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Be Careful Using iMessage On Company Networks and Public WiFi

Posted on November 28, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone

In a previous post, I talked about how OSX Lion has helped make sharing my office’s internet connection over wifi easier. When I have my Mac broadcasting the connection, I can help cut down on the costs of 3G data by using WiFi on my iPhone and iPad when I’m at work. But when it [...]

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Five Reasons Why I Am Done With iPhone Jailbreaking (For Now)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone, Soapbox

Since I became an iPhone owner a couple years ago, I’ve always found that jailbreaking has opened the ubiquitous device up to some really cool features not otherwise available in Apple’s walled garden. But as of late, with iOS updates flying fast and new features cropping up, I have found reason after reason to return [...]

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iOS 5 Makes Installing Multiple Apps / Updates Faster

Posted on November 21, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone

One marked improvement I’ve seen on my iPhone 3GS since upgrading to iOS 5 is that it has improved the speed of installing multiple apps or app updates from the iTunes App Store. In iOS 4 or earlier, each app would download and install one at a time, making installing updates for many apps a sometimes slow [...]

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OS X Lion Makes Internet Sharing Easier Than Before

Posted on August 2, 2011 by in iPhone, Mac

After recently upgrading to OS X Lion, I was delighted to discover that this process of constantly needing to toggle internet sharing is a thing of the past.

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Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone, Mac

Apple’s been spending a lot of time in the past couple years making innovations in iOS. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad’s technology has changed the way we interact with devices and now Apple is bringing those innovations back into Mac OS X with Lion, which will be available this summer. Last time I wrote, [...]

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Are Desktop Apps Taking Over Again?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by in iPhone, Mac

These days, so much of what could only be accomplished offline 10 years ago has been taken to the cloud. So much so, that perpetual latecomers Microsoft have even started doing TV ads on their cloud-based image editing solution. (On a side note, easy-to-use image editing software doesn’t make your kids behave – that ad [...]

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My Problems with iPhone’s Neglected Calendar App

Posted on October 12, 2010 by in iPhone, Soapbox

In which the author whines about software on his phone. Boo hoo.

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Facebook Places Launched Today, Just Not In Canada.

Posted on August 19, 2010 by in iPhone, Social Media

In which the author gripes about not living in Silicon Valley when shiny new things are released.

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Video Edit for iPhone 3GS Review

Posted on June 2, 2010 by in iPhone, Social Media

In which the author reviews a great little app for editing video on the iPhone.

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Acura CSX and iPhone Music

Posted on February 22, 2010 by in iPhone, music

Recently I acquired a lovely new 2009 Acura CSX, which I have really enjoyed driving these past few months. One of my favourite features of the car is that it has a USB port which I can plug my iPhone into and play music through the factory stereo system. However one significant beef I have [...]

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