Every year or so you hear about some internet messaging technology that will "replace email," but obviously doesn’t and gets swept under the rug as fast as it came on the scene. This is because there is nothing out there can match the rock-solid decentralized nature of how email works. There is one thing however [...]
Use Your iPhone As A Wireless Mouse And Keyboard
October 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A really cool sounding application for using the iPhone which I stumbled across the other day was the ability to use it as a fully functioning wireless mouse and keyboard via the Touch Mouse application. Here is the full description: Touch Mouse by Logitech turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and [...]
Google Voice Finally On The Iphone (Officially)
September 29, 2010 by 5 Comments
Something must’ve frozen over. Because Apple has been loosening up their app restrictions lately, leading to what is now an official approval of Google Voice for the Iphone. There have been a couple of third-party apps in the app store approved recently (i.e. GV Mobile+), however Google now has the green light for an official [...]
Loyalty Cards Cluttering Your Wallet? Try CardMobili.
September 27, 2010 by 2 Comments
This resource was submitted to PCMech via the “Got A Tip?” form by Reina, who calls herself “an avid reader”. For all I know, she might work for the resource she submitted to us, but that’s fine. It looks interesting. It is called Cardmobili. Basically, it is a way to store all those loyalty card [...]
How To Spot Scams And Malware Apps On Android Devices
September 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Now that smart phones are becoming more and more commonplace, the next logical step is that the technology is going to become a target for malware and scammers. If you think about it, it makes sense for the mobile platforms to be a target as users, presently, have less concern about security risks on these [...]
Be Careful Of Where And When You Text
September 16, 2010 by 3 Comments
We all know texting while driving is a huge no-no. You shouldn’t do it because you are a risk to other people when you aren’t paying attention to the road. However, driving isn’t the only time you should leave your phone in your pocket in order to be safe. Anytime you are in an unfamiliar [...]
Lifetime Map Option Now In More Garmin GPS Devices
September 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
The single largest and loudest complaint about Garmin automotive GPS devices was the fact people had to pay for map updates. Garmin tried to get around this by offering a Lifetime map update subscription, but that didn’t do very well because the cost of the subscription was more than the GPS device itself. Now however, [...]
Are Smartphones Disposable?
September 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
When it comes to tech gadgetry, disposable nature is more or less based on price point and ease-of-transition from one gadget to the next. A few examples: Netbooks were always disposable because they were introduced with a low price point and are even marketed as “companion” computers, which translates to “this is something cheap enough [...]
What Is MiFi?
September 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
You may have seen the term “MiFi” but had no clue what it meant other than it was probably some sort of mobile wireless Internet networking. That essentially is correct, however the word isn’t indicative of any standard, or at least not yet. A MiFi is a line of compact wireless routers made by Novatel [...]
Are You Hot For a Tablet Yet?
September 3, 2010 by 7 Comments
If you pay attention to what the corporate mucky-mucks say, they feel that people want and need tablet computers. The one you see in the video above is the Samsung Galaxy which uses Android (watch for the little green Android character at the end). I have two questions for you guys and girls out there. [...]
Highlights From Apple’s Live Event – Apple TV, New Ipods, Itunes 10
September 1, 2010 by 2 Comments
Apple held their traditional September “Stevenote” this afternoon. In the “something different” department, Apple decided to live-stream the event online. In a suprising move, you had to be tuning in using an Apple device to see the live stream. Windows users were SOL unless they found some kind of geeky workaround. The theory was that [...]
$35 Tablet Might Be The Real Deal
August 16, 2010 by 5 Comments
You may have heard rumors of India being able to product an ultra-cheap tablet computer for $35. Everyone dismissed this as nothing but fantasy, but it may actually turn out to be real. Per the video in this article, you actually get to see it in use. The tablet does use the Android OS, and [...]
Send Texts For Free On Your iPhone With Textfree
August 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I have always wondered why cell carriers provide a ridiculous amount of voice minutes, yet charge additional fees for text messaging. From a technical standpoint, it seems the voice data stream would be much more intensive on their network as opposed to a 140 character text string. Regardless, if you are an iPhone user and [...]
Android + Google Voice = Awesome
August 10, 2010 by 3 Comments
You want free text messaging? Free visual voice mail? The ability to screen your calls and have custom voice mail greetings? Then you really need to check out Google Voice. It is now completely wide open (and free) to sign up for anybody in the U.S. I’ve had a Google Voice number for awhile. In [...]
iPhone Apps Which Can Save You Money
August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
We have all seen and heard about all the cool iPhone apps and games which are demonstrated either on commercials or touted on blogs, but what about some which can actually save you money? This article titled “iPhone Apps: 5 Top Money-Saving Picks“, the author addresses that very question. The apps highlighted include the very [...]
