Limit Ad Tracking Under iOS 6

With the update to iOS 6 for Apple mobile devices comes a new way to track your online activities without using the UUID burnt into the device. This new IFA number of “Identifier for Advertisers” is a random but anonymous number allocated to each user and device combination. However, unlike UUIDs which are permanently burnt into …

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Apple iPhone 5 Unboxing

The weekend just gone past I had the opportunity to unbox the Apple iPhone 5 prior to getting it setup and activated for my mother-in-law to replace her iPhone 4. As per usual, you’ll get to see what is in the box as well as a quick look at the phone itself, a comparison of …

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Scheduling YouTube Video Publishing

Scheduled Publishing of an Uploaded Video - YouTube

Sometimes uploading videos to YouTube can be a bit of a trial in itself. If the video upload is very large and you’re up against a deadline then you need to leave plenty of time to send the file up to YouTube plus contingency should the transfer fail. However, if you didn’t want the video …

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Panasonic NR-BY552XSAU Inverter Fridge Unboxing

A couple of weeks ago I managed to take delivery of a new Panasonic refrigerator to replace our aging and capacity strapped Fisher and Paykel Q 442L fridge. It took some effort to get the fridge into the house and shuffle the old and new fridges around but my wife and I finally managed to …

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Windows 8 – Reinstalling Bundled Apps

The Windows 8 tips keep on coming! Earlier this week I found that a number of Metro apps stopped working for some reason so the obvious solution was to uninstall and reinstall them. You might think that the bundled apps that come with Windows 8 are special in that they only exist when a fresh …

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Windows 8 – App Installation Error 0x80073D05

Here’s another quick tip fo Windows 8 users out there. If you encounter error 0x80073D05 when attempting to download and install a Windows 8 app from the Windows 8 store there is a quick and simple fix. Reboot and login with your full password (not a PIN or picture password). At a glance, it looks …

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Incoming Gadget – Apple iPhone 5

Just a quick heads up that I will have an unboxing video for the Apple iPhone5 coming up this week. I’ve not bought one for myself but rather my mother-in-law got one to replace her iPhone 4 as she was out of contract and it has been given to be to activate and do the …

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How to Search in Windows 8 Metro Apps

Here’s a quick tip for those using Windows 8 or looking to get into it soon. If you’re in a Windows 8 “Metro app” (yes, it’s a deprecated name but the one that people seem to recognise the most) you might find yourself wondering how on earth you perform a search inside the app. Right …

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Lucid Virtu MVP – Switchable Graphics for the Desktop

Yesterday, I was asked by a friend of mine to provide an opinion on which CPU would be best suited for his new gaming rig and of course the CPU also affected what motherboard you select and the RAM configuration (dual or triple channel). Then you get to things like the graphics solution for the …

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Migrated MobileMe Users Receive a One Year Extension on Storage

The title pretty much says it all – if you’re a user who has migrated from MobileMe to iCloud Apple has extended the offer of free storage for another year concluding on 30/09/2013. This means that whatever storage these users had paid for prior to MobileMe being shutdown will continue to be available for no …

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