In a few weeks, I’m traveling to South America. In preparation, I’m trying to figure out what I’ll need in the way of power converters. As it turns out, just about the only things that I’ll need to plug in are made by Apple.
Technology & Gadgets
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If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that your iPad has become unresponsive. You can’t get it to turn on or wake up, and you’re starting to freak out. Fortunately, there’s an easy fix.
Has your iPhone become unresponsive? Is it refusing to turn on or wake up? The good news is that you probably just need to reset (reboot) it to get it working again. So how do you reset an iPhone? Read on to find out…
Have you ever noticed that Microsoft — for some unknown reason — has set the default left/right margins in Word to 1.25 inches. Seriously? 1.25 inches? What a waste… Of both time spent changing it and paper when people don’t bother.
Have you ever wished you could launch an app with Siri? Or maybe change your iPhone’s settings? Yeah, me too. It seems like such an obvious thing, but Siri just can’t do it. Unless… Unless you jailbreak your iPhone.
After jailbreaking my iPhone 4S and getting everything back up and running, I ran into a minor snag with the Twitter app. When I clicked on “Home,” it said “Protected Tweets.” What? Protected Tweets? Are you kidding?
Today I went out and picked up a shiny new iPhone 4S to replace my still-pretty-shiny iPhone 4. I’ve been waiting to do so until after a jailbreak was available for this device. The release of the Absinthe A5 jailbreak, made that a reality.
If you’re looking for a GPS navigation app for your iPhone, look no further than MotionX GPS Drive. This thing is awesome — and it only costs $0.99. If you’d like turn-by-turn voice directions, it’ll cost you an extra $9.99/year, but still…