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AND OTHER RETAILERS IN 6 COLORS: MIDNIGHT, STORM, ALPHA, CHARGE, FIRE, ICE — age dG Jaybird marion iPhonefia MAGAZINE How iPhone Footage September/October 2015 Makes Headlines page 70 Regular Departments 4 Editor's Message iTunes Gift Card Challenge — Mastering a New Skill 8 iStats, News, & Other Tidbits 10 Caption Contest 12 Around the iPhone Life Office 14 Photo Contest Winners 16 Staff Picks 80 iView: Long-Term Impressions of the iPhone 6 Plus iNews 18 Review: Apple Music The high and low notes of Apple's new music streaming service 22 AllThings iOS 9 The good, the bad, and the ugly of Apple's mobile cai operating service. ee 28 WWOC Highlight Reel Choose two or more favorites. Top 4 announcements from Apple's annual developers conference. The Crux of Apple Music page 18 2 iPhone Life September/October 2015 40 44 48 b2 56 58 60 63 66 68 THE ISSUE D> NA The DIY Issue Your guide to tackling life's projects with your iPhone. Cooking 10 apps for becoming a seasoned home cook. Macro Photography Capturing a magnified world with an attachable lens. Smart Dwelling A beginner's guide to home automation. Mobile Recording Studio Creating podcasts, online shows, and albums on a budget. Snapping Selfies (Infographic) A portrait of our society's favorite pastime. Makeshift GoPro Producing high-definition adventure videos with your iPhone. Instagram Prints 10 fresh ideas for printing your favorite photos on everything. Moneywise Top 5 apps for increasing your financial know-how. Home Gym Apps and gear to get fit from the comfort of your home. Garden Plot Cultivating a green thumb with your iPhone. Life + Tech 70 The Age of Citizen Journalism How mobile technology is fueling the news cycle. Best Apps 74 Using Apple's Health App A step-by-step tutorial for tracking your health and fitness. Great Gear 76 Top 10 Fall Cases A handpicked selection of fall-ready styles. Top Tips 32 Tips for Managing Your Schedule 10 ways to use Calendar and Reminders to organize your life. 36 iCloud Backup Learn to use the core features of Apple's storage service. iPhone Life September/October 2015 3 Editor's Message Finding Your Passion Project | recently bought my first house and have been experiencing the typical growing pains of a first- time homeowner. I've filled out reams of paperwork, ripped up carpet, painted rooms, hung pictures on the walls, draped curtains over the windows, and even tried (and failed) to grow a garden. With all those hours of planning and labor under my belt, | now feel a much more personal connection to the place | live in and a sense of gratification knowing | was capable enough to tackle the challenges inherent in home buying. The Idea Behind the DIY Issue Owning a home is basically the ultimate DIY project—but it’s one that never ends. In this issue, we're going to go a lot easier on you. We decided to publish our first-ever DIY is- sue after realizing just how many ways you could use your iPhone to take your life into your hands. We wanted to go beyond the basic, everyday uses (you have our How-To Guide for that!), and get into ways you could use your phone to tackle all kinds of projects, whether as a professional or a hobbyist. From gardening and cooking to cleaning up your finances, the DIY issue will equip you with the know-how to accomplish your goals. If you'd like to record a podcast or song, turn to our former editor-in-chief and host of online show Social Good Now Alex Cequea as he walks you through setting up a mobile recording studio (pg. 52). For those interested in charting new iPhoneography territory, associate editor Rhe- anne Schlee teaches you how to use an external lens to magnify your subjects and capture gorgeous details in her in-depth guide to macro photography (pg. 44). She's also put together a guide to printing your Instagram shots on ev- erything from kitchen tiles to throw pillows in order to personalize your space (pg. 60). These articles and many others are designed to help jumpstart your Qu creative process. Donna Cleveland Editor in Chief iPhone Life magazine, donna @iphonelife.com The Uprising of Citizen Journalists This issue, I've written a piece in our Life +Tech section about citizens who are using their smartphones to bring police misconduct into the public eye (pg. 70). You need look no further than the videos captured of the tragic deaths of Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, and Eric Garner at the hands of police officers to compre- hend the power of such footage. Citizens are taking justice into their own hands by recording police interactions in the heat of the moment, and as a result, the whole world has witnessed cases that might have otherwise been reduced to hearsay. Share Your Inspiration | hope this issue inspires you to take on a project you've wanted to tackle but that has seemed out of reach. We love hearing from our readers, so if you have your own DIY story or project discovery to share, reach out to me at donna@ iphonelife.com. © iPhoneLife.com iPhone Life magazine Follow Us on Twitter Like Us on Facebook Get Our Daily Tips iPhone ife Apple news, tips and tricks, Now available on Apple Newsstand, Giphonelife facebook com/iphonelifemagazine iPhonelife.com/dailytips best apps, and more! Download at iPhonelife.com/ourapp. 4 iPhone Life September/October 2015 kind of tablet stand Give your arms a break... b | 3 titi An entirely = ta | _ Universal design works with \ virtually any tablet! At last, a stand that allows hands-free use of your tablet on a bed, a couch, in a chair, or anwhere. Patented design with independent legs allows for rock-stable stability on any surface. Now you can watch your shows, Skype, read, and browse without having to prop up your tablet on a pillow. Flexible legs fold up to a compact size when not in use. Available at: www.tablif.com amazonconr wT tablift’.... The iTunes Gift Card Challenge How would you spend a $50 iTunes Gift Card to learn a new skill? PAS tree (Free) | would download Swifty and pay $4.99 to unlock Codea all chapters to help me ($14.99) learn how to code in 4 The Codea app is like swift. XCode for iOS. | am always on the go and Keynote have an iPad instead of a laptop, so this = ($9.99) would be the most convenient tool for sll Keynote would help me coding apps. show, plan, and organize "| have so many ideas for great apps , my idegs (| ana visual and games, and | would love to start Duet Display speaker) learning how to bring those ideas to ($16.99) life. | would use the $50 gift card to buy Next, | would buy Duet Display, which lets me access my computer screen from my iPad. This is our final iTunes gift card chal- lenge! Thank you all for participating. apps that would help me learn how to code." ‘Prone Ton Tosti, Besta 05-7 TOOTps Great Gear Available on the 0 ks App Store | What’s on iPhoneLife.com? ((G atat AT&T ANNOUNCES NEW iPAD DATA PLANS: $5/DAY, $25/3 MONTHS For those who only need occasional connectivity, such as during a day trip, AT&T has announced a plan that's $5 per day for 250MB of data that can be used over a 24-hour period. TOP 5 PHOTOGRAPHY APPS FOR THE iPHONE AND iPAD Out of a crowded field, I've distilled a list of my top 5 iPhone camera apps, ones that I've put to continual use, and they've consistently performed well. Read ‘on, some of my top picks may surprise you! TIPS TIPS & TRICKS FOR LESSER KNOWN FEATURES OF iOS 8 Humans use only 10 percent of their brains. Actually, that's a myth, but it's probably not a myth that many of us utilize only about 10 percent of our iPhone's capabilities. cc <x wi NEW RUGGED BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS: THE BUCKSHOT AND SLINGSHOT The sound that this speaker pumps out is plenty sufficient to be heard loud and clear over the sound of a roaring shower, a raging river, or a raucous day at the park. jseeco Veron SSEPM hones apeaing iPhioneliS How Does A7 Processor on the iPhone 5S Compare to Other Phon om, Jim Karpen ee ee om WHAT'S HOT IN THEAPP STORE Tworlds * : (Free) News, Stats, Tidbits & More The wholesome cousin of Cha- troullete, Tworlds, released in February, offers a new way to interact with total strangers Tworlds connects people who happen to be doing or thinking about the same thing at the same time—hence the tagline, “two worlds, one moment.” Simply select a keyword (such as #work, #sad, #travel, etc.) and then snap a photo to illustrate it. Tworlds will combine your moment with a shot from another user who used the same hashtag oz CY Hue Ball S (Free) media ac oO Released in June, Hue Ball is agency We / Social. A being hailed as a cross-section of the Earth's p O of pinball, shuffle board, and Flappy Birds. The goal of this unique tap-to-shoot game is to get rid of all the static balls as they grow and take on the form of giant indestructible skulls. Simply aim the Online ani sea gs tl canon, tap and hold to shoot a ball, and hope you hit your target. If you don't, the ball you've shot will become another obstacle in your path. The static balls grow with every passing second, and the larger they get, the harder they are to destroy. worldwide mobile app revenue will reach over $45 ion this year. alae PRODUCT FROM OUR READERS Thync System ($299) Goodbye, caffeine and sleeping pills. This mood-changing wearable by iPhone users is their habit Thync aims to replace drugs with of talking on the phone technology that calms you down while riding in elevators. If when you're stressed and provides they are going to use an el- much-needed energy when you're evator as if it were a phone tired. How? Well, the triangular de- booth, they should pay a vice—designed by neuroscientists: quarter to each of their fel- adheres to your forehead and uses low riders for the privilege.” ultrasonic waves to either relax or -Bill Mearns stimulate your brain iPhone Pet Peeves “An annoying trait of many hone Life September/October 2015 Showdown! Wireless Headphones with Touch Control bit.ly/1V7Isj3 Wireless headphones offer freedom from annoying cords and buttons. This head-to-head comparison of Mee Audio’s Air-Fi Touch and Jabra’s Revo Wireless headphones looks at how the two compare when it comes to sound quality, comfort, price, and style Rumor Has It: the iPod Is Getting an Update bit.ly/1 Spuwf2 Fans of the iPod may have reason to rejoice as ru- mors of an update circulate. Apple hasn't updated the device since 2013, leading many to speculate that it would soon be discontinued. But then images of iPods in new colors showed up in iTunes 12.2, giving hope to iPod lovers everywhere Third-Party Accessories to Get Apple Design Input bit.ly/115ZF5J Already famous for con- trolling every aspect of its users’ experience, Apple is now taking that control to a new level by co-designing the packaging of third-party accessories sold in Apple retail stores. The new pack- aging is expected to be similar to that of Apple's own products. 