Alexa app slow on iOS or Android? Its your Contacts fault

In 5 taps: For iOS Settings Privacy e sicurezza Contacts Amazon Alexa None Per Android Settings Search for menu “Privacy“ Contacts Amazon Alexa Do not consent Why would Contacts permission degrade speed? 🤷🏻‍♂️ I asked myself the same thing, while searching in frustration for a reason, until I finally stumbled upon this amazing comment on … Continue reading Alexa app slow on iOS or Android? Its your Contacts fault

Switcheroo, bluetooth keyboard and mouse across Macs made easy

Companies providing a Macbook as work laptops do a great favor to themselves and the people receiving them for productivity, years of usage have made me really fond of Mac OS versus the amount of maintenance I was demanded by my Windows workstations making it almost a second job on its own. Still even though … Continue reading Switcheroo, bluetooth keyboard and mouse across Macs made easy

Your Alexa routine stopped working? It might be due to Announcements

Alexa’s routines, especially those scheduled on an hourly basis or on events such as sunrise and sunset, are very convenient, who doesn’t like them? The evening time arrives, your echo dots with joyful voice announces “Good evening, it’s close to sunset time, turning on the lights!” and the lights come on …? Or at least they … Continue reading Your Alexa routine stopped working? It might be due to Announcements

Sony WH-1000XM3 review, top tier fame, trash at best

The title speaks clearly, I let myself be dazzled by the reviews and comparisons on YouTube of the various vs Bose where they boasted extreme superiority, and following the mantra of all the articles that praised their qualities stating they are “the best headphones money can buy” I got them for 349€, and I regretted it. The … Continue reading Sony WH-1000XM3 review, top tier fame, trash at best

Computer says no, or how a brake sensor could have saved me from a trip to the hospital

When it comes to self driving vehicles, the rightful critics that usually are brought up against this technology is that it cannot account for unpredictable events, like people not respecting road rules, not much is usually said about the flip side of the coin where the driver himself is not respecting said rules, and where … Continue reading Computer says no, or how a brake sensor could have saved me from a trip to the hospital

Codemotion 2018 @ Rome

The codemotion is back on the scene like every year, this time in Rome for the month of April, and to keep bench rather than new and flaming JavaScript frameworks (😅) are more and more news from the W3C built-in-the-browser that come adopted at an ever-increasing speed by our dear browser makers. https://rome2018.codemotionworld.com/ Part 1 … Continue reading Codemotion 2018 @ Rome

Absolute but not empty, CSS rendering bug in legacy Android and how to fix

What “Absolute” means Let’s start with a foreword on the main term of the subject, because as many things CSS names can be misleading in many ways. So first thing  doesn’t mean “absolute” in the natural language way, it’s not like an element with this property stops being tied to anything at all, rather we … Continue reading Absolute but not empty, CSS rendering bug in legacy Android and how to fix

#HACKDEV17 project SPID smart button

The web has revolutionized most aspects of our daily life in the private sector, the speed and ease that today’s big platforms provide for exchanging information to send messages and process purchases are proof of how these systems have made great strides in the last 20 years, unfortunately the same cannot be said for the … Continue reading #HACKDEV17 project SPID smart button