In the news

Here we go again; another week in which there is very little iPhone/iPad news but a lot of Apple Watch news.  For example, I enjoyed the short article by Dave Caolo of Apple World Today in which he recommends silencing your iPhone, silencing your Apple Watch, and turning your Apple Watch haptic settings to high.  This way, you get your alerts via a tap on your wrist instead of a noise or vibration from an iPhone, maximizing the utility of the Apple Watch and making you less annoying to others in meetings.  The way that I do it is a little different, but he and I agree on the goal.  Indeed, shifting my alerts from my iPhone/iPad to taps on my wrist is one of my favorite features of the Apple Watch, especially since you can control which notifications are important enough to tap you on the wrist.  As the Macalope wisely wrote in an article criticizing a New York Times editorial, “the Watch is like an administrative assistant for your phone.  It filters the things that vie for your attention.”  I agree 100%.  And now, the news of note from the past week:

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  1. Good to see all the apple watch reviews out there – it gives me a lot of insight into it and is helping my decision to buy or not. And of course that Mom Siri video is hilarious! Thanks for this roundup!

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