Dec 29 2012
Leading on from yesterday’s article about how to keep contact syncing working with Gmail on iOS devices, here is how you can keep your Gmail calendars in sync as well using CalDAV At least on an iOS device you can use CardDAV to continue syncing contacts and you can set this up as follows: Open Settings, …
Dec 28 2012
Google is starting to flex its muscle a little bit in dumping Exchange ActiveSync for its Gmail service unless you are a paying customer or you have existing devices setup on a free basis. This might be problematic if you’re using a new iOS device or a Windows Phone handset in the future. At least …
Dec 18 2012
Here it is, the unboxing video of the Apple iPad mini! It really came as little surprise with the success of seven inch tablets in the market in the Android space that Apple wanted to get a slice of the action. Coming in at the top end of the seven inch range at 7.9 inches …
Dec 17 2012
My wife has had some issues with her iPhone 4S lately when playing music in the car with the volume randomly turning itself down. Obviously, this is counterproductive to listening to music and so we had to find a solution. Unfortunately, Apple was unable to replace the device as the moisture indicator had been activated …
Nov 09 2012
Prior to moving away from iOS and the iPad I had taken to streaming my podcast videos over 3G to avoid having to use iTunes. Unfortunately, I did exceed the 10GB allowance on my plan one month which meant I incurred excess usage charges which has turned me off from using it as my primary …
Oct 25 2012
Depending upon who you ask, the seven month period between the “new iPad” and the fourth generation iPad (i.e. the new “new iPad”) may be a point of severe contention or an example of Apple iterating more quickly to keep pace with the market. I actually believe it is a bit of Column A and …
Oct 19 2012
Here’s a quick tip if you have an aging iPad in your technology collection particularly if it is an original iPad. If there is one thing that drives me nuts with a touchscreen device it would be when it becomes slow or unresponsive to touch. Mobile devices are less powerful than your laptop or desktop …
Oct 11 2012
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 …
Oct 08 2012
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 …
Sep 01 2012
Since doing a clean install of Windows 8 I did reinstall a lot of the software that I had under Windows 7 including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Office, Notepad++, Spotify and VLC just to name a few. However, I decided to draw the line when it came to iTunes. Since getting on board with …
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