It's been a year since Steve Jobs passed away at the much too young age of 56, and a number of publications wrote about the occasion. Brad Stone, Adam Satariano, and Peter Burrows of Businessweek wrote about how Apple has proceeded without Jobs. Heather Kelly of CNN wrote a similar article on how Apple has changed under CEO Tim Cook. Meanwhile, Connie Guglielm of Forbes collects a number of anecdotes about Steve Jobs. And now for the rest of iPhone and iPad news of note from the past week:
- If you like the idea of using your iPad to present documents in trial or in meetings, yesterday the TrialDirector app was released. Litigation consultant Ted Brooks reviews the app and notes that while it lacks some features of similar apps, it has the key advantage of being free, plus it integrates with TrialDirector on the PC if you use that. Click here to get TrialDirector (free):
- Two months ago, I reviewed Stick Texting, a fun app developed by Florida attorney Mitch Robiner. The app was updated this week to add new animations. It's worth checking out if you ever send text messages, but you can use it with emails too. Click here to get Stick Texting ($0.99):
- California attorney David Sparks has written several books that are of interest to iPad owners such as iPad at Work and Paperless. His latest ebook, 60 Mountain Lion Tips, is for folks who use the Mac with the latest operating system, OS X 10.8. Sparks sent me a free review copy, and I've learned a bunch from it, even though I (incorrectly) assumed that I already knew most of the tips and tricks on a Mac. I suppose it is correct to call this a "book," but since it includes 53 screencasts and over 1.5 hours of video, somehow that doesn't seem quite right. In this age of ebooks, I need to expand my personal definition of what a "book" is. You can get it by clicking here ($6.99):
- Speaking of David Sparks, he offers advice for using the iOS 6 Maps app in a car at night.
- Speaking of Maps, Tim Baran of the Legal Productivity blog discusses Waze, a popular map app for the iPhone. (The Legal Productivity blog is published by the fine folks behind Rocket Matter.)
- If you are looking for other apps like Waze that you an use to supplement the iOS 6 Maps app, Chris Foresman of Ars Technica looks at the alternatives.
- And if you are missing the Google Street View feature that was a part of the Maps app before iOS 6, Lex Friedman of Macworld notes that Google added it to the web version of Google Maps, so you can still access it on an iPhone or iPad and Friedman explains how.
- One last item on Maps: Jim Dalrymple of The Loop notes a study by Onavo that determined that Maps in iOS 6 uses much less data than Maps in iOS 5, which is good news when you are downloading Maps on the go and using 3G or 4G for your data.
- Here's yet another story about using Find My iPhone to find a stolen iPhone or iPad, but this time it was a sting operation conducted by ABC News / Nightline, and the crook was a TSA agent. You can watch the TV segment and read the article here. (via San Francisco attorney Kevin Underhill of the always funny Lowering the Bar.)
- When I receive an Outlook appointment invitation on my iPhone or iPad, I sometimes notice weird things happening when I accept or reject the event on my iOS device. I haven't taken the time to try to figure out what is going on; instead I just wait until I am back at my computer to accept or reject. (Just receiving the invitation is enough for it to show up in a tentative fashion on my iPhone/iPad calendar so I can see that the event is there.) Michael Rose of TUAW writes that there is indeed a flaw, and Microsoft and Apple are pointing figures at each other over who is responsible. Ugh.
- The camera on the iPhone 5 is so good that even digital camera websites are impressed. Barney Britton of Digital Photography Review reviews all of the features, advantages and drawbacks of the iPhone 5 camera.
- Similarly, Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun-Times reviews the camera on the iPhone 5.
- Dave Caolo of 52 Tiger explains how to use the new Do Not Disturb feature in iOS 6.
- Peter Cohen of The Loop writes that according to a new report from Pew Research Center, 25% of adults in America own a tablet or regularly use one owned by someone else. More than half of them are using an iPad.
- And finally, it's iPhone 5 — The Musical! (Shot and edited entirely on an iPhone 5, by the way. From The Studio In Your Pocket.)
