On my iPhone/Android...Chronos: Find your time

Chronos - Life Tracking App

 

 

Chronos for iOS | Chronos for Android

 

I am one of those (perhaps, odd) people who loves to track where I have been, what I have been doing, who I have been with and even more about my life. Chronos is another in the long line of life-tracking apps available for your mobile device that seeks to do just that. (I highlighted a similar app, Saga, in a previous On my iPhone... entry). Chronos does a great job of tracking where I have been and allows me to edit its automated decisions to make them more accurate. It also provides a cool weekly mail that contains an infographic detailing how I have spent my week. Unlike other apps, like Saga, Chronos does NOT include links to social media posting, which I do find interesting and, for me, this creates a more complete "lifeblog."

 

Still, I have kept Chronos installed and running for a while now and really enjoy the infographic data it provides on my travels each week. If you enjoy tracking your own life, consider downloading and installing. It's free!

 

From the iTunes App Store...

"Chronos is the best way to understand how you're spending your life. See where you’ve been and who you’ve spent time with, all without lifting a finger. You can also set goals and track progress, helping you to align the life you’re living with the life you’d like to live.

We built chronos because we often found that we’d get to the end of the week and feel exhausted, but didn’t have a great sense of where our time was actually going. We wanted to make sure that we were prioritizing the people and things most important to us.

chronos runs in the background on your phone, to automatically capture every moment. Persistent location monitoring is core to the functionality of the application and for best results WiFi and location services should be enabled."

Previously in "On my iPhone/Android…":

• iOS 7 System Software
• IFTTT (If This Then That) for iOS
• Mynd Calendar
• Toonpaint 
• Saga – The Essential Lifelogging App
• Donna Proactive Meeting Management
• Amazon Cloud Drive
• Clear To-Do Manager
• Forecast.io
• Over for iOS
• Any.DO To-Do List Manager
• Feedly RSS Reader
• Sleep Time by Azumio
• Angry Birds Seasons
• Trickle Passive Twitter Client
• Pinterest
• Stitcher Radio - Podcast management and playback
• imo
• Kindle Reader
• iMap Weather Radio
• LinkedIn
• LiveStrong CalorieTracker
• Skype
• Flipboard
• YouTube
• Evernote
• RunKeeper
• Timehop
• Twist
• Facebook/Facebook Pages Manager/Facebook Messenger
• Google+
• Waze social GPS traffic and more

"On my iPhone…" is a new series from TechnologyIQ, sharing real world examples of how I use my iPhone, interesting apps and more

Gift Guide 2013: Moleskeine Journals

Moleskeine Journals of all sorts

No matter how much technology i have at hand, I always find myself falling back on my paper journal as a data gathering, thought-provoking and capturing, friend. Yes, I carry and iPhone, but there is something about writing things out longhand in a paper journal that makes you think more deeply and locks in the information more completely. Moleskeine journals are the sine quo non of paper journals. Their quality is high and they have been carried by artists and business people for generations. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, lines and more, including day-to-day calendars, travel journals and city guide. 

My favorite is this large, lined journal. Right now I have a Lego Moleskeine waiting to be put into service as soon as I fill my current journals. I can't wait!

 

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• PC Gamer's Choice Gifts
• RAM Mounts for iPhone 5 and dozens of other devices and vehicles
• How Carrots Won The Trojan War by Rebecca Rupp
• Classes from The Institute of Domestic Technology
• Cusinart CHW-12 Coffee Plus
• Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
• Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone
• WD My Cloud 3TB Personal Cloud Storage
• MXL Studio 1 USB Desktop Microphone
• Sunset Western Garden Book 2012
• Why Read Moby-Dick?
• Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
• Zoom H6 6 Track Portable Digital Recorder
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Killer Ratings by Lisa Seidman
• Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
• Blue Yeti Microphone
• Starter Kit for Newsite Arduino Uno R3
• The Drunken Botanist : The plants that create the world's great drinks
• The Promise by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
• Minecraft for PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

Gift Guide 2013: PC Gamer's Choice Gifts

PC Gamer's Choice Gifts

I turned to my in-home, 16-year-old, hardcore gamer for his gift recommendations for the PC gamer's on your gift list this year. Joseph is a PC gamer, so all these choices reflect that. If you are looking for Xbox One or PS4 games, you'll need to look elsewhere for those recommendations.

Joseph's first recommendation is to buy your gamer Steam Gift Cards valuing about $75 USD. This should allow them to purchase one large game title and one Indie game, which are usually priced much lower. You can pick up Steam Gift Cards at gamer and electronics store and you can also fund your gamer's Steam Wallet directly online. Visit SteamPowered.com for more info and links.