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With the iPhone 6, | always have a high-quality camera with me even when I've left my SLR at home. This means | never miss a photo opportunity. Marge, Ad Sales Coordinator: The Food Network is my favorite DIY app right now for making awesome culinary creations to wow my friends and family. It has a great selection of recipes listed by category, as well as videos that ac- company some of the more popular recipes. Rheanne, Associate Editor: | love looking through old journal entries. Un- fortunately, it's harder to find the time to maintain a journal than it used to be. With the Day One app, my journal is always with me, making it easy to write down my thoughts and share brief high- lights of my day. 12 iPhone Life September/October 2015 Donna, Editor in Chief: Writing is my creative outlet, and my iPhone is the dumping ground for all of my random inspirations. | use Notes and Evernote to store research and jot down my more coherent thoughts before they evade me. 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Withings Smart Body Analyzer ($149.95): My scale tells me the temperature in the morning, shaving precious seconds off of my hurried morning routine. It also tells me my heart rate, checks the air quality of my room, and even tracks my weight and BMI over time—and it's all synced with the Withings app on my phone. Bodyguardz Crown ($39.99): This screen protector adds almost no extra girth to my iPhone, is strong enough to withstand a hammer, and has the same natural feel as the iPhone's actual screen. It also comes with a thin aluminum rim that covers the tapered edges of the iPhone 6, protect- ing my phone against “side drops.” SPONSOR EID (ON WEN WEB SPOTLIGHT National Cellular Directory (Starting at $0.99) , It's easy to lose contact with old friends and colleagues. 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Above each article suggested for you, you'll find a blurb that explains why it's showing up in your feed. For example, the article could be something one of your colleagues liked. If the content isn’t relevant to you, simply swipe it off your screen and tell Pulse you aren't interested in that particular article— i Pulse will remember your preferences in the future. —— sand SMS Export Plus ($3.99) Back up your text mes- sages by saving them to your computer, emailing PDFs and Excel docs to yourself, or printing them straight from your iPhone. Douglas Photo Calculator ($4.99) This app allows photog- raphers to make quick optical calculations—in- cluding depth of field, hyperfocal dis- tance, angle of view, and diffraction. APP SPOTLIGHT Remote Media Manager Pro ($4.99) Use this app to wire- ws lessly transfer and manage files between your iPhone, computers, servers, NAS drives, and cloud storage. 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PLAYEU UUI Choose two or more favorites. ea 18 iPhone Life September/October 2015 Wry APPLE MUSIC ALREADY Netus SUMETAING NeW it makes a lot of is already proven st the company has sat back and watched the music industry Ive while lly plotting i arf , it may be too little too ry's flagship A\ an opinion, App device as an iPod first and only fails to differentiate itself from the c falls short in several key ai yed in Appl frietheiMec HOW APPLE MUSIC FALLS SHORT Ap never would have J ‘reaming service, i sy to feel Jith Apple Music, Apple unsure of where to start. It turns out that the ability to listen rvice, it is attempting to repla to (alm any g in the world is a bit over ming. The! fore, a defining feature of any music-streaming software is iPhone Life September/October 2015 19 well it facilitates the discovery of new music. playlist is one of the most useful tools for music di When Apple senior advisor and former Beats Audio CEO Jimmy lovine announced Appl time hyping up its playlist functionality. “The only ening to at that a human to\ , we're going to give you the right sor ‘ight mon ators” to create public inyone to create a public playlist. Not only , but it also means there is less diversity of playlists. On Spotify, for a playlist for “The Best Songs from Top 100 of the Most Beautiful Songs” as voted on by Redditors. These are the types of rich musical d ing that from allowing ryone to be Connect Misses the People We Care About—Our Friends Connect ens One feature Apple hope: from the competition is viving the defunct iTunes Ping, which let users see status uf dates from th We) iar ritics viewed Ping as a major flop, 5 that Apple yet again. In my opinion, Apple gets social networking \ ith Connect. There is no shortage of w nect with musicians: if you want to see what Taylor Swift is to, go to Tumblr; if you want to get updates from Lady 20 iPhone Life September/October 2015 go to Facebook. The real social interaction that people want vith fr , not artists. One of 1 facilitate di: very is by allowing people to share music with their friends. Spotify allows you to share your list well as hat songs your friends have been listening to. This is a key feature that’s missing from / and it's more important than b oto O ind you like. Beats 1 Radio Tries One Size Fits All 1 is supposed to be Apple Mi killer feature. Add- something that no other music-streaming ser Algorithm-based radio services such as Pandora can't quite replace 1ce of listening to the radio. Peo- ple are still better at sel ind there's still something nice about listening to a DJ. The problem with Beats 1 is that th b heoretic e's some- thing eryo to the same thing. But in practice, music: on that | don't like and there's nothing to do but turn the station off. In order for it to grow into an important differentiator for Ar multip! s0 listeners can pick the genres they enjoy. THE HIGH NOTES OF APPLE MUSIC Convenient for Apple Users The biggest advantage that Apple Music has over the com- petition is that it can int with th t of the Apple m. One of the me in the car, so being Siri is not only iner iNEWS to si Q ha \pple le to join a family plan and building up their iTunes collectio creating the perfe laylists, having Ar ate with th counts is very ty that User Interface vas its competi- streamlined. vice over time currently lacks. The ree that | hold Apple to ple has branded as the company that that doesn't r a product unless it’ of thi ople creates a new product, | expect it to be truly innovati nA | think Appl that expe about it. While competition is that the next iteration of Nn so, Ap- David Averbach is the CEO and Publisher of iPhone Life and Android Life magazine. ut the competition with its family David has an obsession with all things Apple. He grew up on Macs and now has a $ for thr MacBook Pro iPhone, iPad, and an Apple TV. David enjoys traveling and Ultimate {although the company has Frisbee. He has been to over 20 countries. To contact David, email him at Davida iphonelife.com. its price for families). Mear nload on th @ App Store Learn more at RosettaStone.com/mobile-apps i SCAN TO DOWNLOAD IT NOW FREE. Rosetta ©2016 Rosetta Stone Ltd, All rights reserved, Rosetta Stone and all related trademarks are the property of tone Rosetta Stone Ltd., used and/or registered in the U.S. and other countries. ietsettercom, 5 tate earns THip Matchmaker: Find Your Perlect Honeymoon \ es for Boneh BSS sks & CaCO Aa fi 7 iPhone Life September/October 2015 HANDS ON WITH IOS 9 AND APPLE WAICHOS 2 Spoiler alert: iOS 9 is more about function than flash. While the beta and developer's versions of Apple’s mobile operating system are subject to change until its official release this fall, so far, the changes to the OS refine and improve upon past advancements. The release of iOS 7 brought a major redesign to the look and feel of iOS and the introduction of Control Center, Air Drop, CarPlay, iTunes Radio, and Touch ID support. Last year, iOS 8 introduced an array of new features, from Apple Pay to iCloud Photo Library, but software bugs and battery life prob- lems plagued many updated devices. Apple is showing it’s serious about addressing these issues with iOS 9. But that's not all the tech giant is doing. When users install iOS 9, they will find some new features on their iPhones and iPads—the News app, a redesigned Notes app, and some intriguing new capabilities, many of which fall under the umbrella of what Apple calls Proactive. Those who own an iPad especially lucked out with this iOS update. Of the many new features in iOS 9, here are the ones that Apple got right. WHAT APPLE GOT RIGHT The Notes App Is Finally Useful Apple is focused on enhancing its users’ productivity in iOS 9. Case in point, the Notes app has gone from an app that many people hid in a folder to a powerful organizational tool. Now users can organize notes in different folders, even though they still can’t sort them. And they can make sketches using a variety of digital drawing implements and colors. It is also now possible to take photos and videos from the app or directly access the Photos app. There are new formatting 24 iPhone Life September/October 2015 options for creating titles and headings, checklists, and other kinds of lists. And Notes is now an option in the share menu, which means it's possible to share a website from Safari or an address in Maps to a list in Notes. One less useless app on people's iPhones and iPads is definitely a win. It’s About Time: the iPad Gets Split-Screen Mode Apple is giving the iPad three new multitasking functions. The new Side by Side mode lets iPad Air 2 users open and use two apps at once. Android tablets have had this capability for a while and it was only a matter of time before the feature came to iOS. But Apple put its own spin on it with multitask- ing features for the iPad Air and Air 2 and iPad mini 2 and 3. Slide Over makes it possible to open windows of two differ ent sizes and slide the smaller window away when finished This means a person can accomplish a task in one app in the larger window while referring to Notes or Safari in a smaller window. The third multitasking function for the iPad is Picture in Picture, which makes it possible to resize a video window and move it around on top of another window. This allows you to watch the news while you answer emails or consult with a coworker via FaceTime while you work in Notes. Subscribe Now Best Apps, Top Tips & Great Gear in every issue! DY om Both Print & Digital 94 for only $15.97! 4 _ _ fe tae ‘antes ==) |Phoneliiz - ae: a= Best Apps "Top Tips -Great Gear Sites iPhoneGB) a: ponies 7 2 Tackle Life’s iProjects pau SM S__) rages °F Stree ¢ Print edition PLUS Full Digital “clickable” version for iPad, iPhone, Mac/PC! ¢ 6 issues/year including May/June How-to Guide & Nov/Dec Buyer’s Guide! e BONUS: Get a FREE Toddy Cloth! ($10 Value) iPhoneLife.com/Subscribe Whether these multitasking features can boost the device's flagging sales remains to be seen, but they do support the rumors of a 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” intended for enterprise. Apple Gets Proactive and Takes on Google Now - In a lot of ways, iOS 9 is more about enhancing existing apps and fea- tures rather than adding new ones. