Probably the most advanced of the various wearable devices and matching smartphone apps to lose weight is the Bodybugg, a Bluetooth-connected gizmo that syncs up with smartphones and, by USB, to your computer to help you lose weight. Billed as a “personal calorie management system,” I picked up one this morning to test out and [...] Read more...
Good news, bad news in lost iPhone
There’s been lots written about how well that “Find my iPhone” feature works. A Portage, MI man can attest to that today after he got distracted while loading his kids in the car over the weekend and left his iPhone on the roof of his car. You can see where this is going, right? Back [...] Read more...
Facebook scams running rampant
With 800 million users, Facebook has the traction when it comes to Internet action. So it’s no wonder that scamsters and con artists are turning to it in droves, especially during the holiday season. The scam du jour these days has to do with free gift cars. Ths scamters say Starbucks, Macys, Kohls or Costco [...] Read more...
Jawbone tries to be on the Up and Up
Probably the most disappointing yet much-hyped product that I’ve seen in a longtime has been the recent introduction of the Jawbone UP fitness wristband. Almost everyone I heard of who bought one when it went on sale last month had to return it because it stopped working. Ordinarily, that would be the end of the [...] Read more...
Angry Birds Christmas Display
Here’s a Christmas Display all you Angry Birds lovers will love. Own an iPhone? Are you tapping into all it's power? PC Mike's new book offers 101 tips, tricks and apps sure to help you get even more out of this amazing communications tool. Click for info Read more...
Addicted to sharing: Gotta Share!
Maybe it’s because I’m deeply immersed in using every sort of social media I can find to share on a project I’m working on involving a health and wellness site I just launched but when a reader sent me a link to this video about “sharing,” I had to, ah, well… share it with you. [...] Read more...
Big Emergency Notification Alert may cause confusion
Expect 2 PM Wednesday, Nov. 9, to be a bit unsettling for some folks. That’s the day the U.S. will institute the most comprehensive and far reaching test of it’s emergency notification system ever. Unlike the ones most people are used to that occur from time to time on local stations, this one will last [...] Read more...
What Battery Woes with the iPhone 4S?
Not sure what I’m missing here but I’ve had my iPhone 4S for three weeks now and I have noticed no significant battery issues, despite a spate of negative reports in the tech media. And, yes, I do indeed use location notifications on lots of apps – the suggested cause for what many say is [...] Read more...
Droid RAZR goes on “preorder”
Here’s another silly tech word. Preorder. As in this news release from Verizon: “Customers can pre-order the DROID RAZR for $299.99 with a new two-year customer agreement and data plan at www.droiddoes.com/DroidRazr. Whatever happened to just putting something pn sale? Apple and it’s iGismos, that’s what started this whole preorder tactic of getting more hype. [...] Read more...
Android or iPhone? Ice Cream Sandwich or iOS 5?
I get asked a lot by people ready to move up from a mobile phone to a smartphone: Android or iPhone? Here’s my short and simple answer. First, understand that as different as Protestant to Catholic, or Democrat to Republican, is Google to Apple. Those two brands are the gorillas of technology. It’s not Apple [...] Read more...