Joe's choice for his Top 3 Paid game titles are:

Arma III

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation, the PC’s premier military game series is back. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Counterstrike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago. CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.).

Natural Selection 2 

Natural Selection 2 is an immersive, multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival. It seamlessly combines shooter and RTS/strategy gameplay.Key Features: Two Unique Sides: Whether you play as one of the elite marine Frontiersmen or the vicious alien Kharaa, you must use unique...

Joe's choice for his Top 3 Free-to-Play game titles are:

League of Legends

League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of an RTS with RPG elements. Two teams of powerful champions, each with a unique design and playstyle, battle head-to-head across multiple battlefields and game modes. With an ever-expanding roster of champions, frequent updates and a thriving tournament scene, League of Legends offers endless replayability for players of every skill level.

War Thunder

War Thunder offers a highly detailed and personalized aviation experience, giving players access to hundreds models of planes with detailed cockpits, dozens of upgradeable weapons, and flying skills that can be honed and improved with each mission. Thanks to the game’s painstaking attention to detail, you’ll truly feel like a World War II fighter pilot as you plunge into battle.

The genuine World War II experience isn’t limited to the skies. The massive historical battles featured in War Thunder cannot be fought by aviation alone, so the game will also expose players to combat on land and at sea.

Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2 is focused around two opposing teams, Reliable Excavation & Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU) competing for a combat-based principal objective.[12] Players can choose to play as one of nine classes in these teams, each with his own unique strengths, weaknesses and weapons. 

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• RAM Mounts for iPhone 5 and dozens of other devices and vehicles
• How Carrots Won The Trojan War by Rebecca Rupp
• Classes from The Institute of Domestic Technology
• Cusinart CHW-12 Coffee Plus
• Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
• Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone
• WD My Cloud 3TB Personal Cloud Storage
• MXL Studio 1 USB Desktop Microphone
• Sunset Western Garden Book 2012
• Why Read Moby-Dick?
• Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
• Zoom H6 6 Track Portable Digital Recorder
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Killer Ratings by Lisa Seidman
• Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
• Blue Yeti Microphone
• Starter Kit for Newsite Arduino Uno R3
• The Drunken Botanist : The plants that create the world's great drinks
• The Promise by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
• Minecraft for PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

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Gift Guide 2013: RAM Mounts for iPhone 5 and dozens of other devices and vehicles

RAM Mounts for iPhone 5 and dozens of other devices and vehicles

Over the years I have owned several RAM Mounts and I highly recommend them. I have had mounts for my old Garmin GPS, my iPhone 3G and my iPhone 4. These are both suction cup units which hold the phone to the windshield. I also have a mount on my bicycle which can also use the car mounting arm.

RAM has mounts for nearly any cell phone, GPS, iPad, computer and any situation including cars, motorcycles, bikes, boats, aviation, kayaks and much more. If you need to use your devices no matter where you might be, check out RAM Mounts.

The RAM Mounts web site includes an online "RAM Mount Wizard" that can step you through assembling the appropriate mount for your device and situation.

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• How Carrots Won The Trojan War by Rebecca Rupp
• Classes from The Institute of Domestic Technology
• Cusinart CHW-12 Coffee Plus
• Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
• Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone
• WD My Cloud 3TB Personal Cloud Storage
• MXL Studio 1 USB Desktop Microphone
• Sunset Western Garden Book 2012
• Why Read Moby-Dick?
• Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
• Zoom H6 6 Track Portable Digital Recorder
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Killer Ratings by Lisa Seidman
• Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
• Blue Yeti Microphone
• Starter Kit for Newsite Arduino Uno R3
• The Drunken Botanist : The plants that create the world's great drinks
• The Promise by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
• Minecraft for PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

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42 of My Favorite Technology Things for November 2013

 

