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).
by Michael Krupa on July 22, 2010
Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome back to Tuesday Tech Tips. What? It’s not Tuesday? Okay okay. I was a little busy on Tuesday plugging the HR Technology Conference & Expo via my Old Spice satire post. So for this week we have Thursday Tech Tips.
I see a lot of Android love tweets out there these days and for the 3 people who are actually using Google Buzz, Louis Gray has discovered that Seesmic for Android Add Support for Google Buzz.
I know many of you have turned on your Windows computer only to find out the darn thing won’t boot. Most likely you were out of town at a conference and didn’t have easy access to your Windows setup disc. Well guess what? Windows 7 pre-installs a nifty recovery utility right on your hard drive. Head on over to Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows to read all about the Window 7 Recovery Environment.
Well, well, well. It looks like Apple is finally rounding out its Bluetooth functionality for the iPhone. In the upcoming iOS 4.1 release, Apple delivers AVRCP Stereo Bluetooth controls. Now you will finally be able to use all the buttons on your Bluetooth device to control your music.
In other iPhone news all you Audible lovers can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Audible has finally arrived on the iPhone. The app is iOS4 multitasking enabled and is now in the App Store. Head on over to TUAW to read more about the Audible iPhone App.
Hold on to your propeller hat my fellow geeks. For those of you who love to run multiple Operating Systems on the same computer, Lifehacker has details on a USB Flash Drive utility called MultiBootISOs that lets you boot from the USB flash drive and choose the OS you want to run from the flash drive.
Do you have excessive disposable income and a need to acquire every known gadget? CrunchGear has tracked down for you the Portable Watermelon Cooler. It’s a little pricey ($230) and is only available in Japan at the moment but if you really, really, really need to wheel around a cold watermelon maybe you can figure out how to get one through customs.