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the new Proactive features, which are really just the integration of certain apps and features. Done right, Proactive even more essential tool than it already is. Among the Proactive features is a beefed-up Spotlight search page that users can now find to the left of the Home screen. Here they will see a search bar, Recent Contacts, app recom- mendations, nearby places, and information such as local news. Typed searches will bring up even more information from more sources, including content from third-party apps. Another cool Proactive feature is its ability to offer sugges- tions based on usage patterns. Most people tend to habitually use their iPhones in a certain way at a certain time. Proactive can automatically display the controls of the Music app at 7 a.m. if a user likes to rock out in the shower every day at that time. It can also offer suggestions of people to call based on who the user tends to contact at a specific time and place. Amore intelligent Siri plays a crucial role in all of this. In iOS 9, Siri can perform searches and create reminders based on the context of a user's activity. A user can say “Remind me about this when | get to work tomorrow,” and Siri will know the user is referring to the email that is open at that moment. If you think all of this sounds like an iOS version of Google Now, the intelligent Google digital assistant that predicts what its users want based on their previous activity, you're not alone. But one crucial difference is Apple's efforts to protect its users’ privacy. During the iOS 9 preview at WWDC15, Apple emphasized that it won't track users’ activity, link it to the user's Apple ID, or share it with third parties. That alone makes Proactive better than Google Now. 26 iPhone Life September/October 2015 could make the iPhone an iOS 9 Acknowledges That Women Exist cr As part of a software me update, the addition of re- = all productive health tracking to the Health App is such a tiny “J Body Measurements change that it’s barely worth ie a mentioning. As the rectifi- Q we cation of a major oversight 2 Nutrition on Apple's part, it’s huge. From the moment Apple Zi Rests announced the Health app, © Gow people have been asking why ji software that lets users track Yo Vitals almost every conceivable health metric would leave out the ability for women to track their reproductive cycle re] This is especially troubling — considering that women use health apps more than men do, according to findings from a 2014 Nielsen survey. Monitor ing reproductive health is arguably one of the earliest forms of health tracking. Its omission from the Health app is symbolic of the tech industry's overall lack of diversity—and lack of focus on women in particular. As Rose Evelith put it in the At lantic, “This... isn’t the first time a tech product has prioritized men over women. The vast majority of tech companies are staffed by men, especially on the development side.” WOMEN ALL USERS According toa 2014 Nielsen survey, 60 percent of women ages 30-39 use health and fitness apps, compared with 44 percent of smartphone owners overall Apple seems to have taken the outcry over its oversight to heart; by finally adding reproductive health tracking to the Health app. Shoring Up the Foundation Apple introduced a number of impressive features in iOS 8: Family Sharing, Apple Pay, Apple Watch support, Continuity, iCloud Drive, iCloud Photo Library, and most recently, Apple Music. iOS 8 was also possibly the buggiest version of iOS so far. From the minute they downloaded iOS 8, users had a lot to complain about, starting with the whopping 4.6 GB of storage required to install it. Then came the Wi-Fi and battery issues and the disastrous iOS 8.0.1 update that was supposed to fix them but only made things worse. With iOS 9, Apple has promised to shore up the founda- tions of iOS (we assume this means fewer bugs and no more Wi-Fi issues), enhance security, and optimize battery life. In addition, iOS 9 will only require 1.3 GB to install and will be compatible with the same models as iOS 8. This should make a lot of Apple users happy. WHAT APPLE GOT WRONG Overall, Apple got a lot right with iOS 9. There are a few things that Apple could have done differently, though. Intrusive, Annoying, and Just Plain Wrong This is more a possible wrong than an actual wrong, but there is plenty of potential for Proactive features to get re- ally annoying. Any time technology anticipates user behavior Take photos based on past and current activity, things can go wrong. Just ask anyone who has typed a message with autocorrect en- abled and forgotten to read over the message before hitting Send. Or any Apple Watch user who has received a reminder to stand after just sitting down. Another feature that is guaranteed to be annoying is the automatic addition of email events to the Calendar. At iPhone Life, our first iOS 9 iPhone Tip of the Day will be how to dis- able this feature. Overall, iOS 9 offers strong updates. In spite of the poten- tial for Proactive to occasionally get things wrong, the feature will greatly enhance the utility of iPads and iPhones, thanks to the expanded search capabilities and the ability of Siri to cre- ate contextual reminders and search the content of apps. After so much change in iOS 7 and 8, the refinement and enhancement of existing features and the focus on stability in iOS 9 is exactly what iOS needs. © Sarah Kingsbury isthe web editor of iPhonelife.com. She goes almost nowhere without her iPhone and is the main contributor to the site’ Tip of the Day col- M4 umn, She has overa decade of experience writing and editing for online and print publications. with your mink tablet. : / \ Yi ! Square works vertically 10% lem with our which firmly DS square jellyfish quarejellyfish.com Available at AMAZON.COM and other retailers iPhone Life September/October 2015 27 _Game-Changing _ Announcements ‘ ‘from WwDC by Jim Karpen very company wants to disrupt an in- dustry, to come out with a new prod- uct that changes the game—and Apple does it best. The Macintosh disrupted personal computers, the iPod took over the market for MP3 players, the iTunes Store changed the music industry, and the iPhone revolutionized the cellphone market. So what's next? Everyone keeps waiting for Apple's next product or service that will have a revolutionary effect throughout society. Think of how the world has changed since the 2007 launch of the iPhone Did June’s Worldwide Developers Conference herald any new disrupters? | would say so. | think several of Apple’s an- 28 iPhone Life September/October 2015 nouncements have the potential to be game changing, from the company's new music streaming service to its news read- ing platform. Let's take a look. The media’s response to Apple Music has been a bit ho- hum. People are saying the new digital music service is no dif- ferent from Spotify and that Apple is simply playing catch-up. | beg to differ, for three reasons. First, Apple is making a play to bypass the record labels altogether. It’s inviting musi- cians to release their music via Apple Music. If Apple suc- ceeds in creating a platform that bypasses the traditional role ‘i A at, * Orie AL WORRAALL PAY body The Net List Tina Noya The Future of Cancer bd iNEWS J of the music labels and succeeds in attracting some of the best new artists, that’s revolutionary. If you're a musician wanting to break into the business and find an audience for your work, Apple Music could be very appealing. Second, if you're new to the business, how do you get atten- tion? Apple feels they've solved that too. The song selection Music offers includes many new art- ists you haven't heard of. You're excited because you like their mu- sic, and they're pleased because they're gaining an audience. This ties in to Apple's goal to deliver the songs you want to hear. Ide- ally, you'll never skip to the next track because the playlists the service offers would perfectly suit your taste. Apple says Music achieves that by using computer algorithms—and by using human experts. The service bases that next song on your current playl- ists, your past purchases, the se- lections you make in configuring Music, and human judgment. FLO MORRISSEY Third, the Connect feature lets artists connect with you. They might upload versions of songs they're working on, post photos and behind-the-scenes videos, and share comments. There will be an intimacy between listener and artist that other services don't offer. Most significant is that all of this takes place within a single app. Apple's goal is to unify the disparate facets of your music enjoyment, and the music industry itself, into one easy-to-use app. | think they've got something here. Beats One Takes On Radio When the biggest company in the world in terms of cash on hand and market capitalization decides to start a media outlet—a new worldwide radio station—that's big news in itself. Apple has deep pockets, and it has hired some top Dus to fill its airwaves. Beats One, which will offer music, interviews, guest hosts, news, and culture, has the potential to become a ma- jor new brand in the media world. The talent includes DJ Zane Lowe hosting Beats One from Los Angeles, Ebro Darden working 30 iPhone Life September/October 2015 from New York, and Julie Adenuga broadcasting from London. These DJs have huge reputations and strong connections with the artists. Beats One has the potential to disrupt not only the stream- ing services such as Spotify, but also traditional radio stations and satellite services such as SiriusXM. Why? Because Apple has style and the money to throw at it. The Beats One feature of the new Music app adds to the appeal of Apple's offering while immediately giving this new radio station an immense audience. watchOS 2 Opens Doors for Apple Watch The iPhone didn’t just disrupt the cellphone market. It also disrupted the market for MP3 players, video recorders, instant cameras, portable video players, mobile payments, game con- soles, GPS devices—you name it. In short, as Neil deGrasse Tyson said in a video played during the WWDC keynote, the iPhone has become a universal tool that’s “a watershed mo- ment in civilization.” Apple contends that the Apple Watch will have an equally dis- ruptive effect. In a move to strengthen the utility of the watch and further stimulate the creativity of developers, Apple re- leased a WatchKit update at WWDC with new tools that will let developers create native apps for the Apple Watch. Initially, the wearable simply received bits of information from the iPhone, where the software computation takes place. But the watchOS 2 update allows