As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. -- Douglas

• Technology / Daily iPhone App: Capture and share stunning spherical landscapes using bubbli
• Technology / Minecraft players can soon directly livestream their world building through Twitch
• Technology / Save on a Chromecast or Pebble Watch with a .edu Email Address
• Technology / Google+ Connected Classrooms offers virtual field trips with the help of Hangouts
• Technology / Impossibly Thin Charging Cables No Thicker Than a Pair of Credit Cards
• Technology / 6 Essential Tips for First-Time PC Builders
• New Media / YouTube Overhauls Comments with Better Moderation and Conversations
• Technology / Some users unable to download Facebook app update from App Store
• Technology / Rad URLs Shows the Top 100 Trending Links Across Facebook and Twitter
• Technology / Mirror Your iOS Device on your Desktop with X-Mirage [Deals Hub]
• Technology / Minecraft documentary
• New Media / Square Jellyfish Spring Tripod Mount – the tiny tripod combo for smartphones [Review]
• Technology / The Throwable, Panoramic Ball Cam Is Finally Here—and It's Incredible
• Technology / How To Take Awesome Smartphone Photos
• Technology / Streambels Streams Your Phone to TVs, Consoles, and Set-Top Boxes
• Technology / iOS 7.0.4 now available to download and install on your iOS device
• Technology / The Science of Doctor Who
• Technology / Microsoft Office still isn't available for iPad, but now HopTo fills the void | PCWorld
• Technology / Doxie Flip Review
• Technology / Google Play Music comes to iOS with a free month of All Access
• New Media / Zoom H6 – high quality portable audio recorder adds a 6 track studio to your pocket [Review]
• New Media / This No-Hassle Shotgun Mic Is Great for Video Cameras with Crap Sound
• Technology / An Awesome Wireless Motion Sensor
• Technology / Best Holiday Gift Guide 2013
• Technology / The Kano Kit—Building a Raspberry Pi Computer
• Technoloy / The GRID-IT Go Bag
• Technology / Electronics Essentials Starter Tool Kit – A solid foundation for computer repair and upgrade
• Technology / Middle Earth comes to life in epic Chrome experiment
• Technology / Tumblr for iOS is redesigned, new features
• Technology / Build a Cheap Home Automation System in 10 Minutes with Ninja Blocks
• Technology / Spend $0 to Turn Paper Into A Keyboard
• Technology / Minecraft's Twitch livestreaming arrives on Windows and Mac, documents block-by-block world building
• New Media / 15 Free And Awesome Responsive WordPress Themes
• New Media / Producing a podcast entirely with iOS is easier than you might think
• Technology / TextTool Makes Text Manipulation on iOS Quick and Easy
• New Media / The New Glif Mounts Any Smartphone to a Tripod
• Technology / Build a Simple Time-lapse Camera with a Raspberry Pi and a Coffee Tin
• Technology / An Early Look at the Cortado—the Arduino You’ll Never Plug In
• Technology / Google's new Chrome voice extension lets you search hands-free (video)
• Technology / Smithsonian Brings Historic Artifacts to Life Through 3D Printing
• Technology / The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For
• Technology / Linkbot Intuitive Modular Robots

Gift Guide 2013: WD My Cloud 3TB Personal Cloud Storage

 WD My Cloud 3TB Personal Cloud Storage

While there are public services doe sharing your files with friends and family, some people prefer the security and privacy of a locally managed cloud that still allows you to access the files from anywhere you are and whatever device you wish.

Features: (from Amazon.com)

• Back up files from all your computers
• Upload, access and save photos and videos from your mobile devices
• Stream to your DLNA/UPnP-certified connected TVs, media players and gaming consoles
• Free up space on your mobile device
• Reliable and secure with industry leading warranty and password protection
• Blazing-fast file transfers
• Expandable storage
• High-performance media streaming

Your own personal cloud - Keep all your photos, videos, music and files in one safe place at home or your office. No monthly fees. No limits.

Centralize your family's media collection - Store and organize all your family's photos, videos, music and important documents in one secure place on your home network.

Access from anywhere - Enjoy your digital life from anywhere on your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. With WD's free apps, your personal cloud is always with you.

Automatic file backup for all your computers - Easily back up the files from all the PC and Mac computers in your home. Get peace of mind knowing that all your files are securely and automatically backed up on your network.

Flexible backup options - Back up, your way. PC users, WD SmartWare Pro offers options for how, when and where you back up your files. Mac users, utilize all the features of Apple Time Machine backup software to protect your data.

Expand your tablet and smartphone storage - Upload photos and videos directly to your personal cloud from anywhere and free up space on your mobile devices.

..and more

 

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• MXL Studio 1 USB Desktop Microphone
• Sunset Western Garden Book 2012
• Why Read Moby-Dick?
• Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
• Zoom H6 6 Track Portable Digital Recorder
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Killer Ratings by Lisa Seidman
• Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
• Blue Yeti Microphone
• Starter Kit for Newsite Arduino Uno R3
• The Drunken Botanist : The plants that create the world's great drinks
• The Promise by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
• Minecraft for PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

Gift Guide 2013: Starter Kit for Newsite Arduino Uno R3

Starter Kit for Newsite Uno R3

 

Taking a walk on the geekier side of tech today. The Arduino is a small, some are even tiny, computer that you can use to build and operate fun, geeky and sometimes even useful creations. The simple board has tons of inputs and outputs which you can connect to a variety of other devices and then write programs to read data in and send controls out. It is hard to describe an Arduino except to say that it is possibility in the form of a small computer. You can check out loads of cool projects people are doing with the Arduino on the web.
Here are some Arduino resources:

• Arduino Playground
• Top 40 Arduino Projects on the Web
• Arduino Projects from Instrucables.com

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• The Drunken Botanist : The plants that create the world's great drinks
• The Promise by Dawn Comer Jefferson and Rosanne Welch
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
• Minecraft fpr PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

Gift Guide 2013: Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player

A friend gifted me one of these little devices and it quickly supereded all other ways of sending content to my flat screen TV. The Chromecast is and Android device that plugs directly into the HDMI port on your TV and into a USB port or wall outlet for power. After a short setup, content can be sent from your computer or mobile device and "handed off" to the Chromecast for display. While Google has promised an entire collection of apps that can see and utilize the Chromecast, currently 4 apps support it -- YouTube, Netflix, Hulu+ and Pandora.

Since my video watching consists almost entirely of YouTube and Netflix, the Chromecast is a great product for me. I can easily select my list of YouTube subscription on my phone and start watching them almost immediately. I can select items one-by-one or queue them up for continuous watching. Viewing Netflix is just as easy -- selecting from my list of preselected items, or the next episode of a particular show. Within seconds, I am watching.

A slightly more geeky function is the ability to stream any tab in a Chrome browser to the Chromecast, too. I have used this to display weather, Twitter streams, live video stream only available on the web and other content. You can install multiple Chromecast throughout your home and then send video to whichever you wish. 

At $35, the Google Chromecast is an amazing product at a great price. 

More 2013 Gift Guide Items:

• Minecraft fpr PC | Minecraft for Xbox 360

Gift Guide 2013: Minecraft for PC and XBox

Minecraft

My son got me started with Minecraft several years ago and I am definitely hooked! I am NOT a big gamer in any way, but the sandbox metaphor of Minecraft -- doing whatever interests you most -- building whatever you like -- keeps me going and always provides something new to do. I even went so far as to set up a multiplayer server here at the house (and now on a hosted server from MCProHosting.com)  where my son and I, and some select friends can play in our own little world.

Minefull - My Minecraft Let's Play Video Series

You can download the client software and play in single player mode to try things out, but at just a little over $26, Minecraft is an inexpensive way to have a lot of fun with your computer -- in your own little world!

Minecraft Web Site

Minecraft for Xbox 360

Set up your own Minecraft Server for as low as $2.50/month at MCProHosting.com

More 2013 Gift Guide Items Coming Soon!

74 of My Favorite Technology Things for October 2013 - Douglas E. Welch

 

