If you think back to the last time you cut yourself using something sharp, it was probably in the kitchen, not your workshop. Given how much more time we all spend in the kitchen, it makes sense that the risk of injury would be higher. So it also makes sense that someone would design a set of kitchen knives that are safer, easier, and more comfortable to use.
Despite hundreds of keyboard and stylus accessories for your phone or tablet, a pen and paper is still the easiest way to take notes at work. And in their continued effort to bridge your gadgets and notebooks, Evernote and Moleskine are introducing a business-oriented notebook that gives you space for jotting private notes not meant for coworkers' eyes.
While Google has continued to toss new features into the camera app shipped on its Nexus devices, many Android phones replace it something else. But just as we revealed a few weeks ago, now it's available in the Play Store, ready to run on any phone...
Despite Microsoft's years of effort, most of us haven't switched from Google to Bing for our various searches. Still, one of our favorite Bing features has always been the airfare price prediction. Added in 2009 after Microsoft acquired the startup...
The lights strapped to your bike only keep you safe at night as long as they're visible. When they die, you're just another shadow that drivers barely notice. So not only does the rechargeable Eagle 600 boast a whopping 600 lumens of light, it's also got a built-in OLED display letting you know exactly how much longer it will stay lit.
If you've had an iPhone or iPad with cellular networking for any length of time you've probably been notified about a carrier update. Some are mandatory and don't give you an option to say refuse or to be reminded later. Others just bug you occasionally until you actually perform the update. But why? What are they, what do they contain, and what do they want from us?
Carrier updates are used to help your iPhone and iPad communicate with the carrier network. These files typically contain information concerning voice networks, cellular data, voicemail settings, personal hotspot, and any other service your carrier provides. For example, with the recent AT&T visual voicemail issues on iOS 7, the only way for it to be fixed is through a carrier update, since it's part that makes iOS and your chosen network play nicely together.
This is why people that frequently switch between carriers by swapping SIM cards may receive carrier updates more often than people who keep their SIM card in just one iPhone. For example, if you travel and your iPhone 5s is unlocked, you can simply replace your AT&T SIM with a 3 UK SIM or any other international sim card you'd like. More often than not, the international carrier will push an update to your iPhone so it talks to the network better.
You can also check manually if you like by going to Settings > General > and About. When you swap SIMs you can almost always trigger a carrier update to appear this way. It's something I highly recommend doing when switching between carriers, especially when it's a carrier in a foreign country. The About section of your iPhone should also show your current carrier information as well, should you ever have to reference it.
If you ever experience issues with your network or you aren't getting the level of service as you think you should, it may be a good idea to repeat the steps above and see if a carrier update is available. Keep in mind though that carrier updates are only available for networks that Apple officially supports. If a specific carrier doesn't support the iPhone or cellular capable iPad in question, a carrier update would not be available. In that case, information such as MMS (picture messaging) settings and voicemail settings would need to be entered manually. This is a perfect example of the data a carrier update takes care of for you.
Next time you have an issue with your wireless service and the support rep asks you to read off your carrier settings information, you'll now know why they ask for that. Sometimes, being sure you're on the most recent version can solve lots of common problems such as picture messaging failures and visual voicemail issues.
What has your experience been with carrier updates? Have they remedied issues or just made them worse? If you have any other questions about carrier updates, be sure to leave those in the comments too and I'll try and answer them!
     |
It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eight lanes of freeway through the middle of your metropolis and you'll be rewarded with not only less traffic, but safer, more efficient cities? But it's true, and it's happening in places all over the world.
| |
Not all websites just let you save passwords to iCloud Keychain. Whether for privacy or security reasons, or simple technical misconfiguration, sometimes your best efforts to stay in sync across your Apple devices will be stymied... at least at first. Luckily, Safari can often let you save passwords even if the website itself tries to stop you. Here's how to do it in OS X Mavericks.
That's it! Safari and iCloud Keychain should now save and fill in logins even for sites that have requested you not store them!
If you have specific questions about iOS 7 or OS X Mavericks in general, check out our iOS 7 help and discussion forum or OS X Mavericks help and discussion forum. For more on Safari in specific, check out our ultimate guide:
How to manually add your credit card information to iCloud Keychain for iOS 7
How to generate a password with iCloud Keychain on OS X Mavericks
| |
At the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu, China, tourists flock to see China's own version of the Grand Canyon: A mountain range of densely packed layers of minerals and rock that are dramatically striated into a layer cake of magenta, maroon, and lemon-colored stone.
| |
Recent Comments