apps to run natively on the Apple Watch. What are the implications of native apps? You can expect them to be better and faster. They'll now be able to access the Apple Watch's sensors and to use features such as the Digital Crown, speaker, microphone, Taptic Engine, accelerometer, and more. Expect big things. Expect disruption. News App Could Aid Struggling Publications Apple is a purveyor of media including music, videos, and books, so why not news? The News app, which will be re- leased as part of iOS 9, will certainly be a disruptor for news aggregator apps such as Flipboard, but | think it could go well beyond that. In some ways, the news industry is in a situation similar to the music industry when Apple introduced the iTunes Store back in 2003. Illegal file-sharing sites had exploded, and music industry revenue was dropping. Apple introduced an online store with songs for $0.99. Why would people pay for some- thing they could get free? At the time, music typically came bundled in albums on CDs. If someone liked an individual song and didn't want to buy the whole album, it was tempting to download it illegally. The iTunes Store made it possible to purchase individual songs legally, and the quality was better. Purchasing was simple, and the iTunes Store helped people find additional music they liked. All of this fostered the switch from file sharing to purchasing. Upon release, Steve Jobs said, “Consumers don't want to be treated like criminals and artists don't want their valuable work stolen.” Today, 12 years later, digital sales of music accounts for ap- proximately 48 percent of the music industry's revenue, ac- cording to a January report from Strategy Analytics. Similarly, news organizations today are struggling. Revenue for print publications is plummeting as people get their news online for free and advertisers shift their ad dollars to newer media. The News app has the potential to change the indus- try. It will give news outlets a vast new audience, and Apple's Barcode Scanning you'll ! Hands-Free oa Ring Scanner ¢ 800-880-7495 - cy iAds service will give them a new revenue stream. Apple's News app could play a major role in helping print media find new life in a digital world, just as the iTunes Store helped the music labels do the same. Media outlets apparently see the potential, because many have already signed on to partner with Apple, including the New York Times (which will offer 33 free articles per day), For tune, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and the Economist. Condé Nast has come aboard with its stable of 17 magazines including Wired, GQ, the New Yorker, Self, and Vogue. And prominent digital media outlets have also committed, such as the Verge and Buzzfeed. Even cable networks such as ESPN and CNN are partnering. The demo at WWDC made this rich panoply of con- tent look gorgeous. Plus, the app will learn your likes and serve up news that suits your interests. This is an app | want. Of course, it's hard to know whether any of these will really take off. But in each case, the potential is there. Plus, Apple has two big advantages over everyone else: a huge built-in market and a lot of money to throw at it. I'm betting at least a couple of these services will be disrupters. O Jim Karpen,Ph.0, ison faculty at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA. He has been writing about the revolutionary consequences of computer technol- ogy since 1994, His Ph.D dissertation anticipated the Internet revolution. His it, jimkarpen.com, contains selected regular columns written for The lowa Source. jim_karpen@iphonelifecom. iPhonefig [INSIDER] BECOME AN IPHONE LIFE INSIDER iphone! m/insider iPhone Life September/October 2015 31 ToA OF Tiers FOR MANAGING YOUR SCHEDULE LET CALENDAR AND REMINDERS SHOW YOU THE WAY BY SARAH KINGSBURY person or a Reminders person. But either of Apple's built-in scheduling apps excel at different things, and I've found that you can be your most productive if you use them both. Here are some tips for how to manage your schedule } ] hen it comes to juggling work, school, and social schedules, an iPhone user is usually one of two types: a Calendar and tasks using the best features of each. seeco INeloss = 9:50 AM < Edit Event 3 04% aD Travel Time Travel Time t @) Starting Location 402 NBSt Factor in Travel Time to Avoid Being Late Select a starting location to automatically determine travel time, or select a time below. © Based on location 5 min Knowing your plans is important, but so is knowing when v Based on location 10 min 5 minutes A you need to leave in 46 minutes order to keep them. Once you've created 30 minutes an event in the Cal- endar app, tap Edit hour and add the event's location below the event name. Next, scroll down and tap Travel Time. Toggle Travel Time on and tap Starting Location. Once you add the starting location, the app will calculate trav- el time for you, whether you're traveling by car or by foot. 1 hour, 30 minutes 32 iPhone Life September/October 2015 e000 Wiles F | 85.AM 35% mm Cancel Edit Event Done ~ Lunch 101 N Main St Fairfield, IA 52556, United States All-d : ay Avoid the Chaos of Starts Jun 11,2015 12:00 PM Organizing Events Ends 1:00 PM CEEOL Repeat Never Those group mes- - m sage threads can get Travel Time 10 min unwieldy! Instead, plan your event us- ing the Calendar app. First, tap the date of the event. Alert None Next, tap the "+" icon and enter the Show As Busy name, location, and start and finish time of your event. Invite contacts by tapping Invitees. (Note: You'll need to have your invitees’ email addresses.) Once you're finished, tap Add to save the event to your Calendar. fee000 Wikeless 7 (10:33.AM. 3 76% a> =) Done INVITATIONS wA 4 ‘Awesome Breakfast Party Accept Decline Make Miss Manners Proud! Who says RSVPing is a lost courtesy? Responding to Cal- endar invitations is easy! You can find pending invitations in your Calendar in- box. Here you'll see what you have been invited to and can tap Accept, Decline, or say Maybe to the invitation. Tap on the event name to see more information and alert options. If you accept the invitation, it will be added to the list of your day's events and will show up in Notification Center. eseoo Wieless F019 AM 319% a < Mail Start Week On a ‘Sunday (United States default) < Monday v Tuesday Wednesday a Choose What Day Thursday Your Week Starts On Friday Saturday Although most west- ern calendars start the week on Sunday, it may make sense to change the first day of the week in the Calendar app to Monday or another day, especially if you tend to divide your week into work days and weekends. In Settings, go to Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then scroll down to Calendars. Tap Start Week On and select your preferred day. #00 Verizon = 5:2 PM 7 Edit Calendars Done v © Personal ~ v « Family 0) | Shared with Tyler Cleveland 1 Facebook Events Y © Birthdays SUBSCRIBED Hide Facebook Birthdays The Calendar app automatically cre- ates all-day events OTHER on the birthday of any contact whose birthday information you've saved. This is great because it al- lows you to choose which birthdays are important enough to save. But if you've integrated Facebook with your calendars, the number of birthdays infiltrating your schedule can be overwhelming. Hide Facebook birthdays by tapping on Calendars at the bottom center of the Calendar app and unchecking Birthdays under Facebook. v © Donna Cleveland (Tripit) @® vy « US Holidays C Subseribed X v & Birthdays ‘Show Declined Events tomorrow's lunc! appointment to 12:30 PM” OK, I'll make that change to B your appointment. Shalll | schedule it? Calendar Thursday, June 11 Quickly Edit Events with Si Skip the hassle of editing an event manually. Just ask Siri to change the time, location, at- tendees, or name of the event. For example, you can say, “Move my lunch appointment to 12:30," and Siri will do the rescheduling for you. If you decide to meet at a different restaurant, say, “Change the location of my lunch appointment,” and Siri will ask you for the new loca- tion and update your event. Confirm iPhone Life September/October 2015 33 e000 eles = 1041 AM 3756 Details Done Pick up milk Remind me on a day Get Reminders at Specific Locations Remind me at a location © Location Arriving: Hy-Vee Want to remember to pick up milk when you drive by the store Priority ‘leis on your way home List Reminders from work? The Reminders app can Notes Be help you remember as long as you have Location Services en- abled in your phone's privacy settings. Once enabled, tap the “i” that appears when you create a new reminder or when you tap on an exist- ing one. Next, toggle on “Remind me at a location,’ then tap Lo- cation. Choose a location from the list or enter the address and then choose whether to be reminded when leaving or arriving. Joveis Wireless Fossa 7406 | Shopping List B 32 items Done 4 Color hi @ Pasta © Bread Create a Shared Shopping List © Broccoli Sharing a shopping @ Beans list in Reminders makes it easy for ev- © cow: eryone in your house © Butter to add and check off items. If you're low @ Greens on milk, for instance, you can add it to your shared shopping list Delete List and the update will sync across the de- oo Rice youve eared the list with. Now if your husband decides to stop at the store on his way home, he'll see milk on the shopping list on his iPhone and will (hope- fully) decide to pick up a carton. To share a list, open it, tap Edit, select Sharing, tap Add person, and select a contact. © Fresh fruit Watch a video of this tip online! bit.ly/1JSAu95 34 iPhone Life September/October 2015 10:30 AM “Schedule an appointment on Tue a 3 OK, I set up your appointment for Tuesday. Shalll | schedule it? Calendar ‘Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Keep Siri from Mixing Up Events and Reminders x00em | Appointment Phrase your Siri re- quests carefully, or the virtual assistant may create an event when you're trying to create a reminder. Try prefacing requests for adding things to the calendar with “sched- ule” and reminder re- quests with “remind me." You might say, “Schedule an appointment for Tuesday at 1 p.m.” and “Remind me on Monday night about my Tuesday appointment.” Cancel Confirm J sews wiles 7 132AM 3.779 ma] Scheduled ~ 12 items Today Call Hal 8:90 AM 1!!Do the newsletter Arriving: Work 9:00 AM istom Repeat See and Edit All Scheduled Remind- Go for a walk 10:45 AM, Custom Repeat ers in One List Go for a walk 3:45 PM, Custom Repeat It's helpful to orga- nize your reminders into separate lists according to tasks, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, but that can make | Reset data 9:00 AM, Monthly s ss atatieticg finding and editing specific reminders Qntuenaas Asimuint 4204 a challenge. Fortu- Show Completed nately there's an easy way to view all your poo scheduled reminders at once. In the list view, tap on the clock icon in the upper right corner and you'll see all your scheduled reminders organized by date and time. O Sarah Kingsbury is the web editor of iPhoneLife.com. She goes almost nowhere without her iPhone and is the main contributor to the site's Tip of the Day col- M4 umn, She has overa decade of experience writing and editing for online and print publications. Get More Tips & Tricks Delivered Directly to Your Inbox! iPhonefaé MAGAZINE e000 Verizon > < Inbox (103) 3:46 PM We are now giving away iOS tips and tricks for free every single day. We research the best tricks for beginners and advanced users alike to share with you. Tip of the Day: How to Search Within a Web Page Often when you're searching the web for some particular bit of information, your search pulls up a long page of text. But you then have no idea where on that page to find the information you're looking for. The next step is to search within the page. Go to: iPhoneLife.com/dailytips and start receiving your free emails! Donna Schill Cleveland Editor in Chief iPhone Life magazine The way to do that on iOS devices is simple, but not obvious. 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His site, jimkarpen.com, contains selected regular columns written for The lowa Source. (SZ) jim_karpenaiphonelife.com. iPhone Life September/October 2015 37 Digital Subscription powered by 2 Zinio Only $12.99! The World's Largest Newsstand Read iPhone Life anywhere, anytime, on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. www.iphonelife.com/zinio THE DIY iswem echnology has revolutionized the way we use our time. Not long ago, if you wanted to learn how to cook, you most likely dug out your grandmother's old recipe book or went out and bought Joy of Cook- ing from the store. If you wanted to create a photo album, you waited a week or two to get your film developed and spent hours organizing your images into scrapbooks using glue sticks and cardstock. A few years and many technological advancements later, you can now use your iPhone to jumpstart virtually any project—be it recording your own music, managing your finances, or even growing your own garden. Whatever your aim, this guide is here to help you get your plans off your to-do list and into your life. We cover it all, from services that allow you to transform your iPhone images into calendars and postcards to apps and gear that allow you to create your own smart home or in-home gym. iPhone Life September/October 2015 39 DIY (d'\ims TOOLBOX 10 HANDY APPS FOR COOKING SMARTER WITH YOUR IPHONE BY STEVE BOSS s the host of Great Taste, a weekly radio show dedicated to the world of food, | may be a bit too zealous when it comes to anything culinary. Okay, | am obsessive. My world gets rocked when | see berries vibrating with color, hear the sizzle of an onion as it hits hot oil, inhale the intoxicating aromas wafting off a grill, knead dough in my hands (oh yeah!), or crunch down on a perfectly fried, soul- satisfying piece of chicken The kitchen is where | feel most alive. It's where | express creativity, have fun, and produce results that, more often than not, my family and friends can enjoy. The evergrowing collec- tion of apps on my iPhone and iPad play a major role in my kitchen. Whether you are a seasoned home cook or your fridge is stocked with last night's take-out containers, my top picks can help you take your culinary enjoyment to the next level. ALL LEVELS OF COOKS Yummly Recipes & Grocery Shopping List (Free) | fell for Yummly right away because it asked me to create a personal culinary profile, promis- ing to learn my tastes the more | used it. It’s comforting to know we are continually growing in virtual inti- macy, and | feel well nourished. Yum 40 iPhone Life September/October 2015 we. The app has over one million recipes in its database culled from the best culinary websites and food blogs. Choosing from 10 filters (cuisine, nutrition, taste, allergies, diets, etc.), my search for pizza turned up 1,000 recipes, and 118 results for chimichurri (a green parsley sauce from Argentina). Each entry shows a photo of the dish; an ingredient list with quanti- ties, calories, and nutrition facts; and instructions, which you can tap in order to visit the site where the recipe was original- ly posted. Other built-in elements include a shopping list that the app compiles for any recipe; integration with Instacart (free), a service that facilitates one-hour delivery of the ingre- dients needed for any recipe in 15 cities; My Yums, a personal recipe depository; and the standard sharing options for email- ing, tweeting, and pinning recipes. NYT Cooking - Recipes from The New York bred Times & (Free) Every Wednesday, | check the New York Times website for the latest recipes, restaurant reviews, industry insights, and other food ar ticles. As a home cook, | rely on their expert columnists like Mark Bittman, Julia Moskin, Kim Severson, Melissa Clark, and Martha Rose Shulman for creative food ideas. The NYT Cooking app makes over 17,000 of the NYT's recipes (more are added every week) available on your iOS device. Easy in- structions, a personal recipe box, and the ability to search by category are all part of the basic app. The iPad offering adds instructional videos, customized recipe recommendations, and other features. Red Lentil Soup With Lemon ‘April Bloomfield's Pot-Roasted shakes With White Wine oe sai YIELD 4 servings YIELD 4 to 6 servings as a side TIME 45 minutes By MELISSA CLARK - This isa lentil soup that defies expectations of what lentil soup ccan be. It is light, spicy and a bold red color (no murky brown here): a revelatory dish that takes less than an hour to make. The cooking is painless. Sauté TIME 50 minutes By THE NEW YORK TIMES ~ This beautiful recipe for pot-roasted artichokes with ‘white wine and capers appears in the chef April Bloomfiela’s 2015 cookbook “A Gir ‘and Her Greens.” i's tremendous. "The fleshy artichokes get browned and Cooked 320 Te ek Ik Ie INGREDIENTS Cooked kk KK Along with the above crew of writers, many top-tier chefs and James Beard award-winning food writers contribute as well | highly recommend checking out these three of my favorite recipes—Melissa Clark's “Red Lentil Soup with Lemon,’ April Bloomfield’s “Pot-Roasted Artichokes with White Wine,” and “Risotto with Smoked Mozzarella and Escarole” from Clai- borne and Franey. FOR THOSE WITH MORE EXPERIENCE ChefSteps (Free) This app comes from the crew that wrote Moa- ernist Cuisine, the revolutionary six-volume, 2,438-page set in which science-inspired tech- DIY niques and recipes take center stage. The crew’s Modernist Cc e At Home app ($79.99) is a must for serious cooks, but ChefSteps is perfect for all levels of cooks, including kitch- en novices. “We started thinking of new ways to help cooks,” said Tim Salazar, product designer of ChefSteps. This led them to develop the Egg Calculator, he said, which uses video, text, and an intuitive user interface to teach cooks how to create the perfect sous vide egg, providing precise time and tem- perature depending on the texture you want. € Crispy Yeasted Waffles suane Crispy Yeasted Waffles Easy Overview ‘The ballots are in. The votes have been ‘counted, It's official: In the battle of the breakfast treats (Pancakes vs. Wafes), the waffle reigns supreme. Afterall, who can resist its crispy-outside, pillowy-inside, tan-and-toasty sex appeal? The way it cradles your butter and syrup in its sweet little squares? The way it refuses to fil you up, with its ight and airy interior? Yes, we agree, the waffle has earned its special place in our hearts, and it's not going ‘anywhere soon, Hiland heat up alarge pot of water fo your desired cooking tomp “We are passionate about explaining how things work,” added Grant Crilly, co-found- er of the app. “Our videos focus heavily on not just telling, but showing in the hopes that you will learn a new technique that you can apply across your cooking." The skills you can learn from ChefSteps are wide ranging, from learning how to utilize the sous vide method, han- dle a blowtorch, use a centri- fuge, or employ ingredients with names like sodium alginate and transglutamin- ase. | gravitate to the app’s more basic recipes, such as yeasted waffles, crispy chicken with broccoli cheddar sauce, and homemade Heinz-style ketchup. Great British Chefs (Free) This cooking app focuses on quality over quan- tity, featuring 180 recipes from 12 Michelin- starred chefs. The recipes are categorized as GREAT BRITISH CHEFS iPhone Life September/October 2015 41 DLY easy, medium, or challenging, but they all require some fi- nesse and many include one or more obscure ingredients that are probably easier to locate in Britain. My top party pleaser is the recipe for cheese beignets. The 29 short how-to videos are a nice plus. HOW TO COOK re) = RECIPES so) Recipes (180) 4 & & ALL ALL ¢ Fruit & Vegetables Great Global Chefs Pat (Free, iPad-Only) EES This app is a feast not only because it shines the spotlight on 75 recipes from top world cooks, but also because the pros it features work in some of the world's finest luxury hotels. Per haps your next getaway will evolve while using the app? Gis? Gray Kunz, who was a fourstar New York Times chef for many years in the Big Apple, contributed a simple, elegant recipe of bibb lettuce with yoghurt-mint raita from his post at Café Gray 42 iPhone Life September/October 2015 Deluxe at the elegant Upper House Hotel in Hong Kong. Each recipe includes complexity, cook time, step-by-step directions, and a profile of the chef. A shopping list and cooking timer are also built in. HEALTH CONSCIOUS? EWG’'S Food Scores (Free) This app will make you a healthier, greener shopper. Its ever-expanding database contains 80,000 foods, 5,000 ingredients, and 1,500 brands. Rebecca Katz, author of The Healthy Mind Cook- book, says this app is empowering for today’s consumers, helping them answer questions like: "What's really in that food product?” and “What's the best choice | can make, when buying, let’s say, a can of tomatoes?” An item's score, which is based foremost on nutri- tion, as well as on ingredients and amount of pro- cessing, is the focal point. The scores are combined into a single overall product score (1 being the best and 10 being the worst). The app also has a barcode scanner, which makes it quick to look up a product during a shopping trip. