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4th Gen. Apple TV

6/23/2017

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I found this in my drafts folder with nothing but the title you see above. I got my first 4th Gen Apple TV not long after they came out, for Christmas. Then I was given a second one for free. So I will try to give you my impressions after a year and a half of use.

First off! I love my Apple TVs (even the 3rd Gen I got as a gift a few years ago) my family uses the one in our Living room all the time for watching shows, AirPlaying stuff we want to share with each other from our phones, etc. Every now and then, we even play games on them.

First recommendation: get a case for your remote! Especially if it's going to be used by everyone in the house. Our remote is cracked, and while it still works fine, it makes me cringe every time I use it.

Apple TV works best with Apple devices, but you still get a lot of great features if you don't have any Apple devices. However, some of the things I love about my Apple TV goes away if I don't have anything Apple. For example:

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Friday Fun Day: Games I love

11/5/2016

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Ok, so I know this is a day late, but here is the post that I came up with yesterday.  I don't often talk about the games I love.  Today I would like to highlight some of the games that I love and the apps that help me out with that.

Marvel's Contest of Champions

Ok, so you know that I'm a geek, but here's additional proof of my utter geekness: I love playing Marvel's Contest of Champions. With it I have assembled a team that I think is pretty awesome, but I haven't even scratched the surface.
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There are tons of champions available, but it is random (most of the time) which ones you get.  My top champions are Ultron, Yellow Jacket, Daredevil, and Iron Patriot. I my most recent champions are Iron Man, and Captain America.
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Marvel's Contest of Champions
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There are tons of champions available, but it is random (most of the time) which ones you get.  My top champions are Ultron, Yellow Jacket, Daredevil, and Iron Patriot. I my most recent champions are Iron Man, and Captain America.  This game gets me excited, and I love to play it.  My brother and I have an alliance that we enjoy being a part of. We work together to complete quests and to battle other alliances.  So if you like superheroes and want to find a fun game to play that allows you to play solo or with other players, consider Marvel's Contest of Champions.

Clash of Clans

Another game that I love that combines solo and multi-player play is Kabam's Clash of Clans.

I mostly play this with my co-workers.  I'm sure most people know about this one, but it is a build-your-own-village game.  You build defenses, walls, resource buildings, and more.  The more you level up your army and defenses the better. 

Recently, Kabam updated this game and changed the way I play this game.  This update has actually made the game much more appealing to me. You can create a friendly war (challenge any clan to a war), you can also train 2 armies at once.
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Tech Hint of the Week: writing and editing documents

3/9/2015

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So I have been thinking a lot about some of the hints I should share with you. Some of it could be a specific app review, or a tip on how to do something better with your phone or tablet. Today, I would like to share some of the apps that can help you become a pro at writing or editing documents on a mobile device.

This hint is largely balanced towards the iOS versions as those are the ones I'm most familiar with. However, I am confident that some of these things will be helpful for you Android users out there.


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Microsoft Word is a great app, and Microsoft has been doing some awesome things for the iOS apps.

I have been impressed with what I've seen so far with Word for iPhone. It appears to have more layout options than the Word Online does. It even has templates that includes a wide variety of choices: brochures, resumes, newsletters, and more!

They also have the whole office suite available for iOS and android. 

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Let us not forget about Apple's iWork suite, which they've practically given away to people buying new devices.

I have been impressed with Apple's iWork suite for some time. There are quite a few things that I prefer to do on Pages or Keynote or Numbers that I used to do exclusively on Microsoft Office. 

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And finally, I would like to add to the list Google Docs. I doubt that much needs to be said about this one. It works with the Google Drive app to allow editing of your documents. Certainly better than using Safari. 
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    Hello World! My name is Adam Hinton.  I am a father, a geek, a Computer Science teacher at a Charter School in Utah, and a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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