All Apple All Day

We know we're getting a new iPhone next week. We don't know what it will be called.

Losing your car keys used to be annoying.  That said, it wasn't financially crippling. If you dropped your key into a sewer grate, you could get new keys made for a few dollars.  But, time marches on. Today's "smart keys" cost hundreds of dollars to replace.  Which is why you should invest in a Tile. 

We've been huge fans of DirecTV and its Genie product. Our original review - back in 2012 - was an unqualified rave. At the time, DirecTV was offering the only HD interface, and the only whole-home DVR. We could store a massive amount of programming on the internal hard drive, and access it from every room. But next month, we're moving on entirely.

Sorry for the long absence! We just finished up our summer vacation, visiting my sister in London, with side trips to Paris, Wales, and Dublin. We traveled by air, land and sea - with a 10 year old, and a 2 year old. It wasn't easy. But traveling with iOS devices makes things a lot easier. Here are our Top Five iOS tips for traveling abroad, with kids.

This is a weird post to write. Because I really like the iPhone Leather Case. But these days, I can barely stand touching it. I'm actively repulsed by it.

We're still here - sorry for the lack of updates, but there hasn't been a whole lot going on in the world of AAPL or AAAD. We're almost-but-not-quite finished with our basement renovation, so I haven't been able to pull the trigger on the final "Going Underground" update, either.

It's been a really long process, but we're finally done. Today is the Grand Opening of our newly-finished basement! Ultimately, this was less of a DIY project than we would have liked. But it turned out a lot better than I'd hoped. And a lot better than I was capable of doing on my own.

As we all know, HomeKit will finally get an official Apple app with iOS 10. It's shocking that it took this long.  And frankly, it's shocking that anyone made HomeKit-compatible devices with no centralized way to control them.  Well, the past is past.... and finally, we can move forward with our iOS home.  But who wants to wait until fall? Let's jump the gun, and get our HomeKit ecosystem started early....

Our last basement update was titled "Entering the Home Stretch".  We're even closer to the finish line now. 

Finally. It's been 2 years. TWO YEARS. But that wait is over. Today, Apple announced that iOS 10 will have a dedicated HomeKit app, called "Home". This isn't the huge step forward that we may have been hoping for. We'll have to wait for that Alexa-style Apple speaker. But it's the first tangible step we've seen from Apple on the HomeKit front since... well, since HomeKit was announced. Home will act as a single controller for all of your HomeKit devices. You'll be able to set scenes, and use proximity triggers for those scenes. For instance, the lights will turn on when my wife pulls into the garage at night. Time will tell - but this should kick HomeKit into high gear. With guaranteed real-estate on every iPhone, developers will be more likely to support Apple's ecosystem. Adding channels to tvOS just got better. The other huge takeaway from WWDC? Single sign-on for all tvOS apps. Today, adding a tvOS app is an almost hila

It's that time of year again - the Apple Keynote at the WorldWide Developers Conference.

New Columns! And all the furniture in a huge pile! The basement is a construction zone again - and as the Official Floor Installer, I'm just trying to stay ahead of the contractors.

This NuCore flooring review will also function as a Basement Update: We're finally, officially moving forward on the Phase 2 finish work.

It's June - which means it's almost WWDC Keynote time.  A mere 11 days from now, we'll get some answers about what Apple has planned for us. 

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