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED Lost your inspiration to cook or never had the desire in the first place? Maybe you think putting together fresh ingredients in your own kitchen is way too complicated and time consum- ing? Or perhaps you are simply burnt out from your family’s different dietary demands? Charlie Trotter, one of the most famous contemporary American chefs before his untimely passing in 2013, served up this insight in the introduction to his book Charlie Trotter's Seafood. He wrote, “You may want to forget about recipe specifics and use the photographs alone as your inspiration for putting together a meal. You can contemplate food on an intellectual level, but ultimately it is a sensual experience and it is perhaps best to enjoy it that way.” The following apps are less about the recipes and all about the pleasure of the plate. Tastemade Ti (Free) You won't find any written recipes here! Taste- made is a video network that presents real and informative cooking advice with attitude and substance, providing thorough directions in an original way that keeps you interested. With six food- adventure shows and seven cooking programs available on the app—including the James Beard award-winning Perennial Plate—Tastemade will have you cooking with confidence in no time TJastomad¢ Search perennial plate Sriracha Mango Cocktail Perennial Plate in the Kitchen Homemade Tofu Instagram (Free) Instagram is the go-to app for many chefs for jump-starting the creative process. PHOTO (971499 kes 991 tikes sdingehotqunia Sneak Peak RAD @welocol FLacoL hechicago #oookslove feookbook ‘So 00d, rorkinenourerat @nechieago Sack sabbath & ai @ DIY Mindy Segal, 2012 James Beard “Outstanding Pastry Chef” award winner and owner of the restaurant Mindy‘s Hot Chocolate in Chicago, says, “Searching through Instagram, | have found the most incredibly talented artisans from all over the world. Their photographs bring all their glorious crafts and workmanship directly to me. It astounds me the talent this world holds. | feel very connected to people | share the same integrity and values with, people | probably will never meet but whose work greatly inspires me.” Follow these chefs: Mindy Segal, Marc Vetri, Roy Choi, April Bloomfield, Jamie Oliver, Jeremy Fox, and discover others yourself. Time is probably the most precious commodity we have, and most of us eat at least three times a day. Employ these apps to upgrade your kitchen IQ, stimulate your creative side, improve your health, cultivate your palate, and enjoy a result- ing increase in joy and satisfaction on a deep sensory level. As Julia Child always said, “Bon appetit.” © ‘Steve Boss is the host of Great Taste, a weekly radio show about food on KRUU 100.1 FM in Fairfield, lowa. The show streams at kruufm.com on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. f and Fridays at a.m. CI. Ifyou have any favorite food apps, drop him an email at greattaste@kruufm.com. CheapCharts iTunes: Finally at Y r Price 3et up-to-the-minute iTunes deals for all your top medi Dur favorite Music, Mo’ 38, Books, Audiobook Apps when the pri iTunes Dea © AppStore Jat Roe ou tr amar O Notes on S38 Joona moat Le Moves Chan Q seme iPhone Life September/October 2015 43 ARGER THAN LIFE A GUIDE TO CAPTURING A MAGNIFIED WORLD WITH A MACRO LENS BY RHEANNE SCHLEE ife is brimming with beautiful little details—a NATURAL LIGHTING colorful insect on the sidewalk, the cracked bark of an old pine, a drop of dew on the petal of a flower. Unfortunately, tiny details are just that— they're tiny. If we're living life in the fast lane, chances are we rush by hidden gems every day without the slightest consideration. That's why | love macro photography. There’s something magical and exciting about the little details that often go un- noticed by us. And thanks to external lenses designed for our iPhones, capturing those moments is now incredibly easy. Here's everything you need to know to begin getting up close and personal with the world around you. PURCHASE AN EXTERNAL LENS Lighting is one of the most crucial aspects of photogra- First thing's first, you'll need to phy—too much light and your subject will lose detail, too little purchase a detachable macro lens. and it will come out dark. This is especially true with macro You'll find that there are a variety of photography, where the details tend to be the crux of your im- different lenses to choose from, but | age. To get the best results, use natural lighting whenever you recommend the Olloclip Macro 3-in-1 can, and avoid direct sunlight. | find that lighting is best in the Lens ($69.99), which offers three dif- early morning or evening. Not only do these times lend gor ferent levels of magnification, or the geous golden light to your photographs, but they're also the solo Wide/Macro Lens from Photo- best time to capture shots of insects and other little creatures, jojo ($20) if you're looking for a lower who tend to be a little more sluggish at these hours. price point. 44 iPhone Life September/October 2015 STAY STEADY It's easy to undervalue the importance of keeping a steady hand, but trust me, it makes a difference. This is where hav- ing a tripod comes in handy, but if you don’t have one, you can employ other methods to ensure your shot is crystal clear. When taking a picture, | try to find a sturdy object to prop my phone up against. In the shot of the jumping spider above (left), | rested my phone on the wood floor of my porch and angled it toward the spider, producing a surprisingly clear image. LEARN TO SEE We are programmed to see things in their whole, complete form—a tree is a tree, a cat is a cat, a flower is a flower. What we aren't accustomed to seeing are the small parts that make up those things. A flower isn’t just a flower; it has petals and a stamen covered in pollen. A tree isn't just a tree; it has leaves, bark, and seeds, and it harbors hundreds of creatures in its branches. Macro photography is all about paying attention. When you learn how to expand your vision, your images will reveal things that are otherwise invisible to you. _ DIY BACKGROUND IS IMPORTANT Take time to consider the background of your image. Origi- nally, the dandelion in the picture above was out in a field. The lighting was harsh and | didn't want a typical green back- ground. Instead, | brought the dandelion carefully home and then held it against a blue sheet of paper. | then used the diffused lighting of a nearby window to illuminate the seeds. The white of the dandelion stood out against the bright blue backdrop in a way that it never would have outside. FIND INTERESTING PATTERNS & TEXTURES Don't see anything interesting around you? You might be surprised. The world is a treasure trove of colorful combi- iPhone Life September/October 2015 45 nations—embroidered fabric, a cluster of tangled moss, a unique design etched into your favorite bracelet. Be aware of spirals, lines, and other patterns. They have a way of bringing life to an otherwise boring subject. BE PATIENT Nature photography isn't like portrait photography. People will (most the time) do what you ask. Wildlife? Not so much. You'll need to relax and embrace the fact that you have no control over your subjects—and that’s the best part! If you want a picture of a bumblebee collecting pollen, sit by the flowers and wait for one to land beside you. If you want a pic- ture of a daisy on a breezy day, you'll have to wait for a brief break in the wind. Learn to take your time. FAVORITE APPS ProCamera 8 + HDR ($4.99) | like having as much control over my images as possible. ProCamera lets me set my own focus, exposure, and color, and even lets me use my Apple Watch as a shutter remote. Enlight J ($4.99) LY | came across this app a month ago, and it’s the only editing app | ever use anymore. It has everything | could ask for and more, from basic adjustment tools and filters to more advanced options that al- low me to create a collage or a double exposure. 46 iPhone Life September/October 2015 RECORD A VIDEO Taking macro photos is fun, but people forget that you can also record macro videos too. | recorded a high-speed video of a snail eating some algae and it was highly entertaining to watch. Shooting a macro video is also handy if you find that your hands are too shaky to get a decent shot of your subject. If this happens, shoot a slo-mo video instead, while trying to maintain a clear focus on your subject. Afterwards, watch the video and take screenshots of the in-focus scenes. Your image won't be as high quality, but at least it won't be blurry! HAVE FUN! Here's the deal: You're going to take a lot of bad pictures in your pursuit of a good one. Guess what? All the best photographers do. They're going to be blurry, dark, or poorly composed. Just keep on taking pictures, even when you feel discouraged. You'll start seeing improvement in no time! © Rheanne Schlee isthe associate editor of Phone Life magazine. In he spare time Rheanne isan avid iPhoneographer who loves trying out the latest apps and gad- gets for her iPhone camera, She recently graduated with her BA in literature and writing from Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, lowa. Get an iPhone tip every day @ spymesat portunities EROS-8 Start End@ 7xTkm these Terms @ thi ‘School Class Photo from Space !!! | No kidding — YOU can be in it SpyMeSat lets you order a photo from space. Notifications provide the exact timing of the imaging event, allowing you and your group to be ready. Download the SpyMeSat mobile app by 10/31/2015 and register for a chance to wina SpyMeSat @ AppStore DIY BUILD YOUR gem TECH NEST # A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO CREATING A SMART HOME BY DANIEL W. RASMUS have been running home-automation products at my residence for 30 years. Today, I’ve achieved smart- home nirvana: lights turn themselves on and off as if by magic, doors unlock when they sense my pres- ence, and the air temperature adjusts to match my schedule and preferences. Since home automation is an emerging technology, it still has plenty of quirks, incompatibilities, and kinks to work out. But if you are patient, you'll find you can put together a sys- tem that lets you manage your home in a variety of ways, be it managing your thermostat from your phone or triggering your coffee maker to start your morning brew. Whatever your aim, this handy guide will help you navigate the smart-home industry and bring a little automation to your living experience. HOME AUTOMATION 101 Although the concept of home automation may seem ab- stract, there are really only a few main components that you'll need to understand in order to get started: hubs, sensors, and device controllers A hub is essentially the brain of your smart home. It comes in the form of an app or central unit that unifies all of your de- vices and allows you to control them through commands sent over your Wi-Fi network. Insteon is an example of a company that offers physical hubs for its products, whereas Apple in- tends to use software-based controls with HomekKit. 