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Introduction This post continues a tradition I started when I founded Mosen Consulting in 2013, where just ahead of the big iOS reveal at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, I write down my wish list for the latest iOS and open …
iOS users are fortunate to have a number of choices for Twitter that work quite well. There’s no shortage of Twitter apps, including Twitter’s own official app, that let you read others’ tweets and compose your own. The Twitter client …
Over the last couple of months, I’ve changed the apps I use for interacting with RSS feeds. That’s a big deal for me, since my RSS readers are apps in which I spend a great deal of time. I use …
I Super-charged my RSS Experience with Feedly, ReadKit and Lire Read more »
Apple has today concluded an event they called “Spring Forward” – a somewhat odd name given that Apple does have a large number of customers for whom autumn, not spring, is just beginning, and our clocks are falling back. The …
Does an Apple Watch have a place in your life, and on your wrist? Read more »
Simon Morton hosts a great show on Radio New Zealand National called This Way Up. It’s an eclectic weekly programme with a science and technology focus. Simon paid me a visit earlier this week, and I talked about and demonstrated …
On Radio new Zealand, I talk Be My Eyes, TapTapSee, and KNFB Reader Read more »
A client of mine is a student who uses iBooks a lot. He was getting frustrated with not having a method to listen to iBooks without locking the screen and without notifications interrupting the book. After I showed him how …
iOS 8’s Speak Screen Feature. Listen to iBooks with your Screen Locked and More Read more »
In January, I was pleased to see some excellent opinion pieces by, among others, two people named Marco. Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper and developer of the superb Overcast podcast client for iOS, finally confronted the iElephant in the iRoom. …
iOS Public Betas a Great Start, but only Part of the Solution Read more »
The iOS without the Eye series is by far the most popular Mosen Consulting title. The two current books in the series, for iOS 7 and iOS 8, are available from Mosen Consulting in a range of formats, from National …
“iOS 8 Without the Eye” is now in the iBooks Store Read more »
The ICC Cricket World Cup is nearly here, and like the other estimated two billion people around the world expected to follow the games, I can’t wait. Like many other cricket fans who are blind, I prefer to follow the …
I’ve become increasingly impressed with Google Voice Search of late, particularly given that a number of Siri functions are not available in New Zealand, while the Google equivalents are. This audio demonstration puts both voice search tools through their paces …
Audio Demonstration: Siri Versus Google Voice Search Read more »