Anytime we are within months of a potential new product launch from Apple, rumour sites run rampant with speculation. While this can be fun, it does get tiresome after a while. What’s interesting though is some actual real evidence of where Apple may be going with future generations of iPhone and iPad. I came acrossContinue reading “Interesting Look into The Future of iPhone And iPad Designs”

Very rarely do I have the inclination to discuss things such as word processors or text editing apps, but I recently discovered something that has truly made a difference for me. The app in question is called OmmWriter and it’s developed by a small indie Mac app company. I have started using OmmWriter for allContinue reading “OmmWriter: An Amazing Mac App for Writers”

This is not necessarily a follow up, but more of an addition to yesterdays piece on my ISP issues with Shaw Cable. Earlier today Michael Geist wrote an excellent overview on yesterdays CRTC hearing. Chair Konrad von Finckenstein had a fair chance to explain their case behind usage based billing. I seriously recommend you goContinue reading “On The Concern of Usage Based Billing by ISPs”

I have tried countless numbers of different note taking apps that are available on the App Store for iPhone. I don’t ask for much, but my criteria for a note taking app is as follows: Dropbox syncing support Wordcount and link detection The latest 3.1 update to Simplenote released today is just great. Note onlyContinue reading “My Favourite iOS Note Taking App is Now Simplenote”

There’s no doubt that a team of Apple engineers have been working on the next major point release of iOS (5.0) for some time now. There is plenty to be done here, and I know a lot of enthusiasts and even developers are chomping at the bit to figure out what Cupertino has in storeContinue reading “Things We Need in iOS 5”

One of the major problems right now, both for non-geeky and tech-savvy people is that there is no easy way to install bookmarklets on mobile Safari on any iOS device. One solution that I have been using lately has been working very well. Since I’m a heavy user of Dropbox (awesome service if you’re notContinue reading “How I Use Dropbox to Install Bookmarklets on My iPhone”

Many people have discovered that the Mac App Store has some shortcomings right now. Big ones too, such as: No support for trials No upgrades No in-app purchases (especially a big deal for developers) In-app purchases are a big deal, and here’s why: Developers need the ability to offer “Pro” features to their customers thatContinue reading “Mac App Store in Dire Need of In-App Purchase Ability”

For a while I’ve been playing around with Yahoo’s popular bookmarking service Delicious. I never really liked the UI/UX of the service so I gave up on it fairly quickly. After discovering Pinboard though, I decided to give it a go and see how it compared to Delicious. Overall, I really like what it does,Continue reading “How I Use Pinboard As A Scratchpad for Interesting Links”

My mom’s birthday is in December and my dad told me he was planning on getting her an iPad. Naturally, I thought it was a fantastic idea! I recommended that he just get her the 16GB WiFi version as she won’t really be needing the 3G service. The majority of time she will be usingContinue reading “My Mom’s Experience with An iPad”