48 iPhone Life September/October 2015 Controllers, in a nutshell, turn devices on and off. Controllers come integrated with a device, such as a coffee maker that you can start remotely, and are so small now that companies can even embed them directly into light bulbs. Controllers like the Belkin WeMo Switch ($49.99) plug into a wall socket and let you turn off and on any electronic device connected to it, such as a fan or lamp, with your iPhone. Controllers can also come in the form of an entire light switch replacement, such as the Insteon SwitchLine 2-Wire Dimmer ($49.99) Sensors sample the environment for things like tempera- * Sprinkler systems ture, humidity, carbon dioxide, light, motion, and smoke. The * Heating and cooling systems hub takes input from sensors and tells the controllers what * Lights to do, such as turning on the lights at sunset and starting the * Door locks coffee maker at sunrise. * Entertainment systems * Small appliances * Window shades STEP ONE: DECIDE WHAT TO AUTOMATE —_* Garage door openers * Security cameras The best way to begin is to create a vision of your ideal Understanding what you want is important, because the smart home and then make sure that vision is technically next step, selecting a platform, requires you to buy into a feasible and economically achievable. If you are new to home system that best matches your desired configuration and tech, you may want to start small with a couple of lamps near functionality. your bed or a porch light. Here is a list of home items most commonly automated: PRODUCTS TO GET YOU STARTED Belkin WeMo LED Logitech Harmony Ultimate Lighting Starter Set Home Remote ($49.99) ($349.99) This kit includes two This remote and hub controls q 60-watt WeMo Smart entertainment devices along with \ \ Light Bulbs and one compatible smart-home devices. } : WelMo Link, which al- You can control the hub via a color a lows you to connect touchscreen remote with gesture 3 Ey up to 50 WeMo Smart control, favorites, and synchronized p23 , Light Bulbs and control automation scripts or via Logitech's them individually or as iOS app Harmony Control (free). a group. You can add With the Harmony, you can control additional WeMo bulbs at any time for $24.99 a piece. 15 home-entertainment devices The kit supports turning lights on or off, dimming them, and unlimited home-automation and creating custom schedules. To use the kit, just plug devices—including Philips hue the WeMo Link into a central outlet in your home, re- lights and Honeywell thermostats. place your old bulbs with the WeMo incandescent bulbs, and download the free WeMo app on your iPhone or Kwikset Kevo ($219.95) If you want to bring home au- tomation right to iPad. The bulbs have a 23-year life expectancy, based on three hours of daily use. Insteon Starter Kit ($119.99) the front door, This Insteon starter kit consider a Blue- includes a hub, which con- tooth lock, which nects to your router and provides individual, encrypted codes tied to your device to lets you remotely control unlock your home. These codes can be issued remotely, Insteon-compatible devices so if you forget to water your plants or feed your fish, you throughout your home. It can send a neighbor a code that provides them access via also includes a module that their iPhone. And it works with a key or the wireless key lets you control and dim fob. You can also upgrade your service to Kevo Plus, which your lights. uses a hub to grant you remote access, letting you lock and unlock your doors from anywhere in the world. iPhone Life September/October 2015 49 STEP TWO: DECIDE ON A PLATFORM OR HUB Many devices can function individually just by connecting to your home Wi-Fi connection, but if you want to set up more advanced settings—like having all your lights turn on when you open your door—then you are going to need to choose a specific hub or software platform that allows your devices to communicate with one another. The hub will connect to your home Wi-Fi network and take command of all your devices by understanding all of the fragmented protocols (such as Zigbee and Z-Wave) that different brands currently use. Naturally, hubs create a lot of confusion for shoppers in the home-automation market because currently there isn't one simple smart-home protocol that will work with all your smart- home gear. The industry is still new, and the big players are embroiled in a messy battle with competing alliances as they vie to cre- ate the best products and services to automate your living experience. Simply put, not all smart-home products cur rently work well together. If you want a seamless connection between your devices, you will want to buy a hub that sup- ports all the brands you're planning to buy. Popular platforms include Lowe's Iris, Wink, and SmartThings, along with well- established companies like Insteon. If you are motivated by security, several major telephone and cable companies offer security bundles that include basic home- automation features, such as Comcast's XFINITY system, Cox Communications Homelife, Time Warner IntelligentHome, AT&T Digital Life, and U.S. Cellular OnLook. While the cable companies install these systems for you, these security-monitoring con- tracts come with monthly fees. STEP THREE: BUY THE GOODS If you just want to automate a few lamps, all you need is a simple kit that includes a controller and Wi-Fi bulbs. If you want to control shades, door locks, appliances, or your garage doors, you will need to replace your existing equipment with new, home-automation-enabled equipment. Keep in mind that buy- ing smart-home equipment can get expensive. This is where you need to match your budget with your desired outcome. STEP FOUR: INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT First thing's first: Make sure you have a good router. Most home-automation products require solid Wi-Fi or they won't work. Place your router centrally and make sure it has a good, consistent connection to the Internet. If you plan on using a hub, set it up and establish an ac- count first, then add all your devices to it via their correspond- 50 iPhone Life September/October 2015 ing apps. Remember, this isn't an all-ornothing endeavor—you can continue to add compatible devices as you purchase them. Next, it’s time to install the hardware, which can be as simple as swapping out light bulbs or plugging appliances into an existing outlet. You then need to go through whatever installation process is required by each device. This usually requires downloading and setting up an app. STEP FIVE: CREATE YOUR RULES Every home-automation system requires rules to work. There are basic rules, such as, “Turn on the lights at sunset and turn them off at 11:30 p.m.,” and there are also data-driven controls. Internet services like “If This, Then That” (IFTTT) can drive action from its “recipes.” If a stock hits a certain price, you can set your desk lamp to turn on in the middle of the day. Rules can get complex, including motion-sensing rules, light-sensing rules, or time-sensitive rules. You can even group devices, trigger events, and incorporate data into the rules. STEP SIX: BE PATIENT Home automation is still in its infancy, despite the wide range of big-name companies offering platforms, hardware, and services. Start small, and take your time to learn the intricacies of your home-automation purchases. Rather than getting frustrated, consider yourself on the edge of a new frontier and that you are one of the pioneers navigating the terrain. That will lower your expectations and turn the adven- ture into a learning experience. © Daniel W, Rasmusis the Founder and Principal Analystat Serious Insights. Rasmus is the author of Listening to the Future and Management by Design. He is also a member ofthe Pinchot University faculty academy in Seattle, WA, where he teaches influence and strategy. immerse yourself in the future. Get an eye-opening look at tomorrow's mobile world, straight from the visionaries lighting the way. CTIA Super Mobility 2015 takes you beyond the horizon. 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HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN MOBILE RECORDING STUDIO BY ALEX CEQUEA - obile devices have changed the game when tools for mobile musicians, and the iRig HD will give you the it comes to producing and sharing music most bang for your buck with its ability to cover an impressive and video content. The barrier to entry for range of clarity and frequency. a novice producer, musician, or filmmaker is unbelievably low, which means that one of the only things separating the most suc- cessful from the rest is quality. Today, it’s possible to build your entire career, grow your fan base, release content, and sustain yourself financially without ever having to go through the traditional channels that dominated every content space 10 or 20 years ago. If you're going for world-class quality, however, the iPhone and iPad alone aren't enough. You'll need a few tools to com- pete at the same level as some of the most successful con- tent producers. Here's what you'll need: PICKING A GOOD MIC Sound quality is often more important than video quality. People can tolerate mediocre visuals with good sound, but bad sound will come across as amateurish even with the most professional-looking visuals. IK Multimedia iRig Mic HD For an additional boost in sound quality, | also recommend ($129.99) getting a pop filter to guard against unwanted “popping” nois- If you're looking for an affordable but high-quality mic for re- es for those tricky words that begin with a p or a k. Pop filters cording podcasts, interviews, or video blogging, then | recom- don't vary much in terms of functionality, and you can find a mend going with the iRig Mic HD. IK Multimedia specializes in large selection on Amazon starting at around $5. 