1. Some tools don’t change much. The Blue Snowball mic I’ve used for the past couple of years has the old USB type B square connector. The “new” Blue Yeti mic I’m using as of today has the mini-USB connector. Not, the micro. The old mini-connector.
2. Google Newsfeed in Google search apps for Android & iOS.
3. Also the new Google News UI is horrible IMO
4. Inexpensive $13.99 10.5-inch iPad Pro case
5. iOS 10.3.3 security update
6. Jon’s “What’s the best tool for…”
• Reading books
• News
• Texting
• Email
• Note taking
• Reading PDF documents
• Videos
7. And another Jon Rant: There are two ways people use their phones, and neither group tends to understand the other!

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1. Moto 360 frozen this morning
2. Jon’s walking to get a stupid shiny virtual badge
   National Parks Day
3. Introducing Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive
4. Parallels Desktop for MacOS
5. Reuters: Goldman Sachs relaxes dress code for techies
6. Week 2 with iPad Pro – Todd & Jon’s reactions
7. Jon’s adventure with R-Studio Shiny Server

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1. As we noted during the Note 7 debacle, that troubled product barely caused a blip for the diversified giant Samsung Electronics firm. “Samsung second-quarter operating profit likely rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip prices helped widen margins.” Ref: Reuters
2. iMore 10.5-inch iPad Pro review
3. May not buy any kind of smart connector keyboard cover for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro. Apple’s smart keyboard for the 9.7-inch model is fraying after a little more than a year of use. My original use-case for the combo is not as important now that I have a Samsung Chromebook Plus. The Logitech Slim Combo with detachable keyboard for 10.5-inch iPad Pro is interesting but has a 3 to 4 week shipping time from Apple’s online store and is not available at my local Apple Store. In addition, the $130 keyboard cover has 2.5 (out of 5) star review. Multiple reviewers commented on its bulkiness.
4. Duet Display on sale for $9.99.
5. Procreate on the new iPad Pro
6. Jon’s iPad Revolution: Down to 1!
7. Jon’s hidden gem: Run your own MacOS Server at home, use Profile Manager… $20 to buy Server (Free if you’re a developer), $10/yr or so for a SSL certificate (May be able to use letsencrypt.org for free).

letsencrypt.org – cool service that provides a trusted SSL certificate for free, wicked simple setup.

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