows. For example, next to your main timeline you could have a column forRead More
    09 Apr 2013
    David Chartier
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Mac

Use Photo Stream instead of emailing photos to yourself

06 May 2013
David Chartier
4
Photo Stream
If you have an iPhone or iPad and a Mac, and are sick of emailing photos to yourself for work, blog posts, or other uses, there are two much
Read More

Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

02 May 2013
3

Tips for changing brightness on MacBook, external displays

29 Apr 2013
1

iTunes 11 added a ‘Home Videos’ category

13 Apr 2013
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iOS

iPad displays battery percentage while charging, even if that setting isn’t enabled

22 May 2013
David Chartier
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battery, charging, iPad
When you charge an iPad, it will display its battery percentage in the status bar. This happens even if you don’t have the option enabled
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Change your iPhone’s brightness with a quick swipe in Riposte

10 May 2013
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Use Photo Stream instead of emailing photos to yourself

06 May 2013
4

Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

02 May 2013
3

Web

Facebook Chat lets you disable messages from specific friends

15 May 2013
David Chartier
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Facebook, Facebook Chat, Facebook Messages, messaging apps
In addition to letting you mute conversations until tomorrow morning or forever, Facebook also allows you to filter friends from sending messages
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Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

02 May 2013
3

Google+ has quite a few keyboard shortcuts

01 Apr 2013
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You can disable Facebook alert sounds

19 Mar 2013
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PC

Finer News: Updates to RSS feeds, main sections

02 May 2013
David Chartier
3
Finer Things Business
Google’s been shutting down services in an effort to focus, and one clearly not long for this world is FeedBurner, the service I
Read More

Windows 8 has Airplane Mode

01 May 2013
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Windows 8 can show apps on the lock screen

25 Apr 2013
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Windows 8 can selectively sync your settings, personalization, more

31 Mar 2013
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