Rene Ritchie

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The Ice Bucket challenge is simple — fill a container with ice and water, dump it on yourself, and then challenge someone else to do likewise. All to raise awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). My friend and co-host Dave Wiskus did it a couple days ago on Better Elevation, and Apple's senior vice president (SVP), Phil Schiller, did it at a beach yesterday. So now it's my turn. Inspired by Wiskus and Schiller, in the frigid Canadian summer, I'm dousing myself in ice and water in hopes you go learn about and donate to ALS — and I'm challenging Kevin Michaluk, Phil Nickinson, Daniel Rubino, and Georgia Dow to do the same!

If you've done the Ice Bucket challenge please share the link below, and share your challenges!

Escalation. Costner brings a knife, Connery brings a gun. Wayne dresses in a bat suit, a smiling psycho gets green hair and a purple suit. And I write an article about my iPad Home screen, so Peter goes and posts about his Mac dock. Well, two can play the escalation game. So, here's what's on my Retina MacBook Pro dock right now!

Since there aren't a ton of iOS devices — like there are Android or smartwatches — the staff at iMore has traditionally shared our favorite apps instead. We didn't get to it at the end of last year, what with the best app awards and CES and all, so we decided to do it now, as a way to ring in the new year. Last week I shared what's on my iPhone for The Sweet Setup, so I'm going to focus on the iPad now. Here's my current iPad Air Home screen, and a few words on why I have it just exactly that way...