Just a quick one tonight. If you have a smartphone with a removable battery (like an Android phone or a Windows Phone) you should take particular care to avoid accidentally or intentionally removing the battery while the device is powered up. Smartphones are essentially small computers with file systems contained within their internal storage. Pulling …
August 2011 archive
Aug 29 2011
Disable Social Advertising on LinkedIn
This might have gone under the radar for many people who use LinkedIn in terms of being opted in for “social advertising” on its service. In a nuthshell, your photo and name may be used in ads shown to other members of LinkedIn in relevance to companies and services when you make recommendations or follow …
Aug 28 2011
Ignorance Would Be Bliss on Google+
Sometimes ignorance is bliss or silence is golden depending which way you look at it. Last week at work I was discussing Google+ with someone who had noted that there was a distinct lack of ability to add someone to your circles but to completely suppress their content from showing up in your stream. You …
Aug 27 2011
Apple Quietly Pulls iTunes TV Show Rentals
A quick entry for tonight. Just under a year after Apple introduced the ability to rent TV episodes for 24 hours it has quietly shelved this offering from the iTunes store leaving the ability to buy individual episodes for a higher charge. According to AllThingsD, rentals have been removed due to relatively poor take up …
Aug 26 2011
Nokia Maps 3D – Better Than Google Maps?
Here’s something to check out in your spare time. These days, Google Maps is often the place to go to get driving directions, traffic conditions and also a laugh at how you need to swim across the ocean to get to another continent if you attempt to get directions to an overseas destination. However, Nokia …
Aug 25 2011
How to Repair Your Installation of Microsoft Office 2010
Sometimes, software gets corrupted during the daily grind and we need to undertake an exercise of repairing the affected software. In some cases you may need to resort to a full uninstall and reinstall (or maybe a reinstall over the top if you’re lazy but I would recommend against it) but in other situations you …
Aug 23 2011
There Was a Problem Installing Mac OS X (Lion)
I had a couple of MacBook Pro laptops grace my desk and I have been upgrading them to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). The first one (maybe eighteen months old) went through without a hitch but the second one (which is a few years old) had all manner of problems including reading my original DVD-RW …
Aug 22 2011
Determine the Optimal Viewing Distance From Your Screen
Ever sat in front of your screen and have been disappointed by how blocky or pixelated things look but then find that other content looks fine? Not all content is created equal and is one factor that will impact an optimal viewing experience. To keep things simple, the viewing experience is influence by three factors, …
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