Hello Fellow Technophiles,
Ben Ryan here! I’m filling in this week for Mike who’s out on vacation. I would like to say thank you to all the Small Dog fans who voted in our annual Halloween contest. I am thrilled to be this year’s winner of best overall costume! As you can see from my picture, I was dressed as a Stormtrooper from the original trilogy of Star Wars movies. This was my most ambitious costume, and yes, I’m already thinking of how I can top it next year.
My prize this year was a Sonos Play 1 smart speaker. I have been using it a lot, and I have been very impressed with it so far. Unlike most wireless speakers, the Sonos Play 1 can use many different music applications like Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and others installed on the internal storage of the speaker. The Play 1 then streams the music from the internet through these applications. For the most part, after the initial setup, the Play 1 can function as a standalone device. There is a play/pause button on the speaker itself that when pressed, pauses the resumes the playlist it was streaming, with no other action needed from your phone or any other device. It may not seem significant, but I have found that functionality to be very convenient.
In other news, if you have recently been having problems with iPhone alarm clock not going off, I would recommend updating your version of iOS. Part of the 10.1 update released on October 24th was a fix for a bug that caused alarms to sometimes not go off as scheduled. I found out about this bug when it caused me to report for work over two hours late on the day before the update was released. However, one of the benefits of working for an Apple Authorized Service Provider is that all was forgiven when I found and provided official Apple documentation on the glitch. Another reminder to always update your devices when updates are available and to back up your device!
Thank you for reading,