3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (169+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff May 13, 2026 4: 40 PM PT Indigo, from Soapbox Software, is a new social media client that combines Bluesky and Mastodon timelines in one place. I've been using it for the last month or so as my primary…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (752+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff May 12, 2026 9: 00 AM PT Recently, I tripped over a headline for an article I wrote for Six Colors in 2015: "How I stopped using RSS and didn't even notice." I could hardly remember writing it. But write…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (711+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff April 27, 2026 7: 45 AM PT Air Tag introduced a new category: items versus devices. A Find My device can reach the Internet and report its position, and can use a native app to see other stuff via…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1137+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff April 21, 2026 4: 10 PM PT While I love dogs and seek permission to pet from the owner of nearly every dog I encounter, I have gone cold on new email apps after decades of losing my greatest…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (23+ words) Magic Lasso Adblock: Effortlessly blocks ads, trackers and annoyances on your i Phone, i Pad, Mac and Apple TV'Six Colors Apple, technology, and other stuff...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (109+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff March 13, 2026 6: 24 PM PT Every year we make an original design and offer it exclusively to Six Colors members. Then sometime the next year, we make it available for everyone. I'm happy to announce that our…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (424+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff March 2, 2026 6: 25 AM PT Apple on Monday kicked off its week of announcements by rolling out the new i Phone 17e, the successor to last year's lower cost 16e. The 17e boasts the same A19 chip that powers the i…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (200+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff February 10, 2026 6: 39 AM PT The other day a Slack pal wondered aloud if there was a way to remove a previous recipient from a family member's i Phone. The address wasn't in their contacts, but it…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (954+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff January 26, 2026 9: 15 AM PT Some of us are old enough to remember using pine and other Unix screen-based email readers. Younger folks might have cut their teeth on Eudora and other Mac apps (back when we…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (675+ words) Apple, technology, and other stuff January 12, 2026 8: 30 AM PT I came across two seemingly unrelated pieces of news recently that I am tying together as the theme of this column. First, the heartbreaking garbage information that senior citizens may receive as…...