The iPad is a perfect tool for any attorney going paperless, and more and more of the documents that attorneys work with are already digital. But sometimes you encounter a paper document that you need to scan. In my law office, the copy machine does a great job of scanning documents, but I often find it far more convenient to just use my iPhone as a scanner. For a long time now, my go-to scanner app has been Readdle’s Scanner Pro app, which I reviewed in 2016. Oliver Haslam of iMore discusses the latest update to Scanner Pro, which can now remove shadows from a scan. I look forward to seeing how this works because shadows are occasionally a problem when using an iPhone to scan a document. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- I know that some attorneys use Signal to communicate securely with certain clients. Michael Potuck of 9to5Mac explains how you can now transfer all of your Signal messages to a new iPhone.
- The Peabody Awards were announced this week, recognizing “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019.” One of the 10 award winners in the Entertainment category was the Apple TV+ show Dickinson. I enjoyed the first season of that show, although I thought that For All Mankind, The Morning Show, and Trying were even better.
- Walt Handelsman, the political cartoonist for the newspaper here in New Orleans, notes the social importance of smartphones.
- Adam Engst of TidBITS warns that the iCloud backup of your iPhone and iPad is deleted after 180 days.
- Caitlin McGarry of Gizmodo reviews the Logitech Combo Touch keyboard for iPad, which includes a trackpad.
- If you want to get a camera for your smart home, should you get one that is compatible with Apple’s HomeKit technology? Bradley Chambers of 9to5Mac explains the advantages of doing so.
- Oliver Haslam of iMore shares the story of a man in Pheonix who fainted, but fortunately, his Apple Watch noticed and automatically called for help.
- Apple has new page on its website explaining ways that the Apple Watch and iPhone can work well together.
- And finally, yesterday, California attorney David Sparks linked to an interesting video in which Arun Maini demonstrates — at the same time — how Apple’s Siri compares to Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung’s Bixby. Here it is: