Steve Jobs has died and the tech world is emptier, less innovative. Wear a black turtleneck in homage on Friday, Oct. 14, the day the new iPhone 4S goes on sale.

Tired of remembering dozens of online user names and passwords? SplashID not only helps you compile them into one secure place, but automatically fills in your account information for those Web sites.

At some point, your child will get a hold of your smart phone or tablet PC – and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Children always have a sharper, more natural intuition about technology than us grown-ups. Kids have never known a world without today's modern wonders and so have fewer acceptance barriers to overcome.

Few of you are reporters, but if you're a professional person or even just a diarist you likely use the iPad to record your thoughts and perhaps collect photographs, then desire to transfer these text and pictures to your desktop or the world.

So this week, I'll reveal some trade secrets – how I use three iPad apps to upload stories and photographic illustrations from the field to your browser.

iA Writer (Information Architects)