Megan Lavey-Heaton

Megan Lavey is a newspaper designer with the Patriot-News just outside Harrisburg, Pa. She is a bibliophile, and can't pass a bookstore without somehow making her way inside. Her journalism career has taken her from Alabama to the Tennessee/Virginia border, Maine, Arizona and finally Pennsylvania. She is also the co-creator of the webcomic Namesake. She currently resides just outside Enola, Pa. with her cats and is married lifelong to a lifelong Linux user who happens to be British, an astrophysicist and who constantly teases her about her deep love for Apple products. But, she's still madly in love with him anyhow. If you need to contact her for review purposes, please do so through this email.

Megan Lavey-Heaton's Latest Posts

Apple updates Siri to help those considering suicide to get help

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 19th 2013 12:00PM)

GigaOM noticed that Apple quietly released an update to Siri that offers to put a user in contact with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, should he or she mention suicide. Should the person decline the offer, Siri then brings up area suicide prevention centers in a second attempt to provide ...

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Los Angeles schools award $30 million iPad contract to Apple

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 19th 2013 11:00AM)

The Los Angeles Unified School District is redirecting US$30 million of its budget to provide roughly 35,000 iPads to 47 district schools, the Los Angeles Times reports. Because the devices will come pre-loaded with educational software, the price per unit clocks in at a hefty $678. LAUSD is the ...

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Wired and the design behind the iOS 7

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 11th 2013 11:00AM)

On the heels of its iOS 7 coverage, Wired has taken the time to dive into the story about how the overhaul to Apple's iOS platform came to be. Instead of retreading the old route from Scott Forstall to Jony Ive, the magazine explores the psychological justification of skeuomorphism and how ...

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Control Center finally brings quick toggles to iOS

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 10th 2013 2:41PM)

OK, Apple, you got me. "It's iOS 7," I groused to our newsroom after Craig Federighi ran through the changes in Notifications. "Can we please get quick toggles for bloody WiFi, Airplane mode, etc.?" And the next thing out of Federighi's mouth was the new Control Center. Let's be real, this is ...

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Apple Store is down ahead of WWDC Keynote

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 10th 2013 10:10AM)

Just after 10 AM ET, the online Apple Store went down in preparation of today's WWDC Keynote at 1:00 PM ET/10 AM PT. Which announcements are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments. And be sure to be here on TUAW at 1:00 PM ET/10 AM PT for TUAW's coverage of the WWDC Keynote. While ...

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Apple denies involvement in US government communication surveillance

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 6th 2013 7:30PM)

Apple has told CNBC that it does not provide the US government with direct access to its servers, contradicting a Washington Post report that the company, among others, is knowingly participating in a secret program that is allowing the government to monitor the activity of US residents. The ...

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Twitter for Mac finally gains Notification Center support

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 23rd 2013 8:00AM)

Well, here's something I thought we would never see -- a minor update for Twitter for Mac, which finally brings Notification Center support to the client. You know, it only took just shy of 10 months after the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for that to happen. The 2.2.1 update also fixes Growl ...

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Apple Store is down (Updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 22nd 2013 12:25AM)

The Apple Store went down around midnight ET. What will the refresh bring? We'll let you know as soon as the store is back up. Thanks to all the tipsters that let us know! Update: There's a Father's Day promo and a new, big tile design for the look of the store. ...

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Apple releases Senate testimony as panel announces it avoided billions in taxes

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 20th 2013 6:00PM)

A congressional panel has found that Apple avoided billions in taxes, the New York Times reports, thanks to an intricate network of subsidiaries throughout the globe. The structure of some of these sub-companies in certain countries made them exempt from paying or filing taxes or record-keeping ...

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Google Hangouts app to integrate SMS "soon"

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 16th 2013 3:30PM)

I've been using the Google Hangouts app on the iPhone since it was announced on Wednesday, and I've really liked it so far. I haven't messed around with it much on my iPad, except to install it, but it was enough for my Android-using husband to be jealous that we got it first. Like Apple's ...

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