It is officially autumn and right on schedule we have some cooler weather in store for us here in the Green Mountains. More and more colors are appearing on the hillsides as we enter fall foliage season. We are doing our annual Apples to iPods promotion with the Vermont Department of Tourism. They hide wooden apples in the various pick-your-own orchards which when found, can be traded for iPods and other prizes we supply to the state.

I got my new Apple Watch series 2 and so far, I am very pleased. Yes, it is almost totally waterproof, it is brighter (I had to turn the brightness down a bit) and definitely faster when launching apps. If you haven’t upgraded to Watch OS 3.0, I do recommend it for a number of reasons although my favorite is still the ability to unlock my Mac automatically when I am wearing my watch. I also, finally, got a shipping notice on my new iPhone 7+ so Emily won’t be able to flaunt hers any longer. I can’t wait to try out the new camera.

There were rumors this week about Apple buying some car companies including McLaren and Lit. Opposite ends of the spectrum but I’ll gladly drive either of those! I love my Chevy Volt, though, and have been averaging about 110 miles per gallon on the plug-in hybrid and like showing off CarPlay. I loved the self-driving cars in movies like “Minority Report”, “I, Robot” and with the comical android driver in “Total Recall.” With predictions of driverless taxis within 5-years, future shock is real.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive is a Hammerhead charger bundle. This week, you can get two Hammerhead 2-port USB wall chargers and a Hammerhead 2-port automobile charger for only $24.99! That’s over half off the regular price. You can never have too many chargers and these can charge an iPhone and iPad simultaneously.

Lastly, I’d like to take a moment this week to bring up an important cause. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of meeting so many wonderful individuals within our sales channel and Amanda Haddock is one of those people. Please consider supporting the Dragon Master Foundation, a cause she along with her family are deeply rooted in and help fight brain cancer.