In my piece that I wrote yesterday, I discussed how my father’s peculiar tendency to go into the multitasking tray to kill all apps might be a bad habit from the days before protected memory operating systems, such as OS X. Alas, one of the design decisions made by Apple to make all apps —Continue reading “iOS: Not Running State”

Last year my father ditched his ancient Palm Treo for an iPhone 4. He is without a doubt pleased with it, however I noticed an odd behaviour he’s been making a habit of. Frequently he will double-tap on the home button to bring up the multitasking tray — which begins a process of holding andContinue reading “iOS Multitasking: Is There More to This Than Misinformation?”

The last several years I’ve spent many hours signing up and trying new web services from Google. Some good — others complete shit. Google mail is one of those not shitty ones. I have gone back and forth between email hosting services before. Back in the 90s it was Hotmail (before Microsoft bought them) andContinue reading “A Glut of Web Services: Google”

This year should be a big year for RIM. By big, I don’t mean in a good way. In order to elucidate, I’m basing my thoughts on some announcements made in Q4 2011, but also the general trend the company is headed on while we’re just a couple weeks into 2012. RIM unveiled some ofContinue reading “Fast on The Way to Nowhere: RIM”

I read an unfortunate story the other day. A good friend of mine mentioned she was having some problems with her new Android phone. The sad part about this is that neither her wireless carrier or Samsung could be bothered to send her home with a new replacement. To give you a bit of backstory,Continue reading “Apple Replaced My 43 Day Out of Warranty iPhone for Free”

I only have one computer, and that’s my 15 inch MacBook Pro. It’s a 2010 model and is fully maxed out at 8GB of RAM with an 80GB SSD and i7 processor. I absolutely love this machine. Here’s the clincher though: the battery life sucks. Apple claims 7 hours of battery life for the latestContinue reading “My New Mac Setup for 2012”

I love the idea of full-screen web apps, and it’s one of the little perks you get when using iOS. Last night I added a simple line of code that enables that for this very site. You simply add: <meta name=”apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style” content=”black”> The content=”black” part sets the status bar black, however you can change thatContinue reading “Now Available in Full Screen Mode”

I don’t think there’s any doubt that Apple is rethinking how the Mac Pro fits into their product line. I give it one more major refresh before it’s discontinued. There reasons for this are vast, which include lower volume of sales and Apple’s focus on consumer rather than the “professional” market. Back in the 90sContinue reading “I Give the Mac Pro One More Year”

iTunes Match only recently became available to me here in Canada. Unfortunately one of the downsides to being Canadian, is that we’re always behind when it comes to receiving the latest services and content that always seem to launch first in the US. I decided to try iTunes Match yesterday, but that wasn’t without theContinue reading “Thoughts on iTunes Match”

With any major new iOS release, it typically takes several weeks for my giddiness to subside. Once the initial excitement wears off, I try to ruminate on all of the changes and new features so I can determine what I like and don’t like. Although I’ve written about some of my gripes with iOS inContinue reading “An iOS 6 Wish List”