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Do Our Devices Spoil Us?
The problem with using an iPad so much is that everything becomes a touch screen. Boy oh boy am I having trouble with this lately. I keep swiping my finger across the television and poking at my MacBook screen. When nothing happens, I am momentarily confused. Then, of course, sadness sets in as I realize [...]
Is the iPad Making Steve Ballmer Nervous?
Love him or hate him, Steve Ballmer is a dynamic person. When he speaks, it’s from the heart. There have been many times where I’m sure something popped out of his mouth that he later regretted. However, the passion he has for what he does is something to be admired. I’ve never quite figured out [...]
Microsoft Kin Dead in the Water
Just a few short weeks after launch, the Microsoft Kin is reportedly being killed off. Gizmodo reports that sources at Microsoft have confirmed the death of a device we all wanted to like. Why would a device die such a speedy death? Sales. Microsoft never has confirmed – nor denied – the fact that only [...]
Is Your Cell Phone Hurting Your Children?
Is your reliance on technology hurting your children? A new study shows that perhaps parents are too plugged in. The story cites a young mother who was ignoring her toddler in a busy shopping mall while she had her head buried in her cell phone’s screen. It goes on to discuss the negative impact that [...]
Is Your Mobile Device Making You Less Productive?
According to a newly-released study, that mobile device in your hand is likely stressing you out, and making you LESS productive! Most of us who are power users tend to think that our iPhones and Blackberry’s help us be more efficient, and get more done. Sadly, that isn’t always the case for some people. Look [...]
Idapt to Your Gadget Adapters
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed While covering the recent CES conference in Las Vegas for us, Traci stopped by the Idapt booth and met up with company founder Jacques Guadamillas. Picking up a box from the table, Traci was astonished! She was certain that they had [...]
What is the Twitter Peek?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Lamarr is a good friend, and community member around Geeks and our live chat. He has done a few videos for me in the past, and I couldn’t pass this one up. Lamarr is giving us a first-hand look of the [...]
Gnomedex 08 BugLabs Contest
BugLabs was a presenter at Gnomedex last week. They have decided to run a contest that is open to all of the attendees of the conference. The 4 best gadget ideas win their own BUGbundle (value $629). The BUG is a modular consumer electronic platform (ie. the lego of gadgets). It falls within the open [...]
Are Mobile Car Chargers Good for Phone Batteries?
Chris Levo is the President and Chief Editor of Nteract Solutions. He sent me the following email after watching my video about charging my iPhone on the go. It’s excellent information, so you should read it carefully. I was watching your video about leaving your house with your iPhone, and needing to charge it if [...]
What do you Need to Know about USB?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Ponzi called me while shopping with some questions about USB Hubs. I realized that many people may have the same questions, so I decided to try and answer some of those for you in this video. Her first question was “What [...]
Wireless Mobile Devices and Phones
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed PongoShawn writes: “As the years go by, more and more people are buying wireless devices.” Here are some tips he sent in for you to keep in mind when purchasing one. Consider a case! At one point in time, we all [...]
USB Adapter for PCMCIA 3G Modems on Windows
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You can’t fit a square peg into a round hole, unless the square peg has a USB port. USB adapters are great, because they allow you to have backwards compatibility with legacy devices. Just about every computer has USB. My friends [...]
Teaching You Tech Terms Today
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Just like the word espresso is often mispronounced, so are a lot of tech words mispronounced, and misused. Palm Devices are not PalmPilots. Palm devices haven’t been titled PalmPilot in over 8 years now. It’s time to stop calling them PalmPilots. [...]
Weird, Strange, and Odd USB Gadgets
I love USB – it’s simple, sexy, and ubiquitous. I’m probably the only guy on the planet who would describe the Universal Serial Bus as “sexy,” but I still remember fiddling with RS-232 ports back in the day (very unsexy). If a device doesn’t accept a charge by USB, throw it back – it’s simply [...]
