Last June at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple made its usual announcements about upcoming changes to its operating systems -- iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS. Among the changes were some hotly-anticipated upgrades to Apple Maps, the company's homegrown...
The Apple Maps app has been included with the Mac OS since the release of OS X Mavericks. The Maps app provides mapping services that include directions, turn-by-turn navigation, transit time for car, public transit, and walking, 3D modeling of...
Easy-Open My sister-in-law’s mother is a Latin American native. She has always been astonished by the conveniences we have in the states, and I crack up every time she takes a packaged product in her hands and says, “Everything in America...
Do your holiday travel plans include flying somewhere? Trying to find your way around a huge, unfamiliar international airport can be frustrating, but Apple has added a feature called "Look Inside" to Apple Maps that can prepare you to navigate your...
Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo ©2016, Steven Sande Rocket Yard Contributor Steve Sande is out of the country now on a great adventure, so he’ll be providing readers with a lot of helpful tips over the next month...
For a tech blogger, there’s nothing more exhilarating and frustrating than watching an Apple keynote. There’s usually too much information crammed into too little time, and our fingers can only capture so many notes. That means that after the first...
