Dear Friends,
We had the first taste of snow in Vermont and more to come this weekend. I installed a WeMo Netcam at my house on Prickly so that I can watch the snow from afar. Grace has been busy planting some veggie raised beds here in Key West and trying to learn about tropical plants.
Microsoft upgraded their iOS Office apps today that allow users to create and edit documents without having an Office 365 subscription. Of course, with the subscription you have greater editing capabilities including more change tracking features, paragraph styles, etc. But this is a very welcome change and will give many people just what they need in these mobile apps. The apps for Word, Excel and Powerpoint are available for free at the Apple App store.
We got our 5k iMac demo for the Key West store and it is spectacular. We set it up right next to the regular iMac and you can notice the difference right away. The display on the Retina 5k iMac has 7 times more pixels than your HD TV and almost twice as many pixels as a 4k. You will see details in your photos that you never knew were there and typing that new novel will be pleasant on your eyes as the text is so crisp. Apple didn’t talk about it very much but the 5k iMac is also one of the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly computers available. In sleep mode, the 5k iMac uses only 1.2 watts and has an Energy Star rating of 6.1. It is free of many commonly used toxins such as mercury, arsenic, BFRs and PVC. It is also made of recyclable materials, in fact, the aluminum base is made of 30% recycled aluminum and the speaker enclosure is made of 30% post-consumer recycled plastic.
This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive special is a start for your home automation set-up. I am bundling the Belkin WeMo Light Switch with the WeMo Power Switch for $25 off at $74.99. This will allow you to control your lights or anything powered by the switch remotely or by a schedule that you set up.