A rant; mostly. You have been warned. Mobile devices are great, as long as there is a power source nearby to recharge them since for the most part they suck the juice quickly. This hit home for me as I was checking thru security at the airport in Thunder Bay with my electronic boarding pass [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
Power to the people… or, Let my people surf.
Posted: 10th May 2012 by tcg in hardware, iphone, technologyTags: airplanes, airports, hardware, iphone, technology, WiFi
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WordPress App for iPhone. Just keeps getting better
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by tcg in apps, blogging, iPad, iphone, reviews, softwareTags: apps, blogging, iPad, iphone, iPod, software, updates, Wordpress
I’ve tried over the years to start my blog drafts on my iPhone and then do the final tweaking on a PC simply because its hard to see what the finished result is going to be on the small screen. That and the fact the older version of the app was always a pain to [...]
iOS 5.1: Where’d my lock screen camera go
Posted: 13th March 2012 by tcg in Apple, iphoneTags: Apple, iOS, iOS 5.1, iphone, software
Sometimes I wonder why things get changed, and the lock screen camera on the iPhone in iOS 5.1 is one of those times. At first I looked at and watched it bounce when I double-clicked the home button as I had been doing since the update to iOS 5. Clicking it did nothing but make [...]
Getting old and forgetful? There’s an app for that.
Posted: 16th February 2012 by tcg in Apple, apps, hardware, iphone, Mac OSX, Security, technologyTags: Apple, apps, Find My iPhone, iphone, software, technology
You know that panic you feel when you realize you don’t have your phone in your pocket/purse/belt-pouch? Well, if it’s an iPhone you lost and you’ve set up Find my Phone, then you can breathe a little easier. Sadly, it has happened to me twice in the past couple of weeks. Chalk it up to [...]
Wine Picks & Pairings in your pocket
Posted: 18th December 2011 by tcg in apps, iPad, iphone, iPod, reviews, technologyTags: Android Apps, apps, blackberry, iPad, iphone, iPod, Natalie Maclean, software, sommelier, Wine
Maybe it’s not the intended purpose, but I’ve used @NatalieMacLean ‘s wine app (check it out here) a few times this week to check prices on bottles of wine when in a restaurant to see the crazy markup they charge. A $12 bottle of wine in the LCBO costs about $40 in a restaurant? That’s a [...]