October 30, 2012
Delays and waiting times seem to be the theme of Q4 for Apple. The company is now saying the release of the iTunes software update will be pushed back to November. It was at the iPhone 5 release in September that they promised a complete ... more
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Google is now making it even easier to search and find the information you need. Today, the company introduced an update to its app for iOS and Android with a fancy new enhanced voice search.
The new voice recognition technology is simple to use. After ... more
October 29, 2012
Starbucks is treating the tech-savvy of Boston to a little something extra special with their morning lattes. The coffee giant is offering a "limited time in store trial for wireless charging" in 17 of their locations in the area.
[quote] Customers are coming into our stores every day ... more
iOS 6 is making navigating telephone menus easier with its new "Dial Extension" button. Previously you were able to add automatically dialled extensions to your contacts. Now, you can create a special button for any specific contact and activate it manually.
Here's how:
Go into your Contacts list.
Select the ... more
October 26, 2012
I'm sure many of you will be going to Halloween parties this weekend. I love Halloween. Last year I was Where's Waldo, and the year before I was a pig. I'm not talking about a cute pig in pink lingerie with pig ears and a tail kind of thing. ... more
October 25, 2012
The Fusion Drive for the new iMac and Mac mini was launched at the Apple event on Tuesday. Now it's time to get to know it a little bit better. Apple has posted more in-depth information about this new storage technology.
Combining flash and traditional hard drive technology, the ... more
October 23, 2012
Zynga's attempt to hide its massive layoffs behind the big Apple announcement today was foiled by a former employee who took to Twitter. The blow fell on their Bingo and TheVille teams out of Austin, Texas.
Justin Maxwell tweeted that his friends were amongst the employees that ... more
Apple is continuing to expand the iBooks Author suite with some new features. During the Apple event today, Tim Cook announced that authors will now be able to use new portrait templates, choose their own fonts and include multi-touch widgets.
[quote] Available free on the Mac App Store, iBooks Author ... more
October 22, 2012
Have you noticed a flickering on your iPhone 5's keyboard when logging in to the App Store? If so, you're not alone. A growing thread on Apple's discussion forum raised this issue. One user even emailed Apple's SVP Scott Forstall about it and he got ... more
RIM has just lost another major client to the iPhone. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says it intends to move away from the BlackBerry and will be buying more than 17,600 employees an Apple device. A pretty big bummer for the company considering RIM is ... more
October 20, 2012
Photos play an important role in our lives. They help us hold on to memories. They allow us be creative. They show our funny side. And, they let us find what we've been looking for. This weekend, take some extra time to stop, smell the flowers and then take ... more
October 19, 2012
Microsoft is about to make getting a university education a little more affordable. Today, the company announced a new version of Office 365 specifically for students whose school doesn't use Microsoft's online productivity suite.
Faculty and staff can get their hands on it in the first quarter of ... more