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The Story of the Alarm Clock

The Story of the Alarm Clock

Once upon a time… okay, it doesn’t really start off that way for we all know that the alarm clock is no fairy tale, they are very real. In fact, most of us would not have been able to get out of bed this morning without one. Who knew that something so small could make such a loud sound that wakes us so abruptly from our peaceful sleep? However, it did not begin that way for us humans; we used other means to wake us from our slumber long before the alarm clock. …

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Why iPhone's Daylight Savings Problem is Alarming

If you want your alarm to go off at 3:00, you better set it for 2:00 if your alarm happens to be an iPhone and you happen to live in Europe. Daylight Savings Time ended in Europe today and the iPhone updated the time properly, but the alarm is ringing an hour late, still locked to Daylight Savings Time. The bug was already seen when Australia switched from Daylight Savings Time and Standard Time weeks ago, and therein lies the concern. If Apple has been aware that this would happen and said they would fix it with a software update more than 3 weeks ago, why did it still happen? What issues with iOS have made…

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