52 iPhone Life September/October 2015 Apogee MiC 96k ($229) On the higher end of iPhone and iPad mics for studio-quality recording, | recommend the Apogee MiC 96k. This mic is per fect for musicians and vocal performers. It was built for Ga- rageBand, and after several years in the market and continu- ously improved versions, it still stands above the rest in terms of quality and ease-of-use. Blue Microphones Yeti USB Mic ($149) While | use the Blue Yeti mic to record my online show Social Good Now, it can be complicated to use with your iPhone or iPad. Like many other popular mics, the Yeti uses a USB connection. To plug it in to your iDevice, you'll need to use a USB to lightning adapter and remember to plug your headphones in to the Yeti before you hook up the mic to the lightning port. If you don't, you'll get an error message say- ing that “too much power is required,” and the mic won't work. TAKING A STAND Whether you're recording music or making videos, you'll need some way to securely hold your iPhone or iPad in place. DIY IK Multimedi: ($39.99) The iKlip Xpand mini for the iPhone and its iPad counterpart, the iklip Xpand (starting at $10 more), allow you to keep your hands free by securing your iDevices directly to your mic stand. Once attached, your iPhone or iPad can serve as a sheet music guide, live sound editor, or teleprompter. If you're a mobile musician, the iKlip Xpand is a necessary companion lip Xpand Mii ($59.99) This is the most versatile of all the stands out there. Along with functioning as a simple desktop stand for your iPhone, the iKlip Grip can fold into a nice stabilizer handle or extend up to 175 inches to convert it into a selfie stick. And did | men- tion it's also a tripod adapter and includes a Bluetooth shutter remote? Yeah, this little guy has your every need covered. iPhone Life September/October 2015 53 ‘OLY LET THERE BE GOOD LIGHTING Lighting can be pretty tricky, especially for amateur musi- cians and video producers. Like good audio, good lighting can make or break your visual production Neewer Ring Fluorescent Flash Light ($105.99) Whether you're recording yourself playing music or hosting your own YouTube talk show, this is pretty much the only light solution you'll need. The 600-watt, 18-inch-diameter ring dis- tributes light evenly enough to recreate the fill light combina- tion that is common in video production setups. It also has a spot in the center of the ring to mount your iPhone. LimoStudio Lighting Kit ($4751) If you're looking for a traditional light setup at a more afford- able price, this Amazon bestseller will give you the most value for your dollar. The full kit includes three light stands, two um- 54 iPhone Life September/October 2015 brellas, and three 45-watt pure white light bulbs, along with other accessories (like a carrying case). For the price and qual- ity, this kit is a steal. RECOMMENDED APPS iMovie ($4.99) Apple's iMovie is versatile enough to fulfill most mobile studio recording needs. If you need something more robust, you can always use the desktop counterpart or upgrade to Final Cut Pro. However, the latter will come with a much heftier price tag. us Loopy HD ($3.99) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has featured Loopy several times, and it never disappoints. The app lets you record your own looping vocal sounds over beats and other melodies, and turns your lone talent into majestic full-band sounds and songs. It's worth playing around with it to get the hang of it, because once you do, you'll be hooked. GarageBand wy ($4.99) Another essential Apple tool, GarageBand is free for new iOS users and comes pre-installed on most Macs. It’s the perfect entry-level solu- tion for amateur producers, and most simple video setups won't need more than what this app can offer. Voice Memos (Free) The often-overlooked Voice Memos app, which comes built in to your iPhone, is surprisingly sturdy and perfect for on-the-spot interviews. I've been able to record hour-long interviews using only Voice Memos, and when combined with a good microphone, it can create podcast-quality audio. LET YOUR CREATIVITY COME THROUGH As former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt famously pointed out, today we create as much content in 48 hours as we did from the dawn of civilization into the 21st century. So much content makes it hard to compete, but it also means that good quality stands out like never before. The tools you need are more accessible than ever, so go make use of them! O ‘Alex Cequea is a contributing editor at iPhone Life magazine and host of Social Good Now, an online commentary show focusing on social entrepreneurship and social good. He's visited over 25 countries and currently lives in Austin TX. You can reach him at me@alexcequea,com and watch his show at youtube. com/alexcequea We'll purchase your no-longer -used PDAs,smartphones,iOS devices,and laptops! We specialize in i | We buy and sell Windows Mobile fa IN VOLUME! ° ' a 0 = = ase ans | x ° eet es es * UsedHandheld Buying & Selling used mobile devices since 1985 Contact: or YOURSELF(IE) BY RHEANNE SCHLEE SELFIE DOS AND DON'TS Don't Look Down Don't look down at your camera. | repeat: Don't Look. Down. Do you want to look like you have five chins? No? Then follow this advice! Laugh It sounds weird, | know, and people will rightfully look at you like you're nuts (you kind of are) But seriously—this makes your smile look genuine, even when it's not. Common Selfie Sense Lighten Up Looking directly into the sun, as great as that idea may sound, only gives the impression that you are in severe pain (because you probably are). Find a nice patch of shade outside or use the diffused lighting of a nearby window. Don't take selfies in the bath- room, while driving on the free- way, after robbing a bank, or, heaven forbid, with your dead grandmother lying in a casket Got it? Cool CA Know Your Angle According to selfie queen Kim Kardashian, we should all "know [our] angle” to take picture-perfect self- ies. Of course, that's easy to say if you're Kim Kar- dashian, and every angle is a good angle. Avoid Selfie Clichés Here's a tip: If it looks like something you posted on MySpace when you were 15, it’s safe to say you shouldn't take it. That means no faux gang signs, no duck face, and no taking pictures of yourself in the mirror with your camera flash taking up half the image. iPhone Life September/October 2015 57 DIY MAK HOW TO CREATE HIGH-DEFINITION ADVENTURE VIDEOS WITH YOUR IPHONE BY ALEX CEQUEA ast year | decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine: taking a trip around the world. It was an ambitious undertaking, traveling to 13 countries in 4 continents and spending roughly a week in each location. | visited Tokyo, Bali, Bangkok, Mumbai, Nairobi, Athens, Rome, Venice, Berlin, Paris, Ma- drid, Brasilia, Rio, Buenos Aires, Lima, and Machu Picchu. To commemorate the trip, | started a video project called “High Five Around the World,” in which | “high fived” the camera at every location (you can watch it here: bit.ly/1H78AW7). | didn’t want to buy a GoPro for the video, and | knew there had to be a way to recreate the effect using only iPhone accessories. Here's how | did it THE TOOLS Olloclip 4-in-1 Lens ($79.99) Although the iPhone 6 camera can film in beautiful 1080p HD (a little over the 720p capabil- ity of the entry-level GoPro Hero) you'll still need some way to recreate that nice wide-angle camera effect char acteristic of a GoPro (since the iPhone's 70-degree lens doesn't compare to GoPro's 170-degree lens). The olloclip 4-in-1 lens set I'd 58 iPhone Life September/October 2015 been using came with one fisheye lens, a wide-angle lens, and two macro lenses. After | removed the fisheye lens to make it less bulky, | knew | had found my wide-angle solution. YunTeng Selfie Stick ($39.99) Ah, the loathed selfie stick. At the time of my trip, these goofy-looking monopods weren't that common in the states, but as soon as | got to Asia, | saw street vendors yelling “self- ie stick!” to every single tourist around. | knew it was only a matter of time before they were everywhere and everyone hated them. To be fair, they are actually pretty useful, espe- cially when you want to capture a shot of yourself in front of the Eiffel Tower or overlooking Machu Picchu. Lid There are tons of different brands to choose from, but you should steer clear of the metal versions, which are the flimsi- est. Instead, try to get one that is reinforced with plastic and that allows you to lock it when it's extended. Some selfie sticks come with a Bluetooth remote shutter built into the handle. | didn't need it since | was shooting video, but most people find the remote shutter useful for taking pictures. TIPS FOR FILMING WITH A SELFIE STICK Most people use a selfie stick to take pictures, but using one for filming requires a slightly different set of skills. 1. Don't Use the Front-Facing Camera This is a rookie mistake. Most people want to see themselves while they're taking a selfie, so they use the front-facing camera, which usually has a much lower resolution than your back-facing camera. In- stead, | would flip my camera around on the selfie stick and use the back-facing camera to record in HD. 2. Reinforce the iPhone Holder You don’t want to lose your iPhone to a waterfall because of a faulty grip on your selfie stick. | rein- forced the device's rubber stopper with super glue so it would never slip out from the stick. Apparently this is a common problem with certain types of grips. 3. Be Aware of Your Surroundings Sometimes you'll film in crowded places and put your iPhone at risk of being stolen. | was often ex- tending the selfie stick on top of people’s heads be- cause there wasn’t enough room to record, but only for brief moments. Mobile devices are frequently stolen abroad, so mind your surroundings. Lifeproof fré ($79.99) GoPros are waterproof, but iPhones aren't. Personally, | relied on my Otter- box Preserver ($49.95) case to keep my iPhone 5s safe, but iPhone 6 users would do well to purchase the Lifeproof fré instead. It will protect your iPhone even while fully submerged in the water, and because it doesn't add too much bulk, it can still fit easily on the selfie stick grip. _ DIY Camera+ ($2.99) Because | didn't have a remote shutter, | need- ed an app with a reliable self-timer. Camera+ is a killer photography app, and its self-timer fea- ture includes a voice countdown so you know when to smile. Limefuel Blast PRO Battery Pack ($79.99) Battery power is life, especially when you're traveling. To avoid any power droughts, | took along my 18,000 mAh Limefuel external bat- tery pack, which had enough juice to fully recharge my iPhone six or seven times. It saved a lot of time and frustration during my trip, es- pecially in regions where electrical outlets were hard to come by, such as in Africa and Asia. @imetued, STORING VIDEOS SAFELY You don't want to lose your videos if your iPhone gets lost or stolen. Sure, iCloud is a great solution for backing up your pho- tos and videos to the cloud, but | used the Google Drive app (free) as an extra form of backup, paying $2 per month for 100 gigabytes of extra space. Whenever | found free Wi-Fi, | would upload as many videos onto Google Drive as | could. If my iPhone was running low on storage space, | would then delete the photos and videos | knew were safely stored elsewhere. EDITING & PUBLISHING My friend in Houston had access to my Google Drive and edited many of the videos before | returned from the trip. To trim short clips, you can use the built-in video editor; for more elaborate editing, try iMovie ($4.99). When you're ready to publish, | recommend simply uploading the video to YouTube, and if you want to keep it private, publish as Unlisted so only people with the link can view. It's incredible that for about half the price of a GoPro you can recreate the same engaging effect, and with tools that have a wider range of uses. It's a great time to be a content creator. O ‘Alex Cequea is a contributing editor at iPhone Life magazine and host of Social Good Now, an online commentary show focusing on social entrepreneurship and social good. He’ visited over 25 countries and currently lives in Austin, TX. 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