I couldn’t agree more with Pete Pachal’s analysis on Mashable that launching, and initially limiting Facebook Home to the U.S. market is the wrong move. Facebook should have launched “Home” in a market with a need for lower cost devices without such heavy broadband penetration. For those who’ve been living under a rock for the past 48 [...]
Tactile Tablet Experience – Why Do We Ruin It?
March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
How many times have you taken your tablet (or phone) out of the protective case to show it someone who wanted to try it? I know I have. You offer them them the opportunity to experience the device the way it was deigned to be experienced, with the original tactile experience, knowing full well that [...]
That’s Not Much Of A Gyft Google!
March 7, 2013 By 4 Comments
As part of Google’s 1 year birthday celebrations for Google Play, they are giving away free apps, episodes and music. One of the offers is for an app called Gyft (I have never heard of Gyft before now) which is offering $20 of free gift cards with the download. $20 free bucks to blow on [...]
Google Advertising Chromebooks on Chrome’s Most Visited Tab
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I just spotted this advert for Chromebooks on the “Most visited” tab of one of my Google Chrome installations (v 24.01312.57 m). The advert didn’t appear on the laptop I have with me (same version number) and disappears from the open tab after about 2 minutes. Considering I’m a full-fledged citizen of the Google world (and an [...]
Have You Gone Static?
January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It was remarkably fitting that I just had to perform 2 theme updates on this blog – 1 automatic and 1 manual – for Genesis, and still had to disable minification of CSS to make things look right. You see, I spent a lot of time today thinking about blogs created as static HTML, and [...]
xPrintServer – Must Have Device For iOS Printing On Windows Networks
December 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
I just finished installing the Office Edition of the Lantronix xPrintServer on a clients network, and I must admit to being very impressed with it. xPrintServer is a tiny little device (smaller than an iPhone, but thicker) that you plug into your network, which acts as a intermediary between your network printers and your iOS [...]
Blow Me – One Thing I Never Want To See If You Repair My Computer
November 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Everybody who’s ever done any kind of work with computer hardware knows just how much of a pain in the backside dust buildup can be, and how potentially damaging it can be over time. That’s exactly why I was a more than a little surprised to see a clients computer come in from being repaired [...]
Xbox SmartGlass – Y U No Work On Nexus 7?
November 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Being a huge Xbox fan (oflahertypaul if you’re interested) and mega Google nerd, I have to admit that I was a little late to the game in learning that SmartGlass is available for Android. It was awesome sitting on the couch the other night messing with my Xbox (1 of 2) and controlling it from [...]
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