by Michael Krupa on May 23, 2011
Are you a big fan of Google Maps and feel like the Maps application on your iPhone is falling behind in functionality? Maybe you would like to access your starred locations and My Maps data stored in your Google Account. Whatever your reason, Google has enhanced Google Maps for mobile browsers on Android and iOS. Just visit maps.google.com on your phone or tablet browser and stare in awe of what Google has accomplished in HTML instead of a dedicated app.
So my dear iPhone owners and frequent flyers…would you like a highly interactive app where “you can track your flight, recalculate your remaining flight time and flight position, and learn more about key landmarks and geographic areas you’re flying over”? (I love it when a vendor provides tech tips copy for me). If so, you might want to check out all the details on the iPhone WindowsSeat app and see if this one is for you. Looks like they have a paid app for $2.99 and free app that covers a limited number of cities.
Are you one of those people who have a need to print from your mobile device but don’t want to have to install software for printing? I’m a little late notifying you about this but Google has a service called Google Cloud Print that will do just that. Head over to the Google Mobile Blog to read all the details.
As our social network continues expanding, the ability to keep up with all the noise can become overwhelming. Twitter already has the ability to create lists but surprisingly many people are not aware that Facebook has a similar list capability. Lifehacker has a quick write up on creating and using Facebook lists. It’s only a couple of paragraphs so go read it now. Scoot.
I have had terrible luck this last year with hard drives failing on me. I wish I had come across this website on hard drive sounds earlier. Most hard drives start to make specific sounds when they are failing and Data Cert has created a database of sounds for each brand of drive to help you understand what might be happening with your drive when you think you hear sounds that just don’t quite sound right to you.
And finally, I leave you with one of the most interesting toilets I have seen in a long time. It’s called the Kohler Numi and this illuminated, electrified, spritzing, heated and wireless remote control device will only set you back a cool $6300. I’ll take 2.
by Michael Krupa on July 26, 2010
No time to dilly dally around this week so I am just going to launch right into my tips!
One of areas that the Android operating system beats the iPhone is the native implementation of Google Maps. Google continues their expansion of Maps functionality by adding a Yelp-like location based information called Places. As always, the Google Mobile blog has all the details on the new Places application.
For my Windows 7 readers, the Supersite for Windows blog has all the details on using the Reliability Monitor built into Windows 7 to help you find out what’s wrong with your computer.
Got an iPad? The app that is all the rage this week is the Flipboard. This free app for the iPad takes all your social networks and turns them into an attractive print style layout. I have not yet had a chance to try out the app but Engadget has great review of Flipboard if you want to learn more.
I know many of you use Google Voice so pay attention to this great article from Lifehacker on Top 10 Clever Google Voice tricks. No sit, stay or play dead tricks but I do like Tip #9 to set your Google Voice number as your Skype Caller ID.
Fed up with Windows but can’t make the move to an Apple device because you need all your Outlook mail to move with you? Hold on to your socks and head over to How-To-Geek to learn how to use the Mozilla Thunderbird email client as the go-between to convert all your Outlook email over to the Apple Mail.app email client.
Zowey. For some geek chic wristband fashion you might not want to pass up the Bluetooth Wristband Speakerphone from Atomic9. It vibrates, it voice dials, it tells you who is calling AND if you act now it will warn you when you are too far away from your phone. As an added bonus the URL for the product is in UPPER CASE (for some strange reason).
