Are you sharing your location on social media? Are you checking in on Foursquare? And, are you checking in on Facebook? Or, even if you’re not checking in, are you telling the world where you’re located every time you post a status update? There are security risks with being so public about your location so [...]
Samsung has recently introduced their Galaxy S4. And, I recently had the opportunity to check it out. Now, I preface everything here with this… I am a long-time iPhone user. I took a temporary hiatus into the world of Android awhile back, and was quite disappointed. So, what did I think about the Samsung Galaxy [...]
It really is amazing sometimes just how connected we are to the Internet. It used to be that going online was a bit of a novelty. We’d buy a computer just so we could go online, and internet connectivity was something that we looked at as special. Remember those AOL discs? Today, many of us [...]
To make good videos with almost any camera, it is good to remove vibrations from hand-holding it. And, the most common way to do that is by mounting it on a tripod. Problem is, mounting a smartphone onto a tripod requires some extra gear. Whereas almost all cameras have a tripod mount on them, phones [...]
Ever tried to record video with a point-and-shoot camera, smartphone, or…. well, ANY camera, and do so using the built-in microphone? What does it sound like? Garbage, that’s what. The resulting audio is noisy, full of hiss in some cases, and it picks up every little background noise going on. The subject of the video [...]
Millions of elderly Americans live independently at home, however in many cases, there is a younger family member worried about it. They don’t want to lose the independence of living at home, yet the younger generation is worried that something could go wrong and they couldn’t do anything about it. I’m somewhat familiar with this, because this [...]
Apple haters love to point out that Macs are only used by a very small minority of personal computer users. And that it will always be that way. And you know what? They’re right. But, who cares when you’re making all the money?! At least that’s how the people inside Apple are looking at it, [...]
OK, so here’s the rub… Apple gave the Macbook Pro a single DisplayPort. That allows you to power an external monitor – obviously. And, if you want to power more than one monitor from it (which the laptop has the horsepower to do), you’ve got to pony up for two big Thunderbolt monitors from Apple. [...]
I recently took it upon myself to beef up my 2011 Macbook Pro. This laptop originally came with 4 GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive. And it served me perfectly fine for awhile. After awhile, however, I started to become more aware of the speed. My usual activity with the laptop was perfectly [...]
OK, PCMech’ers…. I have a question for you. I am looking to put some new life into the PCMech Youtube channel. Which means, more videos. Which brings me to the question… What kind of videos would you like? Do you prefer full-on tutorial videos? Do you like opinion-based videos, where we editorialize on something doing [...]
Here is a snippet from the official press release, then I will offer my commentary below… Tampa, FL, April 1, 2013 – Tampa based technology blog, PCMech.com, is announcing today that it will be re-branded as MacMech. PCMech.com began in 1997, making it one of the oldest technology blogs on the Internet. Started as a [...]
It used to be that Internet Explorer was the dominant web browser. Even as the competitors ate into it, it was still dominant mainly because it was built into the most popular operating system – Windows. And, let’s face it, most end users just use what’s put in front of them. But, I decided to [...]
Have you ever begun your day with a fairly aggressive to-do list? Then gotten to the end of it thinking, “What the hell happened?! The day is almost over and I hardly got anything done!” We’re human. It happens. Well, one of the lovely things about the Internet is that there are a TON of [...]
I’m seriously thinking about canceling my cable TV. It is one of those things I’ve been tossing around in my mind for awhile now. I keep threatening to do it, but then I get cold feet and end up never making the call. Why, you ask? I don’t know. Perhaps I’m just slow to accept [...]
If you’re anything like me, your computer is basically little more than a window to the Internet. Sure, I do “offline” things with my computer. But, let’s face it. Probably at least 90% of the activity I do on my computer is done via my web browser. We’re heading back into the client-server days, in [...]
