Articles about mobile technologies
A friend of mine recently told me about online text messaging – sending and receiving texts using your phone company’s website. At first I thought, why in the Heck would I want/need to do that? Well, a case in point came up today and I’m […]
Is it a brick? It’s been a bit slack in the shop recently, which is an understatement, as during January and February, Buenos Aires resembles a ghost town, much like Paris in August. Fortunately for me, there are still a few souls left in town
Amazon Prime Video – another way of cutting the cord? It seems like Amazon frequently tweaks its Amazon Prime benefits. What started off as a way to get free 2-day shipping has evolved into a wide range of benefits, including: Prime Instant Video – This
Real time GPS tracking in action Last year the owner of Jawa Argentina completed a timed ‘raid’ on a motorcycle, joining the most northern and southern points of Argentina, that is to say, La Quiaca, Jujuy to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, a distance of
For years, an open source project has been working on porting the Android operating system to the x86 platform… meaning, it can be run on PC hardware with an Intel or AMD processor. The project is called, not surprisingly, the Android x86 project. Jide, a
For those of you who missed the opportunity to get the Amazon Echo for its launch price of $99, you may be able to get one in the coming weeks for less than the current $180 price tag. That is, as long as you don’t
AVG report lists apps that have the most impact on smartphone performance, battery life and mobile data. In their report titled “Android App Performance Trends,” online security company AVG identifies the Android apps people use on their smartphones and tablets that are the biggest hogs
Android Apps That Slow Performance and Eat Your Data Read More »
Here’s another combined article from our team of expert tech writers. This time we asked them to let us know what type of smartphone (or cell phone) they use and why – credit: this was actually suggested by Karen Homan: Karen Homan – Currently owns
There’s a ton of hype today about the new Yahoo Messenger app. Remember Yahoo Messenger? There’s a chance it was popular and then nonexistent before you were even born. I personally remember wondering if Y2K would affect Yahoo Messenger (then known as Yahoo Chat). Here
Yahoo Messenger 11.5 allows you to unsend messages… kinda Read More »
I get a lot of email. More than I would like to but it all serves a purpose. When I look at my email on my iPhone or iPad, I don’t want to see my ‘old’ email that I’ve already read, just my unread email.
I’m a list maker. I may not be a mover or a shaker but, Dang it, I always have things to do and I like making To-Do lists (I may not even complete all those tasks, but that’s another story!). While I don’t mind using
Wunderlist: Making To-Do Lists that Work for You Read More »
Wi-Fi Assist switched on by default One of the nicer features in iOS 9 is the ability to automatically switch to using cellular data if your Wi-Fi is a little sketchy. The not-so-nice thing is the fact that this feature it is switched to ‘On’ automatically
iOS 9 Default “Feature” May Be Hurting Your Data Usage Read More »
Now that I have your attention, I am not referring to AntiVirus or something you would pick up at the Drug Store. The topic is protecting your investments. So you buy this neat little gadget and then it gets all scratched up, scuffed, the screen is
You must have the right protection or suffer unwanted results Read More »
As a creative writer wannabe with many writer pals, I am often asked to read others’ work. In the past I used to lament about all the trees we were murdering as we printed out gobs of copies to share in writing groups. Then I
Amazon ‘Send to Kindle’ – Read Anything, Anytime, Everywhere Read More »
