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Add A Restrictions Passcode to Your iOS Device

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Jim

What Are Restrictions? If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, then you’re running iOS – Apple’s operating system for mobile devices. iOS doesn’t have ‘Parental Controls’ built into it in the same manner that its older sibling, OS X does, but (like brother and sister) they share more than a few traits. Parental…

goTenna – Send Texts Without the Need for a Network Signal

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Jim

Founded in Brooklyn to help people communicate all over the world, the goTenna: “…enables you to communicate without any need for central connectivity whatsoever—no cell towers, no wifi, no satellites—so when you’re off-grid you can remain connected. In fact, goTenna will even work if your smartphone is in “Airplane Mode”” How useful will this be…

Star Wars: A New Hope in Minecraft

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Jim

From The Guardian: The creator of Minecraft – Star Wars – A New Hope recently released a new trailer (above) for their film, which is also due to be finished in 2015. The project has involved painstakingly recreating sets from the first Star Wars film (retitled as Episode IV following the prequels released between 1999 and 2005)…

Installing a Web Server on Raspberry Pi

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Jim

Tutorial: Get up and running serving webpages from your Raspberry Pi.

Safari, Siri & Website Restrictions Now Available

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jim

Safari, Siri & Website Restrictions is now available to buy in the iBooks Store! Click through to find out how to set up restrictions on your iOS devices.

iOS 8 QuickType Fun

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Jim

If you’ve upgraded your iOS device to iOS 8 and haven’t tried having full-blown conversations with QuickType, then you haven’t yet lived.

List of Reading Apps in Launch Center Pro

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Jim

Tutorial: How to use URL schemes and Launch Center Pro to speed up access to apps on your iOS device.

Automating iOS: A Comprehensive Guide to Launch Center Pro

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Jim

There’s days worth of reading and learning here, thanks to Alex Guyot (Unapologetic.io) and his article over at the newly refurbished MacStories. If there was any doubt over iOS being for creators and power users, let it be laid to rest now.