As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. -- Douglas

• Technology / Dropbox Updates with Automatic Screenshot Saving and iPhoto Importing
• Technology / TireCheck Uses Your iPhone Camera to Check Your Car's Tire Pressure
• Technology / Roll the dice or flip a coin with Siri
• Technology / Easy fix for pesky iOS 7 Messages bug
• Technology / Google Drive Updated With New Tools and Subtle Touch of Color
• Technology / Waterborne Robots Display Emergent Behavior
• Technology / The Best Clever Uses for Text Expansion
• Technology / MapsIcon – free collection of icon maps for every country in the world [Freeware]
• Technology / Canary Calendar Syncs with Google and Facebook, Makes Scheduling Easy
• Technology / 7 Data Viz Sites to Inspire Your Creative Eye
• Technology / LEDs turn the heat up on flameless pumpkin lights
• Technology / Hulu Plus Adds Support for Chromecast on Android and iOS
• Technology / DIY Pressure Plate Switch for your Haunted House
• Technology / 10 Great Intel Galileo Features
• Technology / Adobe's network compromised: 2.9 million customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, and source code (Emil Protalinski/The Next Web)
• Technology / Robots: Getting Started in Robotics
• Technology / Evernote Gets Two-Factor Authentication, Turn It On Now
• Technology / Charge Everything at Once with the 3-in-1 USB Charger [Deals Hub]
• Technology / Robots Podcast #140: Getting started with RobotGrrl
• Technology / Geonaute 360 Video Camera – this ultra cool cam captures all the action from every direction, even up…
• New Media / Podcasting Microphone: Review of MXL Studio 1 Red Dot
• New Media / Stabilized Action Cam and Smartphone Mounts Smooth Out Your Home Vids
• Technology / More Detail on AT&T's Austin Fiber to the Press Release -
• Technology / DIY Animated Halloween Graveyard Creep Prop
• Technology / Scratch for Arduino Makes Programing the Arduino More Visual
• Technology / Cal from Any.DO Now Integrates with Google Maps, Waze, Amazon and More
• Technology / Custom Wireless Headphone Charging Station
• Technology / Logacal Turns Your Calendar into an Agenda
• Technology / OpenROV Headlines New DIY Video Series
• Technology / Flickr for iOS picked up some new features today, including an auto-straightening tool to fix crooke
• Technology / Introducing Auto Upload and Auto-straightening for Flickr on iOS
• Technology / Twitter's New Experiment Sends You Direct Messages About Breaking News
• Technology / Have A Record of the Last Five Minutes Thanks to Heard
• Technology / Noisli Generates Background Sounds to Keep Your Creative and Relaxed
• Technology / Twitter updates TweetDeck for Mac
• Technology / Apple releases new Java update, uninstalls Apple-provided Java applet
• Technology / Square Cash, the Service That Lets You Email Money to Friends, Is Now Public (And Free)
• Technology / Square's free 'Square Cash' service allows users to send money via email
• New Media / Spark Camera, a simple movie-making app
• Technology / Olloclip releases new clip-on 4-in-1 Lens for the iPhone
• Technology / DeskHop – share your screen with a friend on Facebook anytime
• Technology / Microsoft launches official Remote Desktop app for Apple's iOS
• Technology / Fotor Makes Quick Work of Photo Editing Tasks Online
• Technology / Audubon Launches Crowdsourced Map of Raptor Sightings Across the United States and South America
• Technology /Final Shout Helps You Find Your Lost iPhone
• Technology / Grab Over 500 Free Programming Books from GitHub
• Technology / An amazing, fun and completely addictive sex ed app"-Dan Savage
• Technology / Average House Prices Mapped
• Technology / Google Hangouts for iOS adds voice calling, Google Voice integration
• Technology / 9 Practical Tips For Your iOS7 Device
• Technology / Electronics : olloclip iPhone Telephoto + Circular Polarizing lens system
• Technology / Arduino RC Car
• Technology / Gmail and Google Docs Now Support Handwriting Input
• Technology / Here’s How to Watch Live Stream of Apple’s iPad Event
• Technology / Apple Launches OS Mavericks X Now Available for Free
• Technology / How to Create an OS X Mavericks USB Installation Drive
• Technology / iOS 7.0.3 Released to Fix iMessage Bugs, Calibration Issues, and More
• Technology / 25 Killer Websites that Make You Cleverer
• Technology / Adobe confirms Flash Player is sandboxed in Safari for OS X Mavericks
• Technology / Vine Update Lets Users Edit Videos, Save Multiple Drafts (Jordan Crook/TechCrunch)
• Technology / iMovie 10 for Mac: TUAW hands-on video walkthrough
• Technology / 9 Reading Apps You Need To Have On Your iPad
• Technology / Five Apps That Will Increase Your Productivity
• Technology / The dawn of an era, available and emulated in your browser to play.
• Technology / Free art books online from the Metropolitan and Guggenheim Museums
• Technology / Starbucks Lets You Buy Coffee for a Friend via Twitter (Todd Wasserman/Mashable)
• Technology / You can now tweet the gift of coffee to a deserving pal thanks to Starbucks
• Technology / How to Identify Any Font That Caught Your Fancy
• Technology / Google+ Adds Auto Awesome Movies, Great Video Editing Features, More
• Technology / Minecraft Manhattan
• Technology / Send Annotated Pics + Audio with Note Rocket
• New Media / 13 Fresh Yet Free Photoshop PSD Templates And Resources
• Technology / Google Chromecast Now Streams Pandora to Your TV
• Technology / Waze Data Is Starting To Show Up In Google Maps - BuzzFeed Mobile

News: Wordpress 3.7 Update Now Available

Wordpress has been upgraded to version 3.7 and I saw notification of this in my Wordpress Dashboard today. As usual, this is for users who host their own, local, copies of Wordpress. If you you use Wordpress.com, your blogs will be updated automatically.

Here are a few updates available in this new version...

• Background Updates
• Automatic updates for maintenance and security updates.
• Daily updates for developers using nightly builds.
• Stronger Password Meter
• New password meter to encourage users to choose stronger passwords.
• Improved Search
• More relevant search results.
• Better Global Support
• Localized versions will receive faster and more complete translations.
• Background updates will include translations

For a complete list of the extensive updates, view this page at the Wordpress Codex, Wordpress Version 3.7.

Upgrade your locally hosted Wordpress sites today!

