In the American League Championship Series, MLB’s shortest player and MVP candidate (Jose Altuve at 5 feet 6 inches) leads the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees, who employ MLB’s tallest player and MVP candidate (all rise for the 6 feet 7 inches tall Aaron Judge). Meanwhile, in the National League, baseball’s best pitcher, …

It’s a toss-up between Mail and Messages for the app I use most on my iPhone ($162 at Amazon). And maybe Instagram. (And, OK, the MLB.com At Bat app during the summer months.) But by and large, it’s email and texting that I do most regularly on my phone. The Messages app got a few new features with iOS 11, …

If you have refused Microsoft’s Windows 10 updates for the past couple of years, it’s now time to upgrade. Microsoft announced that it is no longer rolling out security and quality updates to Windows 10 version 1511, which was released nearly two years ago in November 2015. What’s a quality update? There are two types of Microsoft updates: feature updates …

Google Maps has long had a spot on my iPhone’s and iPad’s home screen. Apple Maps has not. With iOS 11, however, I have moved Apple Maps up, not to my primary home screen, but to my second home screen. The reason? The new VR goodies added to the Flyover feature. The Flyover feature isn’t new to iOS 11 but …

Changes to Live Photos may have grabbed headlines, but iOS 11 introduces some under-the-hood changes to the way your iPhone snaps photos. The biggest of which is the new HEIF file format that replaces JPEG. Let’s have a look at the best way to set up your iPhone’s camera with these new features. 1. Embrace HEIF The HEIF format for …

There’s an adjustment period with any new iOS. New features get added. Things get moved around. If some of iOS 11‘s changes have left you feeling frustrated, then perhaps the following seven fixes will have you feeling better about yourself and your updated iPhone or iPad. 1. Stop autoplay videos in the App Store Auto-play videos are everywhere you turn, …

The biggest data breach in history just tripled in size. Yahoo announced Tuesday that every single one of its 3 billion accounts were hacked from a 2013 breach. At the time of the attack, Yahoo claimed 1 billion accounts had been hacked, but after Verizon took over Yahoo, the company investigated further and discovered that all of its approximately 3 billion …

In Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon), settings and controls are divided between the Settings menu and the traditional Control Panel. Some settings — including touchscreen-specific settings and Windows Update — are found only in the Settings menu, while others, such as the Device Manager, are still mostly accessed through the Control Panel. It is, to be sure, a needlessly confusing …

With MacOS High Sierra and iOS 11, iCloud Drive is finally catching up with Dropbox and Google Drive in terms of sharing ability. You will need to convince your collaborators to start using iCloud Drive, however, if you want to share files on Apple‘s cloud service, a dubious proposition given the head start that both Dropbox and Google Drive enjoy. …

Along with MacOS High Sierra comes Safari 11. The latest update to Apple‘s web browser addresses two of the bigger Internet annoyances: autoplay videos and ad trackers. Unless you like being greeted by mysterious sounds when you visit a site, which you then must track down to stop or silence, then you’ll want to use Safari’s new tool to restrict videos from autoplaying. …