If you are considering buying Apple Care for your iPhone or iPad in India, you may want to reconsider that.
I recently dropped my phone and had a minor bump. I knew that Apple Care+ covers accidental damage in US but wasn’t sure about India. I had a call with Apple Customer Care and found that India’s Apple Care Protection Plan does not cover any accidental damage.
If you damage your device, Apple does not do any repairs. You can only go for replacement and that is almost 60-70% of the device cost.
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One sentence review: Someone please fire Zack Snyder.
Long one:
Batman Begins was the first proper superhero movie that I watched and liked. I became a fan of Christopher Nolan from there.
Batman trilogy remains my favourite series of movies to this date. Whoever decided to give Batman v Superman and Justice League to Zack Snyder messed up, big time!
The only positive thing with Zack Snyder (and Batman v Superman) is action. He’s good at showing action. Everything else just goes on back burner.
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If you have encountered strange issues when trying to install an OS X app from internet (especially a prefpane), then the name of app may be a culprit.
Recently, I had weird issues when trying to install the excellent Choosy app.
I had tried to install the app some time back, it had some issues with El Capitan. I checked last month and there was a new version available. So I downloaded it and installed according to instructions.
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GMail removes classes from the email body. If you rely on classes to apply styles, they will not work. Solution is to inline your CSS. Learn how in this post.
As software engineers, we are used to hearing “please do it fast/urgent” or other variations. Such requests by clients and managers may be ruining our work.
Our industry is broken. Engineers are doing a lot of hard work while reward goes to management. What are the reasons for this and what are the alternatives?
Now that Mailbox is dead, take a look at the apps I am using instead of Mailbox for iOS and OS X.
If you are applying for a job, you may want to do a bit more than bare minimum. It has worked for others, it may work for you too.
When “high-performance processors, graphics and storage” mean 1.6 Ghz Core i5 and 500 GB, 5400 RPM HDD and flagship phones cost highest in a price sensitive market, something is definitely wrong. Read my half-facts, half-opinion based piece about things Apple is doing wrong in India
Everyone says that Mac is different and better than Windows. What makes it better?