Adobe Password Reset Notices arriving in email boxes worldwide

As mentioned in my social media feeds last week, Adobe's system were compromised and information on registered users was accessed by some unknown attacker. It is unknown exactly how this information may be used and so Adobe has requested that all registered users reset their passwords for any Adobe accounts. I received notice for my own Adobe account this morning via email. This seems to indicate that a large number of these message were delivered to fellow Adobe users overnight. If you receive a similar message, I highly recommend visiting the link included in the email by typing the address directly into your browser. This site will ask you to entire the email address associated with your Adobe ID and then send you a separate, password reset email.

Note: It took quite a while for the reset mail to arrive. I am guessing that Adobe's servers are handling a heavy load with all these notices. Be patient when waiting for the password reset email.

The message...

"Important Password Reset Information

To view this message in a language other than English, please click here.

We recently discovered that an attacker illegally entered our network and may have obtained access to your Adobe ID and encrypted password. We currently have no indication that there has been unauthorized activity on your account.

To prevent unauthorized access to your account, we have reset your password. Please visit www.adobe.com/go/passwordreset to create a new password. We recommend that you also change your password on any website where you use the same user ID or password. In addition, please be on the lookout for suspicious email or phone scams seeking your personal information.

We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We value the trust of our customers and we will work aggressively to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future. If you have questions, you can learn more by visiting our Customer Alert page, which you will find here.
Adobe Customer Care"

On My iPhone/iPad…iOS 7 System Software

iOS 7 System Software

iOS 7 System Software

You have probably heard about this update from a million different places, but I feel I would be remiss if I didn't mention it as part of this series. iOS 7 is a huge leap forward for the iPhone and iPad, providing an entirely new look and feel for iOS as well as expanding functionality for the future. Using the link above you can explore all the "new" that iOS 7 has to offer before upgrading your own devices. You should soon see (if you haven't seen it already) and notification to upgrade under Settings, General, Software Update and you can start the upgrade process directly from there.

On my iPhone 4s the process took around an hour to download and install and I experienced no issues with the upgrade. All of my apps and data was preserved. My overall experience after a couple of hours of use is very favorable. The phone feels as fast, if not a bit faster than it did under iOS 6.x. I like the new look and feel, which feels lighters and easier to read/use than before.

Apple also released iTunes 11.1 today to support the new iPhone 5c/%s models and include their new iTunes Radio feature. You can upgrade your iTunes directly from the Macintosh or Windows application or using the Mac App Store.

Here are a couple of articles I have shared today about iOS 7:

• Reminder: Back Your Stuff Up Before iOS 7 Drops Tomorrow
• Apple releases free iOS 7 User Guide on iBookstore
• iOS 7 Features For iPad: Video Walkthrough
• iTunes 11.1 is out, bringing iTunes Radio to your desktop.

Previously in "On my iPhone/Android…":

• IFTTT (If This Then That) for iOS
• Mynd Calendar
• Toonpaint 
• Saga – The Essential Lifelogging App
• Donna Proactive Meeting Management
• Amazon Cloud Drive
• Clear To-Do Manager
• Forecast.io
• Over for iOS
• Any.DO To-Do List Manager
• Feedly RSS Reader
• Sleep Time by Azumio
• Angry Birds Seasons
• Trickle Passive Twitter Client
• Pinterest
• Stitcher Radio - Podcast management and playback
• imo
• Kindle Reader
• iMap Weather Radio
• LinkedIn
• LiveStrong CalorieTracker
• Skype
• Flipboard
• YouTube
• Evernote
• RunKeeper
• Timehop
• Twist
• Facebook/Facebook Pages Manager/Facebook Messenger
• Google+
• Waze social GPS traffic and more

"On my iPhone…" is a new series from TechnologyIQ, sharing real world examples of how I use my iPhone, interesting apps and more

http://www.apple.com/ios/

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My Favorite Technology Things for August 2013 - Douglas E. Welch

