Link. He is a very strange man.
Daily Archives: April 23, 2017
Not negative mass.
Link. Words are tricky things.
AMEX lets you set spending limit on authorized user. Such as a child.
Link. Considering this for our kids.
DeLong: AI can’t take jobs. Just redistribute income.
Link. I want what he’s smoking.
Kottke on what we’ve lost – including Google Reader Social.
Link. Google threw it away. Never recovered.
Second Biggest Housing Boom of All Time
Link. DeLong makes case for rational prices.
Apple gave Uber special break when it broke App Store rules
Link. Most Apps would have been yanked immediately.
Smartphones for special needs: configuring app and media purchasing
Link. Simplest is no credit card, buy credit separately.
Apple Family Sharing “Ask to Buy” ends age 18. Special needs?
Link. Paging Apple accessibility program.
Restrictions in 10.3: “Require Password” for purchases setting disappears …
Link. It’s possible to be too clever. Restriction management is a beast.
Apple’s “gift cards” site explains all the ways to add money to “iTunes store” for the un-carded and un-banked.
The “iTunes”, “card” and “gift” branding are insanely confusing. These are all ways to put credit into a “Apple Store” account — except “Apple Store Cards” are for buying things through physical Apple Stores, unless, of course, one is buying them through an online Apple Store.
Sheesh. What a train wreck. Apple has a lot of branding rework to do.
Anyway, multiple ways to get App/Media/iTunes credit to someone who doesn’t have a credit card or bank account. Including iTunes Pass (never heard of it) where someone can bring cash to an Apple Store and get credit. There’s even a way to buy months of iTunes music streaming.
Credit Cards for adults with Special Needs.
Link. There is so much to learn and so many tricks and traps.