I only ran across a few articles this week that struck me as good candidates for In the news, so here is today’s shorter-than-normal list of articles that you should consider reading and other items that you should be aware of:
- New York attorney Nicole Black discusses her first week using an Apple Watch in an article for The Daily Record. Niki and I had the opportunity to talk on the phone about the Apple Watch earlier this week, and she made the good point that the Apple Watch can be even more useful for female attorneys than for male attorneys. While men often store an iPhone in an easy-to-reach shirt pocket, women often keep the iPhone in a purse. Being able to glance at your wrist to get information is even more valuable when the alternative is having to dig through a purse to find an iPhone. As Niki writes in her article, with the Apple Watch, there is “[n]o more reaching for your phone or digging through your purse to locate it when it’s ringing. Instead, you just look at your wrist for the time, the weather, your upcoming appointments, notifications of important communications and more.”
- Minneapolis attorney Sam Glover of Lawyerist wrote a 35-page PDF e-book called 4-Step Computer Security Upgrade in which he provides advice on the four best things that attorneys can do to improve their security. The e-book costs $10, and Sam gave me a free copy to review this week. I agree with all of his suggestions, and any attorney that follows his advice will be much better protected.
- Tech analyst Ross Rubin discusses the future of the iPad in an article for iMore.
- Serenity Caldwell of iMore explains how her Apple Watch is improving her health.
- Apple explains on this page that you can improve the accuracy of distance and pace measurements on an Apple Watch by doing a 20 minute workout with both your iPhone and Apple Watch.
- And finally, David Pogue of Yahoo Tech shows in this video why Apple’s new ResearchKit for the iPhone is a big deal. He calls it the best product that Apple has ever produced: