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Extending the Battery Life of your [Android] Smartphone
A very good friend of mine, Cara Carriveau, a DJ here at WTMX 101.9 in Chicago, IL was lucky enough to get her hands on the new Sprint EVO right at its release and almost immediately a) fell in love...
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Holiday Buyer’s Guide: Part 1–Computer Hardware
Every year, I get asked by a number of different people, what computer they should buy their loved one(s) for Christmas (or your end of year holiday of choice). My answer is never what they expect and...
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Verizon iPhone Announced Tomorrow – Perhaps…
Will we see the iPhone on Verizon..? I know some of you that have been following my iPhone chronicles either here or at Gear Diary are likely wondering if I’ve lost my mind. I mean, wasn’t it me who...
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A Decent Helping of Crow Pie
I’ve been saying for quite some time now, that Apple wouldn’t release an iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network unless and until they had successfully rolled out their LTE network. It appears I was...
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Death to Double-Dipping Wireless Carriers!
I just saw this over at ZDNet, and I’m sorry, I just can’t keep my mouth shut. Verizon Wireless is going to charge users $20 a month, in addition to their $30 unlimited data plan, for the iPhone’s...
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Review – Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4/4S
As Managing Editor for BYTE, I see a lot of products and accessories for a number of different smartphones. The Mophie Juice Pack Air does exactly what Mophie claims it will do. It provides protection...
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Apple Releases iOS 5.1 After Media Event
The Software Update Notification from my iPhone 4S Yesterday was a big day for Apple and its fans as Apple’s Tim Cook lead the announcement of the “New iPad,” or “iPad 3rd Generation” as its being...
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Apple’s On-Line Store Goes Down in Preparation of WWDC 2012
I woke this morning fully anticipating an update to the Apple Store. It IS WWDC-Day, after all. Also not a surprise today is the glut of last minute guessing that’s going on as to what will transpire...
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Apple & Samsung No Longer BFF’s: My Take on the Trial Results
I really expected the trial deliberations to go a lot longer than they did. The fact that the verdict came back so quickly speaks volumes about design, perception, and what the public believes when it...
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Unboxing the iPhone 6 – Space Gray
This is the unboxing of Apple’s newest flagship smartphone, the Space Gray 64GB iPhone 6. I received three devices from AT&T on Friday 2014-09-19 on iPhone 6 day. All three were the same...
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Using Apple Pay – Its Really Just that Easy…
Using Apple’s Apple Pay to purchase goods and services when you’re out and about is quick and easy. I took my granddaughter to get some lunch and paying with Apple Pay was quick, easy, secure and so...
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Long Live iPhone, King of the Enterprise
A recently conducted survey claims that the iPhone has dethroned the long-reigning king of enterprise, the BlackBerry, for business use. iPass polled over 2,300 enterprise workers for their quarterly...
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Court Affirms Samsung v. Apple Ruling
Samsung still owes Apple a ton of money… Yes… The landmark trial between Apple and Samsung still isn’t settled. Late last week, a US Federal Circuit court of Appeals denied Samsung’s request for a new...
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Release-a-palooza – Apple Releases Multiple OS Updates
Apple released updates to watchOS, iOS and OS X. I knew things were close to being done for all three of these releases, but I wasn’t certain when Apple would green light changes to watchOS 2.0.1, iOS...
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Apple Releases iOS 9.2.1
Apple released the latest version of iOS 9 into the wild the other day… As of this writing, the fifth version of iOS 9, iOS 9.2.1 has been released into the wild. Previously, Apple released 9.0.1,...
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Apple Tells the FBI to go Pound Bits
The FBI’s request for Apple to crack the San Bernardino terrorist iPhone 5c isn’t as cut and dry as it might appear… This story has been making headlines for quite some time now, and I honestly think...
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The All Writs Act is an All Access Pass
Yeah… “It’s good to be the king…!” Those of you that recognize the comic line from Mel Brook’s History of the World: Part 1 will recall that it was used by Mel Brooks during the montage on...
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Do I have the AceDeceiver Malware?
Most – if not all – iPhone users, can relax… There’s but a great deal of hub-bub over the latest revelation that non-jailbroken iPhones can be breached with a man in the middle attack (MitM) that comes...
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Apple’s On-Line Store Goes Down in Preparation of WWDC 2012
I woke this morning fully anticipating an update to the Apple Store. It IS WWDC-Day, after all. Also not a surprise today is the glut of last minute guessing that’s going on as to what will transpire...
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Apple & Samsung No Longer BFF’s: My Take on the Trial Results
I really expected the trial deliberations to go a lot longer than they did. The fact that the verdict came back so quickly speaks volumes about design, perception, and what the public believes when it...
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