As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. -- Douglas

• Technology / Stop Telling People There's a Dot in Your Gmail Address. It Doesn't Matter
• Technology / Electro-Chemical Kid Sub
• Technology / Meet Mynd: the iOS calendar app that keeps track of how you spend your time
• Technology / Quip: a word processor built for the mobile generation
• Technology / Square for iOS gets payment recording and tracking, cash management and Bluetooth printer support for iPad (Emil Protalinski/The Next Web)
• Technology / Official Google AdSense app hits the App Store
• Technology / GQueues Is a Feature-Packed, Cross-Platform, GTD Friendly To-Do App
• Technology / Dbinbox Gives Your Dropbox Account an Inbox Anyone Can Upload To
• Technology / QuickCast Is a Simple Way to Make and Publish Short Screencasts
• Technology / Wi-Fi-Enabled Robot Takes You on a Virtual Trip to Italy
• Technology / Fun backyard fort building kit for kids: Fort Magic
• Technology / Any Send Beams Files To All Your Devices, Instantly
• Technology / Explore the history of Disney's animated films in the 'Disney Animated' app
• Technology / Handle Internet Outages Like a Pro with These Three Backup Plans
• Technology / MAKE | Summer reading for maker kids
• Technology / Free Energy: Ambient Backscatter Allows Wireless Communications with no Batteries
• Technology / Google Search Can Now Answer Questions About Your Specific Life
• Technology / Kinetic sand - cool weird material to play with
• Technology / Editorial for iOS: A Better, Automated Way to Edit Text on Your iPad
• Technology / Get 1 GB of Dropbox Space for Installing Mailbox
• Technology / GPU replacement program announced for 2011 iMacs, Apple to offer refunds for previous service
• Technology / The ChargeCard: Keeping a USB CableIn Your Wallet Just Makes Cents
• Technology / How to: Super Simple Self-Balancing Robot Tutorial
• Technology / Google Maps gets real time Waze reports on Android and iOS
• Technology / OUYA , Lots of promise but  little delivery
• Technology / Chronos Shows You How You're Spending Your Precious, Limited Time
• Technology / 40,000 Historical Maps
• Technology / Google’s new iOS apps now share accountsNew Media / YouTubecaptions.com wants to bring professional captioning to everyone
• Technology / Terracyle Turns Electronic Waste Into Stylish Clipboards
• Technology / iWork for iCloud beta now open to anyone with an Apple ID
• Technology / Krome Sends Select Notifications From Your Phone to Your Computer
• Technology / A Notebook Made for your Whole Brain
• Technology / Cartridge Turns Your Old SLR Into a Digital Camera
• Technology / Sketch it out: hands-on with Wacom's Intuos Creative Stylus and retooled Bamboo Paper app
• Technology / BitTorrent Sync is coming to iOS today.
• Technology / New Software Makes Skype Chats Way Less Awkward 
• Technology / Madden NFL 25 now available for free in the App Store
• Technology / 10 Websites that Teach Coding and More
• Technology / Narrato, the Automatic Personal Journal, Goes Free for the Weekend
• Technology / Cicada Hunt Is Like Shazam for Insect Sounds
• Technology / Knew Tab Fills Your Chrome New Tab Page with Useful Information

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On my iPhone…IFTTT (If This Then That) for iOS

IFTTT (If This Then That) for iOS

IFTTT (If This Then That) for iOS

My best description of IFTTT, both their main web site, and this new iOS app is "a scripting language for the We." It allows you to set up "recipes" that watch one particular service, like Feedly, Evernote, Gmail and more, and then take action on another service whenever a particular action occurs. I use this to automatically save my shared items from Feedly and elsewhere into an Evernote Notebook and also use it to post automatically post information on a variety of services.

The iOS app adds to this functionality by allowing you to take various actions on your phone and triggering IFTTT actions whenever they occur. In the case of the iPhone, initiating actions can include adding new contacts to your iPhone, taking a new picture and more. 

For more complete information on how IFFTT works, visit ifttt.com

 

 From the iTunes App Store...

"Put the internet to work for you.

IFTTT lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement — if this then that.

Activate your Channels and create Recipes on IFTTT!

Channels are services like Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, as well as devices like Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo, and UP by Jawbone.

Recipes are connections between your Channels that unlock entirely new ways for your services and devices to communicate with each other

Read more, including reviews

Previously in "On my iPhone/Android…":

• Mynd Calendar
• Toonpaint 
• Saga – The Essential Lifelogging App
• Donna Proactive Meeting Management
• Amazon Cloud Drive
• Clear To-Do Manager
• Forecast.io
• Over for iOS
• Any.DO To-Do List Manager
• Feedly RSS Reader
• Sleep Time by Azumio
• Angry Birds Seasons
• Trickle Passive Twitter Client
• Pinterest
• Stitcher Radio - Podcast management and playback
• imo
• Kindle Reader
• iMap Weather Radio
• LinkedIn
• LiveStrong CalorieTracker
• Skype
• Flipboard
• YouTube
• Evernote
• RunKeeper
• Timehop
• Twist
• Facebook/Facebook Pages Manager/Facebook Messenger
• Google+
• Waze social GPS traffic and more

"On my iPhone…" is a new series from TechnologyIQ, sharing real world examples of how I use my iPhone, interesting apps and more

On my iPhone…Mynd Calendar

Mynd Calendar

Mynd

It seems the calendar display on smartphones is one area where many people are trying many different ideas. Mynd is another in a long line of calendar replacement apps which attempt to convey more information while losing the clutter of most calendar apps. On first glance, it might resemble something from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but is series of tiles present a lot of information in a small place. I have been playing with it for a few days now and find it useful and good looking, but it remains to be seen whether I will keep it as my main calendar app.

