| iPhone 4S next month, iPhone 5 next year Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:20 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE How far from home do you have to be and not be overheard? For anyone directly associated with Apple, I expect the answer is not on this planet. And, exactly what iPhones will we be getting this year? Although one shouldn’t discount Apple’s ability to surprise, a consensus has emerged that the brightest, shiniest iPhone [...] |
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| After f8, Facebook owns the Internet Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:20 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE There was a lot of noise at Facebook’s f8 conference today, but two big, key announcements during Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote have changed things. Changed things to such an extent that I think it’s game over. Facebook now effectively owns the Internet. Deal with it. Timeline Your Facebook profile is changing, and in the most radical [...] |
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| Stupid Lion tricks: Cycle Launchpad’s background image Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE You can be a Mac user for years, decades even, and still not know it all. Case in point is this little trick for tweaking on the fly what background OS X Lion Launchpad displays when you view it. And, just for kicks, I’ve tossed in links for a half dozen really useful OS X [...] |
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| Another ‘unlimited’ data deal bites the dust Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:00 PM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE A leaked document reveals that Sprint is pulling its unlimited data package for mobile hotspot users. Users will now be restricted to 5GB a month, with heavy charges for excess use. The hotspot feature allows users to turn their phone into a portable Wi-Fi network, allowing them to use the data connection for a laptop, [...] |
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| Apple, consider this a wake up call Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE When it comes to operating system security breaches, Apple is best known for silence. Until, that is, the company has worked out a fix and is ready to release it. However, that approach might not work vis-a-vis iTunes fraud, especially when one of the victims just happens to be a prominent state attorney general. As [...] |
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| GM cars getting a little more creepy Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE If you’ve got a General Motors car with the OnStar service, your details could be heading to the cops. And don’t think canceling the service will automatically restore your privacy. OnStar is a tracking and communications system which, it must be acknowledged, has a lot of benefit from users. There’s an emergency button that instantly [...] |
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