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TLS Inspector: essential free iOS app for webmasters
TLS Inspector is a great free app from developer Ian Spence that I use quite regularly at home and especially in work. It is great for quickly checking for expiry dates on certificates, or why a certificate is not working as expected. You can also delve into the certificate chain to check for any inconsistencies.…
iOS 17.2 released – reasons to upgrade
Apple has released iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 today. There are several improvements and new features worth knowing about that make this an update you don’t want to miss. Journal App Apple have finally released their Journal app. It will prompt you several times a day to reflect on your mood and what might be…
Brain dump fast with this free iOS Shortcut
Introduction Get things out of your head and into your task manager FAST with this free iOS shortcut! I use my devices for everything. My iPhone is always at hand and I am never far from my iPad or Mac. Having my to-do list all in one place that I can access at any time…
Turn your iPad into a portable HDMI screen for free
Using the free app Orion you can connect any video source to your iPad and use it as a portable HDMI monitor and screen recorder! I discovered this app this week from John Gruber on Daring Fireball. Having played around with it I think it will be a really handy part of my geek toolkit.…
New iOS 17 update: Features I will be using immediately
The iOS 17 update has just released for iPhone and iPad and it has some fantastic new features. Many are small but they have a big impact. Here are a few of my favourites. Live Voicemail This is great. If someone is leaving you a voicemail message you can see it as live text coming…
Goodnotes for iOS v6: How to get it free for Education!
Goodnotes for iOS is an amazing app for note taking on iPad and has recently had a major update with impressive new features. And if you are a school or other educational establishment you can apply to get it for free for all of your staff and students! This help article on the publishers site…
Getting free iPad apps for education
I may be late to the party on this one but figured it was worth sharing just in case others have not come across it. The website Boy Genius Report has a section that seems to be updated with a daily post detailing iPhone apps that have gone from being paid to free. There will…
Help people with dyslexia using this free font
Just a quick post today to draw attention to something we have used for a while but I keep meaning to mention. A few years ago I came across a student that was considering using a laptop instead of the iPad. I was keen to know why and it transpired that they had dyslexia and…
The Perfect Month with Pokemon Go
So I have a dark secret….. I play Pokemon Go. It is a part of the reason things have been so quiet on here. I just missed the original Pokemon craze as a player, but I worked in Game at the time so was exposed to the mania of it on a daily basis. “Hey…
iOS 9 – Features of note for education
So Apple’s iOS 9 operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPods is currently in open Public Beta and will be released to the general public en masse probably around mid September. iOS 7 was a major visual change, iOS 8 had lots of work done behind the scenes and added new functionality with extensions and…
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