 From the iTunes App Store...

"Use Mynd as your primary calendar for a week and discover how it can help you be successful. It's incredibly easy to setup because Mynd works with all the calendars you've already got on your phone.

Mynd is intuitive. It’s there when you need it. And when you don’t, it’s off thinking, gathering, and learning more about how it can help you better use your time so you’ll be more successful in work and in life. Within a week, Mynd will discover your commute so it can provide reliable drives times to your future events."

Read more, including reviews

Previously in "On my iPhone/Android…":

• Toonpaint 
• Saga – The Essential Lifelogging App
• Donna Proactive Meeting Management
• Amazon Cloud Drive
• Clear To-Do Manager
• Forecast.io
• Over for iOS
• Any.DO To-Do List Manager
• Feedly RSS Reader
• Sleep Time by Azumio
• Angry Birds Seasons
• Trickle Passive Twitter Client
• Pinterest
• Stitcher Radio - Podcast management and playback
• imo
• Kindle Reader
• iMap Weather Radio
• LinkedIn
• LiveStrong CalorieTracker
• Skype
• Flipboard
• YouTube
• Evernote
• RunKeeper
• Timehop
• Twist
• Facebook/Facebook Pages Manager/Facebook Messenger
• Google+
• Waze social GPS traffic and more

"On my iPhone…" is a new series from TechnologyIQ, sharing real world examples of how I use my iPhone, interesting apps and more

My Favorite Technology Things for June/July 2013 - Douglas E. Welch

As always, let me know what types of interesting items you would like to see and I will keep an eye out for them especially. -- Douglas

• Technology /  Focus@Will Streams Productive Music to Your iPhone
• Technology / How to Format an eBook for Kindle
• Technology / Apple releases OS X 10.8.4
• Technology / Techmeme: Hackers to Be Kept From U.S. in House Cybersecurity Bill (Chris Strohm/Bloomberg)
• Technology / MAKE | Tested In-Depth: Getting Started with Arduino
• Technology / Twitter Opens Up Its Analytics Platform To The Public
• Technology /  Sharing files through Dropbox just got faster: Just right-click any file in your Dropbox folder
• Technology / TweetDeck for Mac updated with sidebar-focused design
• Technology / Clear Timer for iPhone looks great, works well | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Technology / Make JPEG Droplet is the Fastest Way to Convert Files to JPEGs
• Technology / Microsoft Is Removing Xbox One DRM
• Technology / Microsoft Just Gave Up On Its Xbox One DRM
• Technology / Outputting text on a paper tape machine
• Technology /  Cool electronics project: A 555 player piano
• Technology / Gruveo Offers Super-Fast, Anonymous Video Calls, No Installs Required
• Technology / The Best Apps that Use Your Phone's Boring Features in Clever Ways
• Technology / Instagram just announced web embeds, which will allow users and sites to embed Instagram photos
• Technology / A new Google Maps app for smartphone and tablets
• Technology / Podcast: IFTTT’s new iPhone app and a Purple Rain recipe
• Technology / IFTTT for iPhone Brings Custom Recipes to iOS
• Technology / Refresh Provides Creepy Dossiers on People to Avoid Awkward Small Talk
• Technology / PDF4Kindle Converts PDF Files to Native Kindle Books
• Technology / Wish you could get Google Maps for iOS offline? Now you can
• Technology / Physics comics for kids, with classroom guides
• Technology / Friday Favorite: Using Zapier to automate my workflow
• Technology / Gmail's compose window now has a full-screen option, and a switch to set it as the default (Emil Protalinski/The Next Web)
• Technology / Daily iPhone App: Grid is an idea organizer for the visually oriented
• Technology / SteadyTune for Mac
• Technology / Powerstrip Liberator Cords
• Technology / Agenda 4 for iPhone improves on a great calendar app
• Technology / Shuttr Remotely Triggers Smartphone Group Shots and Selfies
• Technology / Google Unveils the Chromecast, an HDMI Stick for Streaming Video
• Technology / Citymaps: This Is Your Maps App Replacement
• Technology / Treehouse for iPad Makes Learning to Code on the Go Simple
• Technology / Where Does That River Go?
• Technology / How to revert back to an older version of an iOS app using iTunes
• Technology / Crowsflight Guides You to Your Location Without Wasting Battery
• Technology / Flowboard is a great way to create and share content via your iPad

Links to all of these items, and more, are on my Pinterest Feed.