By Adriana Lee |
BlackBerry Messenger integration can be a handy way to auto-push updates to your BBM contacts. Maybe your friends and family like knowing what music you’re enjoying right now on your BlackBerry Z10, or when you’re watching videos on the handset. After all, it’s yet another…
By Todd Haselton |
This might be one of the easiest how-to articles out there, but I’ve read a few that suggest you need to jump through a few steps to get an iPhone 5 nanoSIM working properly in a BlackBerry Z10. Turns out that’s not the case at…
By Adriana Lee |
Dropped your phone in the toilet (again)? Slipped on a wet patch, and saw your DS Lite fall in a puddle? Maybe having the recipe displayed on a tablet was handy while cooking, but perhaps the device was a little too close to the kitchen…
By Adriana Lee |
You see (or create) something of interest, so you shoot that sucker for online posterity. But after the upload to YouTube is complete, a slow creeping dread starts to come upon you. You begin to wonder — “Can I get this back? Or is this forever…
By Adriana Lee |
Are you a new owner of an iPad? Well, if it’s an iPad 2, then please heed this warning: Do not — I repeat — DO NOT look at the third-generation iPad’s Retina Display. This is for your own good. It will hurt to see…
By Adriana Lee |
Mothers are great for reminding us to clean our rooms or eat our vegetables, but when it comes to the tech tasks we ought to be on top of, we’re generally on our own. Unfortunately, if you’re like most tech users, you probably procrastinate, pushing…
By Joey Davidson |
Odds are, you probably haven’t purchased any used PlayStation Vita games just yet. The handheld has been officially at retail in regions beyond Japan for exactly a week today. We doubt the used game market for the portable is burgeoning with options at the moment.…
By Adriana Lee |
Come March 1, Google’s new privacy policy will be in effect. The company plans to meld the data for each user across all of its services — from search and YouTube to Blogger, Google+, and Calendar, among others. The idea is to streamline everything and…
By Sean P. Aune |
The long awaited Timeline revamp for the Facebook profile has arrived, but for some odd reason the popular social networking site hasn’t exactly made it intuitive in how you turn it on. For those of you just dying to know and want to get to…
By Mike Perlman |
The aperture is one of the primary sources of consternation for most photographers. It’s bad enough that we have to compute shutter speed/aperture ratios, but understanding the mathematical principals behind an aperture and how it works is like decoding hieroglyphics to any beginner. I’m here…
By Noah Kravitz |
Continuing my quest for a low-cost, low-power, iTunes-compatible media server from Part One took me to the classified ads. I first looked for a G4-powered Mac mini but quickly got caught up in wanting to spend “just a little more” to get a newer, more…
By Noah Kravitz |
A few months back I decided to cut the cord. Tired of giving $150+ per month to Comcast, my wife and I decided we could live without cable TV for awhile, a decision made easier by the NBA lockout. As it turns out we didn’t…
By Adriana Lee |
When the iPhone 4S was released, it rang in 4 million launch-weekend activations (and pushed iOS up to 61.64 percent of the global mobile-OS market last month). With all those new handsets in the wild, it was only a matter of time before users began…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s hard to be a smartphoneenthusiast these days. You stay up on the news, maybe even rumors, and make what you think is an informed choice – only to find your chosen handset less than spectacular in person. Or worse – you love it like…
By Jon Rettinger |
With new BlackBerry handsets coming fast and furious over the next few weeks (and months depending on your carrier), you may be tempted to get latest leaked or official OS on your shiny new touchscreen. Installing a new operating system is extremely easy, and relativity…
By Joey Davidson |
Ever since Nintendo announced the price drop and the consolation prizes for Nintendo 3DS early adopters, I’ve been getting pinged with emails, text messages, phone calls and comments involving the same question: “How do I know if I’m a Nintendo 3DS Ambassador?” Before I get…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s official: Verizon Wireless will be unveiling a new tiered pricing scheme for mobile data tomorrow. Luckily for anyone who signed up for an unlimited plan by today, the carrier will be honoring grandfathered plans. But if you weren’t one of the lucky ones, and…
By Adriana Lee |
There’s so much variety within the consumer tech landscape these days, that it makes sense to be aware of the options. Knowing what’s available, as well as what’s coming down the road, is the only way to be an informed shopper, right? After all, if…
By Adriana Lee |
The July 4th weekend is almost upon us, and soon scores of Americans will be hitting the road — whether to head out for a day of sun and fireworks or out of town for the whole weekend. Either way, if you’re among them, you…
By Mike Perlman |
Stop motion is one of the most magical forms of video on the planet, but it requires oodles of time. I’m going to walk you through the basic steps of stop motion so you can get rolling right off the bat. Then, if you send…
By Maximum PC |
Using a pen and paper is so yesterday. The same goes for typing. Come on people: We’ve been hunting and pecking for more than 100 years! Where’s the progress? Our thoroughly modern civilization deserves a progressive method for data input. If you haven’t already embraced…
By Maximum PC |
The NY Times will flip the switch on its digital paywall today, and the Grey Lady don’t come cheap: $15/month for the website and the phone app, $20/month for the website and the iPad app, or a wallet-singeing $35 for web, phone, and iPad. But…
By Jack McGrath |
How do you develop apps for iOS? It’s a common question, and one we hope to answer with this series of posts. Learning how to develop software can be one of the most intimidating prospects for any computer enthusiast, and with the growing saturation of…
By Jack McGrath |
How do you develop apps for iOS? It’s a common question, and one we hope to answer with this series of posts. Learning how to develop software can be one of the most intimidating prospects for any computer enthusiast, and with the growing saturation of…
